Ralek Gracie Confirms Metamoris 4 Card & Secret Match
Jun 24, 2014BJJEE
BJJ Eastern Europe was among the first media to anounce the Metamoris 4 match ups. Now Ralek Gracie, Metamoris president, had this to say on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour on...
Worlds: Watch The Best Matches From Saturday (Black Belt Open Weight + Divisions)
Jun 01, 2014BJJEE
Be sure to check back as new videos will be added during the day: Victor Estima v Matthew Jubera – 2014 IBJJF Worlds Black Belt Middleweight Marcus Buchecha Almeida v Felipe Pena...
PLAY BY PLAY: 2014 IBJJF Worlds + Results (Saturday May 31st)
May 31, 2014BJJEE
CLICK HERE FOR SUNDAY’S PLAY BY PLAY The 2014 IBJJF World championships take place at the Long Beach pyramid in California. The Worlds is the biggest and most prestigious tournament of the...
Copa Podio: Felipe ‘Preguica’ Wins Middleweight GP, Clark Gracie Clarkoplatas His Way To Victory, Leandro Lo Beats Calansans.
Sep 09, 2013BJJEE
Felipe “Preguica” Pena was crowned champion of the Copa Podio middleweight event held on Sunday, September 8th, 2013 at the Tijuca Tennis Club in Rio de Janeiro. The Gracie Barra BH...
Davi Ramos, Last Minute Replacement In Copa Podio Middleweight Grand Prix
Sep 04, 2013BJJEE
Source: Copapodio.com After winning the Nitrix Championship, an MMA event held in São Paulo last week, Davi Ramos has accepted the challenge of entering the fight for the Grand Prix title, according...
Keenan Cornelius Out Of Copa Podio GP, Replaced By Manuel Diaz
Aug 01, 2013BJJEE
The Mexican-American Manuel Diaz was recommended by Leandro Lo to replace Keenan Cornelius in the Middleweight Grand Prix. Diaz trains in the Caio Terra Academy and is joining American Travis...
Claudio Calasans Confirmed To Face Leandro Lo In Copa Podio No Gi Superfight
Jul 30, 2013BJJEE
Copa Podio has just revealed that Claudio Calasans will be the mystery opponent of Leandro Lo Fight in theirb No Gi superfight in its next edition, scheduled for September 8 at Tijuca Tennis Club,...
Paulo Miyao Joins The Copa Podio Middleweight GP; List Of Competitors Complete
Jul 24, 2013BJJEE
Source: Tatame. The list of participants of the second season’s of the Copa Podio middleweight GP no longer has room for anyone else. On the afternoon of Tuesday (23), the event’s...
Interview With Paul Stolyar, Ukraine’s First BJJ Black Belt
Jul 15, 2013BJJEE
Ukraine finally has a BJJ black belt. Even though he lives in Australia, Paul (Pavel “Pasha’) Stolyar is proud to represent Ukraine. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe, Paul tells...
Pan Champ Yuri Simoes On His New Life In Australia & His Preparation For The 2013 Worlds
Apr 26, 2013BJJEE
Yuri Simoes from Checkmat won everything at the lower belts and made a big splash last year at black, taking the gold at the Pan (closing the bracket with teamate Lucas Leite). He recently moved to...
Gold Medal Winner @World Pro, Sweden’s Sebastian Brosche: “I’m Looking Forward To Facing Keenan & Miyaos At The Worlds.”
Apr 18, 2013BJJEE
Sebastian Brosche is one of the biggest BJJ hopes for Europe. The Swedish fighter commented on his performance at the World Pro when he sat with Grapplingbloggen (I translated this interview from...
World Pro 2013: Check Out The List Of Champions Who Will Compete In Abu Dhabi (All Expenses Paid)
Mar 12, 2013BJJEE
Here is the list of confirmed athletes that qualified through regional world trials (Getting all expense paid trip) and will compete at the World Pro in Abu Dhabi from the 11 to 13 of April 2013. ...
Lloyd Irvin Introduces a BJJ Reality TV Show: “The Next World Champion”
Nov 20, 2012BJJEE
Lloyd Irvin is changing the BJJ World as we know it. He is creating a reality TV show called: “The Next World Champion” where the best brown belt competitors from all around the world...
Abu Dhabi pro Jiu-Jitsu championship 2012 Preview & Predictions
Apr 11, 2012BJJEE
Article written by the excellent Jsho on the EFN Forum This is the 4th World Professional Jiu Jitsu Championships and promises some great match ups. The weight categories appear to have shifted...
Rickson Gracie: “It’s Important To Teach BJJ Strategy To White Belts”
Jan 29, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
If you’re a white belt, then learning “BJJ strategy” – the concepts and the principles that are a part of our sport – can seem something that’s far off in the...
Understand The “Center Line” Concept In BJJ – And Improve Faster
Jan 02, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
There are a lot of techniques in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. As a matter of fact, there are so many of them that there’s no way you’ll be able to learn them all. But what you can do is focus...
Miha Perhavec Travels The World Training BJJ & Competing With The Best
Mar 24, 2019BJJEE
Miha Perhavec was first featured in our Rising Stars column a few years back. Since, he’s been training with some of the best people in the World, making a name for himself on Polaris &...
Robson Gracie Jr. Debut Set at Bellator 208
Aug 28, 2018BJJEE
Robson Gracie Jr. will be making his mma debut sooner rather than later. The Gracie family mma hopeful is set to meet Peter Nascimento in a welterweight bout on October 13th. Nascimento has just one...
AJ Agazarm and Gordon Ryan Exchange Barbs over AJ’s Reluctance To Face Nicky
Jul 27, 2018BJJEE
After Geo Martinez was forced to back out of the AJ Agazarm match up due to injury some really strange things happened. Even though the general public wants to see Nicky in the match up – and...
Mario Lopez Received His Blue Belt
Feb 17, 2018BJJEE
Saved By The Bell actor has been considered a fitness phenom for a number of years. He is known for taking chances – he’s done tv movies, exercise videos but also reality shows....
A Female MMA Fighter Is Stepping Into cage With A Man Doubting Women Can Beat Men
Dec 13, 2017BJJEE
Any time a video of a very technical girl is seen online there’s quickly a troll emerging tearing it down. The internet has spawned many amateurs that are mostly spectators and...
BTT’s Omar Sabha On Competing @ Black Belt, Cauliflower Ears & The Return Of BTT
Jun 22, 2014BJJEE
BTT USA’s Omar Sabha is a very active competitor having medaled at all belt levels in all the major IBJJF competitions around the world. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe,...
World Class BJJ Brown Belt/ Div 1 Wrestler, Bret Perchaluk on Wrestling for BJJ, Roberto Traven & His Ukrainian Roots
Feb 17, 2013BJJEE
1. Hi Bret, can you please introduce yourself to the BJJ Community of Eastern Europe? My name is Bret Perchaluk, I’m 28 years old, I’m a Brown Belt in BJJ/ Black Belt in judo, I’m originally...
