Emilia’s Training Diary: Enjoying the Jiu-Jitsu Lifestyle in Southern Spain
Jul 20, 2015BJJEE
Written by Emilia Tuukkanen, BJJ Brown belt, BJJ&Nogi European Champion from Finland, living and training in southern Spain. In this now weekly blog post, she will detail her...
Xande on Pe de Pano Superfight: ‘I hope the UFC Will Help Jiu-Jitsu by Supporting our Events’
Jun 30, 2015BJJEE
This coming July 11 in Las Vegas Nevada as part of the UFC fight week, there will be an IBJJF Tournament during the UFC Expo, called American Nationals. Among the main attractions are...
What to Expect from the UFC / IBJJF Collaboration
Jun 11, 2015BJJEE
Two powerhouses in combat sports have teamed up: The UFC (world leader in MMA) amd the IBJJF (World leading Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu federation and tournament circuit). Up to recently the...
Great Britain Basketball Team Captain Competes in BJJ
May 20, 2015BJJEE
Great Britain basketball star Andrew Sullivan has competed for the first time in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the British Open last weekend. Sullivan, 30, has played close 100 times for...
2015 IBJJF Rome Open: Jackson Souza & Alan ‘Finfou’ Close Absolute
Apr 13, 2015BJJEE
The 2015 Rome Open is done and dusted. At black belt adult, Checkmat teammates Alan ‘Finfou’ Nascimento and Jackson Sousa closed out the open class. In third place were the...
Croatian BJJ Black Belt Goran Reljic on Fighting in KSW, His Jiu-Jitsu/MMA Journey, Redzovic bros & more…
Apr 02, 2015BJJEE
BJJEE caught up with UFC vet, Croatian MMA/ BJJ Fighter Goran Reljic who trains under the Redzovic brothers (Eddie and Adem) in their academy in Chicago. Reljic has been training BJJ...
PPV Wars: Is Metamoris Bullying Copa Podio, EBI & Polaris?
Mar 23, 2015BJJEE
The Metamoris 6 card has just been announced and with Josh Barnett, Cyborg Abreu, Roberto Satoshi, Clark Gracie etc..It is truly amazing, however the event for the second time...
BJJ Black Belt Chris Westfall on Growing Jiu-Jitsu in Saigon, Vietnam
Mar 06, 2015BJJEE
Chris Westfall grew up in Grapevine Texas and started training with UFC vet Travis Lutter in 1998. In 2008 he went to Brazil and was introduced to Bruno Bastos and Nova Uniao. 2009 was...
Review, Highlights & Results of Adidas Winter Open 2015
Mar 02, 2015BJJEE
The Adidas Winter Open was held in Freiberg, Germany February 14th of this year. It was the second edition of the Adidas BJJ Open “READY TO ROLL” series. Despite a big flue epidemic...
Watch: 2015 IBJJF London Winter International Open – Highlights
Feb 22, 2015BJJEE
London Winter Open Results: BLACK / Adult / Male / Rooster First – Andrea Verdemare – Cyclone BLACK / Adult / Male / Light Feather First – Lucas de Souza Dantas...
2015 East European BJJ Open Open Results
Feb 16, 2015BJJEE
The third edition of the East European BJJ Open was held in Zagreb, Croatia last weekend at the West Gate shopping Mall. Teams from the whole region competed. It ranks among the top...
2015 European Champion Erberth Santos: “Galvao was the Only One Who Could Beat Me”
Jan 30, 2015BJJEE
Erberth Santos, 20 years old, was the world’s best brown belt in 2014. He had an exceptional year at brown belt where he was world champion – weight and absolute, and Pan-American...
British Judo Association Signs Historical Deal with the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu UK Association
Jan 12, 2015BJJEE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is growing fast, there is no denying it. Last week, we heard the news that BJJ would be included in the 2018 Asian Games which is the 2nd Biggest Multi- Sport Event...
The Birth of a Legend: Lucio Lagarto’s Tough Beginnings in The UK
Jan 09, 2015BJJEE
Written by Tom Bell. Check out his Facebook Page Tom Bell BJJ and MMA writer. Lucio ‘Lagarto’ Rodrigues is often regarded as the Lance Armstrong of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,...
Joe Rogan’s Opinion on Ashton Kutcher’s Controversial Purple Belt in Jiu-Jitsu
Dec 29, 2014BJJEE
Recently promoted BJJ purple belt Ashton Kutcher has recently been in a lot of BJJ media. A student of coral belt Rigan Machado, Kutcher has been talking about his passion for BJJ in...
Ashton Kutcher on BJJ: ‘If I Lose, I Double Down on How I Train & I won’t Lose The Same Way Twice’
Dec 27, 2014BJJEE
Recently promoted BJJ purple belt Ashton Kutcher has recently been in a lot of BJJ media. A student of coral belt Rigan Machado, Kutcher has been talking about his passion for BJJ in...
Digital Grappling: The World’s First Grappling Simulation
Dec 22, 2014BJJEE
Digital Grappling is the latest brainchild of Roger Gracie Black Belt Nicolas Gregoriades. Gregoriades created it after being unable to find a suitable online tool for the grappling...
Murilo Bustamante Fan of the Modern Game: ‘The Lapel Game & The Berimbolo Are Admirable’
Dec 22, 2014BJJEE
The leader of Brazilian Top Team, BJJ legend Murilo Bustamante has been critical in the past about online belt promotions . He showed his opposition to Internet Jiu-Jitsu belt...
European Jiu-Jitsu Challenge Results, Pictures and Review
Dec 21, 2014BJJEE
The first edition of the European Jiu-Jitsu challenge was held this weekend in Varazdin, Croatia. Winners of weight classes or absolutes with more than 8 competitors won a plane ticket to Lisbon,...
Rigan Machado: ‘Ashton Kutcher Could Beat Some Pros. I Invited Him To Compete at JJWL’
Dec 19, 2014BJJEE
When news broke out that actor Ashton Kutcher had been promoted to purple belt by Rigan Machado, the BJJ community had mixed reactions. Some were happy about the news, many were not and...
Newly Promoted Black Belt Erberth Santos Training Hard in Dubai for 2015 Europeans
Dec 17, 2014BJJEE
Erberth Santos, 20 years old, was the world’s best brown belt in 2014. He had an exceptional year where at brown belt he was world champion – weight and absolute, and...
Ashton Kutcher Promoted to BJJ Purple Belt by Rigan Machado
Dec 12, 2014BJJEE
It looks like Ashton Kutcher has been promoted to purple belt by Rigan Machado. Back in February 2014 he was a promoted straight to a ‘2 stripe blue belt’ by Machado....
Rafael Mendes On Team Mates Close outs: ‘We Need To Be More Professional & Fight Finals’
Dec 05, 2014BJJEE
Closing a division is one of the controversial topics of Jiu-Jitsu at the moment especially after the Pan Ams where 5 out 9 black belt divisions ended in a close out between team...
Netherlands National Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship Complete Results
Nov 30, 2014BJJEE
The Netherlands National Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held on Sunday 30 Nov 2014 at Sports Hall Zuid, Amsterdam, Holland. There was well over 100 competitors from all over Europe competing for...
