Rolles Gracie on Facing Mariusz Pudzianowski: ‘It Won’t be Easy to Take Him Down’
Mar 31, 2015BJJEE
Rolles Gracie will meet Mariusz Pudzianowski will meet at KSW 31 “Materla vs. Drwal,”. KSW is Poland’s premiere fighting organization and stands for ‘Konfrontacja...
BJJ Gets a TV Deal in North America: Copa Podio on Fight Network
Mar 26, 2015BJJEE
Historic news for Jiu-Jitsu: Copa Podio has signed a partnership with Fight Network, the biggest fight channel on Canadian television. From now on, all Copa Podio events will be...
Renzo Gracie: ‘Sakuraba Breaking My Arm Was The Worst Pain I’ve Ever Felt in my Life’
Mar 09, 2015BJJEE
Considered by some to be the most complete mixed martial artist the legendary Gracie family ever produced, Renzo Gracie defeated five UFC champions during a career which straddled the...
GSP: ‘PED like Bringing Knife to a Fight’
Feb 10, 2015BJJEE
Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre has always been critical of the drug testing system in place in the UFC. St-Pierre told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour on Monday. “I knew...
Firas Zahabi Compares Silva to Lance Armstrong: ‘GSP Not Silva is The GOAT Now’
Feb 09, 2015BJJEE
Firas Zahabi, Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre’s coach, gave an interview to French Canadian media ‘La Presse’ where he compared Anderson...
Fight Stats: Double Leg Is The Most Common MMA Takedown, Nurmagomedov Most Successful Takedown Artist
Oct 31, 2014BJJEE
MMA Fight DB looked at over 2,072 trips and throws in 799 MMA fights to see what were the best takedowns for mixed martial arts (MMA). The top was the double leg takedown. It...
John Danaher: ‘For Grapplers, 1 On 1 Unarmed Street-fight Is Embarrassingly Easy’
Jul 26, 2014BJJEE
John Danaher is a Renzo Gracie Academy Senior Instructor, and Jiu Jitsu Coach to the likes of Georges St. Pierre, and Chris Weidman. In this short excerpt of an interview on the Open...
BJJ Champion Ryan Hall Signs Multi-Fight Deal With Titan FC
Jul 16, 2014BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu black belt and 2009 ADCC bronze medalist, Ryan Hall has just signed a multi-fight deal with Titan FC. Hall is a world class grappler having medaled in the ADCC, IBJJF World...
Central-Eastern Europe Seminar Tour Of Karel “Silver Fox” Pravec, Czech-American Renzo Gracie Black Belt
May 07, 2014BJJEE
Czech-American Karel “Siver Fox” Pravec has 20 years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu experience (since 1993). During his training at the Renzo Gracie Academy, Karel has trained with and...
Watch GSP Rolling With MMA Legend Royce Gracie
Nov 14, 2013BJJEE
UFC welterweight champion and UFC 167 headliner Georges St-Pierre had special guest at today’s media event: MMA legend Royce Gracie! Both fighters posed in their traditional gis before...
Is A UFC Event in France Possible?
Nov 10, 2013BJJEE
Is a UFC event in France Possible? France is a country that’s not directly associated with fighting. This is weird because as history dictates it, France have won more battles than they...
BJJ Ace Robert Drysdale Makes Long Awaited UFC Debut @UFC 167
Oct 05, 2013BJJEE
BJJ world champion Robert Drysdale will make his long-awaited UFC debut in November at UFC 167, according to MMA Junkie. Drysdale, 32, was scheduled to make his first step into the Octagon...
BJJEE Training Report: Tristar Gym, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 24, 2013BJJEE
Our friend Stephane from the excellent French website www.planetejjb.com was recently in Montreal, Canada and trained BJJ at the famous Tristar gym which is Georges St Pierre’s very own base...
What NCCA Wrestling Champ & OIympian, Ben Askren Can Teach A Grappler
Jul 25, 2013
Ben Askren is a 2x NCAA champion and current Bellator fighting champion (undefeated in 10+ MMA bouts). I appreciate the interview with Ben, who is now for the first time offering a DVD course on...
Interview With Czech-American BJJ Black Belt: Karel “Silver Fox” Pravec
Jun 12, 2013BJJEE
Czech-American Karel “Siver Fox” Pravec has 20 years of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu experience (since 1993). During his training at the Renzo Gracie Academy, Karel has trained with and studied...
Kron Gracie Insults & Threatens Braulio Estima After UFC 158
Mar 17, 2013BJJEE
There has been past animosity between multiple times BJJ champ Braulio Estima and Nick Diaz. Last year, Nick and Braulio were supposed to fight a BJJ match for charity during the Jiu-Jitsu expo but...
Caio Terra Kicked Off Gracie Fighter Team For Helping Carlos Condit
Nov 19, 2012BJJEE
Source: Cage Potato If you watched the UFC Primetime documentary mini series on Georges St. Pierre and Carlos Condit you saw that Condit brought multi-time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion Caio Terra...
Top 10 Most Dangerous Guards In MMA
Oct 26, 2012BJJEE
Bleacher report put up the list. The only guy missing is Minotauro IMO. Check it out. Source: Bleacherreport.com Few fighters have what Eddie Bravo refers to as “the third option”—the ability...
Carlos Maia of Gracie Barra Slovenia, on training with the greats at GB Rio, getting his law degree and his black belt in the same year, and his schools in Slovenia & Macedonia
Mar 12, 2012BJJEE
Carlos with Master Carlos Gracie Jr 1. Hi Carlos, can you please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about your journey in Jiu-Jitsu? My name is Carlos Maia, I am a 2nd degree black belt,...
Results of Bucharest trials of Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu Jitsu Championship
Feb 13, 2012BJJEE
Congratulations to the following competitors who have all won a travel a full expense paid trip and qualification to compete at The 4th edition of World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup, will be held in...
Exclusive interview with Leonid Gatovskiy, Russia’s first BJJ black belt: “BJJ in Russia is expanding”
Feb 12, 2012BJJEE
Leonid Gatovskiy with Renzo Gracie and Georges St Pierre 1. Hello Leonid, Please introduce yourself to the Eastern Europe BJJ community? Hi! My name is Leonid Gatovskiy. I’m 31 years old and I’ve...
