Rosângela Conceição, is a historic Brazilian jiu jitsu figure, being the very first female world champion in the sport. Conceição is also a legendary figure in judo and freestyle wrestling having been part of the Brazilian national Olympic squad for both sports, being regarded as the most accomplished female wrestler ever produced by the south american country.
Vinícius Cruz, is a historic figure in Brazilian jiu jitsu, having medalled on multiple occasions in important tournaments such as the Copa Company, the World Championship, the Pan American Championship and many others. A former member of the Carlson Gracie Academy, Vinícius Cruz is often associated with the “loop choke”, a technique he perfected during the 1990’s applying it often in competition.
Parents who are Brazilian jiu jitsu enthusiasts often wonder, “when is it the right time to start my kid on BJJ?”. There are many factors to this equation, but BJJ Heroes contacted a psychologist with years of experience dealing with toddlers, children and teenagers to answer the question. Find more here.
Leandro Lo is set to compete this year as a medium heavyweight – under 88kg/194lbs at the World Jiu Jitsu Championship of 2015. The current middleweight (82kg/181lbs) world champion started his career as a lightweight. After winning the lightweight world title twice (2012, 2013), the Cicero Costha pupil moved on to a new challenge, setting for middleweight gold, a challenge he overcame with relative ease in 2014.
Carlos Rosado is a Brazilian jiu jitsu red belt, the highest grade possible in BJJ, being not only the youngest man to ever receive the honour in the sport, but also the only red belt ever awarded by the late Master Carlson Gracie. Regarded by many as the best student from Carlson Gracie’s first generation of black belts, Carlos Rosado is also the founder of the Rosado Jiu Jitsu Academy.
Find out who the “Dark Horses” (also known as unexpected candidates) to win the World Jiu Jitsu championship (2015) are. A group of highly talented, but lesser known Grapplers that will be looking to dethrone the champions and who have a real chance of winning the “mundial”.
João Pedro “Somalia” is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Jonathas “Monteirinho” Couto and Eduardo “Jamelão” Conceição of Checkmat academy. Somalia burst into the grappling scene after winning two world titles at brown belt, later becoming a Pan American champion on his first year as a black belt, cementing his name as one of the top grapplers of his generation.
2015 is the 20th year anniversary of Brazilian jiu jitsu’s most prestigious event, the World Jiu Jitsu Championships set by the IBJJF. The tournament has seen the sport’s biggest athletes battle on the mats and has many great stories, which will be remembered on this piece. An insight to the past 20 editions of the Mundial.
Copa Podio is one of the main events in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu calendar. A professional grappling competition, the Copa Podio Heavyweight GP gathered some of the best jiu jitsu practitioners in the world. Check the full result of the Copa Podio GP and Superfights here.
Results from all the fights on the Metamoris 6 card, a cart featuring on the main event a match between Metamoris heavyweight champion and Ryron Gracie. Other matches include Chael Sonnen vs Babalu Sobral, Clark Gracie vs Satoshi, Keenan vs Xande and many more.
Watch Copa Podio’s Heavyweight GP livestream for free here! One of the most important tournaments on the jiu jitsu calendar, Copa Podio gathers some of today’s top talent in the Brazilian jiu jitsu heavyweight division. This evening’s heavyweight GP is brought to you free of charge, curtsey of Copa Podio’s management.
Luan Carvalho is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Master Cláudio Joanino of the Nova União academy in Macaé. One of the rare examples of a competitor who reached success at black belt, having gone through his coloured belt career in obscurity, Luan turned a few heads his way after his 2015 Pan American Championship performance where he defeated the decorated veteran Rodrigo Caporal. Carvalho would carry on in good form that year winning the Rio Fall Open and at the Brazilian Nationals, defeating two former champions, Michael Langhi and Juan Caio Kamezawa while cementing his name as one of the top lightweights of his generation.
Monique Elias has been the latest high end competitor to announce her withdrawal from competitive jiu jitsu. With new promotions arriving with the promise to revolutionize the sport, it is up to us, the fans to help these promotions develop our sport. How do we do it?
One of the main figures of the Alliance academy during the 1990s, Felipe Neto, also known as Zicro, was the first black belt to accompany Romero Cavalcanti to the United States, helping Master Jacaré establish the Alliance HQ on American soil. Zicro would later open his own Alliance branch in Florida.
Gabriel Rollo is one of the top lightweights in the Brazilian jiu jitsu lightweight division of his generation, having medalled in important grappling tournaments such as the South American, World, Pan American Championships as well as the European Open. Learn more about this Checkmat black belt here.
Full results of the Brazilian National Championship, also known as the Brasileiro de Jiu Jitsu. Black belt divisions in both male and female divisions, with competitors such as Michael Langhi, Victor Silvério, Erberth Santos, Mackenzie Dern, Monique Elias and many more.
Following up on March’s rankings, we present to you the April 2015 edition of the BJJ Heroes official jiu jitsu sporting rankings. Much has happened in the grappling world in April, including one of our main competitions, the Abu Dhabi World Pro Jiu Jitsu Championship (UAEJJ) which accounts for a fair share of points on our board. With this important tournament taking place, a few new faces have risen above as competitors start gearing up towards the world championship later on this year.
Jonnatas Gracie is one of the rising stars in Sao Paulo’s jiu jitsu, having burster into main stream of jiu jitsu’s media, after a hard fought ADCC trials, having reached the semi finals of one of the toughest grappling events in the world. We took some time for a short interview with the new BJJ phenom.
Mackenzie Dern is one of the best female grapplers in Brazilian jiu jitsu today, her impact in the sport over the past two years has passed by unnoticed, until now. With BJJ moving towards professionalization, Mackenzie and her star power can be a fantastic asset to promoters as explained on this article.
Full results of the Abu Dhabi World Pro absolute/open weight, from all the absolute black belt adult divisions (male and female). From a crowd of amazing fighters, two stood out. Fight out who won against who in this page.
