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Category Archive: BJJ News, Featured

Keenan Defeats Marcos Souza, Lucas Leite & Mike Fowler & Wins $10K

    Keenan Cornelius won a high level black belt absolute division at the 2015 Marianas Open Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament this weekend, which included Marcos Souza, Lucas Leite and Mike...

Ralek Gracie: ‘Before Metamoris, Garry Tonon Was Known for Losing To Kron’

    Ralek Gracie, the co-founder and CEO of Metamoris responded this week to Garry Tonon’s statement about how he was contacted before Eddie Bravo’s EBI event and why he didn’t want...

Inspiration: Pat Worley, Karate Legend & 2015 Pan Master Black Belt Champ

    Pat Worley is a Karate legend who was Jhoon Rhee’s National grand champion in 1970, a title that was held by Joe Lewis for four years.  Worley was rated in the national top ten for...

Copa Podio to Offer Free Live Stream on Same Day & Time as Metamoris 6

    Copa Podio have just announced that their Copa Podio Heavyweight Grandprix scheduled for May 9th 2015, will have a FREE LIVE STREAM. This is a counter attack to Metamoris 6 which...

Garry Tonon Won’t Compete in Metamoris: ‘ Their Offer Doesn’t Benefit Growth of the Sport’

    Word is out that the people behind Metamoris are trying to have the monopoly of the PPV grappling event by asking grappling athletes to sign exclusive contracts. The athletes would only...

PPV Wars: Is Metamoris Bullying Copa Podio, EBI & Polaris?

      The Metamoris 6 card has just been announced and with Josh Barnett, Cyborg Abreu, Roberto Satoshi, Clark Gracie etc..It is truly amazing, however  the event for the second time...

Metamoris 6 Card Anounced: 6 Superfights Confirmed

  Main Event: Josh Barnett vs Cyborg Abreu Co Main Event: Chael Sonnon vs Renato Sobral Dillon Danis vs Joe Lauzon Xande Ribeiro vs Keenan Cornelius Clark Gracie vs Roberto Satoshi Jeff Monson...

Metamoris 6: Joe Lauzon vs Dillon Danis Confirmed

    UFC lightweight and BJJ brown belt Joe Lauzon will be on the card of the next Metamoris card. Metamoris 6 will be held on May 9th 2015. The grappling event features matches of 20...

Rigan Machado Designs Jiu-Jitsu System without Sparring for Celebrities

    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...

McGregor: ‘Once I Hit Aldo, He’ll Turn into a Grappler, 100%’

    Conor McGregor wants to knockout Jose Aldo. He also believes that once he tags Aldo, the Brazilian will ‘turn into a grappler’: He told the press in Brazil:   “At...

The Ultimate Grappler: Adam Wheeler, Olympic Wrestling Medalist & BJJ Black Belt

    Adam Wheeler is an American Greco-Roman wrestler, best known for his bronze medal performance at the 2008 Summer Olympics. What sets Adam apart from other elite wrestlers is that he is...

Eddie Bravo on Upcoming Event EBI 3: ‘The Goal is to Get Jiu-Jitsu on TV’

  Eddie Bravo Invitational 3 (EBI 3) will take place this Sunday in Los Angeles. It’s a 16-man tournament of 170 lbs grapplers, all aiming to win the $10,000 prize money. The event...

2015 ADCC Dates Confirmed, New Location, Kron, Buchecha, Galvao & More to Compete

    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....

2015 Pan: Bernardo Double Gold, Submits Lo; Gabi Garcia Dominates; More Results

    The 2015 Pan came to an end this Sunday in California. Bernardo Faria made histrory by winning the black belt open weight for the second time . The black belt from Alliance managed to...

Rodolfo Vieira: ‘I’d Rather Lose Than Win by Using That Sh*tty 50/50 Guard’

    The current Super Heavy world champion Rodolfo Vieira was not present at the Pan this year but he has been following the action on Live Stream. He wasn’t impressed by what he has...

2015 Pan Saturday Recap: Lo vs Faria & Gabi vs Mackenzie Open Weight Finals

    The third day of the Pans saw black belts battling out in the open weight. After the dust has cleared, two names have emerged out of the rumble: Bernardo Faria will be facing Leandro Lo...

Adem Redzovic Talks Sport BJJ vs Self Defense, BJJ in Balkans & More

    Adem Redzovic is a second degree BJJ black belt and the co-owner of Team Redzovic in Chicago, one of the biggest BJJ Academies in the USA. During his recent trip to Belgrade, Serbia, he...

Brendan Schaub on Training Partner Ronda Rousey: ‘I’ve Seen Her Destroy Men’

    When UFC commentator Joe Rogan made the controversial statement that Ronda Rousey would probably beat 50% of the UFC male bantamweight division, it set tongues wagging. In a new...

Renzo Gracie & Cousins Get Community Service for NY Nightclub Brawl

    Renzo Gracie was arrested in the early hours of Sunday the 18th of May 2014 after a big brawl in a nightclub in New York. Under instructions from his attorney, Renzo was not allowed to...

Ronda Rousey Corrects Joe Rogan: ‘I Could Beat 100% of UFC Male Bantamweights’

    The controversy continues….After Joe Rogan and even Bruce Buffer gave a wild estimate that Ronda Rousey could defeat 50% of male UFC bantamweights, UFC flyweight (125 lb, 57 kg)...

Cris Cyborg to Rener Gracie: ‘Go Promote your Online Students While I Earn My Credit Fighting’

    Cris Cyborg didn’t appreciate Rener Gracie’s recent comments about her on The MMA Hour: “No offense to her, she’s obviously an amazing athlete and has done...

Keenan, Gabi, Leandro Lo, Caio Terra & More Confirmed for 2015 IBJJF Pan

    The Pan American Championships of Jiu-Jitsu , which takes place in Irvine, California, between the 11th and 15th March, is eagerly awaited by the whole community. The tournament will be...

Rousey’s Jiu-Jitsu Coach Rener Gracie: ‘Ronda Has the Best Armbars I’ve Ever Felt’

    Ronda Rousey’s Jiu-Jitsu coach Rener Gracie told MMAFighting.com‘s Ariel Helwani on Monday about how is amazed by her work ethic and fighting skills:  ...

Watch What Happens When MMA Fighter Talks Trash about BJJ & Faces Eldar ‘Yakuza’

    Eldar “Yakuza” Rafigaev is one of the biggest European BJJ prospects. This Half Moldovan Half Russian purple belt fighting out of Jungle BJJ in Czech Republic is a competition...