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Category Archive: BJJ News, Featured

Roger Gracie: ‘I’ve Been Offered to Fight Rodolfo, Buchecha & Keenan in Metamoris’

    Hungarian website ellenfelem.hu spoke with 10x world champion Roger Gracie, and he gave some news regarding his future plans including plans to compete once again in Metamoris:...

Toukon Challenge PPV Site Now Open: Lucio Lagarto, Kywan Gracie & 40 More Elite Fighters

    The Toukon Challenge is an elite, invitation only grappling event; Featuring exciting competitors from around the world. It is the first of its kind to appear in Europe, with an...

Fight Stats: Double Leg Is The Most Common MMA Takedown, Nurmagomedov Most Successful Takedown Artist

      MMA Fight DB looked at over 2,072 trips and throws in 799 MMA fights to see what were the best takedowns for mixed martial arts (MMA). The top was the double leg takedown. It...

Dana White: “UFC Officials (judges) Should Be Required To Learn Jiu-Jitsu, To Better Judge A Fight.”

    Dana White very often doesn’t agree with UFC judges (who are under the Las Vegas athletic commission). Keith Kizer of the NSAC commented he believe they judged well for the fight....

Gabi Garcia Announces Her Participation in Upcoming Metamoris

  During the jiu jitsu event ‘BJJ Stars’ sponsored by Brazilian website BJJFOrum, Gabi Garcia talked to the reporter Alexandre Martins about her upcoming MMA bout in Japan, where she...

Rickson Gracie: ‘I See Kron Doing Much More Than Just Winning The UFC Title One Day’

    Back in May of this year, Kron Gracie signed with the Chinese-based, Japanese-managed, promotion Real Fight Championship, who is expanding internationally. He was supposed to be...

Gabi Garcia MMA Debut to be against 42 year old & 60kg Japanese Fighter

  Nine times World BJJ champion Gabi Garcia is set to make her much awaited MMA debut for Chinese-based, Japanese-managed, promotion Real Fight Championship , in Japan on December 23, 2014 at...

Kron Gracie MMA Debut set for 23/12 in Tokyo, Japan

    Back in May of this year, Kron Gracie signed with the Chinese-based, Japanese-managed,  promotion Real Fight Championship, who is expanding internationally. He was supposed to be...

Pablo Popovitch: ‘I’m Putting on Weight For My Superfight with Dean Lister at Polaris JJ Pro’

    fightinglifestyleuae.com caught up with ADCC champion Pablo Popovitch during the Al Ain Ji- Jitsu Championship in the United Arab Emirates. Pablo has recently relocated to the UAE and...

UAE to Hire 200 More BJJ Black Belt Coaches by Beginning of 2015

    Jiu-Jitsu is in big demand in the United Arab Emirates. www.fightinglifestyleuae.com caught up with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Palm Sports, Ms. Dima Najjar to discuss palm...

World Class Black Belt & UFC Fighter Glover Texeira: “I Don’t Like Training In The Gi.”

    There are BJJ figters turned MMA fighters such as Jose Aldo  who always use the gi as part of their MMA training , and there are those who give up the ” armor ” and just...

Royce Gracie Names The Next Gracie To Shine in MMA

    Royce Gracie is very critical of the new generation of Gracies fighting in MMA (Roger, Rolles, Igor, Neiman etc..) Over the past decades, Royce, Renzo and Rickson Gracie have racked up...

Official Video Highlight ADCC European Trials 2014

    The official highlights of ADCC European Trials 2014, produced by BAG OF BONES FULL CONTACT VIDEOS. Check for Part 2 for the highlights of the finals! ADCC European Championship 2014....

Buchecha: ‘I’m a Defender of Old School Jiu-Jitsu: Takedown, Guard Pass & Finish’

    Check out the trailer for Jiu-Jitsu Style‘s sit down interview with 6x IBJJF World Champion, Marcus Buchecha Almeida. They talk to the champ about his achievements, the current...

Royce Gracie: ‘With Eddie Bravo, It’s Personal. Do Rubber Guard & I’ll Punch You’

    After his Metamoris III draw with Royler Gracie, Eddie Bravo was backstage throwing up and was approached by Royce Gracie. In an article with mmamania.com Bravo talked about what was...

Eddie Bravo Arrested In UK, Deported Back to US After Visa Misunderstanding

    Last Saturday October 18th, 10th planet Jiu-Jitsu leader Eddie Bravo was on his way to the UK for a seminar tour. A normal thing when you are a world famous Jiu-Jitsu instructor like...

Anderson Silva Hires Ricardo De La Riva to Improve His Jiu-Jitsu for Nick Diaz Fight

    Anderson Silva will be facing Nick Diaz in the UFC in January of next year. Both fighters are Jiu-Jitsu black belts. During a recent press conference in Brazil, he appeared with a new...

JT Torres on Facing No Gi BJJ Black Belt Rory MacDonald @Metamoris: ‘No Idea What To Expect’

    Metamoris 5 is scheduled to take place on Saturday November 22nd at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. One of the matches will be Atos Jiu-Jitsu’s JT Torres (2013 no...

Young Bulgarian Grappler Paraplegic After Freak Accident Needs Our Help

    Our friends from MMA-Bulgaria.com and BJJ instructor Ivan Milchev from Bulgaria is reaching out to the BJJ community asking for her help for young 18 year old BJJ player Mihail Nikolov...

Ricardo Liborio: ‘Teammates Facing Each Other Means Team Is Successful’

    Ricardo Liborio is the head instructor and one of the creators of American Top Team. He is a veteran in ADCC with bronze and silver medals in 1999 and 2000 and a multiple times BJJ...

ADCC European Championship 2014 results, Polish & Russian Domination

    ADCC European Championship 2014 results; Professional Men’s (ADCC qualifications – get tickets) Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria wast the ADCC European Championship for...

The History of Submission Fighting (Documentary Coming Soon)

    The official trailer for the documentary is slated for release on Monday, the 20th of October, and will set the stage and expectations for the documentary before its release in the fall...

Paulo Miyao: “I Like Having No Front Tooth Because a Warrior Can’t Have a Body Without Scars”

  Twin brothers Joao and Paulo Miyao are passionate about Jiu-Jitsu. Their life is restricted to the mats,and all they do is eat, sleep and obsessively train. It’s quite hard to tell the...

IBJJF Giving Back to the Community: 30,000$ of Prize Money at NY BJJ Pro

    The IBJJF is giving back to the community. The upcoming New York BJJ Pro will be held on October 25th 2014 at the Nat Holman Gymnasium  on the City College of New York. There will be...