Ronda Rousey: “I Don’t Lift Any Weights At All”
Nov 04, 2015BJJEE
Not all BJJ and MMA champions lift heavy weights as part of their training. In BJJ Marcelo Garcia, Caio Terra and Leandro Lo have said that they never lift weights but just do Jiu-Jitsu...
Kron Gracie Likes Finishers, Names His Top 5 Favorite BJJ competitors
Oct 29, 2015BJJEE
Kron Gracie recently listed, in an interview with Brazil’s Tatame magazine, the fighters he most likes to watch compete and justified the absence of the father, Rickson...
Masa Matsumoto: Travelling The World Training BJJ From Iran to Armenia to the Balkans
Oct 05, 2015BJJEE
Masafumi Matsumoto is a BJJ brown belt from Japan who has been travelling the world, training, competing and working as a translator. ‘Masa’ is known for having a very good guard,...
Robert Drysdale: ‘Another ADCC Goes By & Gi Grapplers Win Unanimously’
Sep 03, 2015BJJEE
2007 Open weight champion champion (He submitted GOAT Marcelo Garcia in the final) was watching this year’s ADCC and made a comment on his instagram. For Drysdale, who trains both Gi and...
Belgian Black Belt Wim Deputter on How to Make your Training More Effective
Aug 27, 2015BJJEE
Contributed by Manolis Zouganelis of BJJ Blog , who interviewed intrevewed Belgian BJJ black belt Wim Deputter. First time i walked into a proper form BJJ class was in 2008 in Leuven,Belgium...
Serbian-American Black Belt Ivan Bozovic on his Texas Academy & Humanitarian Seminar in Serbia
Aug 26, 2015BJJEE
Ivan Bozovic is a Serbian-American BJJ black belt who teaches at his academy in Keller, Texas: AllAmerican BJJ Academy . In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, Ivan talks about how he ended up...
Jiu-Jitsu Heaven: Top 10 Most Beautiful BJJ Academies in the World
Jul 22, 2015BJJEE
By Guillaume (Gile) Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. Jiu-Jitsu heaven…Imagine nice mats, great facilities, a nice...
Metamoris Founder Robert Zeps on the Future of Jiu-Jitsu & his Non Affiliated BJJ School Studio 540
Jul 20, 2015BJJEE
Photo by Leon Sandoval. Englishman Robert Zeps is one of the most interesting people in Jiu-Jitsu. He is a BJJ black belt that came to America back in 1995 and started training jiu-jitsu just...
Fabio Gurgel On Ex-Alliance Members: ‘They Didn’t Build Anything Admirable’
Jul 07, 2015BJJEE
Fightinglifestyleuae.com caught up with the Co-founder of Team Alliance and a man who has played a vital role in shaping today’s Jiu-jitsu environment. Fabio Gurgel was in Dubai under...
Free Live Stream Of Submission Series Pro: Sat. June 20th – Michael Liera Jr vs Marcos Tinoco
Jun 16, 2015BJJEE
Nova Scotia, Canada may seem like an unlikely place to make headlines in the grappling world, but a new event called Submissions Series Pro is making waves and turning heads. “Canada...
Results: 2015 Abu Dhabi World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Apr 25, 2015BJJEE
MALE BLACK ADULT 65KG 1st Gianni Paul Grippo Alliance Marcelo Garcia USA 2nd Isaque Alberto Paiva Saikoo BRA 3rd Gilson Nunes Neto Evolution Fight Team BRA MALE BLACK ADULT 75KG 1st...
Kayron Gracie’s Return to Competition After 3 Years Hiatus at NY Open
Apr 16, 2015BJJEE
We hadn’t seen Kayron Gracie (son of Carlos Gracie Jr) in competition in the past 3 years since Metamoris 1 and his loss by Kimura to Rafael Lovato Jr. He came back last weekend...
8x World Juvenile Champs Ruotolo Twins on Future Plans, Training w/ Mendes Bros at AOJ
Apr 05, 2015BJJEE
Twin brother Kade and Tye Ruotolo represent a new generation of BJJ players. They are 12 years old and have been training since the age of 3 and accumulate over 200 gold medals...
Submission Series Pro: Canada’s Answer to Metamoris
Mar 31, 2015BJJEE
Nova Scotia, Canada may seem like an unlikely place to make headlines in the grappling world, but a new event called Submissions Series Pro is making waves and turning heads. In January, the...
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...
Metamoris 6: Joe Lauzon vs Dillon Danis Confirmed
Mar 22, 2015BJJEE
UFC lightweight and BJJ brown belt Joe Lauzon will be on the card of the next Metamoris card. Metamoris 6 will be held on May 9th 2015. The grappling event features matches of 20...
Rokas Naruševičius on the Growth of BJJ in Lithuania & the Baltic Countries
Mar 20, 2015BJJEE
Have you ever wondered what the BJJ scene is like in the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia) ? BJJ Eastern Europe met Lithuanian BJJ association president Rokas...
BJJ Black Belt Chris Westfall on Growing Jiu-Jitsu in Saigon, Vietnam
Mar 06, 2015BJJEE
Chris Westfall grew up in Grapevine Texas and started training with UFC vet Travis Lutter in 1998. In 2008 he went to Brazil and was introduced to Bruno Bastos and Nova Uniao. 2009 was...
Former UFC Fighter Rosi Sexton on Sub Only Superfight w/ Vanessa English at Tuff Invitational
Nov 25, 2014BJJEE
The UK’s TUFF Grappling Challenge proudly announce their first Submission Only show: TUFF Invitational. TUFF Invitational will consist of 12 submission only, super fights each...
Chico Mendes on BJJ in Uk & Germany & Daniel Cormier’s Jiu-Jitsu Level
Nov 07, 2014BJJEE
Checkmat co-founder Chico Mendes talked to Emir Alagic of BJJ Eastern Europe and discussed the growth of his academy in Bristol, UK, Checkmat in Germany , and about MMA fighters jumping...
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in India: Siddharth Singh on Growing BJJ in a Country of 1.1 Billion People
Oct 20, 2014BJJEE
BJJ purple belt Siddharth Singh has an interesting story to tell. He left a well paying job as regional business manager based in London, to follow his passion and spread Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu...
Dragan Konjević Interview: 1rst BJJ Black Belt from Croatia
Sep 19, 2014BJJEE
Croatia’s Dragan Konjevic started training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu when it was just pioneering in Canada. He started in the mid 90s, however before that he trained any other martial...
University Professor In Korea & BJJ Black Belt, John Frankl On Training With Rickson & BJJ In Korea
Aug 05, 2014BJJEE
John Frankl is a martial artist with a background in several different styles including Karate, Kuk Sool Won, Serrada Eskrima and Thai boxing (Muay Thai). Frankl is also a Brazilian Jiu...
Roger Gracie Top Of Buchecha’s List Of Most Influential BJJ Players
Jul 16, 2014BJJEE
Marcus Buchecha is the tog dog in Jiu-Jitsu today. He ties Roger Gracie with the number of absolute title wins (at black belt) with three. The black belt is already touted as the...
