John Danaher: The Man Behind The Legends
Nov 20, 2017BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...
Shamrock to Face Kazushi Sakuraba under grappling rules At Rizin
Sep 29, 2017BJJEE
Kazushi Sakuraba has entered an interesting challenge. He’s set to grapple Frank Shamrock at Rizin. Friday it was announced that Kazushi Sakuraba will face Frank Shamrock in a grappling...
ADCC 2017 Final Scores, Victor Crowned
Sep 24, 2017BJJEE
One more ADCC is behind us. An exciting can’t miss weekend of grappling featured plenty of surprises and some excellent performances. The absolute division had much to offer with...
IBJJF Grand Prix Late Day Roster Change: Xande Ribeiro In
Aug 17, 2017BJJEE
IBJJF Grand Prix has had a tough time coming together this year. Following the biggest sensation Roger Gracie backing out, the event has hit another snag. Mahamed Aly,...
Javi Vasquez Reveals Struggle With Colon Cancer, Is Asking For Help
Aug 16, 2017BJJEE
Javier Vasquez had a long and respected MMA career but he’s still very very private. The former son in law of Rorion Gracie was diagnosed with colon cancer at age 41. This has...
Charlie Hunnam Reveals Main Goal – To Get a BJJ Black Belt by The Time He’s 45
Jul 17, 2017BJJEE
Movie King Arthur may not have gotten the best reception around the world but that’s no hindrance for the main star who was bitten by the bjj bug in the process of making the...
Nicky Ryan Receives Purple belt At Age 15
Jun 22, 2017BJJEE
Nicky Ryan has proven himself quite a good competitor having defeated Marvin Castelle – a 10th planet brown belt and placed 3rd in the ADCC trials this year. The young Danaher...
Woodley Trying To Steamroll Demian Maia Into July Title Fight
Jun 16, 2017BJJEE
Tyron Woodley has long been set for match up with brazilian jiu-jitsu expert Demian Maia. However Maia, 39, fought Masvidal in May and may be needing time to recover and execute a...
Romulo Barral Not Retired After All – Ready To Compete at Worlds
May 19, 2017BJJEE
Just last year Romulo Barral had his emotional retirement from the IBJJF Worlds. Romulo Barral, aged 34 is a black belt under Vinicius Magalhaes and competes for Gracie Barra, where he...
(Video) Mario Lopez And His Son Take BJJ Lesson Together
May 04, 2017BJJEE
Saved By The Bell actor has been considered a fitness phenom for a number of years. He is known for taking chances – he’s done tv movies, exercise videos but also reality shows. Some claim he...
Buchecha Talks ADCC Trials Victory And Focusing on Absolute at Worlds
Apr 22, 2017BJJEE
Marcus „Buchecha“ Almeida is a BJJ black belt under the renowned Rodrigo Cavaca. He is one of the aces of the super and ultra-heavyweight divisions of Grappling. He is known for...
All Eyes on Epic Superfights in April: Buchecha vs Rafael Lovato Jr
Apr 10, 2017BJJEE
ADCC North American Trials are very promising. Besides the shot at the trip to the prestigious competition spectators will no doubt be excited to watch the two biggest giants in bjj...
John Danaher Facing Major Surgery; May Never Train Jiu-Jitsu Again
Mar 24, 2017BJJEE
Photo: Jason Perec Instagram: @jaythearkitec John Danaher is universally known one of the best kept secrets in Jiu-Jitsu. The New Zealand born, BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie has been praised by...
Romulo Barral Returning To Middleweight For the First Time Since 2003
Mar 14, 2017BJJEE
At age 35 Romulo Barral is quite an accomplished athlete perhaps even a legend of the sport. Just 10 years ago he was pinpointed as the Graciemag as the Number 1 BJJ Fighter in the...
Romulo Barral After Student Beneil Dariush’s Brutal KO: ‘I Hate MMA’
Mar 13, 2017BJJEE
BJJ legend Romulo Barral watched painfully as his black belt student Beneil Dariush was knocked out by a vicious flying knee from Edson Barboza at last weekend’s UFC Fortaleza. Dariush posted...
Vinny Magalhaes: Rickson’s 400-0 Record is Like Renato Laranja’s 27 World Titles
Mar 04, 2017BJJEE
Earlier this, Rickson Gracie shared his thoughts on the evolution of Jiu-Jitsu and he made a claim that nowadays when he goes to teach BJJ seminars to sport BJJ schools, it reminds him of the times...
Charlie Hunnam Talks Learning Jiu-Jitsu, His Work Out Regimen For King Arthur & More
Mar 01, 2017BJJEE
Charlie Hunnam has been introduced to the world of bjj earlier in 2016 when reports surfaced he actor was practicing along with Machado and inspired by black belt and director of the latest...
Top European Black Belt Daniel Riou On The State of BJJ in Portugal
Feb 27, 2017BJJEE
Photo: Jits Art Daniel Riou Mendoca is one of the top black bels in Europe. He’s an active competitor under Marcelo Bernardo and Arnaldo Alves, and is an from Team BPT – PORTUGAL. BJJEE...
Saved By The Bell Actor and TV Personality Mario Lopez Started BJJ with His Kids
Feb 13, 2017BJJEE
Mario Lopez has been known for plenty of things but in the recent years it’s his hosting in addition to the chiseled physique that’s captured the attention the most. ...
Liborio on ADCC Sonnen Match: ‘He’s 10 years Younger but Technically I Have A Chance’
Jan 26, 2017BJJEE
BJJ legend Ricardo Liborio, co founder of the famed American Top Team will facing Chael Sonnen in an ADCC Stars Superfight in the upcoming ADCC Worlds in Finland later this year! Ricardo Liborio has...
Biggest Lessons We’ve Learned In Jiu Jitsu In 2016
Dec 30, 2016BJJEE
Photo by Bane Visnjic 2016 has brought us plenty of interesting grappling fights – the year saw a variety of submission only events emerge, EBI come into its own as well as interesting...
Bernardo Faria: Jiu-jitsu Made a Huge Difference For Me!
Dec 27, 2016BJJEE
Bernardo Faria is one of the most respected jiu-jitsu competitors of today. Born in 1987 in the small town in State of Minas Gerais, Brazil he started training in 2001. This was his...
Felipe Pena On Gordon Ryan Victory: Talking BS and Giving Excuses
Dec 21, 2016BJJEE
Felipe Pena ended the year with one of the most interesting challenges – a 1 hour long sub only fight against the Danaher Death Squad resident “King” Gordon Ryan....
Felipe Pena To Gordon Ryan: The Best Are Effective in Gi & No Gi
Dec 20, 2016BJJEE
Last weekend’s Studio 540 Challenge provided quite a bit of excitement! The event of the night saw Gordon Ryan doing his best to achieve leg entanglements on Felipe Pena. Pena was more concerned...
