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Khabib: I’ll finish Ferguson with a ‘very nice D’arce choke’

    The biggest mma match under a question mark due to repeated pull outs is Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson. UFC 223 conference call was full of soundbites between Khabib...

Garry Tonon Explains MMA Mindset: Better To Test Skills Than End The Fight The Way I Already Know How

    Garry Tonon’s explosive mma debut was over the weekend at ONE FC. The prestigious Asian promotion shared the spectacle with everyone but nobody anticipated Garry Tonon will be all...

Garry Tonon Showcases Heavy Hands in A TKO Debut Victory in MMA

    Garry Tonon has showed his dominance over his first opponent in a very interesting manner. Tonon looked comfortable on the feet and was close to dropping Corminal several times.  ...

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...

3 Techniques John Danaher bannes At His Classes

      John Danaher is widely considered one of the best contemporary bjj coaches around. Through the years he’s developed some of his own personal tweaks. Now in spite of being...

Why Go To A Grappling Open Mat?

  Why go to an Open Mat? Make new Grappling friends from different academies It’s a great opportunity to meet other grapplers from different academies in a relaxed setting. The only...

Judo in Angola: When Passion For Sport Overcomes Lack Of Resources

    When we talk about martial arts there’s always the question of environment and how to make it as safe and as efficient as possible.  But what happens when there’s no...

Mackenzie Dern Explains Presence Of Translator In Post Fight Interview

    Mackenzie Dern had been forced to address the viral clip called Evolution of Mackenzie Dern’s accent in her pre fight batch of interviews. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the...

Robert Drysdale Thinks Biggest Gracie Contribution Was Resisting Judo

    Robert Drysdale has never been too shy to express his opinion. Over the years he’s said things such as: Drysdale: Coaching is a S*it Job Drysdale Slams Rickson: Berimbolo is no...

Yuri Simoes Slams Transgender Wrestler Mack Beggs & the System That Allowed This To Happen

    Over the weekend we reported about Mack Beggs becoming Texas State Champion for the 2nd Year in a row. Mack fought in the girls division after not being allowed to compete with the...

Here’s How To Build A Game Plan For Your First BJJ Competition

Guest post by Evolve Vacation. The Evolve Vacation Program offers travelers the rare opportunity of a lifetime to combine a tropical vacation under the sun with authentic training under World...

Tony Ferguson Uncovers “Mole” in His Academy

    Tony Ferguson and Khabib Nurmagomedov (also known as Nurmie h/t) were initially to meet in March of last year. You might remember this was part of the whole Tiramisu gate – that...

Transgender Wrestler Mack Beggs Destroys Competition – Becomes Texas Girls Wrestling Champion Again

    Much can be said about the controversy attached to Mack Beggs – a transgender teen who won the girls 110 pound championship last year. Beggs was a junior at the time of title win...

Ilir Latifi wants shot at Daniel Cormier After Choking out Ovince Saint Preux

    Ilir Latifi had one helluva night. The 34 year old put on quite a show rendering Ovince Saint Preux unconscious.   Ilir Latifi said he’ll fight Daniel Cormier at whatever...

Polaris 6 Pulls Off Major Stunner – Full Results Inside

    Polaris organization has always been one of the best respected organizations around. In the latest edition of the event a number of well made matches attracted the audience on UFC Fight...

Matt Mitrione Moving On To Next Round Of Bellator Grand Prix

    Matt Mitrione came out victorious out of Roy Nelson match up that was a part of the Bellator heavyweight grand prix. The former UFC fighters clashed hard – with Mitrione edging...

Why Do We Slap & Fist Bump in Jiu-Jitsu?

A handshake seals a deal, but a secret handshake seals a friendship.   What is it? A slap and fist bump is a secret handshake of sorts that is commonly used in BJJ/Submission Grappling. You...

Vlad Koulikov Addresses Biggest Differences Between BJJ And Sambo: Sambo’s Not BJJ With Leglocks

    Vlad Koulikov is a world renowned sambist having placed 3x in the USA open and represented USA in Combat Sambo worlds in 2008. He is also a BJJ and Judo black belt. In addition to this...

Renzo Gracie Teaches Brandon Vera A Cool Back Take at the Airport

You can learn some new technique anytime, anywhere! When you are travelling with martial arts legend Renzo Gracie he can drop some career changing wisdom anywhere. Here he is waiting for...

Chael Sonnen Wrestling Highlights

Chael Sonnen aka ‘The American Gangster’ has a rich Wrestling background in all aspects: high school, Collegiate, Greco Roman and freestyle wrestling. In high school in Oregon, Sonnen...

Eddie Bravo: Tony Ferguson will thank Khabib If He Takes Him Down

    In Tony Ferguson Eddie Bravo and his 10th planet got their first UFC champion. Naturally Bravo continued working with Ferguson after he was rewarded the interim belt – after all...

Petition Calls For Allowing Heel Hooks For Black Belts in IBJJF Tournaments

An online petition on change.org is calling for IBJJF to allow heel hook in Gi and No Gi competitions.   Footlocks in Jiu-Jitsu seem to get a bad rap. In other similar grappling arts like Sambo...

Conor McGregor: Jiu Jitsu is not designed to hurt you. It is designed to kill you.

Conor McGregor, currently a BJJ brown belt, has competed multiple times Gi and No Gi in international BJJ competitions (IBJJF Europeans, London No Gi Open) and has had decent results. Many MMA fans...

Khabib Nurmagomedov Trains with BJJ Orange Belt

Khabib Nurmagomedov is famous for many things – major one being a saying: “If Sambo was easy, it would be called jiu-jitsu” . His grappling background is world class. Like many children in...