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Bas Rutten on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s Effectiveness For Self Defense

Bas Rutten is a Dutch retired MMA legend, Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and Muay Thai kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his...

Bas Rutten: ‘I Regret Having Never Faced Rickson Gracie’

Bas Rutten is a Dutch retired MMA legend, Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and Muay Thai kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his...

A Tribute To Rockson Gracie, Rickson’s Late Son

Rockson Gracie was the first of four children of MMA and BJJ legend Rickson Gracie. Rockson was considered at the time like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s geartest prospect in the 1990’s. He was a...

The Greatest Brothers In Martial Arts

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

How GOOD Was Royce Gracie Actually? His MMA Track Record Shows

Whenever you hear Royce Gracie’s name, you’ll be able to hear quite a bit about him; about being a legendary figure of both BJJ and MMA, but a controversial one as well. The truth is...

The 3 Most Promising Prospects In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

When Gracie Misbehave: Gracie Family Dramas & Misbehaviors in History

“People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.” – Bo Bennett Jiu-Jitsu as we know it today would have never happened if it hadn’t been...

These 10 UFC Fighters Went Straight to Black Belt in BJJ

The BJJ black belt is a very prized possession in the martial arts community. It is arguably the most difficult belt to achieve in martial arts. The road to a black belt is usually a long and hard...

Ude Garami – Origins of the Kimura Lock

Guest post by David Avellan, an ADCC bronze medalist. Avellan has defeated many of the world’s best grapplers, such as BJJ Black Belt World Champions Rafael Lovato Jr., Tarsis Humphries, Amaury...

Top 15 Celebrity BJJ Black Belts

    14.Mauricio Mattar  Mauricio Mattar is a brazilian actor. He is a black belt under the Gracie Barra banner. 13. Rhasaan Orange Rhasaan Orange  is an American actor. Orange is most...

BJJ 101: The Kimura

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

Full Results Quintet Ultra feat. Gordon Ryan, UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce & WEC Legends

SUPERFIGHT 1 Craig Jones defeats Fredson Paixao vby rear-naked choke OFFICIAL RESULTS Craig Jones def. Fredson Paixao via rear-naked choke #QUINTETUltra pic.twitter.com/dfbYUMiLXJ — Amy Kaplan...

Full Roster Released For Quintet Ultra feat. UFC, PRIDE, Strikeforce & WEC Legends

Quintet Ultra, which will be taking place on December 12 in Las Vegas, will feature a star-studded card from the MMA and grappling world. Quintet Ultra Set for December 12 at the Red Rock Casino in...

Rare Double Submission at Quintet 4 by Sotaro Yamada

This weekend, Tokyo, Japan hosted the Quintet Fight Night 4, a team grappling event led by MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba . It was a warm-up for the Quintet Ultra, which will be taking place on December...

Last Weekend’s Quintet 4 Was a Warm Up for an Event featuring UFC x PRIDE x Strikeforce x WEC

This weekend, Tokyo, Japan hosted the Quintet Fight Night 4, a team grappling event led by MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba . It was a warm-up for the Quintet Ultra, which will be taking place on December...

Craig Jones & Keenan Cornelius Exchange Hilarious Barbs Ahead of Polaris matchup

Polaris 8 will be taking place this weekend. The event is said to be headlined by ADCC vets Keenan Cornelius and Craig Jones.   View this post on Instagram   December 9 the smurf is getting...

Quintet Brings On The Spectacle: Gordon Ryan & Craig Jones Shine

Quintet just concluded it’s 3rd edition. The event that has proven itself as must see tv brought us a variety of exciting match ups and captured the attention of the audience. The only thing...

Eddie Bravo Breaks Down Geo Martinez Avenging His Brother’s loss At QUINTET

Eddie Bravo is about to have another go at coaching 10th Planet team at Quintet. This time the event is setured to feature a crowd of former winners plus there will be a couple of special matches....

Frank Mir Set To Grapple Olympic Gold Winner Satoshi Ishi in Special Match at Quintet

One of the notable UFC fighters of the last decade – Frank Mir will be duking it out on the grappling mat with Satoshi Ishi. Kazushi Sakuraba Rolling with Josh Barnett Before Quintet 3 Quintet...

Mansher Khera In As Team Alpha Male At Quintet – Final Roster Released

Quintet is fast approaching. Perhaps the most exciting event in grappling is a unique group challenge. MAnsher Khera – who was quietly ousted from Team Marcelo Garcia and is currently at Unity...

Quintet Schedules First USA Bound Edition Featuring Winning Teams

Sakuraba’s Quintet captured the audience’s attention. Where grappling can sometimes get a little dull with stalling it’s hard to apply that same approach to team challenges –...

Craig Jones Leads Team Polaris to Quintet Victory

When Sakuraba announced his group grappling event many of us in the grappling community were baffled. How would a group challenge worked? As Quintet1 proved in association with UFC Fight Pass –...

New Grappling Tournament, QUINTET: 5-member Teams battle it out in a “Winner Stays On”

    It seems like every day a new grappling competition promotion is coming out. However there’s something quite unique about this latest development – it’s meant to put...

Ralek Gracie on Metamoris Debts: ‘The Goal Is To Make Another Show & Pay Back our Debts’

Ralek Gracie will make his much awaited Bellator debut on Jan. 21 against French/Japanese fighter Hisaki Kato at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Ralek is mostly famous for founding Metamoris...