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Category Archive: Featured, Interview

Kit Dale On His Preparation For Copa Podio & Representing Australia

  Checkmat Australia’s Kit Dale is not only of the biggest prospects in BJJ, he is also one of the funniest. He will be competing in the Copa Podio middleweight GP on  September 8. In...

Checkmat Ace Renato Cardoso On His Preparation For Copa Podio, Expectations & His Style Of Jiu-Jitsu

  Renato Cardodo is a black belt under Rodrigo Cavaca, who has a super aggressive style, and mean footlocks. Read more about Renato here. He won the double gold at Sao Paulo Open, and was CBJJE...

Serbian Open BJJ Championship 2013, 19th October, Belgrade, Serbia

One of the best & most prestigious BJJ competitions in the region: The Serbian Open BJJ Championship will be held in Belgrade on the 19th of October! It is organised by the BJJ federation of...

2 Time Judo Olympian Travis Stevens On His Training For Copa Podio, His Passion For Jiu-Jitsu & Facing Flavio Canto

  Travis Stevens  is a elite level Judoka from United States who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. In Judo he is currently ranked top 5 in the world and he is considered by many...

Improvements In Condition Of 15 Yr OId Jiu-Jitsu Fighter Who Was Gravely Injured In Competition In Brazil

  Gabriel Diniz was a 15 year old fighting in the adult division, and subsequently lost the use of his arms and legs. This happened at II Etapa do Campeonato Estadual de Jiu Jitsu Capixaba in...

Fernando Terere: “I Have Found The Motivation That I Once Had As A Blue, Purple & Brown Belt.”

  Fernando Tererê has a had a great 2013, when he returned to health, opened his own successful school in Rio de Janeiro, and returned to the big competitions. He competed and won a Mexican...

Roger Gracie: “I’m Staying Positive. I Didn’t Become A BJJ Champ By Just Winning. The Defeats Also Made Me.”

  A week ago, UFC fans were caught by surprise by news about Roger Gracie . After the defeat from Tim Kennedy, at UFC 162, Gracie was cut by the UFC who decided not to renew his contract. In an...

Jiu-Jitsu Training Saves Woman’s Life In Dangerous Motorcycle Accident

  Source: http://www.txmma.com Mariana Fletcher is a Brazilian lady who is a BJJ blue belt. She recently had a motorcycle accident in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mariana was wearing a scarf while...

Grapplers Quest Europe Complete Results

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2X World Champ Leo Nogueira On His Daily Swimming Training & His Move To The USA

  Leonardo Nogueira is one of the top competitors from Alliance’s Jiu Jitsu team. A BJJ black belt under Fabio Gurgel, Leo Nogueira made a splash at black belt when he won a gold medal at the...

Robert Drysdale: “I Would Like To Say One Day That I’ve Fought The Best In Gi, No Gi & MMA.”

  Robert Drysdale was born in the United States. He is the son of a Brazilian lady with an American man,  who was raised in Brazil and has strong connection with the country where he spent most...

Caio Terra Turns Down ADCC Invitation To Focus On Jiu-Jitsu Expo Superfight

  Current world rooster weight champion Caio Terra has just confirmed his presence at the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo this year, on 9 and 10 November in Long Beach, California. Terra lives in nearby in...

Roger Gracie Out Of The UFC. Contract Was Not Renewed

  A defeat to Tim Kennedy on his debut in the Octagon and his sub performance has cost Roger Gracie his career in the UFC. The fight against Kennedy was the last of his four fight contract,...

Kron Gracie: “I Will Probably Leave Jiu-Jitsu To Concentrate On MMA Next Year.”

Source: Tatame Kron Gracie has been invited to compete in ADCC which will be held on October 19 in Beijing, China. The Rickson Gracie black belt has confirmed that he has received an invitation to...

Jiu-Jitsu Couple, Leandro Lo & Luiza Monteiro Win Double Gold At Rio Open

The Tijuca Tennis Club, this weekend, was the seat of the Rio Open. The highlights of this edition were Leandro Lo and Luiza Monteiro . Both fighters won weight and absolute crowning their perfect...

Man Subdues Gunman Using Jiu-Jitsu Choke Technique, Avoids Shooting Massacre In A French Cinema

Source: Leparisien.fr Rosny, France. Fouad Ben Ahmed was preparing to watch the movie “The man of of steel” (superman) together with his 2 children in a cinema on Wednesday night at 9:40...

Paulo Miyao Joins The Copa Podio Middleweight GP; List Of Competitors Complete

Source: Tatame. The list of participants of the second season’s of the Copa Podio middleweight GP no longer has room for anyone else. On the afternoon of Tuesday (23), the event’s...

The BJJ Globetrotter Christian Graugart On The Creation Of His BJJ Globetrotter Team, Competing As A Black Belt & The Birth Of His Son

Christian Graugart went around the world training Jiu-Jitsu and wrote a blog and great book about it (if you have yet bought it, you should, click here) In this interview with BJJ Eastern Christian...

Roger Gracie Considering An Offer To Face Marcus Buchecha In Metamoris III

In October 2012, at Metamoris Pro 1, Roger Gracie put his gi back on to face the biggest name in Jiu-Jitsu today: Marcus Buchecha Almeida . The match ended in a draw after 20 minutes. The two meet...

Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral Back To Jiu-Jitsu, Looking To Compete At Rio Open

After announcing his retirement from MMA , Renato Babalu plans to return to Jiu-Jitsu. At 37, Babalu has had 48 MMA fights – and only 11 losses – throughout his brilliant career. He is...

Interview With Paul Stolyar, Ukraine’s First BJJ Black Belt

Ukraine finally has a BJJ black belt. Even though he lives in Australia, Paul (Pavel “Pasha’) Stolyar is proud to represent Ukraine. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, Paul tells...

Marcus Buchecha Almeida Training & Teaching In Russia

The current absolute world champion Marcus “Buchecha”, 23 years old, was recently touring the world teaching and of course training Jiu-Jitsu. Here he is in Russia during his 3 day...

Peter Lakatos, Strength Coach For Carlson Gracie Hungary, Gives Some Solid Strength Training Advice For BJJ Players

Peter Lakatos is a StrongFirst Girya Master Instructor with Pavel Tsatsouline, Expert 2 Krav Maga instructor with Eyal Yanilov, blue belt Brazilian jiu jitsu practicioner with Carlson Gracie Jr., and...

BJJ In The French Foreign Legion: Interview With BJJ Black Belt Instructor, Legionnaire Leopoldo Dos Passos

The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion étrangère, L.E.) is a military service wing of the French Army established in 1831, unique because it was exclusively created for foreign nationals...