Open Mat BJJ Rolling Sessions in Poland Hailed a Big Success
May 28, 2015BJJEE
Written by Krzysztof Łukaszewicz, Dragon’s Den head coach, Braulio Estima’s black belt. Photos: http://maczdunovsky.format.com/ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a fast...
World Champion Felipe Pena Tests Positive for Banned Substance, Faces 1 year Ban
May 26, 2015BJJEE
USADA announced today that 2014 black belt IBJJF World and 2015 World Pro Champion Felipe Pena known as ‘Preguica’ has tested positive for a prohibited substance and...
UK: Woman Puts Sexual Attacker to Sleep with Triangle Choke Learned at Self Defense Class
May 20, 2015BJJEE
Cheltenham, England, A woman defended herself from a sexual attacker by using a triangle choked that she learned in a self defense class. Mark Willis, 39, attacked the woman as she was...
Guilherme Mendes Retires from Competition at the Age of 26
May 19, 2015BJJEE
Guilherme Mendes is a four time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion at the black belt level. Guilherme along with his brother Rafael are 2nd degree black belts under Ramon Lemos and...
Roger Gracie on Return to Jiu-Jitsu Competition: ‘If I Don’t Come Back Now It’ll be Too Late’
May 18, 2015BJJEE
Fighting Lifestyle UAE’s BJJ analyst Ricky Rout caught up with 10 x world champion, ADCC champion and professional Mixed Martial Artist Roger Gracie during his visit to Team Nogueira...
Erberth Santos Involved in Massive Brawl at Competition, DQ’d, Woman Kicked in Face
May 17, 2015BJJEE
1 week after placing third at the Copa Podio Heavyweight GP, rising star Erberth Santos competed at the CBJJE Mundials in Sao Paulo (A smaller federation than IBJJF). In the open class,...
2015 ADCC List of Competitors: Find Out Who Will Compete in the World’s Biggest Grappling Tournament
May 16, 2015BJJEE
The biggest and most prestigious submission wrestling tournament in the world, the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Championship) will be held in Brazil in 2015. The last...
Ronda Rousey on Difficult Childhood, Father’s Suicide & Vicodin Habit
May 12, 2015BJJEE
Ronda Rousey was born in Riverside County, California, the daughter of Ron Rousey and AnnMaria De Mars (née Waddell). Her mother had a decorated Judo career and was the first American...
Marcio Andre: From Orphan Born In Rough Neighborhood To BJJ World Champion
May 11, 2015BJJEE
At just 20 years old, Márcio André is considered one of the rising stars of the Jiu-Jitsu world. However, nothing came easy for the kid from the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro. He is a...
Watch: Metamoris 6 Highlights
May 11, 2015BJJEE
ALL the matches with highlight in each one. Josh Barnett vs Ryron Gracie Chael Sonnen vs. Babalu Sobral Dillon Danis vs. Joe Lauzon Xande Ribeiro vs. Keenan Cornelius Clark Gracie vs....
Watch: All The Best Copa Podio Heavyweight GP Matches
May 10, 2015BJJEE
Here are the best matches from last night’s Copa Podio Heavyweight GP:
Babalu on Metamoris 6: ‘I’ll Submit Sonnen in Less Than 10 Minutes’
May 09, 2015BJJEE
Metamoris 6 will be held on May 9th 2015. The grappling event features matches of 20 minutes , submission only, no points. Former UFC fighters Chael Sonnen and Renato...
Polaris 2 Jiu-Jitsu Invitational Partial Fightcard Released
May 08, 2015BJJEE
Polaris has just announced some fight from their much awaited second event which will be held on Saturday the 12th September at St. David’s Hall in Cardiff. Live tickets on sale...
FREE LIVE STREAM Copa Podio Heavyweight GP, May 9th
May 08, 2015BJJEE
The next stage of the Copa Podio has been scheduled. On May 9, the Heavyweight GP will once again take place in Rio de Janeiro, at Botafogo Gymnasium. Fresh off his win at UFC in Poland,...
Ryron Gracie on Facing Barnett: “Helio Would Do it”
May 08, 2015BJJEE
Last night, Metamoris announced that Roberto Cyborg Abreu is out of the event due to an injury. This happened just 3 days before the event. Ryron Gracie stepped up to face the monster that is...
Roberto Cyborg Injured, Out of Metamoris 6, Ryron Gracie To Face Barnett
May 07, 2015BJJEE
Things are going from bad to worse for the Metamoris 6 card. They have just anounced on their Facebook account that Roberto Cyborg Abreu is out of the event due to an injury. This...
Metamoris 6 To Be Closed Off To Public, No Live Audience
May 06, 2015BJJEE
Word is out that this Saturday’s Metamoris 6 will not have an audience present at the event. No venue has been announced. The only way to watch it will be online on its Pay Per...
UFC Champion Chris Weidman Promoted to Black Belt in BJJ
May 06, 2015BJJEE
UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman was last night promoted to BJJ black belt by Renzo Gracie and Matt Serra. He has been training BJJ since 2008. A standout in college, he earned...
2015 Brasileiros: Monique Elias & Erberth Santos Double Gold Champions
May 04, 2015BJJEE
On the last day of the Brazilian championship of Jiu-Jitsu (Brasileiros), two names shone and won weight and absolute: Erberth Santos and Monique Elias . After they reached the final of...
Jake Shields: ‘Rousimar Palhares is a Sociopath’
May 02, 2015BJJEE
Jake Shields is next in line for a title shot at World Series of Fighting welterweight champion Rousimar Palhares. The former Strikeforce middleweight champion defeated former UFC...
Dutchman Michel van Rijt on Teaching BJJ in Russia: ‘Fighting is in their DNA’
May 01, 2015BJJEE
Michel van Rijt is a Dutch Judoka (former national team member in Judo and Japanese Ju Jitsu) who now lives in Russia and teaches BJJ at Rio Grappling Club in Voronezh. He holds a brown...
Victor Estima Tells Story of How He Came Up w/ the Estima Lock
May 01, 2015BJJEE
Fightinglifestyleuae.com caught up with Victor Estima after his performance at the World Professional Jiu-jitsu Championship 2015 in which he won silver in his weight category....
Jean Jacques Machado on his Handicap & PEDs in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Apr 29, 2015BJJEE
Interview with the ADCC Champion Grand Master Jean Jacques Machado. The Jiu-Jitsu legend talks about overcoming physical obstacles (he has four fingers missing on his left hand),...
Hector Lombard to Compete in ADCC 2015 in the 99kg Weight Class
Apr 29, 2015BJJEE
Suspended UFC welterweight Hector Lombard will compete in AUgust in the world’s biggest submission wrestling tournament: ADCC. After testing positive for steroids following his...
