JT Torres Promoted To 4th Degree BJJ Black Belt by Andre Galvao
Jun 07, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Jonathan “JT” Torres has just been promoted to the rank of a 4th degree BJJ black belt! He’s been promoted by his long-time friend and coach, Andre Galvao: View this post on...
Top BJJ Prospect Shelby Murphey Promoted To Black Belt
Jun 04, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Shelby Murphey, one of the Jiu-Jitsu world’s top prospects, has just won the brown belt roosterweight title at the IBJJF World Championship 2023… And has been promoted to the rank of a...
Frankie Edgar Promoted To 3rd Degree BJJ Black Belt
May 24, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Frankie Edgar, former UFC lightweight world champion, has just been promoted to the rank of a 3rd degree BJJ black belt! Ricardo Almeida, his long-time coach and friend, promoted him and shared the...
Demetrious Johnson: “I Really Want To Get My Black Belt”
Apr 29, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Demetrious Johnson is the ONE Championship flyweight world champion. And, on May 5 this year, he’ll be defending his title against the former flyweight champion Adriano Moraes. This will be the...
UFC’s Colby Covington Promoted To BJJ Black Belt
Apr 29, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Colby Covington, one of the UFC‘s top welterweight contenders, has been promoted to the rank of BJJ black belt! He was promoted by his coach, Daniel Valverde: View this post on Instagram...
Lex Fridman Promoted To 1st Degree BJJ Black Belt: “Thank You For The Pain & Love”
Apr 16, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Lex Fridman, host of the popular Lex Fridman podcast, has been promoted to the rank of 1st degree BJJ black belt! He shared the awesome news on social media: I got a stripe on my Jiu-Jitsu black belt...
Igor Gracie Promoted To 5th Degree BJJ Black Belt by Renzo Gracie
Mar 11, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
After a lifetime of training and competing in the martial art, Igor Gracie has been promoted to the rank of a 5th degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt! The promotion took place two days ago, and it...
Ahmed Best, Actor Who Portrayed Jar Jar Binks in “Star Wars”, Is A BJJ Black Belt
Feb 21, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Did you know that Ahmed Best, the actor who portrayed the (in)famous Jar Jar Binks character in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, is a BJJ black belt? Best has been training for a long time and has a...
WWE Superstar Matt Riddle Promoted To BJJ Black Belt
Jan 28, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Matt Riddle, a WWE superstar, has been promoted to the rank of a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt yesterday! The promotion took place at the Daniel Gracie academy in Orange County (Orlando, Florida):...
UFC’s Brandon Moreno Addresses ‘Fake BJJ Black Belts’: “It Depends On The Standards Of The Coach”
Jan 28, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Brandon Moreno is a two-time and current UFC Flyweight champion, who recently won his title back in a match against Deiveson Figueiredo. Other than that, Moreno is also a BJJ black belt. He was...
Marc Goddard, UFC Referee, Promoted To 2nd Degree BJJ Black Belt
Jan 14, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Marc Goddard, one of the most experienced MMA referees in the world and the first UK referee ever to work for the UFC, is also an avid Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner… Who is now a 2nd degree...
Jocko Willink & Dean Lister: “100 Start Training BJJ, 40 Get The Blue Belt, <1 Get The Black Belt"
Jan 03, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is becoming increasingly popular and more and more people start training it with each passing year… But that isn’t to say that lots of people will be able to keep...
Alex O’Loughlin, “Hawaii Five-0” Star, Is A BJJ Black Belt
Dec 30, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Alex O’Loughlin, actor and star of the famous Hawaii Five-0 series, has recently been promoted to the rank of a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt! The promotion took part at the ADCC 2022 Open and...
Clinton Terry, Blind BJJ Black Belt: “I Lost My First 40 Fights And I Did Not Quit”
Dec 18, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Feeling discouraged by your recent losses in competition… Almost as if you’re never going to win? Well, then you should look up to Clinton Terry, the first blind BJJ black belt from New...
Jacob “The Hillbilly Hammer” Couch Promoted To BJJ Black Belt
Dec 10, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Jacob “The Hillbilly Hammer” Couch has done just about everything there’s to do and win at the brown belt level. So, when he won the heavyweight division at the recent IBJJF No-Gi...
Clinton “The Blind Grappler” Terry Promoted To BJJ Black Belt
Dec 07, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Clinton Terry is a force to be reckoned with. Popularly known as the “Blind Grappler”, Terry lost his eyesight at just two years old – but that didn’t stop him from chasing...
Zoltan Bathory: “I Didn’t Get My Black Belt Because I’m A ‘Celebrity'”
Nov 14, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
With the rise of famous actors, musicians, and other celebrities training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, some “everyday” BJJ practitioners question whether or not the celebrities get promoted based...
Tim Kennedy Promoted To 3rd Degree BJJ Black Belt
Oct 24, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Tim Kennedy is a Strikeforce and UFC veteran, as well as a Green Beret and Special Forces Ranger. He’s also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, who’s recently been promoted to his 3rd...
UFC Champion Leon Edwards Promoted To BJJ Black Belt
Sep 16, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Leon Edwards has had a tremendous couple of weeks! After beating Kamaru Usman for the welterweight title at UFC 278, Edwards has now been promoted to the rank of black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu....
Was Bruce Lee Really a Judo Black Belt?
Sep 15, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Bruce Lee’s name is unanimous with excellence in martial arts. His philosophy of utilizing everything that is useful and rejecting everything that isn’t – it’s a wonderful,...
6X World BJJ Champion Accused of Raping an 18-Year Old BJJ Student
Aug 24, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Joel Gingery, a 6x Masters IBJJF World Champion and a University of Florida nurse anesthetist, has been accused of raping a woman at a hospital in Volusia County, while he being on duty. As per the...
BJJ Black Belt Takes Down Suspect Wanted for Attacks on NYC Sidewalks
Aug 01, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
It was just a normal day for Ro Malabanan, a New York City resident who was heading to work on Wednesday. But then, he saw a man sucker-punch a construction worker, in a supposed random act of...
Is It Possible For You To Become A BJJ Black Belt?
Jun 22, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Everyone who starts training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has one dream in common… To become a BJJ black belt. But even though all would like to earn it, can everyone actually do it? More importantly, can...
Elder Cruz Gets Promoted to BJJ Black Belt by Lucas Leite
Jun 09, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Elder Cruz is one of the most successful athletes to have come from the Checkmat team in the recent years. This year, 2022, has been an amazing as well… And now it became even better, as he was...
