Gerard Labinski is a Polish born Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Leandro Lo, being one of the main representatives of the New School Brotherhood in this sport/martial art’s international circuit, while having also worked extensively with Braulio Estima and Robert Drysdale.
January 26, 2018 will be the start of phase 2 for ACB’s Jiu Jitsu Pro League, a concept the promotion started developing in 2015 …
Servio Tulio Junqueira is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Felipe ‘Preguiça’ Pena, having also worked extensively with coaches Rômulo Barral, Claudio ‘Caloquinha’ Matos, Sergio …
Alexandre Vieira is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Murilo Bustamante, having also worked extensively with Master Paulo Maurício Strauch. Vieira is also famous for his loop choke technique, particularly the one he used over Tomoshige Sera at the UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tour in Tokyo (2017).
During 2015 the promotion previously known as Berkut launched a new concept for professional jiu jitsu – ACB JJ. In it it proposed a …
Andressa Cintra is a jiu jitsu black belt under Sebastian Lalli of Checkmat, having also worked under the guidance of Luiz Guilherme (Guigo), Caio Almeida. Cintra broke out into this martial art’s scene as a purple belt, with wins at the CBJJ Brazilian Nationals and IBJJF World Championships.
Lucas Valente Tobias is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Vinicius ‘Draculino’ Magalhães and Marcelo ‘Uirapuru’ Azevedo, being also one of the main representatives …
Fellipe Andrew Silva is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Rodrigo Cavaca, being also one of the top representatives of the Zenith JJ academy in the sport/martial art’s international circuit.
Final ranking for Brazilian jiu jitsu’s main competitors during 2017, gathering the results from the main federations of the BJJ world. This is an unofficial ranking that tries to unify other of this sport’s listings.
Abdurakhman Bilarov (Абдурахман Биларов) is a Dagestan born, Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Rafael Haubert and a former wrestling standout of Ali Alyev. …
2017 is nearly over, and so is jiu jitsu’s competitive circuit for the year. Continuing a tradition started 3 years ago (find rankings here …
The final big event in 2017s jiu jitsu calendar is over with Atos raising hell in the adult male black belt division, particularly Lucas Barbosa – AKA Hulk, who won double gold with epic performance after epic performance. Full results inside.
One of the most avid BJJ black belt competitors in North America is Igor Paiva, an athlete who climbed the ranks of the sport while conquering titles in important tournaments such as the IBJJF World Championships and CBJJ Brazilian National Championships.
One of the most fun exercises we like to do at the end of each year is that of analyzing the available data and …
DECEMBER 9, 2017 The last epic event of ACB’s Jiu Jitsu Grand Prix tour has just gone by, bringing big upsets, exciting matches and …
Hywel Teague is one of the most prominent journalists in jiu-jitsu, first via his work with BJJ Hacks and later with FloGrappling. There are …
Full line-up for one of the biggest jiu jitsu events of 2017. The ACB JJ No-Gi Tournament in the 60 and 95 kilogram weight classes.
Pedro Ramalho, commonly known as “Paquito” is a Portuguese, Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Manoel Neto and a representative of team Focus in the …
DECEMBER 3, 2017 today was EBI day. The well known submission only promotion presented its last show of the year, and with it EBI’s …
Moacir Mendes Júnior is one of the most successful Brazilian judo players of his generation, with Junior titles at the IJF World Championship and CBJ’s Brazilian Nationals, having later become the Olympic team’s newaza coach. Moacir Mendes is also a black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu under Mário Reis.
