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Category Archive: BJJ News, Featured

EBI 6 feat. Galvao, Cyborg on UFC FIGHT PASS $50k Cash Prize

  UFC FIGHT PASS® announced today that the world’s greatest digital destination for fight fans has added Brazilian jiu-jitsu to its ever-expanding live event offering. FIGHT PASS, UFC’s...

BJJ Nomad New Episode: ‘Live By The Gi/ Die By The Gi’

  “BJJ NO-MAD” is a documentary series about two martial artists – a cinematographer and a traveler, who are searching for the way of the warrior around the world starring BJJ black belt...

Finally Released “Jiu-Jitsu vs The World” Epic Documentary

  From the makers of Roll: Jiu-Jitsu in SoCal, we present you: Jiu-Jitsu VS The World a new feature length documentary about the positive impact Jiu-jitsu has on lives everywhere coming soon!...

Garry Tonon vs Rousimar Palhares, Sub Only Confirmed at Polaris Pro 3

  Hide yo legs, hide yo ankles… Garry “The Lion Killer” Tonon x Rousimar Palhares is going down at Polaris Pro 3, which will be held April 2 in the UK. Live tickets on sale...

Actor Scott Caan Promoted To BJJ Black Belt After 15 Yrs Of Training

  More proof of the mainstream growth of Jiu-Jitsu. Co-stars of popular Tv show Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan are both serious BJJ practitioners. They train at Egan Inoue’s Grappling...

BJJ Hour Podcast ep.50: “Women in BJJ & Sexy Pictures of BJJ Women.”

  The popular BJJ podcast The BJJ Hour, had their 50th episode this Sunday. The topic was: “Women in BJJ & Sexy Pictures of BJJ Women.” The guests were William Burkhardt of BJJ...

Life Of A BJJ Competitor In A Series Of Funny Animated GIFs Part 2

  Photo: William Burkhardt of BJJ Pix Being a BJJ competitor is tough, it’s about balancing all aspects of your life: BJJ Training, strength & conditioning, diet, social life etc..We...

Vinny Magalhaes: ‘BJJ Became a Weird Game with P*ssified Rules’

  Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing at an amazing rate worldwide. More people are training in all corners of the world. BJJ is evolving. The direction that sport BJJ is going is worrying many....

IJF: Leg Grabs May Come Back in Judo After 2016

  With the Olympic games happening this summer in Rio de Janeiro, International Judo Federation President Marius Vizer did a live Q&A session on Twitter to update Judo fans from all over the...

2016 Europeans Black Belt Results

  In the male open weight of the 2016 IBJJF Europeans, student and master met in the final: Felipe Pena and Romulo Barral. Pena was injured after having resisted t a tight armbar in his semi...

Europeans Day 4 Recap: Preguica & Barral Meet in Absolute Final

  Day 4 of the 2016 European Championships has just ended. The black belt adult open weight had  a staggering 35 man bracket featuring big names such as Romulo Barral, Patrick Gaudio, Jackson...

IBJJF Europeans Days 1-2, Gustavo Batista Captures Double Gold

  Days 1 and 2 of the 2016 IBJJF Europeans are done and dusted. The white, blue and purple belts were in action and did not disappoint. In the purple male division, the standout star was Leandro...

Roger Gracie On Which European Countries Have The Best Jiu-Jitsu

  10x World BJJ Champion Roger Gracie is currently in Lisbon, Portugal where he is coaching his students that are competing at the IBJJF European BJJ Championship. He was asked by...

Featherweight Robson Barbosa Enters Ultra Heavy Black Belt at Europeans

  Robson Barbosa is a black belt under Ricardo Carvalho, BJJ black belt under Carlson Gracie. Robson is one of Sweden’s best BJJ practitioners and has more or less won everything in BJJ...

Coral Belt Pedro Sauer Joins Gracie Academy Association

  A coral belt under Rickson Gracie, Pedro Sauer has joined forces with the Gracie Academy (Ryron and Rener Gracie). In this video, they announce the partnership between the Pedro Sauer...

Rickson Gracie’s Statement on Gracie University & Online Blue Belts

  Photo: Jiu-Jitsu Style Magazine. 2 years ago, with all the controversy following Rener Gracie’s statment that ‘learning Jiu-Jitsu online is even more effective than in the...

Gracies Asks FBI To Deal with Aj Agazarm’s Metamoris Call Out

  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: -Scheduling...

IBJJF Increases Prize Money to $15K For Top Ranked Male & Female Black Belt Competitors for 2015/16 Season

  Great news and a step forward for the professionalization of Jiu-Jitsu: The IBJJF has just announced today that it has increased prize money for top black belt ranked athletes by the end of...

Augusto Tanquinho Suffers Freak Injury, Out Of Saturday’s UFC Fight

  World champion of jiu-jitsu and training partner of former UFC champion Ben Henderson, Augusto ‘Tanquinho’ Mendes signed with the UFC on Tuesday and was scheduled to fight Charles...

Ralek Gracie On Metamoris Pay Scandal: ‘We Are Regrouping’

  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...

59 Year Old TV Celebrity Anthony Bourdain To Compete at New York BJJ Open!

59 year old BJJ blue belt Anthony Bourdain is an American chef, author, and television personality. He is known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and in...

Lo, Galvao, Mackenzie, Romulo etc..To Compete at 2016 IBJJF Europeans

  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...

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...