Wrestling World Champion Bo Nickal To Make His MMA Debut On September 24
Sep 17, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Wrestling U-23 world champion & NCAA All American wrestler Bo Nickal has just made a huge leap! The Penn State alumnus will make his MMA debut in an amateur fight against David Conley, on...
Olympic Wrestling Champion Gable Steveson Signs With WWE
Sep 11, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Gable Steveson, the heavyweight freestyle wrestling Olympic champion, has just signed a multiple year contract with the WWE. He signed a deal that will allow him to attend the University of Minnesota...
Olympic Wrestling Champion Gable Steveson On Why He Didn’t Meet Dana White In Vegas
Aug 27, 2021BJJEE
Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Gable Stevenson and UFC president Dana White were supposed to meet to discuss a potential collboration, but in the end it didn’t happen. In an interview with MMA...
Improve Your Wrestling Skills by Focusing More on Your Pressure
Aug 27, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Does your wrestling kinda make no sense? As in, no matter how much you’ve been drilling the move(s), you just can’t seem to hit them properly during rolls or in competition? What’s...
Alistair Overeem: “Professional Wrestling Is Lame & Stupid, It Makes No Sense”
Aug 24, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Alistair Overeem’s first opponent in the UFC was Brock Lesnar, a great opponent who was one of the biggest stars of professional wrestling. Overeem beat him decisively on that day in 2011,...
Elderly Man Competes & Wins in Combat Catch Wrestling Against Much Younger Opponents
Aug 23, 2021BJJEE
This gentleman, Victor John Morton not only stepped out on the mats for Combat Catch Wrestling at the Billy Robinson Classic, Catch Wrestling Championship but WON very tough matches! AT 56 YEARS OF...
Wrestling World Champ J’Den Cox Explains Biggest Takedown Mistakes That BJJ Athletes Make
Aug 22, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Be honest with us… Do you feel as if your takedowns somewhat suck? That no matter how good your ground game is, that it isn’t enough to foreshadow your lack of wrestling skills? If the...
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s 7 BEST Wrestling & Grappling Tactics
Aug 20, 2021BJJEE
Khabib Nurmagomedov is famous for many things – one of them being a saying: “If Sambo was easy, it would be called jiu-jitsu” . Khabib Nurmagomedov is an undefeated Russian mixed martial artist...
3X Wrestling Champion Shows a Simple & Efficient Ankle Pick Setup
Jul 01, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Learning how to do takedowns in Jiu-Jitsu can sometimes be confusing. There are so many different options to choose from and so many different variations… That it’s easy to get...
Nicky Rod Wrestling with 2018 Wrestling World Champ J’Den Cox
Jun 28, 2021BJJEE
ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez has taken the grappling world by storm. The division III wrestler only took up BJJ training 2 1/2 years ago, and in a record time reached the impressive silver...
Combat Wrestling: The Ultimate Grappling Tournament Format?
Jun 25, 2021BJJEE
Written by Ivan Miroslavov Dimitrov During the 90s in Japan, a gentleman with cauliflower ears and a thick neck, called Kiguchi Noriaki was wondering about a rule set, convenient enough for all...
John Danaher On The Decisiveness of Jiu-Jitsu Submissions vs Judo & Wrestling
Jun 03, 2021BJJEE
Jiu-Jitsu coach extraordinaire John Danaher was recently a guest on the Joe Rogan podcast where they talked about life and more interestingly, about Jiu-Jitsu and the best way forward for it to...
Why Catch Wrestling Isn’t More Popular?
May 28, 2021BJJEE
On June 7, 2014, for the first time in 100 years on American soil, the sport of Catch wrestling was reborn at UCLA’s John Wooden Center. 14 catch wrestlers competed in seven wrestling matches as...
Wrestling Great Dan Gable On the #1 Most Important Thing To Learn in Wrestling
May 24, 2021BJJEE
Dan Gable is best known for his coaching accolades (including 15 NCAA team team titles for university of Iowa) but the legend is primarily forged on a career that totaled only one lost match in his...
Can A BJJ Guy With No Wrestling Experience Be Good At Takedowns?
Apr 22, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
So you’ve been training BJJ for some time now, and you came to a frightening conclusion – your takedowns suck! But, luckily enough, you aren’t willing to let it remain that way…...
Andre Galvao Only Started To Learn Wrestling When He Moved to US; Explains His Formula For Takedown Success
Mar 18, 2021BJJEE
For the latecomers to BJJ and grappling in general, one aspect of the sport can sometimes prove itself to be even more difficult to understand and do well than jiu jitsu: wrestling. Most of the...
Mark Schultz, Olympic Wrestling Champ Needs Help To Restore His Teeth
Mar 14, 2021BJJEE
Olympic and 2-time World champion freestyle wrestler, Mark Schultz, whose life story was featured in the movie ‘Foxcatcher’ has been a Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Pedro Sauer for about 4 years....
Buchecha’s Opponent For His MMA Debut Just Had a Highlight Reel KO On Wrestling World Champion
Mar 09, 2021BJJEE
The winningest IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu champion of all time with 13 wins, Marcus Buchecha Almeida was set to make his MMA debut date set for his MMA on February 24th for One Championship in Singapore,...
Wrestling Legend Dan Gable on How losing His Sister in Tragic Circumstances Changed Him
Jan 11, 2021BJJEE
Dan Gable is best known for his coaching accolades (including 15 NCAA team team titles for university of Iowa) but the legend is primarily forged on a career that totaled only one lost match in his...
Legend Dan Gable Cried When Wrestling Was Voted Out of the Olympics
Jan 11, 2021BJJEE
Dan Gable is best known for his coaching accolades (including 15 NCAA team team titles for university of Iowa) but the legend is primarily forged on a career that totaled only one lost match in his...
Wrestling Legend Dan Gable Discusses Wrestlers Transitioning to MMA
Dec 28, 2020BJJEE
Dan Gable is best known for his coaching accolades (including 15 NCAA team team titles for university of Iowa) but the legend is primarily forged on a career that totaled only one lost match in his...
Wrestling World Champion Bo Nickal Embraces Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in The Gi
Dec 27, 2020BJJEE
Wrestling under 23 world champion & NCAA All American wrestler Bo Nickal has finally made the plunge and embraced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the Gi. He took a picture at one of his training sessions...
Buchecha To Make MMA Debut Against Senegalese Wrestling Champion at One Championship
Dec 23, 2020BJJEE
The winningest IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu champion of all time with 13 wins, Marcus Buchecha Almeida has a date set for his MMA debut. The BJJ fighter will face Oumar Kane on February 24th for the One...
5 Effective Arm Drag Set-Ups for BJJ & Wrestling
Dec 06, 2020BJJEE
Arm drags serve a purpose beyond pulling an opponent’s arm. Where the arm goes, the body should follow. As seen in amateur wrestling, dragging the arm with deliberate intent at the desired angle...
