New Brazilian Tournament Set To Feature All The Biggest Brazilian BJJ Stars
Jan 23, 2019BJJEE
Gracie Pro has struggled to maintain attention of wider audiences. As a response Brazil birthed another high level bjj event – BJJ Stars. The event is set for 23rd February and will be...
Hinger: When You Cry About Someone’s Usage of Match or Fight, You’re just Revealing Own Insecurities
Jan 04, 2019BJJEE
Photo via Mike Calimbas For a long time calling bjj matches fights has been disputed because of the whole thing where a fight is typically associated with strikes. Joe Rogan has been the utmost...
Craig Jones to Duel Tim Spriggs In No time limit Sub Only Event
Dec 31, 2018BJJEE
Craig Jones is certainly keeping busy in 2018. Following spectacular performance at ADCC 2017 Jones has been booking back to back matches. The latest to fall in line is Grappling Industries sub only...
Naga and Shooto Moves to Smoothcomp
Nov 21, 2018BJJEE
Naga and Shooto, two companies with very long traditions are now hosting their events on Smoothcomp.com and thereby joining hundreds of organisers world wide that make up the Smoothcomp community to...
Croatia Set To Host Biggest UAEJJF Event In Central Europe in December – CROATIA NATIONAL PRO JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP
Nov 12, 2018BJJEE
Croatia is getting ready to host the best jiu jiteiros of Central Europe in December. UAEJJF chose Croatia to organize another edition of the CROATIA NATIONAL PRO JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP on December...
Watch: CBD BJJ Invitational feat. Rodolfo, Frank Mir, Kit Dale, DJ Jackson Etc..
Oct 21, 2018BJJEE
Rodolfo Vieira has long been one of the most intimidating bjj players out there. However since Vieira has been dead set on adapting for MMA and making his career the bjj field evolved some. Vieira...
Nate Diaz Announces UFC’s 165 lbs Division aka “Superfighter Division” – UFC Refutes Claim
Sep 26, 2018BJJEE
Nate Diaz ruffled some feathers overnight when he announced: I’m Happy to announce that I’m bringing a new weight devision to the Ufc I’ll be fighting the main event November 3rd in nyc against...
10 time IBJJF World Champion could face Combat Sambo World Champion in the near future
Sep 17, 2018Hari Bhagirath
10 time IBJJF world champion, Bruno Malfacine is soon set to make his second appearance in Brave Combat Federation in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The BJJ legend will be fighting yet another blackbelt in...
Matt Heafy Of Trivium talks Falling in love with the ‘dark jiu-jitsu world’ of Leglocks
Sep 01, 2018BJJEE
Matt Heafy has long been a practitioner of bjj. Trivium Frontman Matt Heafy Says JIu-JItsu Is A Metaphor For Life In the past he’s been credited with explaining how bjj has helped his music...
Buchecha Explains Why He Gave Lo The Absolute Gold At Worlds
Jun 06, 2018BJJEE
Buchecha has had a turbulent year, still he has proved he has much heart when he opted to give the openweight title to his friend Leandro Lo. Still many were unsure of the rationale for the decision...
Keenan Cornelius Slams IBJJF And Flograppling For Not Covering His Match – “Silence Is Betrayal”
Jun 05, 2018BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius was dead set on winning the worlds this year. The bjj prodigy had a singular mindset which is why he felt pressured to release a comprehensive statement after this happened:...
Jiu-Jitsu In the Wrong Hands – Let’s Never Be Like This Guy
May 21, 2018BJJEE
Often times in jiu jitsu we hear of the phrase “Jiu-jitsu is for everyone” but cases like what the video attached at the bottom of this post prove it’s not that simple. Roberto...
Tegumi: The Traditional Wrestling Art from Okinawa
Mar 08, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Brandon Hetzler who is a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black bet under Rickson & Kron Gracie, and creator of Jugoshin Ryu JuJutsu. It is believed by many masters that tegumi was probably...
Best of BJJ Weddings As A New Couple Marries on BJJ mats
Feb 15, 2018BJJEE
BJJ Weddings are still somewhat rare even though bjj gathers the most passionate practitioners around the world. The latest to marry are life long roll-mates. Two teammates took the...
Matt Brown Wants To Manhandle Snoop Dogg For insulting Conor McGregor
Feb 09, 2018BJJEE
Matt Brown recently guested on the Joe Rogan experience. The UFC welterweight and commentator weighed in on a variety of hot topics including controversial Snoop Dog commentary of the...
Shevchenko Dominates ending via RNC while Ref Mario Yamasaki Refuses to Intervene – White Calls For Firing
Feb 04, 2018BJJEE
UFC Fight Night 125 was fairly uneventful. The absence of big names barring Lyoto Machida and Valentina Schevchenko made the event somewhat subdued – that is until the main...
Eddie Bravo: Tony Ferguson will thank Khabib If He Takes Him Down
Jan 29, 2018BJJEE
In Tony Ferguson Eddie Bravo and his 10th planet got their first UFC champion. Naturally Bravo continued working with Ferguson after he was rewarded the interim belt – after all...
Geo Martinez Is Looking For a Cannabis Sponsor For Next EBI Tournament
Jan 11, 2018BJJEE
Over the years there’s been much discussion when it comes to getting a sponsor. Advice On How To Find Sponsors And Be A BJJ “Pro” Still the blossoming of...
LFA Signs Chris Brennan’s 17 Year Old Son
Jan 08, 2018BJJEE
Legacy Fighting Championship is considered by many a feeder organization for the UFC as the case of Mackenzie Dern proved. Their latest acquisition is the 17 year old prospect –...
Gordon Ryan Dominates Again At Inaugural Kasai
Dec 10, 2017BJJEE
Kasai promotion was unveiled last night without much fanfare. Perhaps the biggest even of the evening was Gordon Ryan’s match against ADCC gold medalist Yuri Simoes. What many...
What Makes You & Doesn’t Make You a ‘Creonte’ in BJJ
Dec 04, 2017BJJEE
The term creonte originated within Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations in Brazil to refer to a student who either is, or perceived to be, disloyal to a particular school or organization,...
Ben Askren Leaves Room For Comeback After Final Contracted Bout
Nov 25, 2017BJJEE
Ben Askren just served out his contract with ONE Fc. The impressive wrestler just manhandled Shinya Aoki for a 56s victory via tko. Ben Askren Declared Himself a Black Belt And...
Referee Slow To Intervene After Judoka Got Put To Sleep
Nov 21, 2017BJJEE
While submissions are the pinnacle of a match in bjj in judo they’re one of Jigoro Kano’s doctrines of “Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort”. A match is won when the...
Jose Aldo to rematch Max Holloway After Frankie Edgar Withdraws
Nov 12, 2017BJJEE
Jose Aldo got an unexpected opportunity to get his belt back! Aldo previously lost the featherweight belt to Max Holloway earlier this year. However since Frankie Edgar had to withdraw...
