Chael Sonnen to Face Michael Bisping in Grappling Match
Mar 15, 2016BJJEE
This Sunday March 20, in Phoenix, Arizona, there will be a very strange fight event. UR Fight will host a mixed style event with a few freak shows: Here is the fight card announced so far:...
World Boxing Champ Golovkin Wrestled for 7 Years, Likes BJJ
Mar 12, 2016BJJEE
Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin is a Kazakhstani professional boxer and the current unified WBA (Super), IBF, IBO and interim WBC middleweight champion. BoxRec currently ranks him as the...
Palhares Impatient For Polaris 3: ‘I’ll Finish Tonon’
Mar 10, 2016BJJEE
Garry “The Lion Killer” Tonon x Rousimar Palhares is going down at Polaris Pro 3, which will be held April 2 in the UK. Live tickets on sale here. http://goo.gl/OizbPe Garry Tonon is on a...
Roger Gracie Black Belt Ross Nichols on Upcoming Seminar in Macedonia
Mar 09, 2016BJJEE
One of the top BJJ black belt competitors in Europe, Ross Nichols, a black belt under Roger will be conducting a seminar this weekend in Skopje, Macedonia. The seminar will be this Sunday 13...
Why is BJJ More Philosophical Than Other Grappling Arts
Mar 02, 2016BJJEE
ESPN’s documentary on Iowa Wrestling is one of the more interesting wrestling documentaries. As one of the protagonists proclaims at the very beginning: “It’s hero or...
MMA Trained Girl Who Beat Up Boy Made Famous by Kit Dale
Feb 17, 2016BJJEE
A school fight in Australia was recently caught on camera, and is going viral on social media. In the video, a female high school student can be seen taking down a male student with a single...
Jake Shields To Face AJ Agazarm at Polaris 3; Geo Martinez Added
Feb 12, 2016BJJEE
Europe’s premiere submission only event, Polaris 3 Jiu-Jitsu Invitational is set to take place in Poole, England on April 2 and will be available on pay-per-view. Live tickets are on...
Video: Khabib Nurmagomedov Old School Training in Dagestan Mountains, Russia
Feb 11, 2016BJJEE
Here’s a great video of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father, Abdulmanap training his son and a group of Caucasus fighters in the beautiful Dagestan mountains. Abdulmanap...
Old Man Strength: Training Regimen of 58 year Old European Master Champion
Feb 10, 2016BJJEE
Lars Roskær from Denmark is 58 years old and he just won his 5th gold medal at the European Championships in Portugal, this year as brown belt just a few months after being promoted. Since he took...
AJ Agazarm Still Not Paid By Metamoris, Ben Askren Out Of Polaris 3
Feb 07, 2016BJJEE
The professional grappling promotion, Metamoris, and most notably its founder Ralek Gracie has been under fire for the past few months for various reasons. The main ones are: -Scheduling...
Chechen Black Belt Arbi Muradov: ‘Berkut Going International’
Feb 04, 2016BJJEE
“Martial arts help you out in life, I truly believe that.” In his home country of Chechnya, the 29-year old Arbi Muradov is a hero. He trains the well-known Berkut BJJ Team, helps...
The Difference Between A GOGO Choke & A 10 Finger Guillotine
Feb 03, 2016BJJEE
Josh Barnett has not been submitted by anybody in 19 years….Until he fought Ben Rothwell at UFC on FOX 18 last weekend. Rothwell tapped out the catch wrestling specialist with...
Marcus Buchecha Preparing For MMA Debut; Working on Striking
Jan 29, 2016BJJEE
3x World absolute champion Marcus Buchecha Almeida had announced last month that his transition to MMA would happen sooner than many people expected. Buchecha underwent surgery last August in...
BJJEE.com Editor Gile Huni On ‘No Holds Barred’ Podcast: Discusses Future of BJJ
Jan 28, 2016BJJEE
“No Holds Barred” is one of the longest running MMA/Grappling podcasts, and is headed by Eddie Goldman: The Conscience of Combat Sports, the Godfather of MMA Media, and the Voice...
Largest No Gi Competition in Europe: Polish No Gi Championship 20/21 February 2016
Jan 20, 2016BJJEE
VI Polish Championship No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu 2016. In 2015, there were 1,093 competitors. Date : 20-21 February 2016 Place: Sports and Entertainment hall of Luboń (Kołłątaja 2, Luboń 62-030,...
How To Set Up a Sambo Style Fireman’s Carry w/ Reilly Bodycomb
Jan 19, 2016BJJEE
The fireman’s carry is a takedown technique used in amateur wrestling/ Judo/ Sambo/ Brazilian and other grappling arts. Reilly Bodycomb’s Sambo background gives him a unique...
Friendly Sambo Tournament with Bay Jiu-Jitsu & Bay Area Combat Sambo
Jan 18, 2016BJJEE
Athletes from the Bay Jiu Jitsu Sambo team and the Bay Area Combat Sambo team get some rounds in at a friendly sambo tournament and pizza party! Many of these athletes cross train...
A Young Sage Northcutt Knocks Out Russian Kid w/ Spinning Head Kick
Jan 17, 2016BJJEE
Sage Northcutt (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) is the UFC’s hottest prospect. There is huge hype surrounding this 19 year karate fighter as his style is so exciting, and he looks very well rounded. He is...
UFC Contender Yoel Romero Fails Out Of Competition Drug Test
Jan 13, 2016BJJEE
The number 2 ranked middleweight in the UFC, Yoel Romero has just failed an out of competition drug test. According to MMAjunkie’s Steven Marrocco, it’s for a designer steroid. Steven...
Olympian Ben Askren To Face AJ Agazarm at Polaris 3
Jan 07, 2016BJJEE
Europe’s premiere submission only event, Polaris 3 Jiu-Jitsu Invitational is set to take place in Poole, England in April and will be available on pay-per-view. The first match up to be...
Training Report: Luta Livre, NR Fight Club in Paris, France
Dec 28, 2015BJJEE
Written By Guillaume Huni, BJJ black belt and head instructor of Kimura Academy in Serbia. I had planned my mini Euro BJJ tour for months. I could only take a week off as I had too many obligations...
Jeff Monson Gets Faceplanted in First Fight as a Russian Citizen
Dec 27, 2015BJJEE
Over the past years, Jeff Monson has spent a lot of time in Russia, and has declared “I have a Russian soul” and applied for citizenship. He officially became a Russian citizen in...
Advanced X Guard Breakdown and Tricky BJJ Escapes Tips
Dec 25, 2015bjjee
In this article we’re going to go over a few positions that have to do with tangling and disentangling from realistic fighting positions that’d you see and encounter in any bjj match. Simply put...
Serbia’s Srdjan Rokvic on Competing in & Refereeing Major Grappling Events
Dec 17, 2015BJJEE
BJJEE spoke with top Serbian grappler Srdjan Rokvic about his experience competing in and refereeing some of the biggest grappling events in the world. Hello Srdjan, can you tell us a bit...
