Rafael Mendes: “Cris Cyborg’s Ground Game Is Superior To Ronda Rousey’s.”
Mar 06, 2014BJJEE
The Women’s MMA DREAM MATCH would be to see UFC champion Ronda Rousey vs Cris Cyborg , champion of Invicta FC. With Cyborg saying that she’ll drop to 135 pounds to face...
(Video) BJ Penn, Jose Aldo & Renan Barao Training Hard In Brazil
Jan 30, 2014BJJEE
BJ Penn, Aldo and Barao training hard for the final stretch of UFC 169. Among many punches, kicks and takedowns, they even had time for a ‘bath’ tub with ice in the academy. Check...
Final Day Of Europeans: Trans & Luanna Take The Absolute Gold
Jan 26, 2014BJJEE
Day 4 and the last day of the 2014 Europeans saw brown and black belts in action. The star of the show was the absolute champion: Denmark’s Alexander Trans. He beat beat Brazil’s Yuri...
News From Lisbon: Changes To The IBJJF Rules For 2014
Jan 23, 2014BJJEE
The European Open Championship is the first event of the IBJJF competition calendar, and like every year all international referees gather to pass the yearly referee course. Constantly trying...
Grappler’s Delight: Judo Olympic Medallist Ronda Rousey vs Wrestling Olympic Medallist Sara McMann
Jan 09, 2014BJJEE
There is still a bit over a month left until UFC 170 where we will be treated to a grappler’s superfight between two Olympic medallists: Ronda Rousey for Judo and Sara McMann for...
‘Tanquinho’ Needed Just 36 Secs To Win His MMA Debut By Submission
Dec 22, 2013BJJEE
The 2013 adult black belt featherweight world champion, Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes, made his victorious MMA debut last Saturday, in Mesa, Arizona. Mendes has been training MMA since 2012,...
Clark Gracie: “My Father Carley Was The First Gracie In The US & Came Up With The Name ‘Gracie Jiu-Jitsu’
Dec 20, 2013BJJEE
Clark Gracie in an in depth interview with Grapplearts.com covered a wide range of topics from his father Carley Gracie being the first Gracie to come to the US, he also talked about how he...
Watch This Funny Drunk Play Fight Between Frank Mir & Jon Jones In A Moscow Hotel
Dec 11, 2013BJJEE
From www.bloodyelbow.com: Last month, UFC Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former Heavyweight champion Frank Mir headed to Russia as part of a UFC PR visit. Both men made the rounds...
Andy Roberts, Black Belt Under Roger Gracie,: “I Teach Jiu-Jitsu That Works In MMA, Self Defense & Competition.”
Dec 03, 2013BJJEE
Andy Roberts is a respected BJJ instructor and competitor from the UK. He holds a black belt under Roger Gracie. In this interview with BJJ eastern Europe, Andy talks about his BJJ story which took...
Loic Jaillat On His Recent Bicycle Tour Of France Visiting All BJJ Academies
Nov 19, 2013BJJEE
Loic Jaillat is a brown belt from Lille, France who has just completed a tour of France on bicycle visiting all BJJ academies. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe he tells us more about his...
Winner Of BJJ Expo Brown Belt GP, Tim Spriggs: “The One Thing I Learned From All This Was Perseverance.”
Nov 12, 2013BJJEE
At the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo, on Saturday one of the main events was the Brown Belt Grand Prix. 16 of the best brown belts in the world were put in two 8 man groups and fought each other. The best of...
France’s Luc ‘Doberman’ Rousseau On His Trainings In Poland & BJJ Travels
Nov 06, 2013BJJEE
Frenchman Luc Rousseau has been living a crazy BJJ life that has taken him all over the world with his gi. The BJJ brown belt is currently training and competing in Poland. In this interview with BJJ...
2013 Worlds No GI Full Results & Review
Nov 04, 2013BJJEE
The 2013 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship is done and dusted. The weekend was long and jam packed full of action at the Long Beach Walter Pyramid. At black belt adult, a number of big names were...
The Purple Belt That Shocked The World @ADCC 2013: Jared Dopp
Oct 28, 2013BJJEE
If you haven’t heard of the name Jared Dopp before, you will now. This purple belt under Rafael Lovato Jr had a breakthrough performance at the last ADCC where he eliminated Amir Allam,...
Daniel Faggella’s Book “BJJ Techniques To Defeat Bigger, Stronger Opponents” Hits #1 Spot On Amazon
Oct 12, 2013BJJEE
“BJJ Techniques to Defeat Bigger, Stronger Opponents” recently hit #1 under the entire category of “Martial Arts” at Amazon.com, and it’s author – BJJEE writer Daniel Faggella –...
Jake Shields: “I Go One Day A Week To Different MMA Gyms For New Sparring”
Oct 06, 2013BJJEE
Jake Shields is training hard for his upcoming UFC fight with Demian Maia. Both are elite level BJJ black belts but The 34-year-old Californian calls his style American jiu-jitsu, though,...
Roger Gracie Responds To Royce Gracie’s Recent Criticism Of The Family’s New Generation
Oct 06, 2013BJJEE
Two weeks ago, 3 Gracies fought in WSOF 5 (Gregor, Rolles and Neiman) and just one was victorious: Neiman Gracie. Gregor and Rolles Gracie both lost at WSOF 5, and that dropped the family...
Mixed Martial Arts and Realistic Self-Defense
Sep 27, 2013
By Daniel Faggella Since the beginning of time, people have had to fight to survive. Luckily, nowadays we aren’t fighting mammoths and saber-tooth tigers, but the want and need to have the...
From Russia With Chokes: The D’Alessandro Bros From BTT Russia
Sep 25, 2013BJJEE
Maximillion and Dillon D’Alessandro are two purple belts that have moved to Russia to teach BJJ at BTT Russia-Ludus Team. In this interview with BJJ Eastern Europe they talk about their...
European Champ Alexander Trans On ADCC 2013: “I Don’t Care Who I’m Going To Fight. I’ll Focus On Myself And See What Happens.”
Sep 23, 2013BJJEE
The excellent Swedish blog, grapplingbloggen.se recently conducted a interview with Denmark’s Alexander Trans, Last year’s European black belt Champion in IBJJF and ADCC European...
BJJ Brown belt Brendan Schaub Brabo Chokes Out Matt Mitrione In UFC 165
Sep 22, 2013BJJEE
Brendan Schaub took a first step towards redeeming himself to the BJJ community: He submitted Matt Mitrione with a Brabo choke (D’arce) in his UFC fight. The BJJ brown belt under Amal...
A Slick Armbar Setup From Back Mount!
Sep 03, 2013
Dan Faggella is a No Gi Pan Am champion and recognized leg lock expert. To get his whole breakdown of Rousimar Palhares’ leg locks for free please visit BJJLegLocks.com/Mastery In Brazilian...
Carlson Gracie Essex Head Instructor, Alain Pozo On His BJJ Travels, His Academies In The UK & His Dedication To His Students
Aug 02, 2013BJJEE
Alain Pozo has been training BJJ and No Gi grappling for over 16 years. In this time, the sport has brought to train from his native Brazil to the US and to finally settle in the UK. He leads the...
GFTeam’s Vitor Oliveira On His NY Open Victory Over DJ Jackson: “I Used My Judo To Take Him Down.”
Jul 23, 2013BJJEE
At last weekend’s IBJJF New York Jiu-Jitsu Summer Open, Vitor Oliveira (GFTeam), won double gold at both the middleweight and absolute black belt divisions. One of Vitor’s achievements...
