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Category Archive: Articles, BJJ News, Featured, Videos

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...

Carlos Machado Supports his Affiliate: ‘Junior Black Belt’ Equals To Purple Belt

    A BJJ academy in Texas, Team Pittman BJJ (which has been affiliated to Carlos Machado for 10 years) is promoting children to ‘Junior black belts’. Some are even 7th degree Junior...

BJJ Academy in Texas Promotes Children to ‘Junior BJJ Black Belt’ Rank

    A BJJ academy in Texas, Team Pittman BJJ, which has been affiliated to Carlos Machado for 10 years is promoting children to ‘Junior black belts’. Some are even 7th degree...

Polish Beast Maksmilyan Wisniewski to Compete in Next Copa Podio

    Maksmilyan Wisniewski is from the city of Mosina in Poland. He is 27 and earned his black belt under Robert Drysdale. On Sunday, the Zenith Team fighter faced his countryman Mieszko...

French Judo Federation: Immediate Ban for all Judokas Teaching MMA

    This week it was announced that the European Judo Championships , scheduled for April in Glasgow, would not take place in the Scottish city. This occurred only eight weeks before the...

Metamoris To Hold Secret Event for Super Heavyweights This Weekend

    Metamoris president Ralek Gracie is cooking up a new project in preparation for Metamoris 6. Ralek Gracie posted a facebook status looking for no gi grapplers for a Metamoris project...

Royce Gracie on PEDs in MMA: ‘I Don’t Think It’s a Problem’

    MMA legend Royce Gracie does not believe that MMA has a PED problem. Gracie told MMAFighting.com at Bellator 133 on Friday night. “It shows that the system is working,”...

Judo Politics: European Judo Union Ends Partnership with the UFC

    Last week, the UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organisation, announced their involvement in the 2015 European Judo Championships, which will take place in Glasgow, UK in...

Mahamed Aly Europeans Brown Belt 2x Gold Champ on Fighting like a Featherweight & Origin of His Name

    Brazilian brown belt Mahamed Aly was one of the stars at the 2015 Europeans where he won double gold. He is a BJJ purple belt world champion (2014) and a MMA hopeful, a member of Team...

The Dagestani Brown Belt that Shocked the World, Abdurakhman Bilarov : ‘I’m Not Going To Stop Here’

    Remember the name: Abdurakhman Bilarov from Dagestan. He made a huge impression last weekend in Chechnya at the Berkut challenge where he beat three black belts, submitting the ultra...

Firas Zahabi Compares Silva to Lance Armstrong: ‘GSP Not Silva is The GOAT Now’

    Firas Zahabi, Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre’s coach, gave an interview to French Canadian media ‘La Presse’ where he compared Anderson...

Watch FREE LIVE STREAM Gracie Nationals, Garry Tonon vs Javi Vazquez

   Watch a free live stream of Saturday’s Gracie Nationals submission only No Gi matches: Scheduled for Sunday, Feb 8, 2015 Gracie Nationals 2015 Javi Vazquez vs Garry Tonon Denny...

Mendes Bros talk about their BJJ Superfights in Chechnya this Weekend & Plans for 2015

    Budo Jake and crew stop by the Art of Jiu Jitsu to chat with their good friends, Rafa and Gui Mendes to talk about their school, BJJ and their upcoming superfights in Chechnya. On Feb...

Watch The Featherweight Giant Killer Isaac Doederlein Defeat an Ultra Heavy Weight Opponent

    Featherweight Isaac Doederlein impressed last weekend at the IBJJF Europeans. He berimboloed his way to a gold in his division and a silver in the Open Weight brown belt, beating some...

Conor McGregor to Compete at IBJJF No Gi Europeans Before Aldo Title Fight

  UFC number one contender to Jose Aldo’s belt, Conor McGregor has just announced that he will competing at the IBJJF No Gi Europeans which will be held in Rome on April 11th, 2015....

Mackenzie Dern after Double European Silver: ‘My Time is Coming, This is Only the Beginning’

    Mackenzie Dern ended her European championships campaign with 2 silver medals last weekend in Lisbon, Portugal. The Brazilian-American daughter of Megaton Dias lost to Gabi Garcia in...

2015 IBJJF European Championship 2x Gold Winners: Gabi Changes Strategy , Galvao Dominates

    The 2015 European Jiu-Jitsu championship which was held in Lisbon, Portugal – crowned many champions, but 2 stole the show. One was André Galvão and for the women’s: Gabi...

Jake Shields: ‘I’m going to take Palhares’s knee out’

    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...

2015 IBJJF Europeans Breaks Record: Now Biggest BJJ Championship in the World

    The next big event in the European BJJ calendar are the 2015 European Jiu-Jitsu championships! This year with 3,400 registered competitors, the European is the biggest championship in...

Rigan Machado on Ashton Kutcher’s Real Level in BJJ. Compares His Body Type to Roger Gracie’s

  When news broke out that actor Ashton Kutcher had been promoted to purple belt by Rigan Machado, the BJJ community had mixed reactions. Some were happy about the news, many were not and some...

Updated Pre Schedule – 2015 European Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship

    The next big event in the European BJJ calendar are the 2015 European Jiu-Jitsu championships!   The dates are January 21-25,  in Lisbon, Portugal. Location: Complexo Municipal...

Cash Prizes for All Belts: East European BJJ Open 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia

  The third edition of the East European BJJ Open in Zagreb, Croatia has been confirmed for February 15th at the West Gate shopping Mall. Last year, over 320 registered competitors and teams...

Polaris Professional Jiu Jitsu Invitational Complete Results

    The first edition of the Polaris Professional Jiu Jitsu Invitational is done and dusted. It was a major Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu invitational that happened in Cardiff, Wales this Saturday...

Jiu-Jitsu To Be Included In Asian Games: 2nd Biggest Multi- Sport Event After Olympics

    Last year Abu Dhabi’s UAEJJ Federation (Which organizes the World Pro) teamed up with The Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF which is the internationally recognized federation...