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CM Punk Returns To Octagon June 9th Against Inexperienced Michael Jackson. Is the UFC Stacking Odds in his Favor?

    Apparently the cross promotional options with pro wrestling are strong – the 36 year old former pro wrestler Phil “CM Punk” Brooks will be returning to action at UFC...

The Best Position & Strategy For MMA Ground Fighting

Guest post by Mark Lajhner, founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), BJJ purple belt and multiple medallist...

Duke Roufus’ Worst Martial Arts Experience Was During His BJJ Blue Belt Test

    Duke Roufus is an American former kickboxer and head coach of the Roufusport competition team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is a well-known striking coach in North America....

MMA Pros React To the Submission Heavy Edition of UFC that Crowned Interim Lightweight Champion

    UFC 216 was quite eventful as Mighty Mouse got his second armbar and Tony El Cucuy Ferguson got to his interim title. Here’s how the pros reacted to Mighty Mouse’s awesome...

World Reacts To Woodley and Maia Outcome

    Tyron Woodley has been saying for weeks he doesn’t believe Maia will able to take him down and training partner Ben Askren back him up. But one way or another Maia sure did try...

BJJ Scout Previews What To Expect Of Maia’s Title Shot

    Just yesterday we reported on Demian Maia’s discontent over what might be his shortest camp ever. Still he’s every bit as hopeful that he will manage to secure the title...

Demian Maia Voices Discontent With “Shortest Camp”

    Demian Maia has always been a champion of the bjj community – even if at times this made him unattractive to the UFC and substantially delayed his title shot. “It’s...

BJJ Scout’s Latest Vid Questions Importance of Traditional BJJ Positional Progress

    BJJ Scout has been an interesting personality since he first emerged on the youtube scene with his insightful videos. Once very much dedicated to purely jiu-jitsu technique, in his...

Watch Paige Van Zant’s Scorching Hot Self-Made Reebok Video, Deleted After Backlash

    Paige Van Zant recently posted a scorching hot video promoting one of her sponsors – Reebok.   by popular demand pic.twitter.com/VvjIfVd6ly — Rob Young (@polyh3dron) April...

Rick Marshall, 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Teaches at Evolve MMA Singapore

In September 2016, Evolve Mixed Martial Arts, Asia’s top martial arts organization partnered with 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu to launch Asia’s largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi program and the 10th...

Stuart Cooper On Moving Singapore To Work For Evolve MMA

  Jiu-Jitsu Videographer and BJJ black belt Stuart Cooper is living a great lifestyle. For the past 8 years, he’s been travelling the world training Jiu-Jitsu and filming amazing...

Georges St-Pierre Goes Against The UFC: “I’m a Free Agent!”

    Georges St-Pierre is no longer under any obligation to the UFC. The former UFC welterweight champion recently announced that he’s officially a free agent. Previously there were...

10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Partners Up with Evolve Mixed Martial Arts; Opens First Branch in South East Asia

  Evolve Mixed Martial Arts and 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Join Hands to Launch Asia’s Largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Program – 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu launches its South East Asia...

How AJ Agazarn Exposing Metamoris United The BJJ Community

    AJ Agazarm is just one week away from one of the biggest tests of his grappling career: facing former Strikeforce champion Jake Shields at Europe’s premiere submission only event,...

Jake Shields To Face AJ Agazarm at Polaris 3; Geo Martinez Added

  Europe’s premiere submission only event, Polaris 3 Jiu-Jitsu Invitational is set to take place in Poole, England on April 2 and will be available on pay-per-view. Live tickets are on...

AJ Agazarm Blasts Metamoris: ‘They Haven’t Paid Me in 6 Months’

  The professional grappling promotion, Metamoris, and most notably its founder Ralek Gracie has been under fire for the past few months for various reasons. The main ones are: Schedule events...

Gregor Gracie Defeats 2x USA Greco Roman National Champ in a Wrestling Match

    There have been many high level wrestlers that have transitioned to BJJ and done well (Olympic bronze medalist Adam Wheeler, Ben Askren who competed at the No Gi Worlds, and former...

5 BJJ Players That Would Do Great In MMA

    bleacherreport.com made a list of 5 top sport BJJ players that have a great potential for a crossover in the MMA world: 1.Robert “Cyborg” Abreu Belt Rank: Black Belt...

Jake Paul Signs MMA Deal With PFL – Tony Ferguson Offers To Train Him

Image Credits: Men’s Journal Jake Paul has made the move many were asking him to do – he will compete in MMA! He recently announced the signing of a multi-year deal with the Professional...

PROS REACT: Francis Ngannou KOs Stipe Miocic, Becomes New UFC Heavyweight Champion

It’s always special whenever two big heavyweights step inside the Octagon, especially when they are two of the most talented fighters in the world. Francis Ngannou (11-2) of France, originally...

Royce Gracie Calls Bellator 198 Huge Win For The Family But An Even Bigger One For Jiu-Jitsu

While the UFC doesn’t believe jiu-jitsu is a good draw for pay per view money Bellator all but disproved that. Past weekend’s Bellator 198 was one of the biggest gates ever featuring the...

Neiman Gracie Submits His Way to Victory, As does Lovato Plus More Great Grappling From Last Night’s Bellator

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...

Pico Admits His Game Might Be Very Flawed Following Sub Loss

    Aaron Pico got a very rude awakening yesterday. He succumbed to a guillotine after a mere 24 seconds. “He caught me with that uppercut, it was a nice uppercut by him,” Pico told...

Polaris Jiu-Jitsu Invitational Announces More Matches for April 2 Event

  Europe’s premiere submission only event, Polaris 3 Jiu-Jitsu Invitational is set to take place in Poole, England on April 2 and will be available on pay-per-view. Live tickets are on...