10 time IBJJF World Champion could face Combat Sambo World Champion in the near future
Sep 17, 2018Hari Bhagirath
10 time IBJJF world champion, Bruno Malfacine is soon set to make his second appearance in Brave Combat Federation in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The BJJ legend will be fighting yet another blackbelt in...
Gordon Ryan Slams IBJJF For Not Sharing About Him Even Though He Put On Quite A Show
Sep 17, 2018BJJEE
Gordon Ryan has been vocal about his desire to elevate bjj however when things went awry with ACB, Ryan found himself competing at NoGi Pans. View this post on Instagram ...
All Belt Levels Will Need To Pay Yearly Membership Fee To Compete in IBJJF Tournaments
Sep 15, 2018BJJEE
The leading federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the IBJJF which is run by Carlos Gracie Jr. is planning some major changes for all IBJJF members. IBJJF is a private for-profit company and even...
Gordon Ryan Wins Double Gold at IBJJF No Gi Pan & Issues Message To Haters
Sep 15, 2018BJJEE
Gordon Ryan’s gi voyage has long been under a magnifying glass. Former EBI champ and ADCC champion has announced a gi transition almost a year ago and we have yet to see him compete. HE...
10 times IBJJF champion predicts submission win at Brave 16
Sep 14, 2018Hari Bhagirath
Bruno Malfacine has turned his attention towards professional mixed martial arts after his landmark 10th world title win at IBJJF world championships. Malfacine will have his third professional fight...
Is Paulo Miyao Getting Another 2 Year Suspension from IBJJF?
Sep 10, 2018BJJEE
Paulo Miyao tried to skirt rules once again as he signed up for UWW Grappling World Championship representing Brazil. However in doing that he appears to have sidetracked his own career,...
IBJJF Releases Statement About Chair Throwing Gracie Barra Instructor
Jul 24, 2018BJJEE
Last weekend, the whole BJJ community was in shock when it was revealed to Gracie Barra instructor Ulpiano Malachias threw a chair at a white belt competitor who defeated his student. As seen in the...
Guy Gets DQ’d For Suplex in IBJJF Tournament
Jul 22, 2018BJJEE
IBJJF has banned the suplex takedown under some conditions: The suplex movements that will project or force the opponent’s head or neck into the ground. Obs: The suplex takedown is defined by the...
IBJJF Rule Changes For 2018 Go Live July 2nd – No Definitive Language Regarding Advantages
Jun 14, 2018BJJEE
Below is the list of updated rules – Guide for 2018 RULES UPDATE GUIDE – 2018 PAGE 7 1.3 Referee Duties Rule revision: 1.3.7 • While standing, one of the athletes steps into the...
Leglock Expert Roli Delgado on IBJJF’S Reaping Rules
Jun 07, 2018BJJEE
Roli Delgado is one of the best sources for leglock education. Along with Rodrigo Cavaca, Delgado is credited with revolutionarizing the straight ankle lock. According to bjjheroes.com: In Brazilian...
Keenan Cornelius Slams IBJJF And Flograppling For Not Covering His Match – “Silence Is Betrayal”
Jun 05, 2018BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius was dead set on winning the worlds this year. The bjj prodigy had a singular mindset which is why he felt pressured to release a comprehensive statement after this happened:...
BJJ Bro Down: Gordon Ryan Slams IBJJF For Keenan Cornelius Semifinal Elimination
Jun 04, 2018BJJEE
Keenan Cornelius may have been a favorite of the many but he still remains without a world title. The bjj prodigy was eliminated by Patrick Gaudio via referee decision (6×6 pts) in seminfinals....
Gordon Ryan Slams IBJJF While Praising Worlds: Most Ambiguous Ruleset Out There
Jun 03, 2018BJJEE
Gordon Ryan is making his long anticipated transition to the gi, but on his road he’s taking baby steps. Still that does not mean he’s not watching Worlds and eagerly analysing future...
White Belts Throw Punches at Podium of IBJJF Worlds
Jun 02, 2018BJJEE
It’s very rare to see brawls at BJJ tournaments, especially at one as prestigious as the 2018 IBJJ worlds. These 2 two white belts exchanged strikes at the podium at the Novice worlds in a...
IBJJF Worlds 2018 Preview: What to Expect In The Black Belt Divison
Jun 01, 2018BJJEE
Worlds 2018 have begun. A wave of bluebelts received promotions last night for their outstanding performances. And while that’s certainly nice the attention of the public is once again turned...
Gabi Garcia Targeting A Belt in 2018, Likely Fight In July – Out of IBJJF Worlds 2018
May 22, 2018BJJEE
Gabi Garcia recently had a rare joy – to fight someone close to her size and age. The over 100 kilogram MMA fighter and former bjj world champion is looking ahead in future after submitting the...
Former UFC Fighter Yan Cabral Competed IBJJF and Put On A Show
May 16, 2018BJJEE
At age 35 Yan Cabral has quite the fighting pedigree behind him. The Brazilian national has been a black belt under Nova uniao for quite some time. In addition to that he’s been active in mma...
Amazing Omoplata From Rubber Guard Finish at IBJJF Dallas Open
May 03, 2018grappler z
The omoplata is highly underestimated submission/sweep in Jiu-Jitsu because not many people know the fine details which make it so effective. There are many ways to set up an omoplata. One of the...
Diving Deep Into Rickson and Carlos Jr Rivalry and the IBJJF duel with Gracie Federation
May 01, 2018BJJEE
Rickson Gracie founded the JJGF – Back in 2014 the first ever event under the ruleset took place 2014 Vulkan California Open . The idea of this unique system was to focus more on submission...
IBJJF Sends Invite To Gabi Garcia to Attend Open Class Champions Ring Awards Ceremony
Mar 31, 2018BJJEE
Even though IBJJF is frequently slammed for being completely adamant to change it’s been a little different these past few years. One notable change was arranging the IBJJF...
Gordon Ryan Will Compete in the Gi Next Weekend at IBJJF Washington Open
Mar 30, 2018BJJEE
Gordon Ryan signed with ACB Jiu Jitsu a while back. But while we’re all curious about his newly honed gi skills we’ll be delighted to see him show his best nogi game in the ACB 13 card....
3 Painful & Unique Compression Locks From Luta Livre (IBJJF Legal)
Mar 09, 2018BJJEE
A compression lock, muscle lock, muscle slicer or muscle crusher, is a grappling hold which causes severe pain by pressing a muscle into a bone. A compression lock can cause a joint lock in a nearby...
Petition Calls For Allowing Heel Hooks For Black Belts in IBJJF Tournaments
Jan 25, 2018BJJEE
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...
Shoyoroll Gis Will Be Sold at 2018 IBJJF Europeans in Portugal
Jan 07, 2018BJJEE
One of the most iconic brands in BJJ: Shoyoroll has made a major announcement: it will be present at the upcoming 2018 IBJJF European championship which will be held in Lisbon, Portugal from January...
