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Category Archive: Articles, BJJ News

Raffle: Win A Life Changing BJJ Sponsorship Package!

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Cesar Gracie: ‘Ronda Gives Up Her Back Easily. If Alexis Takes Her Back, She’ll Submit Her’

    UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will fight BJJ black belt Alexis Davis on Jul. 5 at UFC 175 in Las Vegas, Nev. Davis has legit submission skills, being a black belt...

Female BJJ World Champions To Ronda Rousey: ‘We’ll Fight Her Under Any Rules, Gi Or No Gi’

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will fight BJJ black belt Alexis Davis on Jul. 5 at UFC 175 in Las Vegas, Nev. Rousey is not impressed by her opponent’s BJJ pedigree and...

(Video) The Return Of Catch Wrestling: Tournament USA vs The World

    For the first time in 100 years on American soil, the sport of Catch wrestling was reborn on June 7, 2014 at UCLA’s John Wooden Center. 14 catch wrestlers competed in seven wrestling...

Brendan Schaub Wants Another Go @Metamoris: ‘I’d Scoot On My Butt’

  Photo: William Burkhardt/ BJJ Pix   Brendan Schaub has indicated that he wants to compete at a future edition of  Metamoris and wants to face Frank Mir next in either Metamoris or in the...

Comprido On Metamoris 4 Match W/ Saulo: ‘I’ll Be Prepared For Anything’

    On the 9th August at Metamoris 4, BJJ legends Rodrigo ‘Comprido’ Medeiros & Saulo Ribeiro will meet. The super fight will be the only Gi match of the event. The event,...

Before Metamoris 4, Chael Sonnen Fails 2nd Test; Positive For HGH, EPO

    Chael Sonnen’s problems with PEDs are nowhere near finished. After the NSAC revealed that Chael Sonnen for banned substances on May 24th, he announced his retirement from...

Galvao On Metamoris 4 Match: ‘Sonnen Is Stronger & Heavier’

    On August 9, in Los Angeles, California, Andre Galvao will face Chael Sonnen at Metamoris 4. André Galvão , BJJ world champion and gold medal at ADCC, will face Chael Sonnen , one of...

Ronda Rousey: “I Can Beat Any Woman On Earth In BJJ, Gi or No-Gi In Pure Jiu-Jitsu”

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will fight BJJ black belt Alexis Davis on Jul. 5 at UFC 175 in Las Vegas, Nev. Davis has legit submission skills, being a black belt under Cesar...

Dana White Interested In Including Metamoris In UFC’s Fight Pass

    Invicta FC and UFC Fight Pass have recently joined force in a broadcast partnership. With the confirmation of big MMA stars competing in the upcoming Metamoris 4: Chael Sonnen vs Andre...

Xande Ribeiro: “Online Belt Promotions Weaken Jiu-Jitsu”

    Online learning and belt testing in Jiu-Jitsu has drawn the attention of many famous BJJ practitioners . There are people who agree with the practice, but many are overwhelmingly...

Josh Barnett On Metamoris 4 Match vs Dean Lister: “I Want To Show Catch Wrestling To These Jiu-Jitsu folks”

    Ralek Gracie, Metamoris 4 president has last night confirmed on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, the following matches for Metamoris 4, planned for 4. Aug. 9 in LA. : Main event: Andre...

Ralek Gracie Confirms Metamoris 4 Card & Secret Match

    BJJ Eastern Europe was among the first media to anounce the Metamoris 4 match ups. Now Ralek Gracie, Metamoris president, had this to say on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour on...

Relson Gracie Recalls How Helio Made Him Into A Champion

    The second eldest son of Helio Gracie, the red belt Relson Gracie reigned during his time, having had according to him, 140 Vale Tudo fights and remained unbeaten for decades. But those...

Rafael Lovato Jr on Winning As A Black Belt In Competition In Brazil & His Strength & Conditioning Program For BJJ

    Multiple World, Brasileiro, Pan and European Champion, Rafael Lovato Jr sat down with Grapplerarts’s Stephen Kesting and discussed the many aspects of his career. About Being the...

Metamoris 4 Rumors: Keenan, Saulo, Bendo, Josh Barnett, Kit Dale

    The Spanish BJJ Facebook page Pasando Guardia and Grappling Weekly, have announced some rumors coming from various reliable sources (within the fighters’ teams) of possible match...

Interview with Baywatch Star – Jeremy Jackson of Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu

      Here is another celebrity training Jiu Jitsu. If you grew up in the 90’s you may remember Hobie Buchanan in hit TV show ‘Baywatch’ who was played by Jeremy...

Alexander Trans: ‘It’ll Take A Long Time For Europeans To Catch Up With Brazilians’

    The IBJJF Worlds moved to the USA in in 2007, most of the major champions are teaching in the US or abroad and Brazilians are still dominating all the weight classes at least at black...

Rafael Lovato Jr To Start MMA Career In 2014

    On the Save Jiu Jitsu podcast, 2007 BJJ and No Gi World Champion  Rafael Lovato Jr announced that he will be looking to fight in MMA  later in 2014. Lovato being a two time BJJ world...

Tournament Organizer Apologizes For & Bans Fascist Competitor

    Last weekend a grappling tournament called Global Grappling was held in Hungary. BJJ Eastern Europe were sent a picture of one of the competitors who stepped on the mat with a large...

The Return Of Catch Wrestling: Tournament USA vs The World

    For the first time in 100 years on American soil, the sport of Catch wrestling was reborn on June 7, 2014 at UCLA’s John Wooden Center. 14 catch wrestlers competed in seven...

ADCC European Qualifier 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria October 11th

    2014 ADCC European Championship 11th October in Sofia, Bulgaria Remember, there are only three ways to get into the ADCC World Championships: #1- Win a Region Championship (Qualifier)....

Coach Julio Cesar: ‘Rodolfo Has To Work His Stand Up Game Better To Beat Buchecha’

    Ivan Trinidade for Graciemag recently interviewed many top Jiu-Jitsu personalities on thnje subject of the Rodolfo-Buchecha rivalry. Buchecha leads 5-1 in all their confrontations. At...

Andre Galvao On What Changes Should Be Made To IBJJF Rules

    Andre Galvao took second place at the worlds this year, losing to Felipe Preguica in the Heavyweight finals. He recently posted on his Facebook the following statement on IBJJF rules....