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Category Archive: BJJ News

Steve Maxwell on Specific Strength Training for BJJ & Best Diet…

Steve Maxwell is a physical educator, coach, martial artist and nomad. He is a 5th degree Jiu Jitsu blackbelt under Relson Gracie and has trained with some of the best in the business incl. Rickson...

Filmmaker & BJJ Black Belt Guy Ritchie Rolling & Talking about BJJ

The British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, 47, a long time practitioner of Jiu-Jitsu became a black belt under Renzo Gracie back in 2015. Ritchie is the director of movies such as Snatch, Sherlock Holmes,...

Rickson Gracie On People Simultaneously Training at Different BJJ Academies

Team switching in Jiu-Jitsu is a very controversial topic that will always provoke different points of views and arguments among the BJJ community. Throughout Jiu-Jitsu history, there have always...

Jeff Monson Gets in Fight with Trump Supporter

A sweating rotund unlikely Trump supporter splits open Jeff Monson; an American Anarcho-Communist, two-time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu...

Tim Spriggs on Why He Stopped Talking Trash Before Grappling Matches

The new generation of Jiu-Jitsu competitors comprised of Garry Tonon, Gordon Ryan, AJ Agazarm, and Dillon Danis have been using the MMA trash talk model to talk their way into big grappling...

ADCC 2017: Miyao, DeBlass Qualified + Updated Competitors List

Photo: SantoNegro ADCC Federation has announced its upcoming 2017 World Event is going to be held on 22-24 September, 2017 in Espoo, Finland. The event will take place at the famous Espoo...

Davi Ramos & Augusto Frota To Hold Charity BJJ Seminar in Serbia

  A major event for BJJ in Serbia and the region! For the first time ever, Davi Ramos (2015 ADCC champion) and Augusto Frota (head of Frota team and 3rd degree black belt under Rodrigo...

Felice Herrig on New Purple Belt: ‘I Feel a Deep Love for BJJ’

Felice Herrig is an American kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter, and mixed martial artist. Born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, she began her career practicing kickboxing and Muay Thai before transitioning to...

UFC Vet Wins with Incredible Helicopter Armbar in Russia

Former UFC fighter Diego Brandao defeated Murad ‘The Strangler’ Machaev at EFN Fight Nights Global 58 in Russia on Saturday. He was able to win using a spectacular submission, a helicopter armbar...

Melvin Manhoef is a BJJ Brown Belt: ‘I’ve Been Training Gi for 8 Years’

Professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist Melvin Manhoef is an avid BJJ practitioner and is even a BJJ brown belt! In kickboxing, he is a former It’s Showtime Champion, and in MMA he was...

UPDATE: Tonon To Face Antonio Carlos ‘Shoe Face’ at SUG 3

  UPDATE: In a surprising development MMA promotion Bellator has decided to pull Chael Sonnen from a match in his own grappling promotion set to take place later this month (29th January 2016)....

Ronda Rousey Resurfaces at Gun Store; Applies For Concealed Carry Permit

    Ronda Rousey has finally made a public appearance following her tough TKO loss at the hands of Amanda Nunes three weeks ago. The location and premise are quite surprising: A Las Vegas...

Garry Tonon Will Grapple Chael Sonnen at SUG 3

Chael Sonnen’s Grappling organisation, Submission Underground is growing fast and securing some A-list MMA and grappling stars such as Jon Jones, Dan Henderson, Garry Tonon, and more…...

BJJ Social Network Mines Holy Grail of Training Data

  Roll, the first BJJ social network, is raising money for development on Kickstarter.   Do you know what your attendance was this month compared to this time last year? How many rounds did you...

New First: MMA Fighter Fails Drug Test & Admits: ‘I am a cheat’

  Every time an athlete gets caught for doping, it’s just a matter of time before we receive an old or even original excuse abouta tainted or viagra pill. For a list of worst excuses check...

Strikeforce Vet Brett Rogers Charged With Sexually Assaulting 3 Men

Brett Rogers, a former Strikeforce and Elite XC heavyweight who once fought Fedor Emelianenko, has been charged with sexual assault on men in three separate incidents. Rogers was charged with two...

Tyron Woodley: ‘If I Was a Different Complexion, People Would Treat Me a Different Way’

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley recently appeared on an ESPN interview together with Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson. The pair were promoting their UFC 209 rematch. The champion said...

Rodolfo Vieira On Training For MMA Debut: ‘I Cried In The Gym Once’

BJJ and ADCC world champion Rodolfo Vieira’s much awaited debut has a date and a place! Rodolfo will fight at Real Fight 6 in Sao Paulo Feb 11. He will be facing Daniiar Zarylbek of Kyrgyzstan in...

(Video) Actor Jamie Foxx in Altercation, Ends it with Rear Naked Choke

  Famous actor Jamie Foxx had a rough night out on the town Saturday at a popular West Hollywood restaurant. A man lunged at him and went after him. The actor grappled with him, used a rear...

Holly Holm On How She Knew Ronda Wasn’t Mentally Ready To Return to UFC

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm discusses her thoughts on Ronda Rousey’s knockout loss to Amanda Nunes, Cris Cyborg’s failed drug test, her upcoming featherweight title...

Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Day 1 Results and Review

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 13 January 2017: The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour descended in Abu Dhabi for the first time in spectacular fashion as UAE players won a total of 45 medals at the first...

Joe Rogan Hilarious Reaction To Meryl Streep’s MMA Comments

Liberals of the USA are still scrambling following Donald Trump’s election victory. Of course he’s supported the UFC in the days that the multi billion empire was struggling, so naturally...

Stuart Cooper On Moving Singapore To Work For Evolve MMA

  Jiu-Jitsu Videographer and BJJ black belt Stuart Cooper is living a great lifestyle. For the past 8 years, he’s been travelling the world training Jiu-Jitsu and filming amazing...

Ralek Gracie on Metamoris Debts: ‘The Goal Is To Make Another Show & Pay Back our Debts’

Ralek Gracie will make his much awaited Bellator debut on Jan. 21 against French/Japanese fighter Hisaki Kato at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Ralek is mostly famous for founding Metamoris...