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Category Archive: BJJ News, Featured

AJ Agazarm Blasts Metamoris: ‘They Haven’t Paid Me in 6 Months’

  The professional grappling promotion, Metamoris, and most notably its founder Ralek Gracie has been under fire for the past few months for various reasons. The main ones are: Schedule events...

2016 Europeans Break Record Once Again: Biggest BJJ Competition on Earth!

  The next big event in the European BJJ calendar are the 2016 European Jiu-Jitsu championships! This year with 3,517 registered competitors, the European is once again the biggest championship...

BJJ World Champ Tanquinho Signs w/ UFC & Fights On 5 Days Notice

  Photo: William Burkhardt (bjjpix.com) World champion of jiu-jitsu and training partner of former UFC champion Ben Henderson, Augusto ‘Tanquinho’ Mendes has just signed with the...

NHL Star Dustin Penner Clarifies Altercation w/ BJJ Black Belt in Gym Repo

  Dustin Penner — former hockey star for the Ducks and Kings — gets in a confrontation with a BJJ black belt and Gym, in what is a a civil dispute over money. TMZ ran the story with a...

Vinny Magalhaes Talks Down Metamoris Critics: ‘I’ve Always Been Paid’

  Our friends at Jiu-Jitsu times recently released an article entitled 10 ways Ralek Gracie Messed Up Metamoris. The article accuses Gracie of having harmed the professional grappling promotion,...

Royce Gracie in Trouble with IRS for Fraud Totalling $1,15M

  UFC Hall of Famer and current Bellator MMA brand ambassador Royce Gracie (48 yrs old) will face Ken Shamrock (51 yrs old) in a trilogy fight on Bellator in February 19, 2016 in Hosuton, Texas....

Cyborg, Yuri Simoes Join Galvao, Lister, Vinny at EBI 6 for $50k

  Eddie Bravo’s exciting submission only Jiu-Jitsu invitational has added some major stars for its 6th event which is scheduled to held in Mexico city on April 30th. The latest big name is...

Jon Jones Wrestles a Fan at a Bar: Epic Takedown

  Jon Jones was play wrestling a fan at a bar in Buffalo a year ago. The ex-Champ places a beautiful lateral dropped that drove the crowd crazy. The fan wrote about it on his instagram and Jon...

New Footage of Vladimir Putin Training Judo with Russian National Team

    Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in a training session with the Russian national judo team in the city of Sochi on Friday. Russia’s leader, who holds a 6th degree red...

2016 IBJJF Europeans To Be Streamed Live on FloGrappling.com

  Breaking news: For the first time ever, there will be live streaming with multi mat technology and live commentating of the IBJJF 2016 European Championships! Flograppling.com will be...

Copa Podio Lightweight GP Results

  You can watch the replay of all matches on FloGrappling.com Results 1ª ROUND GP Green Davi Ramos (BRA) X Lucas Lepri (BRA) Lucas Lepri wins 4-0 Green Felipe Silva (BRA) X AJ Sousa (USA) AJ...

McGregor Offended by Floyd: ‘My People Have Always Been Oppressed’

  UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor released an official statement and direct response to world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, who said that “racism still exists” in...

McGregor To Make Unprecedented $8M+ For RDA Title Fight

  Conor McGregor next fight will be for the lightweight belt when he will be facing champion Rafael Dos Anjos in March at UFC 197. If McGregor wins, he would be the first ever dual-division...

NHL Star Dustin Penner In A Confrontion with BJJ Instructor in Gym Repo

  Dustin Penner — former hockey star for the Ducks and Kings — gets in a confrontation with a BJJ black belt and Gym, in what is a a civil dispute over money. TMZ broke the story:...

UFC Fighter Calls Metamoris Founder Ralek Gracie a Coward

  Our friends at Jiu-Jitsu times recently released an article entitled 10 ways Ralek Gracie Messed Up Metamoris. The article accuses Gracie of having harmed the professional grappling promotion,...

Copa Podio’s Epic Card This Saturday: Lo, Lepri, Ramos, Najmi, Gracie, Sousa…

    Lightweight Grand Prix January, 9th 2016 – Rio de Janeiro 3:00 pm (Toronto) 9:00 pm (Oslo) Live Broadcast: www.flograppling.com On January 9, 2015, the 4th season of Copa Podio...

911 Call From Julianna Pena’s Bar Brawl: ‘They’re gonna f**k sh*t up’

  Julianna Pena, the first female winner of The Ultimate Fighter in 2013, was arrested Dec. 20 by the Spokane (Wash.) County Police Department and charged with two counts of misdemeanour...

Ronda Rousey’s Bodypaint Only Sports Illustrated Pictures

  Ronda Rousey posed in a body paint bathing suit for a Sports Illustrated shoot this week. The famous magazine confirmed that the UFC fighter will star in 2016 Swimsuit Issue. Ronda, 28, has...

Olympian Ben Askren To Face AJ Agazarm at Polaris 3

  Europe’s premiere submission only event, Polaris 3 Jiu-Jitsu Invitational is set to take place in Poole, England in April and will be available on pay-per-view. The first match up to be...

‘Blade’ Rolls, Wesley Snipes Trains Jiu-Jitsu!

  Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is getting more and more popular among the Hollywood A list celebrities. Famous people that train or have trained in BJJ include Ashton Kutcher, Prince Jackson (son of...

Humility: After Losing To Demian Maia, Neil Magny Attends His Seminar!

  Proof that many MMA fighters are humble even in defeat: Neil Magny attends the MMA seminar of his former opponent Demian Maia. Magny faced Demian Maia on August 1, 2015 at UFC 190. He was...

Rose Namajunas On Why a Submission is Better Than a KO

  Rose Namajunas is an Lithuanian-American MMA fighter who is currently competing in the Women’s Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She is a purple belt in BJJ and...

Copa Podio Lightweight GP: Leandro Lo to Face Lepri, Davi Ramos, Najmi, Danis

  Lightweight Grand Prix January, 9th 2016 – Rio de Janeiro 3:00 pm (Toronto) 9:00 pm (Oslo) Live Broadcast: www.flograppling.com On January 9, 2015, the 4th season of Copa Podio gets...

Galvao, Vinny, Tonon & More To Compete at EBI 6 for $50k

  Eddie Bravo’s exciting submission only Jiu-Jitsu invitational has added some major stars for its 6th event which is scheduled to held in Mexico city on April 30th. Big names such as ADCC...