Wrestling Legend Dan Gable Discusses Wrestlers Transitioning to MMA
Dec 28, 2020BJJEE
Dan Gable is best known for his coaching accolades (including 15 NCAA team team titles for university of Iowa) but the legend is primarily forged on a career that totaled only one lost match in his...
Wrestling World Champion Bo Nickal Embraces Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in The Gi
Dec 27, 2020BJJEE
Wrestling under 23 world champion & NCAA All American wrestler Bo Nickal has finally made the plunge and embraced Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the Gi. He took a picture at one of his training sessions...
Buchecha To Make MMA Debut Against Senegalese Wrestling Champion at One Championship
Dec 23, 2020BJJEE
The winningest IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu champion of all time with 13 wins, Marcus Buchecha Almeida has a date set for his MMA debut. The BJJ fighter will face Oumar Kane on February 24th for the One...
5 Effective Arm Drag Set-Ups for BJJ & Wrestling
Dec 06, 2020BJJEE
Arm drags serve a purpose beyond pulling an opponent’s arm. Where the arm goes, the body should follow. As seen in amateur wrestling, dragging the arm with deliberate intent at the desired angle...
Josh Barnett Setting Up The Catch Wrestling Double Wrist Lock aka Kimura Variation
Dec 03, 2020BJJEE
The double wrist lock is a variation of the kimura in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and catch wrestling has made this hold a bread-and-butter part of their style. By focusing on its use for years, Josh...
Wrestling Legend Dan Gable: ‘They Say Wrestling Isn’t For Everybody, But I Say It Should Be’
Nov 20, 2020BJJEE
Dan Gable is best known for his coaching accolades (including 15 NCAA team team titles for university of Iowa) but the legend is primarily forged on a career that totaled only one lost match in his...
Ex-Navy SEAL Commander Jocko Willink: a Jiu Jitsu Only Guy Beats Wrestling Only Guy 9 Times Out of 10 In A Real Fight
Nov 17, 2020BJJEE
From September of 1990 to 2010 Willink was a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander and Seal Task Unit Commander leading hundreds of operations in combat. He earned his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from...
Firas Zahabi: ‘Wrestlers are Learning Jiu-Jitsu but BJJ Guys Aren’t So Open Minded to Wrestling’
Nov 15, 2020BJJEE
GSP’s coach Firas Zahabi was very critical about Jiu-Jitsu’s use in MMA in an interview with Sherdog.com. Firas is a BJJ black belt but feels that the fact that Jiu-Jitsu players...
Khabib Nurmagomedov on Difference Between Dagestan & American Style Wrestling: “This is Big Difference”
Nov 04, 2020BJJEE
Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the best, if not the best fighter in the history of the UFC lightweight category. UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has a world class grappling background. He...
When You Do Your First Wrestling Practice & You’re a Brown Belt in BJJ
Oct 04, 2020BJJEE
Wrestlers are universally known as being some of the most hardcore athletes on earth. It takes a huge amount of hard work and perseverance to be successful in wrestling. The difference, between...
Khamzat Chimaev Dominating Wrestling Scene BEFORE UFC stardom
Oct 01, 2020BJJEE
Khamzat Chimaev has made quite an impression. Chimaev is surging at a rapid rate. After easily winning his first two UFC fights with just 10 days apart, the Chechen-Swedish prospect knocked out...
Freestyle Wrestler Enters Judo Tournament, Wins Using Pure Wrestling
Sep 26, 2020BJJEE
Here is an interesting video showing a freestyle wrestler entering a Judo tournament. He is able to dominate by using typical wrestling techniques such as far side cradle, three quarter Nelson, near...
Travis Stevens: ‘When Doing BJJ, I Use Wrestling Much More Than Judo’
Sep 22, 2020BJJEE
The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has taken home a silver medal in the 2016 Olympic games. In his third Olympics, Travis Stevens achieved what no other male...
Catch Wrestling World Champ Who Harassed Gordon Ryan, Easily Submitted By Unranked Jiu-Jitsu Opponent
Sep 02, 2020BJJEE
Curran Jacobs, the ‘Catch Wrestling world champion’ who has been aggressively asking to face 3x ADCC champion Gordon Ryan in a grappling match, lost a grappling superfight last weekend at...
25 Years Ago: Judo Against Wrestling in a Grappling Match
Aug 26, 2020BJJEE
A freestyle wrestler and a judoka in a grappling style vs style event from 1995. This happened at the“ACE World Series of Martial Arts” promoted by Dale Cook. Famous MMA fighter Frank...
2 Things You Should Never Do In BJJ Or Wrestling
Aug 23, 2020BJJEE
Coach Kyle Cerminara shows us 2 things that everybody does, especially in Jiu-Jitsu but that we should never do in wrestling or jiu jitsu. He starts off by might happen if you control the waist when...
3 Takedowns Beginners Need To Master In Wrestling
Aug 23, 2020BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
Catch Wrestling For BJJ: The Spinal Splitter with Keenan Cornelius
Aug 20, 2020BJJEE1 Admin
There are *those* kinds of Catch Wrestling submissions that, once you see them, make you shiver with fear… But that make your eyes shine with happiness as well! Yeah they’re nasty, but...
The Dragon Sleeper Catch Wrestling Sub Executed in MMA
Aug 20, 2020BJJEE
Over the years there’s been a good variety of subs in MMA – we’ve seen everything from Mother’s Milk to Crab rides. Have You Ever Tapped Someone With A Sub Called...
Do You Suck at Wrestling? Try This Guard Pull To Double Leg
Aug 11, 2020grappler z
When you train BJJ where most of the focus is on the ground, you won’t always have time to train Judo or Wrestling as much as you’d like. It’s about making a choice: do you want to...
One Of The Most Interesting Wrestling Against BJJ Matches
Aug 06, 2020BJJEE
Wrestlers are universally known as being some of the most hardcore athletes on earth. It takes a huge amount of hard work and perseverance to be successful in wrestling. The difference, between...
ADCC Champ Roberto Cyborg: The Importance of Wrestling In JiuJitsu
Aug 05, 2020BJJEE
ADCC champion Roberto Cyborg talks about the importance of training Wrestling for Jiu-Jitsu. Not many people know but Roberto ‘Cyborg’ Abreu was once on the Brazilian National team for...
GSP Coach Firas Zahabi Shows How to Beat Wrestling with…Jiu-Jitsu!
Jul 31, 2020BJJEE
GSP’s coach Firas Zahabi was very critical about Jiu-Jitsu’s use in MMA in a recent interview. Firas is a BJJ black belt but feels that the fact that Jiu-Jitsu players don’t learn wrestling is...
How Elite Grapplers Cross-Train in Other Grappling Sports (BJJ-Judo-Wrestling-Sambo)
Jul 30, 2020BJJEE
“BJJ Players Will Never Reach Their Full Potential Unless They Cross Train In Other Grappling Arts.” John Danaher Grappling is big family which includes Judo, Sambo, Wrestling, BJJ, Catch...
