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Nate Diaz Announces UFC’s 165 lbs Division aka “Superfighter Division” – UFC Refutes Claim

Nate Diaz ruffled some feathers overnight when he announced: I’m Happy to announce that I’m bringing a new weight devision to the Ufc I’ll be fighting the main event November 3rd in nyc against...

10 time IBJJF World Champion could face Combat Sambo World Champion in the near future

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...

Matt Heafy Of Trivium talks Falling in love with the ‘dark jiu-jitsu world’ of Leglocks

Matt Heafy has long been a practitioner of bjj. Trivium Frontman Matt Heafy Says JIu-JItsu Is A Metaphor For Life In the past he’s been credited with explaining how bjj has helped his music...

Buchecha Explains Why He Gave Lo The Absolute Gold At Worlds

Buchecha has had a turbulent year, still he has proved he has much heart when he opted to give the openweight title to his friend Leandro Lo. Still many were unsure of the rationale for the decision...

Keenan Cornelius Slams IBJJF And Flograppling For Not Covering His Match – “Silence Is Betrayal”

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:...

Jiu-Jitsu In the Wrong Hands – Let’s Never Be Like This Guy

Often times in jiu jitsu we hear of the phrase “Jiu-jitsu is for everyone” but cases like what the video attached at the bottom of this post prove it’s not that simple. Roberto...

Tegumi: The Traditional Wrestling Art from Okinawa

Guest post by Brandon Hetzler  who is a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black bet under Rickson & Kron Gracie, and creator of Jugoshin Ryu JuJutsu. It is believed by many masters that tegumi was probably...

Best of BJJ Weddings As A New Couple Marries on BJJ mats

    BJJ Weddings are still somewhat rare even though  bjj gathers the most passionate practitioners around the world. The latest to marry are life long roll-mates. Two teammates took the...

Matt Brown Wants To Manhandle Snoop Dogg For insulting Conor McGregor

    Matt Brown recently guested on the Joe Rogan experience. The UFC welterweight and commentator weighed in on a variety of hot topics including controversial Snoop Dog commentary of the...

Shevchenko Dominates ending via RNC while Ref Mario Yamasaki Refuses to Intervene – White Calls For Firing

      UFC Fight Night 125 was fairly uneventful. The absence of big names barring Lyoto Machida and Valentina Schevchenko made the event somewhat subdued – that is until the main...

Eddie Bravo: Tony Ferguson will thank Khabib If He Takes Him Down

    In Tony Ferguson Eddie Bravo and his 10th planet got their first UFC champion. Naturally Bravo continued working with Ferguson after he was rewarded the interim belt – after all...

Geo Martinez Is Looking For a Cannabis Sponsor For Next EBI Tournament

    Over the years there’s been much discussion when it comes to getting a sponsor. Advice On How To Find Sponsors And Be A BJJ “Pro”     Still the blossoming of...

LFA Signs Chris Brennan’s 17 Year Old Son

    Legacy Fighting Championship is considered by many a feeder organization for the UFC as the case of Mackenzie Dern proved. Their latest acquisition is the 17 year old prospect –...

Gordon Ryan Dominates Again At Inaugural Kasai

    Kasai promotion was unveiled last night without much fanfare. Perhaps the biggest even of the evening was Gordon Ryan’s match against ADCC gold medalist Yuri Simoes. What many...

Ben Askren Leaves Room For Comeback After Final Contracted Bout

    Ben Askren just served out his contract with ONE Fc. The impressive wrestler just manhandled Shinya Aoki for a 56s victory via tko. Ben Askren Declared Himself a Black Belt And...

Referee Slow To Intervene After Judoka Got Put To Sleep

    While submissions are the pinnacle of a match in bjj in judo they’re one of Jigoro Kano’s doctrines of “Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort”. A match is won when the...

Jose Aldo to rematch Max Holloway After Frankie Edgar Withdraws

    Jose Aldo got an unexpected opportunity to get his belt back! Aldo previously lost the featherweight belt to Max Holloway earlier this year. However since Frankie Edgar had to withdraw...

Training BJJ Prompts Student To Invent Glove That Would Prevent Finger Injuries

    In brazilian jiu-jitsu our hands often take the brunt of the action. Especially for those of us who are gi fans. Often times an athlete will lose a significant percent of usage of his...

Felipe Costa On Why He Brought Back The Gauntlet Tradition in His Academy

Running the Gauntlet is a tradition that more and more academies abandon every day. Most modern academies abandon it because it’s a legal liability and to put it bluntly, it’s bad for business in...

Submission Underground 5 Misfires

    The 5th edition of the Chael Sonnen sub only event went on last night without much fanfare. What might surprise you is that the event featured plenty of talent even though it failed to...

ADCC 2017 Final Scores, Victor Crowned

    One more ADCC is behind us. An exciting can’t miss weekend of grappling featured plenty of surprises and some excellent performances. The absolute division had much to offer with...

80-year-old Judo instructor Credits Ukemi For His Long Career

    Edwin Takemori has been teaching Judo at the current post at the Naval Academy since 2001 but overall he’s been practicing the art for more than 60 years! John Danaher On How To...

ADCC 2017 Update: Joao Gabriel Rocha Out With Injury

    Just yesterday it was announced that a bigtime favorite Marcio Andre will be out of ADCC. Now another big name is out. Flograppling confirmed that Joao Gabriel Rocha is out of ADCC 2017...

Croatia National Pro TRAVEL PACKAGES to Europe Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Russia

It is with great pleasure that we announce the second edition of the World Pro Jiu-Jitsu championship in Croatia: The Croatia National Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2017 organized by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu...