Gabi Garcia Tests Positive For The Prohibited Substance Clomiphene After 2013 Worlds
Mar 27, 2014BJJEE
In 2013, IBJJF together with USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) tested twice for PEDs: at the Pans and the Worlds. The USADA released a statement on Wednesday, March 26, 2014,...
Eddie Bravo: “There’s A Leak Out Of Royler’s Camp That He’s Working On Catching Me With A Leglock”
Mar 26, 2014BJJEE
A few days ahead of his big clash with Royler Gracie at Metamoris 3, Eddie Bravo spoke with Luke Thomas of MMAfighting, and discussed the evolution of his game, Royler’s style and...
Following Controversy, Gracie Academy Gets Rid Of Online Grading For Blue Belts
Mar 25, 2014BJJEE
It looks like with all the controversy following Rener Gracie’s statment that ‘learning Jiu-Jitsu online is even more effective than in the academy’ see article here, the...
World Champion Otavio Sousa Fired From Gracie Barra Irvine
Mar 23, 2014BJJEE
World champion Otavio Sousa has just been fired from his position of instructor at Gracie Barra headquarters in Irvine, California. He shared the news today on his Facebook. This comes...
Mario Sperry On 2015 ADCC Superfight With Ricardo Liborio: ‘We Define Ourselves By The Opponents We Choose To Face’
Mar 23, 2014BJJEE
The late Master Carlson Gracie had assembled one of the largest armies of fighters in the history of Jiu-Jitsu and MMA. Among the big names are Zé Mario Sperry and Ricardo Liborio....
Swedish Black Belt Janni Larsson Wins Swedish Martial Artist Role Model Of The Year Award
Mar 23, 2014BJJEE
Swedish BJJ black belt and last year’s brown belt world champion has just won a major award: Swedish martial artist role model of the year! Janni Larsson lives in Copenhagen,...
Rafael Lovato Launches A New Movement To ‘Save Jiu-Jitsu’ From Stalling & Point Fighting
Mar 23, 2014BJJEE
World champion Rafael Lovato Jr has been competing all his life and he has also been on the losing end of some matches where his opponents were playing the tactical game and going for...
Victor Silverio Answers Clark Gracie’s Accusation That He Takes Steroids: ‘I’ll Tap You Out At The Worlds!’
Mar 22, 2014BJJEE
Clark Gracie has just created a mini controversy on social networks. Last year’s Pan gold medalist faced the GFTeam athlete Victor Silverio in the first round of the middle weight...
Mario Reis On Winning The Gold @2014 Pan: ‘I’m A 34 Year Old Warrior & Still Competing With The New Generation’
Mar 22, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 Pan Jiu-Jitsu crowned some of the best fighters in the international arena. Among the winners, the experienced Mario Reis was one of the highlights of the competition. After...
Babalu Sobral Enjoying Retirement From MMA By Competing In Jiu-Jitsu
Mar 18, 2014BJJEE
Retired since last year from MMA, Renato “Babalu” Sobral put on his kimono once and competed in the Pan American Championships last weekend. The former Strikeforce champion,...
Keenan Cornelius Planning To Move Up To Heavyweight
Mar 17, 2014BJJEE
Photo by Kinya Hashimoto American Jiu-Jitsu phenom Keenan Cornelius continues his trailblazing career with a silver medal (close out with Guto Campos) at the Pan, his first major BJJ event at...
Royce Gracie Officially Disapproves Of Controversial Gracie Online University
Mar 17, 2014BJJEE
The conflict between traditional and online Jiu-Jitsu continues. Murilo Bustamante is the not the only prominent Jiu-Jitsu figure to speak out against the online system, Royce Gracie...
2014 Pan: Atos Best Team, Andre Galvao Double Gold
Mar 17, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 Pan American double gold Champion is André Galvão . The Atos fighter won weight and absolute, on Sunday in Irvine, California and left the mats, showing a shirt that read:...
2014 Pan: Galvao vs Lo & Bia vs Andresa Absolute Black Belt Finals
Mar 16, 2014BJJEE
Saturday’s action at the Pans hosted the brown belts and the black belt open weight. The black belt open weight final will be decided by two smaller fighters who took no notice of...
Rener Gracie: ‘Learning Jiu-Jitsu Online Is Even More Effective Than In The Academy’
Mar 14, 2014BJJEE
Rener Gracie together with his brother Ryron, is the creator of the controversial Gracie Online University. Rorion’s son and grandson of Grandmaster Helio, is a black belt coming...
After Double Gold At Europeans Purple Belt, Nicholas Meregali Repeats His Performance At 2014 Pans!
Mar 14, 2014BJJEE
We have a new male adult purple belt open class champion: Alliance’s Nicholas Meregali is the adult male open class champion. The purple belt phenom who was promoted late last...
He’s Back! Bernardo Faria On His Return To Competition @ The Pan: ‘I’ll Leave It All On The Mat’
Mar 14, 2014BJJEE
On the the 27th of December 2013, Bernardo Faria had to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery after suffering an injury to the meniscus. Just over two months after surgery, the black belt...
Bixente Lizarazu, Former Football World Champion, Promoted To BJJ Brown Belt
Mar 12, 2014BJJEE
Bixente Lizarazu, the former left back of French national football team that won the world cup in 1998, has been training Jiu-Jitsu for the past five years. Lizarazu has also competed...
Andre Galvao On Reason For Competing At Ultra Heavy At The Pan: ‘I Did It Once At Brown Belt. Want To Challenge Myself’
Mar 12, 2014BJJEE
(Photo: William Burkhardt, BJJ Pix) Used to fighting among the medium heavyweights, André Galvão enrolled in ultra heavyweight division of the 2014 Pan , which will be held 12-16 March in...
Pablo Popovitch: “The Thiago Silva Attack Was Instigated By My Ex-Wife”
Mar 11, 2014BJJEE
Last month ex UFC fighter Thiago Silva was all over the news when he went to BJJ black belt Pablo Popovitch’s academy in Florida, armed with a gun. It is believed that Silva’s...
Mario Sperry To Meet Ex Team Mate Ricardo Liborio In The Next ADCC Masters Superfight
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
Photo: Murilo Bustamante, Ricardo Liborio, Ricardo Arona, Mario Sperry ADCC Committee just announced the next ADCC Masters Superfight; where the defending champion Mario Sperry is going to...
Caio Terra Drops Out Of 2014 Pan
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
(Photo: Casillas Photography) Caio Terra has just announced that he actually will not be competing at the Pan. Terra, a rooster weight world champion, was planning on competing at Ultraheavy. Andre...
Andre Galvao To Compete At Ultra Heavy At 2014 Pan, Makes Way For Keenan Cornelius At Middle Heavy
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 Pan which will be held on March 12th to 16 in Irvine, California. Rooster weight world champion Caio Terra was supposed to be facing the Ultra heavy giants, however Caio...
2014 Pan Preview & Predictions
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 Pan takes place at the UCI’s Bren Events Center, in Irvine, California, from March 12 – 16. The IBJJF has released the official schedule and brackets for the Pan 2014,....
