WNO: Andrew Wiltse, Kennedy Maciel & Ethan Crelinsten Sidelined
Sep 10, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Who’s Number One (WNO) two-day tournament will take place on September 25 and 26 – in two weeks time – and will feature eight-person brackets. However, the promotion just announced...
Emerald City Invitational 2: Gianni Grippo Defeats Kennedy Maciel
Aug 08, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credit: FloGrappling / Emerald City Invitational 2 The Emerald City Invitational 2 tournament just took place… And boy, was it full of action! It featured a 145-pound championship...
Fight To Win 179: Josh Cisneros Wins Rematch Against Kennedy Maciel
Aug 01, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Fight To Win 179 promotion was a tremendous one; featuring two fantastic matches where athletes showed their full display of skills. Namely, Josh Cisneros won his rematch fight against Kennedy...
Fight To Win 179: Full Card Line Up & Start Times
Jul 30, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
There’s no lack of extremely exciting tournaments lately! It’s been a wonderful couple of months for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, following the COVID-19 pause from competition; and it seems that...
Tim Kenedy Had a BJJ Gi Grappling Match with Dave Camarillo
Nov 26, 2019BJJEE
UFC vet Tim Kennedy, a BJJ black belt & US Army Ranger is enjoying his time being retired from professional fighting but it doesn’t mean that he is finished competing. The Royler Gracie...
Kennedy Maciel Had His Arm Broken At Pans
Mar 25, 2019BJJEE
Kennedy Maciel aka Cobrinha Jr has had his arm broken during a match at Pan american championship 2019. The unfortunate incident took place late Saturday. Matheus Gabriel cuts Kennedy Maciel’s day...
MMA Fighters Call for Lifetime Ban for Palhares
Aug 04, 2015BJJEE
Rousimar Palhares (18-6) retained his WSOF welterweight belt, submitting Jake Shields (31-8-1) with a kimura in Round 3. The win was controversial as Palhares continued to crank the submission as...
Paulo Filho: ‘Everybody Takes PEDs in MMA. Question of Timing to Not Get Caught’
Feb 11, 2015BJJEE
PED is the hottest topic in MMA at the moment. The recent cases of Jon Jones (cocaine) , Anderson Silva , Nick Diaz, Jon Fitch and Hector Lombard have made the problem snowball out of...
Roger Gracie Blasts Rampant PED Use in Jiu-Jitsu Competitions: “It Creates an Inequality
Apr 14, 2024BJJEE
Roger Gracie, seen by many as the GOAT of jiu-jitsu, has spoken out strongly against the use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in the sport. Despite his prominent legacy as the son of Reila...
Guy Pretending to be a BJJ Black Belt Pranks Academy
Mar 04, 2024BJJEE
Danny Mullen is a Youtube superstar who is known for among other things, kissing random old ladies, drinking urine, and generally doing crazy unexpected things. Over the years, we have seen many...
These Were the Surprising Day Jobs of MMA Superstars Before They Became Famous
Jan 27, 2024BJJEE
Many UFC fighters worked a job before making a living from MMA. -Chuck Lidell. Ray Sefo. Mark Hunt. Franck Mir . Bas Ruten, Tim Silvia, Ken Shamrock they were nightclub bouncers. -Conor McGregor....
Guy Who Thinks “Jiu-Jitsu is Fake” Goes to BJJ Academy Wearing a (Fake) Black Belt
Sep 22, 2023BJJEE
Over the years, we have seen many white belt pranks. The setting is simple. A high level grappler puts on a disguise and a white belt, acts all goofy and goes to a BJJ academy and pretends that it is...
Another Hilarious Fake BJJ White Belt Prank
Nov 03, 2022BJJEE
Over the years, we have seen many white belt pranks. The setting is simple. A high level grappler puts on a disguise and a white belt, acts all goofy and goes to a BJJ academy and pretends that it is...
The Body Lock Takedown Is The Easiest Takedown For Self Defense – Here’s How To Do It
Aug 18, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
If you’re interested in self defense, then there’ll rarely ever be the need for you to learn “complicated” takedown setups. Keeping it simple will work for the most part; and the Body Lock...
How To Start In Self-Defense If You’re A Non-Fighter?
Aug 01, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Let’s say that you’ve never fought in your life. That you don’t have any sort of a martial arts background… But that, nevertheless, you’re interested in learning self-defense. How are you,...
How To Use Back Control In A Life-Or-Death Situation?
Jul 03, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Back control is the best position you can have in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It’s the control where your opponent has no other option other than to defend (just, please, do not cross your ankles) and...
Distance: The Most Important Factor When Using BJJ For Self-Defense
Jul 01, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Ah, using BJJ for self-defense… The ever-present topic among Jiu-Jitsu students, especially among freshly minted first-stripe white belts and new blue belts. Here’s the thing. You should...
Overcoming the Fear of Losing in BJJ Competition
Jul 07, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs cascao bjj hard knocks out of Las Vegas nv. So many of us have great ideas, large ambitions and day dreams that...
3 Fights That Changed The Direction of BJJ further Away from MMA
Apr 30, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Howard Liu, owner of Howard Combat Kimonos and instructor at Strong Sports Gym. As we all know pure BJJ fighters have lost their dominance in MMA and with that, the practice of BJJ...
Fake White Belt Prank by Popular Youtuber w/ Legit BJJ Background
Jan 30, 2020BJJEE
Danny Mullen is a Youtube superstar who is known for among other things, kissing random old ladies, drinking urine, and generally doing crazy unexpected things. Over the years, we have seen many...
Men Try To Grab Eve Gracie and Miserably Fail
Apr 26, 2018BJJEE
Self defense is an integral part of bjj but it’s quite often under taught because in the instagram friendly age it just doesn’t look as fun. But most extremely useful things aren’t...
How To Safely Add Strikes To Your Jiu-Jitsu Training
Apr 17, 2018James duscio
Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter cascao vital and runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. Let’s be honest, the creation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was to defend...
Rashad Evans On Blackzilians Drama: “Worse Than 10 Highschools Put Together”
Jan 17, 2017BJJEE
The Blackzilians team seems to be no more. At least according to original member Rashad Evans. The impressive group that was operating since 2010 has splintered reportedly. Blackzilians...
UFC 205 Headliner set: McGregor Getting Title Shot Against Alvarez
Sep 27, 2016BJJEE
The news just broke that UFC 205 will be featuring the Notorious Conor McGregor. Following last week’s statements that Alvarez might be facing Nurgomedov, McGregor cryptically...
