EBI 9: Featured Players, Countdown and Expectations
Oct 30, 2016BJJEE
EBI 9 is fast approaching. The 9th edition of the event will be focusing on the light heavyweight division. For this event EBI will be returning to the LA set Orpheum Theater. The...
Polaris 4 Recap & Matches We’d Love To See In Future
Oct 29, 2016BJJEE
Polaris Pro just concluded it’s 4th event! A truly thrilling spectacle had plenty of actions and a couple of submissions to boot. The first fight of the card was between Tom...
Mario Sperry’s Thoughts on Sport Jiu-Jitsu’s Effectiveness for Self Defense
Oct 27, 2016BJJEE
Mario Sperry is a 3 Time World Jiu Jitsu Champ, 6 Time ADCC World Champ, MMA veteran. Born in a wealthy family and coming from a military college, where he practised sports like...
Shinya Aoki: ‘I’d Like To Face Garry Tonon in a Grappling Match’
Oct 22, 2016BJJEE
ONE Championship Lightweight World Champion and Submission Specialist Shinya Aoki recently spoke to BJJEE.com. Aoki is expected to defend his title against Eduard Folayang at ONE Championship:...
Tapping, the Sacred Ritual In All Of BJJ – And An Opponent Who Won’t Let Go
Oct 19, 2016BJJEE
Tapping is an acknowledgement of opponent’s skill but even more so it’s an acknowledgment of reaching your own limits. Every beginner gets warned at one point or another...
Rafael Mendes is Coming to Eastern Europe for the 1st Time
Oct 18, 2016BJJEE
The king of the Leg-drag, 50-50 guard and Berimbolo, Rafael Mendes, is coming to Eastern Europe for the first time! The acclaimed professor and competitor will be a guest of one of Eastern Europe’s...
Michelle Nicolini on BJJ Retirement, ONE Championship Debut & Life in SIngapore
Oct 18, 2016BJJEE
One of the most decorated jiu-jitsu athletes of all time has signed with One Championship. Michelle Nicolini has just retired from BJJ competitions following the defeat in the finals of her division...
Tom DeBlass Talks Accomplishing Dreams, Development and BJJ Journey
Oct 17, 2016BJJEE
Tom DeBlass is a prominent member of the grappling community. The experienced black belt, former MMA fighter and respectable coach earned his bjj black belt under Ricardo Almeida....
Gordon Ryan Finds New Opponent For No TIme Limit Match
Oct 12, 2016BJJEE
Grappling Industries has had some trouble finding an opponent for Gordon Ryan. The self proclaimed king first issued a challenge to the top 3 Marcelo Garcia black belts. Ryan is still...
Cobrinha BJJ Camp in Lisbon Portugal January 12-16, 2017
Oct 12, 2016BJJEE
6x World BJJ Champion and 2x ADCC champion Rubens Charles Maciel aka “Cobrinha” is coming to Europe! He is considered the best featherweight of the decade and to be among the best...
Singer Demi Lovato Wants To Fight MMA According to Coach Jay Glazer
Oct 12, 2016BJJEE
Singer, songwriter and actress Demi Lovato has been quietly dating former UFC champion Luke Rockhold for several months now. Coincidentally she started engaging in martial arts around the time...
Vinny Magalhaes Retires From MMA Following WSOF Title Fight Loss
Oct 08, 2016BJJEE
Vinny Magalhães fought for the WSOF light heavyweight championship at WSOF 33 on October 7, 2016 against champion David Branch. He lost via unanimous decision, after the fight he announced his...
John Danaher Tells The Story Of Inventing D’Arce Choke
Oct 08, 2016BJJEE
Origin of moves is often quite hard to determine in grappling. BJJ, Judo, Wrestling and Sambo are all cousins of sorts. As such the moves are often named according to the person who popularized them...
Who Are The Most Educated Grapplers?
Oct 07, 2016BJJEE
Anyone who has ever grappled will tell you how rewarding it is. What they often neglect to mention is -how all- consuming it is. These athletes compete in some of the most challenging...
Roberto Cyborg Abreu: Strength Matters!
Oct 06, 2016BJJEE
Cyborg is a celebrated competitor from the Carlson Gracie lineage whose arguably biggest feat was securing the ADCC 2013 Absolute Championship. In addition to this Cyborg won World...
Gabriel Gonzaga Done With MMA; Will Focus on Jiu-Jitsu
Sep 30, 2016BJJEE
In an interview with Guilherme Cruz for MMA Fighting, former UFC heavyweight title contender Gabriel Gonzaga said that he is done with competing in MMA, unless he is offered $100,000:...
Gordon Ryan Will Face Felipe Pena in a Sub Only No Time Limit Superfight
Sep 27, 2016BJJEE
20 year old Gordon Ryan is a man on a mission. He wants to be the best grappler on the planet and he intends to face all the best grapplers at all weight classes! Gordon Ryan with around 5...
Grappling Central Podcast Interview Roberto Cyborg Abreu
Sep 26, 2016BJJEE
Latest edition of the best BJJ podcast in the interwebs features a very exciting competitor – Roberto Cyborg Abreu. Cyborg is a celebrated competitor from the Carlson Gracie...
Rizin Weigh In: Gabi Garcia Looking HUGE Next to Opponent
Sep 24, 2016BJJEE
Gabi Garcia vs Destanie Yarbrough – Weigh-in Staredown – (RIZIN Grand Prix 2016). Destanie Yarbrough is a pro American football player turned MMA fighter who will be facing the...
DJ Jackson Calls Out Gordon Ryan For Backing Out Of Fight, Issues Challenge
Sep 24, 2016BJJEE
DJ Jackson is feeling very confident off of his Garry Tonon victory and subsequent 10,000$ prize he received as a victor at Grappling Pro first tournament. So confident he’s...
Vagner Rocha And AJ Agazarm Exchange Rhymes Ahead F2WPro Fight
Sep 21, 2016BJJEE
The Danaher Death Squad has set the standards in many regards, one of them being hyping up the fight. Previously the entire community rallied to avenge the lack of trust in Metamoris...
Grapplers Pro Championship’s New Rules – Game Changer or Bust?
Sep 20, 2016BJJEE
Photo: Flograppling.com There is some division in the grappling world about whether point-based or submission-only style tournaments are a better format for ‘true’ jiu-jitsu, fairer...
Tom DeBlass On Why He Stopped MMA Career To Focus on Jiu-Jitsu
Sep 20, 2016BJJEE
Tom DeBlass is one of the most well loved figures in Jiu-Jitsu a former Bellator and UFC fighter with a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jisu under Ricardo Almeida. Tom was a County Champion Long Jumper...
Xande Ribeiro Trains Filipino Martial Art Kali in the Philippines
Sep 19, 2016BJJEE
8 times World BJJ champion and ADCC champion Xande Ribeiro is currently in Manila, Philippines where he’s conducting seminars with Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Philippines. While off the mat,...
