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Category Archive: Featured, Videos

Watch Two Beasts Collide: Keenan Cornelius vs Yuri Simoes @ Five Grappling California Open

  February 22, 2014 – Keenan Cornelius (ATOS) and Yuri Simoes (CAIO TERRA ASSOCIATION) compete in the Men’s Open Gi Black Belt 18+ final at FIVE GI.NOGI GRAPPLING’s California...

Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns: ‘When Passing The Guard, You Have To Impose Your Game’

  Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns is a two-time World No Gi champion and Jiu-Jitsu coach of Vitor Belfort. Durinho  is one of Brazil’s promises in mixed martial arts, however, he does...

Nicolas Gregoriades On His Book ‘The Black Belt Blueprint’, His Travels & PED’s In Our Sport

Nicolas Gregoriades is Roger Gracie’s first black belt. He has recently released a book called ‘The Grappling Blueprint‘ ( you can check out our review here) which covers the system...

Royler Vs Eddie Metamoris 3 Rematch: Royler Can Grab The Pants, Eddie Can’t Grab The Shorts

  There has been some controversy in regards to the main event at Metamoris 3. Due to Eddie Bravo’s recent decision to wear Grappling Tights instead of Gi Pants, Royler Gracie’s...

Interview With Gustavo Galvao, Andre’s Brother, On His Atos Academy In Barcelona

Gustavo Galvao, Andre’s brother, talks to BJJ Eastern Europe about his new Atos academy in Barcelona, Spain. His trainings with Atos back in Brazil and the Jiu-Jitsu scene in Spain: Can you...

Roger Gracie To Train With Ernesto Hoost & Fight At Light Heavyweight In MMA

Roger Gracie has decided. The 10x black belt world champion, who was considering going to competitive BJJ, chose to continue his MMA journey. Released by the UFC in 2013, the athlete has not yet...

Kenny Florian: ‘Nova Uniao’s Head Coach, Andre Pederneiras Is The Reason For Their Great Success’

Regarded as one of the top jiu jitsu and MMA academies in the world, Nova União has busted into MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) in the later years through fighters like Renan “Barão”, José Aldo,...

Rodolfo Vieira: ‘I’ve Never Felt A Guard Like Leandro Lo’s’

  The 2014 Copa Podio heavyweight champion Rodolfo Vieira gave a show of Jiu-Jitsu for everyone in the gym last Saturday (1). In an interview with tatami, the athlete, who submitted five of the...

2014 Copa Podio Heavyweight GP: Rodolfo Submits Lo In The Final

Rodolfo Vieira had a perfect performance at Copa Podio heavyweight GP last night in Rio de Janeiro. Of the six fights he did, Rodolfo finished five opponents, including the final against Leandro Lo ,...

Ralek Gracie On Royler vs Eddie 2 @Metamoris: ‘I Tried To Pay Them As Much As I Could.”

  Metamoris 2 organizer Ralek Gracie talked to BJJrants.com about how he put the event together and how he was able to convince Royler and Eddie to rematch: BJJ Rants: Metamoris 3 is going back to...

How To Spot A Steroid User In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Whether we like it or not steroids and performance enhancing drugs are very present in BJJ competitions world wide. In the years that I’ve been training BJJ (all over the world) I have seen...

‘Minotauro’ Nogueira: ‘I have two or three years left’

  Former PRIDE champion and UFC , Minotauro has faced a series of injuries that forced him to undergo some surgeries in recent years. He hasn’t fought since June last year, when he lost to...

Final Day Of Europeans: Trans & Luanna Take The Absolute Gold

Day 4 and the last day of the 2014 Europeans saw brown and black belts in action. The star of the show was the absolute champion: Denmark’s Alexander Trans. He beat beat Brazil’s Yuri...

2014 Europeans Day 3: Trans vs Simoes & Luana vs Hansson Black Belt Absolute Finals

Day 3 of the 2014 Europeans is done and dusted. The action saw the brown master and black belt adult aboslute take place. The finalists for the black belt absolute final matches have been decided. In...

First 2 Days Of Europeans: Russian Wins Double Gold Blue Belt & Brazilian Wins Double Gold Purple

  Days 1 & 2 of the 2014 European are done and dusted. The first two days were focused on white, blue and purple belts. Browns and blacks will go on Saturday and Sunday. In the blue belt,...

2014 IBJJF European Open Championship Preview & Predictions

From the 23rd to the 26th of January at the Casal Vistoso municipal sports complex, in Lisbon, Portugal, the Europeans will kick off the 2014 Ibjjf season. ...

Effects Of Anger On Jiu-Jitsu Performance & How To Channel It To Conquer

  “Anger is a gift”  Rage against the machine By Guillaume Huni Having a bit of a bad temper and a short fuse, I’ve recently been doing some research on effects of anger on...

It’s On! Metamoris 3, 29th March 2014

METAMORIS 3 IS FINALLY HERE!   Most thought it would never happen but it’s happening March 29th 2014 in Los Angeles California at the famed Peterson Automotive Museum Event Deck. Usually for...

WPJJC Trials Sao Paulo results & Review: New Generation Takes Over

The World Pro JJ Sao Paulo trials was held on Saturday the 18th of January in São Paulo, Brazil.  The event drew a lot of stars in the audience, such as Marcio Pe de Pano, Rodolfo Vieira, Leandro...

BJJEE Rising Stars: Samir Krvavac, Bosnian-Slovak BJJ Player Based In Greece

Samir ‘Samouel’ Krvavac is a exciting rising star in the European BJJ circuit. Coming from a 100% Eastern European mix: Bosnian/Slovak, he grew up in Greece where he trains at Gracie...

Former WWE Wrestler Dave Batista Promoted To BJJ Purple Belt By Cesar Gracie

  Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Dave Batista started Cesar Gracie in 2010. He was yesterday promoted to BJJ purple belt by Gracie. This follows his evolution in BJJ when he was...

Miss United States 2012 Whitney Miller Rolls & Competes; Wants To Get Her BJJ Black Belt One Day

  Miss United States 2012, Whitney Miller loves Jiu-Jitsu and in this video she talks about her BJJ lifestyle and how her goal is to get a BJJ black belt one day. She used to be a professional...

Exclusive News: UAEJJ & The International Ju-Jitsu Federation Join Forces To Work Towards Bringing BJJ To The Olympics

A few weeks ago we published an article about the IBJJF being just a for-profit company with no physical address and not being a recognized sports federation, and about accusations of corruption. The...

Kron Gracie Negotiating His MMA Debut In Japan For August : ‘I’m Here To Show That Jiu-Jitsu Is Still The Best Martial Art In MMA.’

Kron Gracie last year after winnning ADCC, had expressed his desire to leave the competitive Jiu-Jitsu to “venture” in MMA . And little by little, his dream is becoming a reality. He is...