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Category Archive: BJJ News

Watch: Gordon Ryan Submits Keenan Cornelius After 80mins Grappling Superfight

Keenan Cornelius and Gordon Ryan were engaged in an hour grappling superfight by Grappling Industries in New York City. It was a back and forth battle with Cornelius getting the better of the...

Olympic Judo: French Colossus Teddy Riner Wins Another Gold

From International Judo Federation: Day 7 Of Olympic Judo. Women: +78kg – Men: +100kg After seven days of extraordinary intensity, the Olympic judo tournament #JudoRio2016 ended tonight with...

Video: Egyptian Judoka Refuses To Shake Israeli Opponent’s Hand

  Middle East politics once again affected the Olympic games as a defeated Egyptian Judoka refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent on Friday at the Rio Olympics. Sasson of Israel...

Belgian Judoka Arrested After Losing Fight with BJJ Receptionist

    New details are emerging following the incident that was widely reported as Dirk Van Tichelt being beaten up following robbery. Independent now reports He was arrested after losing a...

Olympics: Kayla Harrison Wins 2nd Straight Gold Using Superior Ground Game

  The USA’s Kayla Harrison made history at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as she won her second straight Olympic gold medal Thursday. The American Judoka is world No. 1 and she faced world No....

Olympic Judo Day 5: Double Gold Sends Japan Top Of Medal Table

From International Judo Federation: Women: -70kg – Men: -90kg Five! Five days of judo, five days of a breathtaking show of elite sport and five women and five men already at the top of the...

Emotional Judo Legend Ilias Iliadis Announces Retirement On Live TV

  Olympic champion in Athens in 2004 and three times world champion, the Greek Judo legend Ilias Iliadis has just announced his retirement from Judo on live TV. He decided to retire after losing...

Olympic Judo Day 4: Slovenia Shines & Russia Lead With 2 Golds

  From International Judo Federation: Rio Olympic Games – DAY 4 Women: -63kg – Men: -81kg The Rio 2016 Olympic Games judo competition passed the halfway point on Tuesday as two new Olympic...

Travis Stevens on Olympic Medal: ‘A Childhood Dream’

  The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has taken home a silver medal in the 2016 Olympic games. Travis Stevens when asked why he focuses on the Ground Game...

Watch: Travis Stevens Taps Out Judo World Champion in Olympics Semi Final

JOHN DAVID MERCER/USA TODAY SPORTS   The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has taken home a silver medal in the 2016 Olympic games. Travis Stevens when asked...

Olympics: Judo & BJJ Black Belt Flips Out After Being Disqualified

  By AFP: Furious Lebanese judoka Nacif Elias accused Argentine opponent Emmanuel Lucenti of gamesmanship after he was disqualified for an illegal armlock (Waki Gatame) at the Olympics on...

Olympics: Travis Stevens Takes Silver Medal Thanks To Superior Ground Game

JOHN DAVID MERCER/USA TODAY SPORTS   The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has taken home a silver medal in the 2016 Olympic games. He showed great Newaza and...

Russia National Pro: U$60.000 In Travel Prizes To World Pro Championships in UAE

  It is with great pleasure that we announce the first ever World Pro Jiu-Jitsu championship in Russia: The Russia National Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2016 organized by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu...

League Winner BJJ Pro Offering Major Prizes For Athletes

    The Grappling world has been quite exciting lately! The latest competition to offer prestigious awards is League Winner BJJ Pro. League’s goal is to change the trajectory of...

Comedian Joey ‘Coco’ Diaz Promoted to Blue Belt in BJJ

  Joey “CoCo” Diaz is a Cuban-American stand up comedian. He is an actor known for his recurring role as Joey on the TV series My Name is Earl, as well as in movies such as The...

Fighter Attempts Takedown During Staredown; Fails Miserably

  Staredowns are often very tense moments. Some fighters resort to intimidation by talking, shoving, and even in some cases kissing on the lips… At the Extreme Fighting Championship 52 in...

Cro Cop On Rumoured Fedor Rematch: ‘Of Course I Want To Do It’

  All-time greats Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko Filipovic may have rematch at Rizin Fighting Federation according to sources in Japan and from Cro Cop himself. According to a new poster...

UFC’s Teruto Ishihara: “I Only Do MMA To Get Women”

  The UFC’s Japanese MMA fighter Teruto Ishihara is an interesting individual… Ishihara has recently admitted that the only reason he fights MMA is get girls!   He is 9-2-2 as a...

Joe Rogan’s Message For Mark Hunt About Lesnar’s PED Situation

  Mark Hunt faced a returning Brock Lesnar on 9 July 2016 at UFC 200, but lost by unanimous decision. However, on July 15 it was revealed that Lesnar had tested positive on a banned substance in...

Conor McGregor Rolls with 1st Irish BJJ Black Belt John Kavanagh

  Here is an awesome rolling session between Conor McGregor and his BJJ/MMA coach John Kavanagh. John Kavanagh runs the Straight Blast Gym Ireland and was the first Irish person to be awarded a...

Top Model & Actress Ashiko Westguard Trains BJJ w/ AJ Agazarm

  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...

Berkut Organizes Grozny Sea BJJ Open in Chechnya

    Berkut fight club made another Brazilian Jiu-jitsu tournament. This time the arena was the island of “Grozny Sea”. A big tent was made specially for this event accommodated...

BJJ World Silver Medalist Banned 2 Year For Doping by USADA & UFC

  Today the USADA suspended UFC middleweight and 2 xIBJJF worlds silver medallist Ricardo Abreu for two years after he tested positive for two steroid metabolites (norandrosterone and...

Learn About Exciting New BJJ Software – Smoothcomp

Smoothcomp is a platform for combat sports. Years of experience have helped shape this software into a must have for a martial arts competition. Extensive organizational skills of the team have...