Rafael Lovato Jr Reveals Brain Condition That Could Possibly Make Him Retire
Jan 29, 2020BJJEE
Last July, BJJ world champion Rafael Lovato made history. The undefeated MMA fighter (10-0 MMA) dominated and took a decision win over the dangerous veteran Gegard Mousasi in the main event of...
Rafael Lovato Compares Competing in BJJ at The Mundial in Brazil & Worlds in USA
Jan 15, 2020BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr. is the current Bellator Middleweight champion, a 3 x world BJJ champion (1 x in Gi and 2 x in No Gi) and is the second American (B.J. Penn being the first) to win the...
Rafael Lovato Jr Doesn’t Think Training Nogi is Training Jiu Jitsu
Jan 08, 2020BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr was guest on the Joe Rogan experience. However the experienced jiu jitsu champion came out with some really interesting attitudes – mainly that he doesn’t believe nogi...
Gegard Mousasi Accuses Bellator champ Rafael Lovato Jr. of Using PEDs
Jul 04, 2019BJJEE
Last weekend, BJJ world champion Rafael Lovato made history. The undefeated MMA fighter (10-0 MMA) dominated and took a decision win over the dangerous veteran Gegard Mousasi in the main event of...
BJJ World Champion Rafael Lovato Jr Makes History; Wins Bellator Middleweight Title
Jun 23, 2019BJJEE
BJJ world champion Rafael Lovato did it! The undefeated MMA fighter (10-0 MMA) dominated and toook a decision win over the dangerous veteran Gegard Mousasi in the main event of Belllator London at...
Rafael Lovato Jr Finally Getting a Title Shot – Gegard Mousasi Fight Booked
Apr 08, 2019BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr will be getting his stab at the Bellator belt after all. The fight was initially to happen in January however former UFC fighter and current Bellator champion Gegard Mousasi had to...
Rafael Lovato Jr. Set To Duke it out with Jake Shields At Polaris 9
Feb 16, 2019BJJEE
Polaris 9 has just stepped up in a big way. They managed to match two seasoned proven grapplers and two American veterans of jiu jitsu on their Polaris 9 card. View this post on...
Rafael Lovato Jr. Determined To Wait for Title Shot After Mousasi Back Injury
Jan 11, 2019BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr. won’t be fighting at Bellator 214 after all. The news was first reported by MMAjunkie. Lovato was originally scheduled to challenge Gegard Mousasi for his Bellator...
Rafael Lovato Jr Set For a Title Shot: Gegard Mousasi Fight In January
Nov 20, 2018BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr is riding high on his latest Bellator victory – against a seasoned grappling expert John Salter. “He definitely made it a war and brought out the best in me,” Lovato Jr....
Rafael Lovato Jr Challenges Gordon’s Claim that Grapplers Tend To Excel at One Ruleset Mainly
Nov 17, 2018BJJEE
Gordon Ryan was recently prompted to share on his facebook: The biggest names in bjj definitely do NOT compete under all rulesets. Which top 10 athlete has competed gi/no gi points with time limit,...
Joe Rogan, Justin Wren & Rafael Lovato Jr. On Teaching Kids Martial Arts Principles To Prevent Bullying
Oct 16, 2018BJJEE
Joe Rogan has long been an outspoken enemy of bullying – and a jiu jitsu fan. As such it was no surprise he discussed the topic recently when he had a chance to welcome Bellator...
Rafael Lovato Jr.: It’s My Destiny to be Middleweight Champ
Sep 25, 2018BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr is riding high on his latest Bellator victory – against a seasoned grappling expert John Salter. “He definitely made it a war and brought out the best in me,” Lovato Jr....
Rafael Lovato Jr Submits John Salter at Bellator
Sep 22, 2018BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr had another great showing. The bjj black belt submitted another grappling specialist in ADCC vet John Salter at Bellator 205. It’s a game of inches with these...
Rafael Lovato Set to Duel ADCC Vet John Salter In Bellator Bout
Mar 08, 2018BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr is one of the very few non Brazilians to have won the bjj worlds. Following Latest Success Rafael Lovato Jr. Believes The Title Isn’t Far The ADCC vet now set his...
Rafael Lovato Jr: If Your Game Becomes Too Reliant On Format, You’re not going to Evolve
Dec 29, 2017BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr. has had an impressive year. Rafael Lovato Jr has also moved on to bigger things after Legacy Fighting Championship. After a successful debut at Bellator he’s booked...
Rafael Lovato Jr. Remains Unbeaten Following Latest Bout
Dec 02, 2017BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr has another victory in mma to his name. The bjj veteran was sadly forced to go the distance this time in Bellator 189 bout against Honeycut. He left the cage with an...
Rafael Lovato Jr. is set to face Chris Honeycutt at Bellator 189
Nov 23, 2017BJJEE
Much like Mackenzie Dern, Rafael Lovato Jr has also moved on to bigger things after Legacy Fighting Championship. After a successful debut at Bellator he’s booked his 2nd fight...
Following Latest Success Rafael Lovato Jr. Believes The Title Isn’t Far
Jul 15, 2017BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr. put on another interesting performance. He managed to pull off the RNC following barely 2 minutes on Mike Rhoades. Lovato told MMA Fighting: “Regardless of who...
Rafael Lovato Jr Talks Why BJJ Background Makes Better Mature MMA Competitors
Jul 08, 2017BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr is one of the rare non Brazilians to have won the World title at black belt level. Nowadays he’s quite a bit more focussed on his MMA career. He recently had a...
Rafael Lovato Jr. Gets New Fight Scheduled For Bellator 181
Jun 09, 2017BJJEE
Rafel Lovato Jr had a very impressive Bellator debut back in March at Bellator 174. And it looks like he’d be heading to the cage again rather soon. Lovato will be fighting...
All Eyes on Epic Superfights in April: Buchecha vs Rafael Lovato Jr
Apr 10, 2017BJJEE
ADCC North American Trials are very promising. Besides the shot at the trip to the prestigious competition spectators will no doubt be excited to watch the two biggest giants in bjj...
Rafael Lovato Jr vs Charles Hackmann – Bellator 174
Mar 04, 2017BJJEE
2x world BJJ champion Rafael Lovato Jr makes his Bellator debut.
Rafael Lovato Jr Signs With Bellator, Debut Set
Feb 14, 2017BJJEE
Bellator MMA has set their sight on an elite bjj name a while back, and looks like the deal is in place. Sources tell mmafighting.com that Rafael Lovato Jr has signed with the...
Rafael Lovato Jr Headed To Bellator, New Fight Scheduled
Feb 10, 2017BJJEE
Looks like Rafael Lovato Jr is ready to take his career to the next level – he will be heading for Bellator MMA. Reportedly Lovato Jr is to take on an opponent yet to be named in...
