Xande Ribeiro On MMA Fighters Getting Promoted Straight To BJJ Black Belt: ‘It’s A Joke. Respect Jiu-Jitsu’
Jul 05, 2015BJJEE
Six times World Champion Xande Ribeiro is firmly against BJJ instructors promoting MMA fighters without prior experience in Jiu-Jitsu, straight to black belt. This is getting more and...
2015 Pan Champ Brandon Tucker on ‘Big Man Jiu-Jitsu’, Swimming as S&C & More…
Apr 21, 2015BJJEE
Brandon D. Tucker (Right on the picture) is this year’s Pan ultra heavyweight purple belt adult champion. At 5’9, 280 lbs, he is a very imposing BJJ player but is...
Buchecha: ‘Cormier is Very Dangerous on The Ground. He Will Surprise Jones.’
Dec 30, 2014BJJEE
This weekend, Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones will measure forces at UFC 182, which takes place on the 3rd of January in Las Vegas. World Jiu-Jitsu champion Marcus Buchecha believes...
Greece National Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship Highlights & Results
Nov 30, 2014BJJEE
The Greece National Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held on 23 Nov 2014 at the Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, Athens. The next UAEJJF World PRO qualifier is in Belgrade, Serbia on December...
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...
UFC’s Luke Rockhold: ‘I’m One Of The Best American Jiu-Jitsu Guys. I Want To Face Keenan Cornelius At Metamoris’
Apr 24, 2014BJJEE
UFC fighter and former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has a rich Jiu-Jitsu competition history. He won the 2007 IBJJF worlds at blue belt and at purple belt adult the...
World Expo Superfights: Keenan Submits Lucas Leite, Joao Miyao defeats Eduardo Telles
Nov 10, 2013BJJEE
The first day of the world Jiu-Jitsu expo is a wrap and in the much awaited superfights, there were some big upsets: Phillipe Nover vs Efrain Escudero tied after 20 minutes of no-gi match...
Palhares Pulls Out Of Dream Superfight With Dean Lister
Nov 05, 2013BJJEE
The Dream superfight between Rousimar Palhares and Dean Lister at the Jiu-Jitsu expo is no more. Palhares’ manager, Alex Davis, has revealed to MMAFighting.com that his fighter has to...
Tatame Magazine Tackles The Problem Of “Buying Belts” In BJJ After Daniel Cormier Brown Belt Promotion
Nov 04, 2013BJJEE
The excellent Brazilian MMA and Jiu-Jitsu magazine Tatame has made an article in their November edition about the phenomenom that is killing Jiu-Jitsu: The loss of value of the BJJ black...
Instructor Comments on Velasquez & Rockhold Promotion To BJJ Black Belt, Cormier To Brown Belt
Oct 04, 2013BJJEE
Exactly 16 days from his 3rd fight against Junior dos Santos at UFC 166, Cain Velasquez received, on Thursday (3), a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Leandro Vieira (Checkmat),...
World Class Judoka & BJJ Brown Belt, Travis Stevens To Compete At Copa Podio Middleweight GP
Jun 21, 2013BJJEE
Destroyer of Brazilian judo at the Olympic and Pan-American Games, Travis Stevens (photo) is an instructor at the Renzo Gracie Academy and member of the American judo team. The American was chosen to...
New Black Belt João Gabriel Training 3x Day In Preparation For AD World Pro
Apr 05, 2013BJJEE
Current brown belt absolute world champion, João Gabriel Rocha received his black belt at the beginning of the year, during the Copa Podio GP where he beat some big names at black belt. The prodigy...
Big BJJ Stars To Compete @ Abu Dhabi Pro
Apr 04, 2013BJJEE
With 6 days to go until the Abu Dhabi world Pro April 11th to April 13th, the black belt bracket looks to showcase some of the world’s top talent once again. The good news is that this year...
Felipe “Preguiça” Pena:”In The Black Belt At The Pan, I Feel Like A Rookie & I Like That Feeling…”
Mar 18, 2013BJJEE
Multiple time BJJ World champ at lower belts Felipe Pena , nicknamed “Preguiça” (the laziness), is now trying to make a name for himself at the black belt. He is looking to capture his...
New BJJ Reality Show Organized By Abmar Barbosa
Dec 20, 2012BJJEE
Robert Drysdale black belt and owner of crazy guard game, Abmar Barbosa has a lot of new plans for 2013. After Lloyd Irvin’s brown belt Kumite Reality Show that was filmed, Abmar is planning...
The Rapid Growth Of BJJ & MMA in Singapore
Oct 12, 2012BJJEE
Singapore, the small City State in South East Asia now counts among the richest countries in the world. Jiu-Jitsu and MMA have grown there at the same pace as this tiger economy. Here is a training...
Training Report From The United Arab Emirates. Up to 50 Black Belts On The Mat!
Oct 10, 2012BJJEE
My friend Carl Fisher, head instructor at Combat Base Bolton, UK has recently moved to the UAE to train and teach and has been writting his impressions on his blog. There are a huge amount of black...
Official IBJJF World Rankings, See Who Are The Top 100 BJJ Players Of The Moment
Sep 27, 2012BJJEE
The IBJJF has just released its black belt ranking. The organization has divided 150 athletes into two groups: the male top 100 and female top 50. The ranking takes into account the points...
Check Out The Pro Rankings Which Will Qualify Participants To The IBJJF Pro League Tournament in December
Sep 21, 2012BJJEE
Source Gracie Mag: The IBBJJF Pro League will take place on December 8 at the California State Walter Pyramid, in Long Beach, California. These are the official criteria and rankings: There...
2012 Worlds Team Preview: Checkmat
May 31, 2012BJJEE
Source: T.P. Grant for http://www.bloodyelbow.com/“The 2012 IBJJF Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champions are just around the corner and we are going to be breakdowns of the major teams and their...
Gracie Barra Hungary’s Max Carvalho: “I’m working to make BJJ more popular in this part of Europe”
Feb 21, 2012BJJEE
Max (in the center) with Ratinho (GB Paris) and Carlos Maia (Blue gi, GB Slovenia) 1. Hi Max, can you please introduce yourself to our readers? My name is Max Carvalho and I’m a 1st degreeblack...
European Open 2012: Rodolfo rules in Lisbon
Feb 02, 2012BJJEE
This Sunday the 29th marks the completion of the European Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal. Rodolfo Vieira repeated the stellar performance he put in at last year’s Pan and Worlds,...
