Combat Jiu Jitsu Fight Night Falls Apart – Now With 0 From Original 4 Grapplers
Feb 19, 2019BJJEE
Combat Jiu Jitsu Fight Night has certainly gone through a major transition. From Gordon Ryan, Vinny Magalhaes, Werdum and Josh Barnett it steadily moved through each one of these participants in the...
Werdum Sends Warning to Gordon Ryan Ahead of CJJ Match
Jan 31, 2019BJJEE
Werdum has asked for a release from the UFC. But while he awaits for where he’ll continue his mma career the Brazilian great is prepping for combat jiu jitsu fight night tournament –...
Frank Mir is Becoming A Pro Wrestler
Jan 14, 2019BJJEE
Frank Mir tried his hand at grappling following the end of his lucrative UFC career but it looks as tho Mir has his mind set on another field as well – pro wrestling. Mir, 39, was announced on...
Werdum Wants To Know If Gordon Ryan Has Insurance Ahead Of CJJ Fight Night
Jan 05, 2019BJJEE
Gordon Ryan’s medical status has become a point of inquiry. The ADCC medalist is set to duel another accomplished fighter and grappler i Fabricio Werdum in late February. Ahead of the duel...
CJJ Bantamweights Set To Feature Geo Martinez, Ethan Crelinsten Plus Prior CJJ Champs
Dec 27, 2018BJJEE
CJJ has taken over EBI for the most part. As per Eddie Bravo’s words the sub only event now relates just to women while men will be slapping the crap out of each other – so basically...
Quintet Brings On The Spectacle: Gordon Ryan & Craig Jones Shine
Oct 06, 2018BJJEE
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: Quintet Ruleset Is The Most Gangster, Because They’re both Going For It
Oct 05, 2018BJJEE
Eddie Bravo is well known for plenty of things but in recent years perhaps the most with pioneering his own ruleset with the Eddie Bravo Invitational. The ruleset would from there go on to be a part...
Eddie Bravo Breaks Down Geo Martinez Avenging His Brother’s loss At QUINTET
Oct 05, 2018BJJEE
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
Sep 24, 2018BJJEE
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
Sep 17, 2018BJJEE
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
Sep 05, 2018BJJEE
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 –...
Catch Wrestling Scarf Hold: Chest Choke, Neck Crank or Choke?
Sep 04, 2018BJJEE
Josh Barnett did the unthinkable at Metamoris 4: he completely dominated and submitted Dean Lister. Lister hadn’t been submitted in competition in 17 years. He used a what looked like a neck crank...
WWE’s Shayna Baszler Has Some Serious Leglock Moves
Sep 04, 2018BJJEE
WWE’s Shayna Baszler is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently signed to WWE where she performs on developmental territory, NXT. She was trained by former...
Catch Wrestling World Champ Pushing To Face Gordon Ryan in a 1st to 10 Wrestling Match
Aug 07, 2018BJJEE
When you are a champion, you are sure to receive many challenges from all corners. Gordon Ryan has been interacting more and more with his fans. Recently after an exchange with AJ Agazarm he revealed...
Polaris 7 Releases Full Card, Set to Feature Gilbert Burns, Nicky Ryan, Imanari, Gregor Gracie
Jun 16, 2018BJJEE
Polaris is perhaps the best long run sub only event in the jiu jitsu community. 7th edition of the event will be featuring Nicky Ryan in an Ash Williams match up. The card will be headlined by Gregor...
Savage Suplex The Throw Of Choice In MMA This Weekend
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
While we as a bjj community have largely been focussed on the debut of Garry Tonon there’s been other interesting happenings in mma. Not only was Josh Barnett exhonorated by the...
Chris Pratt Spotted Wrestling With Randy Couture
Jan 30, 2018BJJEE
Actor Chris Pratt has a wrestling background. He actually wrestled for 10 years even going so far as to wrestle in the same tournament as Josh Barnett. Pratt was raised in Lake Stevens, Washington,...
Rener Gracie Explains Decision To Distance From Ralek Gracie
May 08, 2017BJJEE
Ralek Gracie has had a tortured relationship with the community. After initiating the sports bjj scene and pivoting it into a new ear he’s been plagued by debts, bad business decisions...
10th Planet Blue Belt Tapped Out Ronda Rousey Training Partner
Aug 17, 2016BJJEE
Last weekend was quite a thrill for 10th Planet Blue Belt Lynn Vuong. Vuong aka Ashi Queen is an Eddie Bravo student with only a year and a half of grappling experience. The event...
Learn Matt Hughe’s Wrestling Front Headlock Choke That Put Ricardo Almeida to Sleep
Jul 28, 2016BJJEE
(Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Matt Hughes shocked the world when he knocked down and put BJJ black belt Ricardo Almeida to sleep at UFC 117. Hughes used a...
Carlos Gracie: ‘Jiu-Jitsu Without The Gi Is Not Jiu-Jitsu’
Apr 08, 2016BJJEE
The book Carlos Gracie – The Creator of a Dynasty,which was published in Brazil only in Portuguese, was written by the daughter of the late master, Reila Gracie (Roger Gracie’s mother)....
The Top 5 International BJJ Training Facilities Preparing Fighters for MMA
Mar 29, 2016BJJEE
It’s fair to say that BJJ Eastern Europe wouldn’t exist without the number of quality training facilities scattered across the continent, yet that’s not to say any of us need...
The Difference Between A GOGO Choke & A 10 Finger Guillotine
Feb 03, 2016BJJEE
Josh Barnett has not been submitted by anybody in 19 years….Until he fought Ben Rothwell at UFC on FOX 18 last weekend. Rothwell tapped out the catch wrestling specialist with...
Why Demian Maia Won’t be Grappling Nick Diaz at Metamoris
Jan 04, 2016BJJEE
Demian Maia completely dominated Gunnar Nelson at UFC 194, and asked for a shot at the welterweight belt. The BJJ black belt and ADCC champion may have to wait in line as the title holder...
