Nicholas Meregali To Face Leandro Lo in 1st Round of Copa Podio
Jun 29, 2016BJJEE
Brown Belt standout from Worlds 2016- Nicholas Meregali has been chosen, by popular vote, as Leandro Lo challanger in round 1 of Copa Podio! Mario Reis Brown Belt has his...
MMA Legend Enson Inoue Talks Return to BJJ After 10 Yr Break
Jun 29, 2016BJJEE
MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has recently started training Jiu-Jitsu again after taking a 10...
Gracie Tournaments Ban Donkey Guard: ‘It’s Just Silly’
Jun 28, 2016BJJEE
The Gracie Tournaments are run by Rose Gracie (daughter of Rorion Gracie) and they organise tournaments all over the USA: Gracie regionals, Gracie nationals and Gracie Worlds. They have...
Fight To Win Pro 8 Card Stacked With Heavy Hitters
Jun 27, 2016BJJEE
July will be quite a month for grappling. Fight To Win Pro is determined to keep it interesting so they scheduled the 8th event for July 23rd! After recently announcing a more...
Gabi Garcia, Vinny Magalhaes Receive Invitations For ADCC 2017
Jun 26, 2016BJJEE
Over the past few days several athletes announced their joy over receiving an invitation for the prestigious ADCC 2017 Tournament set in Helsinki, Finland. A photo posted by ADCC...
Danaher On Why You Don’t Need to Perfect Moves on Both Sides
Jun 25, 2016BJJEE
In grappling, do you need to perfect moves equally on both sides? Most grapplers when drilling a move, will usually work both sides equally. John Danaher recently answered the question on his...
UFC’s Clay Guida trains with BJJ Gi and white belt
Jun 23, 2016BJJEE
Clay “The Carpenter” Guida is training jiu-jitsu in a gi! The 34 year old Alum of Strikeforce, WEC and Shooto chose to join the Gracie Barra team training out of San...
Report: Italian BJJ Open, 3rd Biggest BJJ Tournament in Europe
Jun 23, 2016BJJEE
Report of Italian BJJ Open 2016 UIJJ – IBJJF. Guest post by Enrico Di Luise, Brazilian JiuJitsu coach and competitor (GPT Messina) and translated by Gloria Coccoli (Jorge Santos BJJ –...
Rafael Lovato Jr. vs Cyborg Superfight In The Works
Jun 21, 2016BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr. is fresh of his victory in Fight to Win Pro 6 and ready for new challenges! His next quest? Facing Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu. The fight between two titans has...
FREE LIVE STREAM: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabio Maldonado
Jun 17, 2016BJJEE
Main card (UFC Fight Pass at 11 a.m. ET) Results so far: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Fabio Maldonado Vitaly Minakov vs. Peter Graham Abdulsupyan Alikhanov vs. Artem Shokalo Kirill Sidelnikov vs....
Shawn Williams’ Breakdown Of Lepri Omoplata
Jun 17, 2016BJJEE
Shawn Williams is a Renzo Gracie black belt whom you surely know if you’re familiar with the Williams Guard. A guard variety he invented. He was one of the most talented...
Emma Haci, 1st Woman in Balkans To Run a BJJ Academy
Jun 16, 2016BJJEE
Brazilian is growing fast in the Balkans region of Europe, with many new academies emerging in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria etc.. Emma Haci is...
F2WP 6 starts Tomorrow: Rafael Lovato Jr facing Pedro Mello
Jun 16, 2016BJJEE
The latest in a series of exciting submission only events starts tomorrow, Friday June 17th in Dallas, Texas. Fight To Win Pro 6 goes off June 17th featuring Rafael Lovato Jr.,...
Best of Andre Galvao’s Strength & Conditioning Training For BJJ
Jun 15, 2016BJJEE
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...
Wrestling Great Cole Konrad Training Jiu-Jitsu
Jun 15, 2016BJJEE
Famous Heavyweight Wrestler Cole Konrad is still training brazilian jiu-jitsu! Cole “The Polar Bear” Konrad started his grappling journey at Freedom Highschool in Freedom...
How bad is Sport Jiu-Jitsu for MMA?
Jun 14, 2016BJJEE
Rising interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu over the last decade also created vast differences in styles between different schools. But are these style differences detrimental to potential...
Dillon Danis training with UFC’s Conor McGregor
Jun 13, 2016BJJEE
Conor McGregor is going the extra mile before rematching with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 scheduled for August 20th. Dilon Danis is not the first grappler Conor has wrestled lately but he certainly...
MMA fighter kills himself playing Russian Roulette
Jun 13, 2016BJJEE
Bellator and Legacy FC bantamweight Ivan “JP” Cole died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head. He was 25 years old. Young fighter was reportedly playing russian...
Vagner Rocha Beefing With Gordon Ryan Post Superfight
Jun 13, 2016BJJEE
Sapateiro Invitational 2 took place this weekend in Sarasota, Florida. It promised spectators an explosive superfight as well as the 175lb Tournament featuring Nathan Orchard, Josh...
Kron Gracie To Face Veteran Hideo Tokoro at Rizin
Jun 12, 2016BJJEE
Japan’s Rizin Fighting Federation has just announced a great fight for this September: Kron Gracie x Hideo Tokoro! This fight will be at 65.8 kg and will be held at Saitama Super...
Lucas Lepri’s Triumphant Journey to Lightweight Gold
Jun 11, 2016BJJEE
Last year Michael Langhi reigned over Lightweights in the Walter Pyramid Arena. This year his journey was cut short in the quarter finals by Gabriel Rollo. But the spotlight was on his...
Buchecha: ‘People Celebrating My Injury & Loss Motivated Me To Come Back’
Jun 10, 2016BJJEE
Only a year after suffering a horrific knee injury Marcus Almeida Buchecha made a triumphant comeback and reclaimed the Ultra heavyweight throne at the World Championships from Gabriel Lucas....
Garry Tonon: ‘How Should I Submit Ralek Gracie?’
Jun 10, 2016BJJEE
METAMORIS 7: Garry Tonon will face Ralek Gracie on July 17th at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles, CA. ABOUT THE EVENT Roger Gracie will have another opponent. Gabriel Gonzaga vs Satoshi...
Mundials 2016 By The Numbers
Jun 10, 2016BJJEE
Statistical analysis of the biggest tournament in BJJ calendar revealed some interesting trends. The Long Beach Walter Pyramid Tournament hosted some of the best athletes in the world of Jiu-Jitsu...
