Babalu Sobral Enjoying Retirement From MMA By Competing In Jiu-Jitsu
Mar 18, 2014BJJEE
Retired since last year from MMA, Renato “Babalu” Sobral put on his kimono once and competed in the Pan American Championships last weekend. The former Strikeforce champion,...
Keenan Cornelius Planning To Move Up To Heavyweight
Mar 17, 2014BJJEE
Photo by Kinya Hashimoto American Jiu-Jitsu phenom Keenan Cornelius continues his trailblazing career with a silver medal (close out with Guto Campos) at the Pan, his first major BJJ event at...
José Leão Teixeira “Zé Beleza”: ‘The Essence Of Jiu-Jitsu Is Defense & Submission’
Mar 17, 2014BJJEE
José Leão Teixeira, also known by his nickname: “Zé Beleza”, is one of the founding members of the Gracie Barra academy and the Escola de Jiu Jitsu Leão Teixeira a prime BJJ...
2014 Pan: Atos Best Team, Andre Galvao Double Gold
Mar 17, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 Pan American double gold Champion is André Galvão . The Atos fighter won weight and absolute, on Sunday in Irvine, California and left the mats, showing a shirt that read:...
Rener Gracie: ‘Learning Jiu-Jitsu Online Is Even More Effective Than In The Academy’
Mar 14, 2014BJJEE
Rener Gracie together with his brother Ryron, is the creator of the controversial Gracie Online University. Rorion’s son and grandson of Grandmaster Helio, is a black belt coming...
President Of Croatian BJJ Federation Bojan Mirkovic On Competitions In The Region & His Upcoming Seminar In Skopje
Mar 14, 2014BJJEE
The president of the BJJ federation of Bojan Mirkovic, talks to BJJEE about his background, his relationship with Fabricio Werdum, the BJJ Eastern Europe tournament and his upcoming...
He’s Back! Bernardo Faria On His Return To Competition @ The Pan: ‘I’ll Leave It All On The Mat’
Mar 14, 2014BJJEE
On the the 27th of December 2013, Bernardo Faria had to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery after suffering an injury to the meniscus. Just over two months after surgery, the black belt...
Pablo Popovitch: “The Thiago Silva Attack Was Instigated By My Ex-Wife”
Mar 11, 2014BJJEE
Last month ex UFC fighter Thiago Silva was all over the news when he went to BJJ black belt Pablo Popovitch’s academy in Florida, armed with a gun. It is believed that Silva’s...
Rio Grappling Club Organizing 3 Summer Camps In Italy & Poland, July To August 2014
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
Roberto Atalla‘s Rio Grappling Club is organizing 3 summer training camps, which are a great learning and social experience for grapplers each summer, since 2009. From Roberto...
Mario Sperry To Meet Ex Team Mate Ricardo Liborio In The Next ADCC Masters Superfight
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
Photo: Murilo Bustamante, Ricardo Liborio, Ricardo Arona, Mario Sperry ADCC Committee just announced the next ADCC Masters Superfight; where the defending champion Mario Sperry is going to...
Sambo Champion Vladislav Koulikov: ‘Sambo Is The Best Compliment To BJJ’
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
Vladislav Koulikov has been training in the Russian martial art of Sambo from a very young age in Moscow. Since moving to the USA, he has trained and competed in submission grappling &...
2014 Pan Preview & Predictions
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 Pan takes place at the UCI’s Bren Events Center, in Irvine, California, from March 12 – 16. The IBJJF has released the official schedule and brackets for the Pan 2014,....
Top 5 BJJ Competitions In South East Europe
Mar 10, 2014BJJEE
South East Europe is truly a region where Jiu-Jitsu is growing very fast. There are so many countries tightly connected and it is very easy to travel from country to country. It’s...
Fernando Maccahero BJJ Technique: Back Control to Clock Choke
Mar 05, 2014BJJEE
4th Degree Black Belt Fernando Maccachero, is the head BJJ coach at Tiger Muay Thai in Thailand. Fernando shows us how to submit your opponent with a clock choke from both your hooks in...
BJJ Legend Robson Moura: “I’m Not Retired & Still Have The Will To Compete”
Mar 03, 2014BJJEE
5x World Jiu-Jitsu Champion at black belt, Robson Moura is at the moment exclusively devoted to seminars and teaching in his academies, but his will to compete in Jiu-Jitsu still...
IBJJF Munich Winter Open: Find Out Who Won This Weekend
Mar 02, 2014BJJEE
Munich, Germany was the set of the IBJJF Winter Open on Saturday, March 1st. The blue belt adult was dominated by Bosnia’s Mirza Karac from Edson Carvalho Team Bosnia dominated taking...
Jiu-Jitsu Plays Central Role In UFC Gym’s 106 Worldwide Branches
Mar 02, 2014BJJEE
Translated from Portuguese from Tatame magazine The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the main MMA organization today. Their activities are just restricted to hosting events. In Brazil,...
Jiu-Jitsu Camp On A Greek Paradise Island With Marcelo Alonso, Nicolas Gregoriades, Nick Unander & More
Feb 27, 2014BJJEE
Paros BJJ camp was conceived for BJJ lovers who wish to visit one of the most beautiful island in Greece. Paros is also the most positively charged energy islands with many location for...
Fabio Gurgel: “The New IBJJF Rule Change Is Good For The Growth Of Jiu-Jitsu”
Feb 27, 2014BJJEE
IBJJF has recently changed the qualifying rules for black belts at the 2015 Worlds. From the 2014 Pan, points earned in competition in the adult division, will count to qualify for the 2015...
2014 Pan: Big BJJ Stars To Look Out For
Feb 26, 2014BJJEE
The 2014 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship will take place between 12th and 16th of March in Irvine California. The event will be available by live streaming on the the IBJJF website . Click here to...
Marcelo Alonso On The Old Days With Carlson Gracie, His Academy In Seattle & His Upcoming BJJ Camp In Greece
Feb 26, 2014BJJEE
Master Marcelo Alonso is one of the most respected BJJ instructors in America. This old school student of Carlson Gracie moved to America in 1997 and is settled in Seattle. In this interview with BJJ...
Michelle Nicolini Wins By 1rst Round Submission In Her MMA Fight
Feb 24, 2014BJJEE
Michelle Nicolini added another fast submission to her record in MMA. The black belt in Jiu-Jitsu faced Lanchana Green, Saturday (22th) at Made 4 The Cage 13 in England, and forced her...
Watch Two Beasts Collide: Keenan Cornelius vs Yuri Simoes @ Five Grappling California Open
Feb 24, 2014BJJEE
February 22, 2014 – Keenan Cornelius (ATOS) and Yuri Simoes (CAIO TERRA ASSOCIATION) compete in the Men’s Open Gi Black Belt 18+ final at FIVE GI.NOGI GRAPPLING’s California...
Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns: ‘When Passing The Guard, You Have To Impose Your Game’
Feb 23, 2014BJJEE
Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns is a two-time World No Gi champion and Jiu-Jitsu coach of Vitor Belfort. Durinho is one of Brazil’s promises in mixed martial arts, however, he does...
