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Category Archive: Featured, Interview

German BJJ & MMA Pioneer Mario Stapel: ‘I Don’t Believe in Titles but in Opponents’

  Mario ‘Serious’ Stapel is a pioneer of German BJJ and MMA. He started training Jiu-Jitsu in the mid 90’s and eventually transitioned to MMA fighting in the 4 corners of the...

Ricardo Liborio: ‘Teammates Facing Each Other Means Team Is Successful’

    Ricardo Liborio is the head instructor and one of the creators of American Top Team. He is a veteran in ADCC with bronze and silver medals in 1999 and 2000 and a multiple times BJJ...

ADCC European Championship 2014 results, Polish & Russian Domination

    ADCC European Championship 2014 results; Professional Men’s (ADCC qualifications – get tickets) Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria wast the ADCC European Championship for...

Paulo Miyao: “I Like Having No Front Tooth Because a Warrior Can’t Have a Body Without Scars”

  Twin brothers Joao and Paulo Miyao are passionate about Jiu-Jitsu. Their life is restricted to the mats,and all they do is eat, sleep and obsessively train. It’s quite hard to tell the...

(Video) Polish BJJ Brown Belt Karol Berdof TKO’s Rolles Gracie at KSW

    Rolles Gracie’s MMA career is not at it’s best at the moment.  After a bizarre TKO in September of last year , the fighter suffered another setback last Saturday (4th of...

Free Live Stream: 2014 IBJJF No Gi Worlds

    The 2014 NoGi world Jiu Jitsu Championships from the Felix Event Center at Azusa Pacific University. Brought to you by the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation.  

Rick Story Upsets Previously Unbeaten Gunnar Nelson

    Rick Story surprised many MMA fans on this Saturday at UFC fight night in Stockholm, Sweden. Story, who was appointed as the underdog for the duel, beat the previously undefeated...

Renzo Promises Vengeance: ‘Sakuraba is a Great Guy but I Will Break His Arm as Pay Back’

    With the buzz surrounding the Renzo Gracie vs Kazushi Sakuraba Metamoris match on November 22, Renzo Gracie had some tough words  about the Japanese star during The MMA Hour, hosted...

The development of Luta Livre and Vale Tudo in Brazil  – Part I –

  Copyright (2014) by Dipl. Sportscientist  Maciel Welko & Elton Silva. Unauthorized use, reproduction, translation, modification, distribution or duplication, in whole or in part of this...

Beast Mode: Keenan Cornelius Rolls with 7 black belts, No Rest

    Keenan Cornelius was recently at the BJJ globetrotters seminar in Copenhagen, Denmark and rolled non stop with 7 black belts. The cast, in order of appearance: Daniel Bertina (Carlson...

IBJJF Zadar Open:Kristof Szucs 1rst Place Purple & Damir Salina 2nd Place Black Belt Absolute

    Eastern Europe’s first ever IBJJF competition was last weekend’s Zadar International Open in Croatia. The competition was a success with team’s from all over Europe...

BJJ Black Belt Roy Nelson Training Takedown Defense With Sumo Wrestlers

    The UFC heavyweight Roy Nelson has always been known for his big belly and his big right hand hand. Roy also has a BJJ black belt and is currently Japan to face Mark Hunt on Saturday...

Alexander Trans On His New Life Working & Training In Abu Dhabi

    Fighting Lifestyle UAE’s BJJ analyst Ricky Rout caught up with top BJJ athlete Alexander Trans at his home in Abu Dhabi for an exclusive interview. In this interview Rout discusses...

(Video) Saulo Ribeiro: ‘Tournaments Don’t Build Champions, They Build Winners’

    Exclusive interview for pasandoguardia.com with Saulo Ribeiro at University of Jiu-Jitsu, where he shares his philosophy.   Check it out:  

Ronda Rousey Open To Competing In Metamoris Under Certain Conditions

      Ronda Rousey had said in a past interview that she can beat any female grappler in gi or no-gi BJJ. That statement sparked some controversy, and many of the top BJJ women...

South African Beast Shaughn Vos on BJJ’s Growth in His Country & The African Continent

    South Africa’s Shaughn Vos is one of the best BJJ competitors in his country. He runs his academy Rio Grappling Club Stellenbosch. Shaughn will also be competing at the European...

Rodolfo Vieira talks his transition to MMA, Roger Gracie, sponsor obligations in 2015

    The guys at whoatv.com recently interviewed multiple world champion Rodolfo Vieira at a UFC event in Brazil. He talked about his planned transition to MMA and much more. –...

Kron Gracie: ‘The Berimbolo is Sh*t. It’s Just For Scoring Points’

    The berimbolo is a staple of sport’s Jiu-Jitsu nowadays. However, the popular sweep is  frowned upon by many practitioners of Jiu-Jitsu, mostly from the self defense based...

Serbian Open BJJ Championship 2014, 25th October, Belgrade, Serbia

    One of the best & most prestigious BJJ competitions in the region: The Serbian Open BJJ Championship will be held in Belgrade, Serbia on the 25 th of October! It is organised by the...

Fabiano Scherner: ‘Chael Sonnen Has The Purple Belt Level & Plans To Compete In The IBJJF Circuit’

    This morning the worldwide Jiu-Jitsu Communitiy, when the above photo of Chael Sonnen in a Gi being promoted to purple belt, began circulating on the Internet. Many people were upset...

‘Beyond Technique’: Or How To Learn Jiu-Jitsu More Effectively By Nic Gregoriades & Kit Dale

    BJJ black belts Nic Gregoriades  and Kit Dale’s  Beyond Technique DVD series. The title says it all. What they show us is much more than techniques. They show us more than just...

Julien ‘Cafetao’ Cazier’, Head Instructor of Gracie Barra Paris: ‘We Are a Family’

    Gracie Barra Paris head instructor Julien Cazier is a 2nd degree black belt who balances a demanding job, family life, running an academy and being an active competitor on the...

(Video) Yancy Medeiros Places a Crazy Reverse Bulldog Choke @UFC 177

    Yancy Medeiros is a UFC fighter from Wai’anae, Hawaii. Medeiros is of Hawaiian, Portuguese and Filipino descent, known ‘Hapa Filipino’. Medeiros started off his career...

Aoki: “I Want a Rematch with Kron Gracie…In MMA”

    In June of last year, the Japanese legend Shinya Aoki, former Dream champion, and current Shooto lightweight champion of the One FC, suffered the first  submission loss in his career....