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Miesha Tate Challenges Mackenzie Dern To A Submission Only Match

    Tate is fresh off her victory against Jessica Eye in the Chael Sonnen Sub Only Event set in the Octagon. The newly retired UFC fighter is finding herself again and rediscovering the...

Luke Rockhold Wants Jon Jones in Grappling Match

  The second edition of the Chael Sonnen’s submission only tournament has just concluded. Plenty of fighters fought in the octagon but majority of the attention was captivated by the 3 main...

Submission Underground 2 Results: Jones vs Henderson

    Second edition of the Chael Sonnen’s submission only tournament has just concluded. Plenty of fighters fought in the octagon but majority of the attention was captivated by the 3...

Garry Tonon vs Dean Lister Sub Only Match In The Works

    The clash of leg lock generations is in the works! Dean Lister has long been one of the most respectable leg lockers. His leglock instructional have undisputed value. Dean Lister...

Jon Jones Refusing To Grapple Cormier, Says Strikes Are Integral In Their Saga

    Jon Jones recently reached a settlement with the USADA. The legend of the UFC will be suspended for a year for his UFC 200 doping suspension. However he isn’t dead set on facing...

Miesha Tate Is Excited To Display Love Of Jiu-Jitsu, Can’t Wait For Eye Match

    Miesha Tate recently retired following a rough decision loss to Raquel Pennington. She recently spoke of that last fight with MMAjunkie “I went in there, but I just couldn’t pull...

Submission Underground 2 Announced: Jon Jones vs Henderson To Headline

    Chael Sonnen’s Submission Underground will see a second event fairly soon. Jon Jones is expected to appear in SU2 grappling against recently retired Dan Henderson. The event will...

Garry Tonon Talks Grappling Pro Format and His Plans For Rest Of 2016

    Garry Tonon is known for being quite outspoken. Whether it’s talking about his opponents, strategy or his thoughts about rules he spares no one. Recently he participated in the...

CM Punk Makes Weight In Spite Of Sensational Claims, Refuses Handshake

    Just day or two ago CM Punk was claiming he was 30 pounds overweight looking at the first weight cut of his life. Cheal Sonnen was quick to condemn his odds and claimed: “He’s...

CM Punk is Reportedly 30 Pounds Overweight Ahead Of UFC Debut

    CM Punk’s open work out was a very hot mess. But in addition to the clip attached below it’s also widely reported he is very over his weightlimit for the fight. Besides...

Demian Maia Explains Why He’s Only Been Hit 13 Times in Last 4 UFC Fights

Photo: Leon Sandoval www.heyleon.com, Instagram @heyleonmedia and Facebook.com/heyleonmedia   After defeating Carlos Condit, ADCC champion and BJJ black belt Demian Maia became the third...

Submission Underground Results

    While Metamoris was all the rage in LA, over in Portland, Oregon Submission Underground event made it into the world. Cheal Sonnen launched the even with a fairly stacked card that...

Nate Orchard: Jiu-Jitsu Is A Game Of Death

    Nathan Orchard is a 10th Planet jiu-jitsu black belt under Eddie Bravo with close to 15 years of experience in martial arts. His MMA record is fairly impressive but it’s also...

Filipe Costa: “Kenny Florian is a Bitch”

    Soul Fighters BJJ’s Filipe Braga Costa is mighty pissed off. When Chael Sonnen decided to launch his submission only grappling event Costa was excited to face off with UFC’s...

7 Worst Excuses MMA/BJJ Athletes Have Offered After Doping

John Oliver did an exciting segment last night on his shows “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” dedicated to the systematic effect Doping is having on Sport, Athletes and specifically...

Best of Andre Galvao’s Strength & Conditioning Training For BJJ

  Best of Andre Galvao’s strength and conditioning training for BJJ. Andre Galvão is a 3rd degree black belt student under BJJ legend Fernando “Tererê” Augusto and now...

Metamoris 7: Ralek Gracie Will Now Face Garry Tonon

  The July 17th Metamoris card is changing every day for the past few weeks. Latest METAMORIS 7 UPDATE: Tim Spriggs is injured, Garry Tonon is now signed to face Ralek Gracie on July 17th at the...

After Buchecha & Roger Gracie, Yuri Simoes Pulls Out Of Metamoris 7

  The planned Metamoris 7 card is in peril. The headliner is no more. After Marcus Buchecha and Roger Gracie decided to pull out of the rematch of their Metamoris 1 superfight, which was the...

Renato ‘Babalu’ Has Been Waiting 1 Year For Metamoris To Pay Him

  Retired MMA fighter and BJJ black belt Renato ‘Babalu’ Sobral has competed twice at Metamoris. He fought Dean Lister to a draw at Metamoris 3, and fought Chael Sonnen for another...

Gordon Ryan Answers ‘Phantom Tap’ Accusations vs Yuri Simoes in Overtime at EBI 6

  The 6th edition of the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) was a great success. For the first time ever, the event was on UFC FightPass. 16 of the best grapplers in the world competed in an open...

What is the Banned Testosterone Cream Used by BJJ World Champion Felipe Pena

    Back in May USADA announced that 2014 black belt IBJJF World and 2015 World Pro Champion Felipe Pena known as ‘Preguica’ had tested positive for testosterone and accepted a one-year...

Wanderlei Silva Released By UFC, Free to Negotiate with Rizin

  This morning, PRIDE/UFC legend Wanderlei Silva released an apology for his ‘fixed fights’ comments of a few months ago and within hours he was released from UFC contract. Silva made claims...

Why Demian Maia Won’t be Grappling Nick Diaz at Metamoris

  Demian Maia completely dominated Gunnar Nelson at UFC 194, and asked for a shot at the welterweight belt. The BJJ black belt and ADCC champion may have to wait in line as the title holder...

Bigger, Stronger, Faster: The Doping Cultures of BJJ & MMA

  Much like most of the world, my first serious exposure to world of professional athletes doping was the Lance Armstrong scandal. This particular story received much of the media attention due...