Nicky Ryan Receives Purple belt At Age 15
Jun 22, 2017BJJEE
Nicky Ryan has proven himself quite a good competitor having defeated Marvin Castelle – a 10th planet brown belt and placed 3rd in the ADCC trials this year. The young Danaher...
US Marine Gets Surprise Purple Belt Rolling w/ BJJ World Champion
Jun 07, 2017BJJEE
US Marine Lieutenant Colonel Ed Bitanga got his new purple belt by surprise during his rolling with Prof. Alexandre Soca! Ed Bitanga has been training with Soca Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and has...
Purple Belt Wins Superfight With Buggy Choke
May 15, 2017BJJEE
Buggy choke has turned quite a few eyebrows since videos of it first surfaced. Tony Pacenski who is a Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Rodrigo Medeiros (BJJ Revolution Team). He runs his...
2 Robbers Tried To Rob BJJ Purple Belt Cop & End Up in Jail
Mar 06, 2017BJJEE
Danny Arouca is a well-known competitor in the Jiu Jitsu championships in Brazil, having won several major tournaments such as Brazilian, European and Worlds in the Adult category, despite her being...
Felice Herrig on New Purple Belt: ‘I Feel a Deep Love for BJJ’
Feb 07, 2017BJJEE
Felice Herrig is an American kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter, and mixed martial artist. Born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, she began her career practicing kickboxing and Muay Thai before transitioning to...
Purple Belt Stuns At ADCC Trials Brazil – Wins 88kg Division
Feb 05, 2017BJJEE
picture via santonegrobjj ADCC Trials in Brazil were quite an event. Held on February 4th at Rio De Janeiro’s Grajau Country Club. It was the same venue that hosted the previous trials...
Max Holloway Receives BJJ Purple Belt !
Jan 20, 2017BJJEE
It’s no secret young up and comer in the UFC featherweight division (and current interim featherweight champion) Max “Blessed” Holloway is deeply infatuated with bjj....
BJJ Practitioner Promoted to Purple Belt at 73
Jan 11, 2017BJJEE
At 73 years of age, Mr. Narciso Melo Teixeira trains BJJ at Abi Rihan Jiu-Jitsu. His son Cristiano is one of the teachers at the school. Not only did Cristiano introduce Dad to BJJ, but...
Rogue One Actor, Asian Movie Star Donnie Yen is Rumored to be a BJJ Purple Belt
Jan 06, 2017BJJEE
Donnie Yen is a Hong Kong actor and an Asian movie star for all intents and purposes. He’s also film director, producer, action choreographer and multiple-time world wushu...
Gordon Ryan: If I could Change One Thing I’d Allow All Subs From Purple Belt
Nov 29, 2016BJJEE
Gordon Ryan is preparing himself bigtime for the one hour long submission only match against Felipe Pena. Pena is a well respected competitor on the IBJJF circuit while Ryan isn’t...
BJJ Purple Belt Self Promotes Himself To Brown Belt
Nov 02, 2016BJJEE
A BJJ instructor at One world Jiu-Jitsu in Sugar Grove, Illinois has just promoted himself to brown belt. He trained traditional Japanese Jiu-Jitsu for many years and started BJJ in 2011,...
‘Narcos’ TV Series Star Wagner Moura is a BJJ Purple Belt
Sep 18, 2016BJJEE
Wagner Moura is a Brazilian film, television and stage actor. Besides being a well-established and acclaimed actor in Brazil, he has achieved widespread international fame for his...
Danny Borg Earns Purple Belt After Being Paralysed
Jul 11, 2016BJJEE
Danny Borg was paralysed from the waist down but during those times of hardship, he’s promised himself he would walk again. And indeed just four short months later he walked down...
Enson Inoue Demotes Himself To Purple Belt
Jul 05, 2016BJJEE
MMA legend and BJJ black belt Enson Inoue has been retired from MMA since 2004 (he had a short comeback fight in 2010), but he has recently started training Jiu-Jitsu again after taking...
Eve Torres Gracie Promoted to Purple Belt
Jun 25, 2016BJJEE
Former WWE Diva, Eve Torres Gracie has had a great week! After being involved in jiu-jitsu for a little over 8 and a half years she was awarded her purple belt by her husband, Rener...
Abu Dhabi World Pro 2016 White – Purple belt Highlights
Apr 21, 2016BJJEE
UAE Jiu-Jitsu federation has just announced that this year’s edition of the World Pro Jiu-Jitsu championships will be the first time ever a 10 day event. More than 5,000 competitors from...
1 year Update on BJJ Purple Belt Demoted To White Belt at Gracie JJ Academy
Jan 25, 2016BJJEE
Popular Blogger MegJitsu (Check out her blog megjitsu.com) last year wrote an article where she talked about ‘How to Change BJJ Schools’. Up until recently, Meg had been training...
(Video) WWE Wrestler Dave Batista Talks About His Passion For BJJ & Purple Belt Belt Promotion
Nov 19, 2015BJJEE
Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Dave Batista started training with Cesar Gracie in 2010. He was a few ago promoted to BJJ purple belt by Gracie. This follows his...
Meet Jonna Konivuori: IBJJF Purple Belt World Champ & Pilot!
Oct 27, 2015BJJEE
FightinglifestyleUAE.com caught up with Jonna Konivuori, a female pilot and an IBJJF purple belt world champion, currently based out of Muscat, Oman. Some of Jonna’s achievement consist of...
Watch: White Belt Asking For A Purple Belt Promotion Parody
Aug 06, 2015BJJEE
Jake apologizes for trying to pass as a black belt, but clearly he hasn’t learned his lesson yet. Never ask for a promotion in Jiu Jitsu…
What Happens when Purple Belt Journalist Rolls with Johny Hendricks with Gi
Jun 25, 2015BJJEE
Mark Francescutti, a digital sports editor at The Dallas Morning News, (and purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu) grapples with former Ultimate Fighting Champion welterweight Johny...
Tool Frontman Maynard James Keenan Promoted to Purple Belt in BJJ
May 28, 2015BJJEE
Maynard James Keenan is an American progressive metal singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor, best known as the vocalist for Grammy Award-winning American...
BJJ Purple Belt Switches to GJJ Academy & Starts from White Belt
May 13, 2015BJJEE
Popular Blogger MegJitsu (Check out her blog megjitsu.com) recently wrote an article where she talked about ‘How to Change BJJ Schools’. Up until recently, Meg had been...
ADCC Rio Trials: Felipe Pena Defeats Purple Belt Prodigy in Finals
Apr 13, 2015BJJEE
The Jardim Guanabara Yacht Club received this weekend, the Rio tryouts for the ADCC , which is the biggest grappling tournament in the world. The stand out athletes were of Felipe...
