UFC Fightpass 6: Craig Jones Submits Lovato Jr in 1 min, Meregali Wins by RNC
Mar 04, 2024BJJEE
During the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 6, a series of thrilling no-gi super fights captivated the audience. The event kicked off with an intense match between Ronaldo Junior and Kody Steele. Ronaldo...
Craig Jones Reveals His Stero*d Pack For Upcoming Superfight with Rafael Lovato Jr
Feb 07, 2024BJJEE
The UFC Fight Pass Invitational 6, set for March 3rd, 2024, is gearing up to be a super exciting event in the submission grappling world! Why? Well, among other things, because it’s just been...
Rafael Lovato Smashes All Types of Guards With These 2 Connected Passes
Jan 15, 2023BJJEE
IBJJF World Champion and former Bellator World Middleweight Champion Rafael Lovato Jr is a master at the the pressure passing style. He has has a distinct way of smashing through complex guards like...
Using the Kimura To Defeat The Half Guard by Rafael Lovato Jr
Feb 09, 2022BJJEE
Uhhh, soooo… You’ve been training BJJ for a bit, and there is (still) this one thought that keeps troubling you: position or submission? Should you go for the position first, before you attempt a...
Watch: The Exact Moment Nicholas Meregali Flipped Off Xande Ribeiro & Rafael Lovato Jr
Dec 14, 2021BJJEE
The 2021 IBJJF World Championship was nothing less than superb, with heaps of athletes putting their best performance on the line. You can see the full results here. However, the eagerly expected...
Gordon Ryan vs Rafael Lovato Jr Grappling Match Will Happen in 2021
Dec 30, 2020BJJEE
In one of the last articles of the FloGrappling website, the question was asked for the title of the best American grappler of all time. Of course, the question was asked in a public forum, and the...
BJJEE Podcast #3 Rafael Lovato Jr On His Winning Return To Gi BJJ, His New Academy & More
Jun 08, 2020BJJEE
Last year, 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 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 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....
Raphael Lovato Jr Returns To Grappling Amid Call Outs from Gegard Mousasi
Nov 02, 2018BJJEE
Raphael Lovato Jr has been putting on great performances over at Bellator. At this point he is a main title contender. Still this isn’t taking him away from bjj as the ace has just announced he...
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...
Neiman Gracie Submits His Way to Victory, As does Lovato Plus More Great Grappling From Last Night’s Bellator
Apr 29, 2018BJJEE
Over night’s Bellator pay per view was loaded with great jiu-jitsu. On top of featuring Frank Mir, Dillon Danis, Rafael Lovato Jr on the card there was also Neiman Gracie and more. Below we...
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...
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...
Buchecha Looks Forward To Lovato Jr Superfight: “He’s the Greatest American in Jiu-Jitsu”
Mar 30, 2017BJJEE
ADCC West Coast Trials have added quite a few interesting superfights to the docket but perhaps none so interesting as Marcus Almeida “Buchecha” vs Rafael Lovato Jr. The two...
Buchecha vs Rafael Lovato Jr & Geo Martinez vs Frazatto Set To Happen At ADCC Trials
Jan 24, 2017BJJEE
ADCC West Coast Trials have really upped their game adding not one but two great superfights to the card. In addition to the Rafael Lovato Jr vs Marcus Almeida Buchecha, Geo Martinez...
Brother’s Surprise Christmas Gift: Private with Rafael Lovato Jr
Jan 02, 2017BJJEE
Grappling Central Podcast host Ryan Ford decided to surprise his younger brother Chris for Christmas with a private lesson with his idol: 3x world champion Rafael Lovato Jr: “I have always...
Rafael Lovato Jr’s World Class Armbar Finish at Legacy 62
Nov 15, 2016BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr. remains the Legacy Fighting Championship Middleweight Champion after 3 hard fought rounds. As soon as the fight went to the ground, the end was near for Cortez Coleman. A...
Rafael Lovato Jr Wins Big Day One of World Masters, More Results
Aug 26, 2016BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr was the stand out of the first day of the World Master Championship taking place in party central, Las Vegas. Following a victory among Master-1 super heavyweights he...
Lovato Jr. Defeats Cyborg, More Results from Fight To Win Pro 7
Jul 16, 2016BJJEE
Fight To Win Pro 7 brought out many exciting moments. The headline fight featured Roberto Cyborg Abreu, ADCC winner and an old favorite Rafael Lovato Jr. Both were looking ripped for...
Lovato Jr gets the Submission in Fight2WinPro6, More Results
Jun 19, 2016BJJEE
Main Event of past weekend’s Fight To Win Pro 6 was the fight between Rafael Lovato Jr and Diego Gamonal. Rafael Lovato Jr, 32 is a one of the most decorated Brazilian jiu-jitsu...
F2WP 6 starts Tomorrow: Rafael Lovato Jr facing Pedro Mello
Jun 16, 2016BJJEE
The latest in a series of exciting submission only events starts tomorrow, Friday June 17th in Dallas, Texas. Fight To Win Pro 6 goes off June 17th featuring Rafael Lovato Jr.,...
