Watch: UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum Submission Highlight
Jun 16, 2015BJJEE
Fabricio Werdum is a 2nd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is a 2x IBJJF black belt world champion and also a 2x ADCC world champion making him one of the most...
Rafael Lovato’s Return to Competition 9 Months After Torn Pec & Depression
Jun 14, 2015BJJEE
Rafael Lovato Jr is back to competition, 9 months after suffering a serious injury and the depression that followed. He competed this weekend at the IBJJF Curitiba Open and won double...
Rodolfo Vieira Set to Return for 2015 ADCC in Sao Paulo
Jun 10, 2015BJJEE
Rodolfo Vieira has just confirmed his participation to the 2015 ADCC scheduled for 28th 29th of August in São Paulo. The black belt was unable to defend his title at the WPJJC and...
Review: The BJJ Mental Coach’s 4 DVD Set ‘Inner Discovery for Outer Success’
Jun 06, 2015BJJEE
“Competition is 90% Mental, and 10% Physical” 2 months ago, I was sent a copy of the BJJ Mental Coach‘s 4 set of DVDs: ‘Inner Discovery for Outer Success’. I’ll...
Kim Terra Puts 2 Year Ban Behind, Makes Triumphant Return to Worlds
Jun 04, 2015BJJEE
Photo: Caio Terra’s Facebook page Kim Terra was banned for 2 years by IBJJF in 2009 for having kicked the sponsor stands at the Worlds, and having called a few names to head referee...
Roger Gracie To Make Return to BJJ at UFC Fan Expo vs Old Rival
Jun 04, 2015BJJEE
It looks like Roger Gracie’s announced return to competition will happen sooner then expected. The 10 x world champion, ADCC champion and professional Mixed Martial Artist Roger...
Ricardo Evangelista On His Strategy to Defeat Marcus Bucheca at the worlds.
Jun 04, 2015BJJEE
Photo: IBJJF Ricardo Evangelista was one of the stars at the Carlifornia World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, when he defeated the biggest favorite Marcus Buchecha Almeida in the 3rd round of the absolute...
Andre Galvao: ‘Why are we just finding out now that Felipe Pena tested positive for PEDs?’
Jun 04, 2015BJJEE
Last week, USADA announced that 2014 black belt IBJJF World and 2015 World Pro Champion Felipe Pena known as ‘Preguica’ had tested positive for testosterone and accepted a one-year...
World Champion Felipe Pena Tests Positive for Banned Substance, Faces 1 year Ban
May 26, 2015BJJEE
USADA announced today that 2014 black belt IBJJF World and 2015 World Pro Champion Felipe Pena known as ‘Preguica’ has tested positive for a prohibited substance and...
Watch: Gui Mendes on Why he Decided To Stop Competing at Age 26
May 22, 2015BJJEE
4 x world champion Guilherme Mendes has just announced on his Instagram that he will be retiring from competition to focus on his highly successful BJJ Academy, Art of Jiu-Jitsu, which...
Guilherme Mendes Retires from Competition at the Age of 26
May 19, 2015BJJEE
Guilherme Mendes is a four time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion at the black belt level. Guilherme along with his brother Rafael are 2nd degree black belts under Ramon Lemos and...
Watch: TOP BJJ & Grappling Matches of 2015 – Part 1
May 19, 2015BJJEE
The Top BJJ & Grappling matches from the first half of 2015 featuring the best grapplers in the world from the best grappling organisations such as Metamoris, Super Boa 8, IBJJF,...
Erberth Santos Involved in Massive Brawl at Competition, DQ’d, Woman Kicked in Face
May 17, 2015BJJEE
1 week after placing third at the Copa Podio Heavyweight GP, rising star Erberth Santos competed at the CBJJE Mundials in Sao Paulo (A smaller federation than IBJJF). In the open class,...
Dutchman Michel van Rijt on Teaching BJJ in Russia: ‘Fighting is in their DNA’
May 01, 2015BJJEE
Michel van Rijt is a Dutch Judoka (former national team member in Judo and Japanese Ju Jitsu) who now lives in Russia and teaches BJJ at Rio Grappling Club in Voronezh. He holds a brown...
Cyborg’s New Weapons: Cuban Judo Olympian & Ronda Rousey’s ex Teammate at USA Judo
Apr 28, 2015BJJEE
Last month, news of Cris Cyborg being signed by the UFC came first as speculation when Cyborg called out Ronda Rousey: “Lorenzo signed me. I’m back and coming for you.”...
Buchecha on New World Pro Title: ‘Not the Same Without Rodolfo’
Apr 24, 2015BJJEE
Marcus Buchecha and Rodolfo Vieira are way above the rest of the BJJ competitors and always meet in the finals of the absolute, and many were anticipating that these two would once...
Black Belt World Champion Janni Larsson Retires from Competition at Age 28
Apr 23, 2015BJJEE
Janni Larsson is the 2014 IBJJF world black belt champion and is also a 27 year old med-student living in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is Swedish, but moved to Denmark about five years ago...
Felipe ‘Preguica’ Aiming For Grand Slam: World Pro, ADCC & Absolute Worlds
Apr 21, 2015BJJEE
Felipe “Preguiça” had an amazing past few months winning the Copa Podio MW, defeating Luiz Panza in the finals, and winning the IBJJF Worlds defeating Andre Galvao. Could...
Inspiring Video: Engineer in his 40’s w/ 2 Kids Gives Joao Miyao a Tough Match
Apr 19, 2015BJJEE
Joe Conery is a BJJ black belt under Roberto Maia, and trains at Boston BJJ. He competed this weekend at IBJJF Boston in the adult division. Joe usually competes in the Master 4...
Kayron Gracie’s Return to Competition After 3 Years Hiatus at NY Open
Apr 16, 2015BJJEE
We hadn’t seen Kayron Gracie (son of Carlos Gracie Jr) in competition in the past 3 years since Metamoris 1 and his loss by Kimura to Rafael Lovato Jr. He came back last weekend...
ADCC Rio Trials: Felipe Pena Defeats Purple Belt Prodigy in Finals
Apr 13, 2015BJJEE
The Jardim Guanabara Yacht Club received this weekend, the Rio tryouts for the ADCC , which is the biggest grappling tournament in the world. The stand out athletes were of Felipe...
Video: Effective Way to Finish an Omoplata on a Strong Opponent
Apr 13, 2015BJJEE
Kimura BJJ Academy Serbia’s/ editor of BJJ Eastern Europe , Guillaume (Gile) Huni (BJJ black belt) shows a nice & painful way to finish the omoplata against a strong opponent...
Royce on New Generation of Gracies in MMA: “We’re Not a Family, We’re a Factory’
Apr 09, 2015BJJEE
MMA legend Royce Gracie was asked by ESPN Brasil about what he he thinks about the new wave of Gracie fighters who are just beginning their MMA careers like Kron and Neiman Gracie:...
Video: Hillary Williams Throws Gabi Garcia with Ippon Seoi Nage
Apr 05, 2015BJJEE
Gabi Garcia is a the most dominant female in the history of Jiu-Jitsu. She has won the BJJ world championships an amazing 9 times. Since 2007, she has only 4 times: to Ana Carol...
