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2014 BJJ East European Open Results & Review

BJJ EAST EUROPEAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 The second edition of the BJJ East European Open held in Zagreb, Croatia last saturday (February 15th) at the West Gate shopping Mall was a smashing success....

Interview With Gustavo Galvao, Andre’s Brother, On His Atos Academy In Barcelona

Gustavo Galvao, Andre’s brother, talks to BJJ Eastern Europe about his new Atos academy in Barcelona, Spain. His trainings with Atos back in Brazil and the Jiu-Jitsu scene in Spain: Can you...

Top Finnish Competitor Santeri Lilius On His Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle & Success Of BJJ In Finland

2014 European brown belt silver medalist, Santeri Lilius from Finland is a rising star in the continental scene. This highly talented and hard working BJJ player, in this interview with BJJ Eastern...

Leo Queiroz On Winning The Mundials, Tough Beginnings In UK & Building A Successful Team

  BFC UK‘s Leonardo Queiroz is an accomplished BJJ competitor from Brasilia, Brazil who came to the UK a few years ago in serach of new opportunities and a better life. In this interview with...

Roger Gracie To Train With Ernesto Hoost & Fight At Light Heavyweight In MMA

Roger Gracie has decided. The 10x black belt world champion, who was considering going to competitive BJJ, chose to continue his MMA journey. Released by the UFC in 2013, the athlete has not yet...

San Francisco Open: Keenan Double Gold, Mendes Bros Dominate Featherweight

Last weekend’s IBJJF San Francisco Open was a great success, gathering the whole community of northern and southern California and beyond. it also served as a build up for the Pans which will...

UFC’s Thiago Silva Apprehended By Florida Police After SWAT Team Standoff

  UFC veteran Thiago Silva barricaded himself inside his Florida home on Thursday evening and was surrounded by a SWAT team after threatening people at a Pablo Popovitch’s BJJ school,...

Kenny Florian: ‘Nova Uniao’s Head Coach, Andre Pederneiras Is The Reason For Their Great Success’

Regarded as one of the top jiu jitsu and MMA academies in the world, Nova União has busted into MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) in the later years through fighters like Renan “Barão”, José Aldo,...

2014 Finnish BJJ Open 10-11/05; Travel Packages To IBJJF Worlds

  BJJ Finnish Open 2014, in Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland, May 10th to 11th! The Finnish Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation sponsors the champions of blue belt, purple belt and brown/black belt...

The Champ Is Back: The Return Of Fernando Terere

  By Xandão Barros (BJJ black belt owner of Spartan Floripa BJJ Team in Florianópolis Island, South Brazil) The Champ is back!! Wooop Tererê!!! The Rooster crows. It’s six in the...

5x European Champ Lucio Lagarto: ‘I’ve Tried 7 Times With No Success To Get A Visa For The US To Compete At The Worlds’

  Lucio Lagarto, the black belt from Gracie Barra, won again last weekend in Lisbon, Portugal. This is now his fifth title at the Europeans (four in weight and 1 in absolute). Settled in London,...

Terere Reunited With His Student Andre Galvao In Barcelona, Spain

  2014 European Champion, Fernando Tererê is continuing his European tour. On Monday 3rd of February, the black belt met his friend and student, André Galvão , in Barcelona, ​​Spain....

(Video) Battle Of The Titans @Copa Podio: Rodolfo Vieira vs Travis Stevens

  Check out the semi final of the 2014 Copa Podio heavyweight GP between Rodolfo Vieira and Olympic Judoka and BJJ black belt Travis Stevens:

Alan Belcher: “I’m Taking Time Off From MMA & Focusing On Being A Jiu-Jitsu Competitor”

  Before the Copa Podio heavyweight GP, UFC fighter and BJJ black belt Alan Belcher spoke to mmafighting.com about how he’s taking time off MMA to heal injuries and focus on improving and...

2014 Copa Podio Heavyweight GP: Rodolfo Submits Lo In The Final

Rodolfo Vieira had a perfect performance at Copa Podio heavyweight GP last night in Rio de Janeiro. Of the six fights he did, Rodolfo finished five opponents, including the final against Leandro Lo ,...

Rafael Mendes: ‘In 2014 I’m Preparing Metamoris, The Growth Of My Team & The Birth Of My Son.”

3x BJJ world champion, Rafael Mendes added another title to his collection. Last weekend, the Atos black belt won for the third time the Europeans, held in Lisbon, Portugal. In the final, Rafa faced...

Dean Lister Shows The Triangle Escape That he Used Against Keenan Cornelius In ADCC 2013

  BJJ black belt Dean Lister Shows The Very same Triangle Escape He Used at ADCC 2013 to Defend Keenan Cornelius’ Triangle on Keenan himself. Clip is From Dean’s Upcoming DVD Set...

Rodrigo Cavaca: ‘Watch Out For Zenith Team This Year In The Big Competitions.’

  Jiu-Jitsu world Champion, the experienced Rodrigo Cavaca won his third European title last weekend in Lisbon, Portugal. The black belt, who plans to participate at all the calendar events...

Kit Dale Gives Good Advice On Dealing With Nerves & How To Prepare For Competition (part1)

  BJJ black belt and world class competitor Kit Dale talks about his own experience on how to deal with nerves and how to prepare for BJJ competition: Some good advice:

Eddie Bravo vs Royler Gracie 2 – The Rematch (Stuart Cooper Hype Video)

  Stuart Cooper, who makes some of the best BJJ documentaries made a great hype video for the upcoming Metamoris super fight rematch between Royler Gracie and Eddie Bravo. From Stuart Cooper: I...

13 Years After Winning The BJJ Mundial, BJ Penn Returns To ‘Tijuca Tennis Clube’

  Awesome video from Brazilian TV showing BJ Penn’s return to the Tijuca Tennis Clube where he triumphed 13 years ago, and became the first non-Brazilian to win the Mundials at black belt....

How To Spot A Steroid User In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Whether we like it or not steroids and performance enhancing drugs are very present in BJJ competitions world wide. In the years that I’ve been training BJJ (all over the world) I have seen...

Watch The Europeans Absolute Final Between Alexander Trans & Yuri Simoes

  For the first time in the IBJJF Europeans, a European was crowned male black belt open class champion. Danish terminator Alexander Trans beatYuri Simões in the final. Trans had a clinic as he...

‘Minotauro’ Nogueira: ‘I have two or three years left’

  Former PRIDE champion and UFC , Minotauro has faced a series of injuries that forced him to undergo some surgeries in recent years. He hasn’t fought since June last year, when he lost to...