Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News

Helton José Junior is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Cícero Costha and a member of the famous Projeto Social Lutando Pelo Bem (PSLPB) academy, whom Helton represents in the top events in this sport.

Full Results for the Absolute Championship Berkut Grand Prix, the (now) famous Russian fighting promotion, who put on their first event since starting their new project ACB.

Gabriel Marangoni is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Rafael Marangoni and a co-founder of the Marangoni Academy, one of the most successful grappling gyms in the state of São Paulo – Brazil. Gabriel is also one of the top featherweight competitors of his generation.

Sebastian Brosche is a Swedish born yoga enthusiast and a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Eduardo Rios, being also one of the top grappling competitors of his generation in the European jiu jitsu circuit. Brosche is well known for his website (Yoga for BJJ), a pioneering platform used by thousands of BJJ practitioners, which advocates yoga and its benefits for grapplers by displaying a series of programs specifically designed to help these practitioners.

Jose Carlos is a jiu jitsu black belt under Jair Lourenço and a member of the Kimura / Nova União (K/NU) academy, being the team’s settler in Scandinavia. From his K/NU gym in Gjøvik, Norway Jose Carlos developed some of the top European grappling competitors, including big names in the world IBJJF circuit such as Espen Mathiesen and Tommy Langaker.

Full card for the 2017 Berkut Grand Prix – 75kg and 85kg as well as the rules set for this brand new GP – also known as ACBJJ Grand Prix.

Sergio Ardila-Ibarra is a former freestyle wrestler and jiu jitsu black belt who specialises in the no-gi facet of the sport. Born in Colombia, Ardila-Ibarra managed to achieve important titles in both wrestling and jiu jitsu by becoming an All American collegiate athlete and an IBJJF No-Gi World Champion while working full time as a lawyer.

Full results for the 2017 New York International Pro, an event promoted by the UAEJJF. The tournament witnessed many of the current jiu jitsu stars in America’s East Coast enter the mats.

Full results for the Argentina National Pro, an event promoted by the UAEJJF. The tournament witnessed many of the current stars of jiu jitsu enter the mats, with one shining brighter than all others: brown belt Gustavo Batista.

Full results for Copa Podio 2017 Lightweight Grand Prix. The famous Brazilian jiu jitsu event saw the opening round of its 5th season today, in Sao Paulo’s Clube Sírio venue. Find out who won and who lost in this exciting grappling event.

Faustino Neto, commonly as Master Pina is a jiu jitsu black belt under Osvaldo Alves as well as the founder and head coach of the famous grappling academy Clube Pina de Jiu Jitsu. An academy from which Faustino Neto developed numerous high level athletes, including Bibiano Fernandes, Carlos Diego Ferreira, Rodrigo Pinheiro and Carlos Holanda to name a few.

Caio Almeida is a jiu jitsu black belt under Gabriel Vella, and a former student of illustrious coaches such as Rubens Charles (Cobrinha) and ‘Mestre Dan’, known also as the co-founder of the Almeida Jiu Jitsu academy.

The IBJJF Pro League Grand Prix 2017, set to happen in August 26, 2017 has been shaping up over the past couple of months and is already promising to bring some real heavyweight monsters to the squared arena. Find out who those are here.

Johnny Tama is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Juan Miguel Iturralde of the Alliance Academy, being also one of the first Ecuadorian athletes to break through as a high end competitor in this sport/martial art.

Alex Martins is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Junior Cardoso and a member of Faustino Pina’s association, while being also the founder of the AMBJJ team in the United States. Martins became one of the top competitors in the North American grappling circuit during the 2010’s, particularly in the Masters divisions.

Cleber Sousa Fernandes, commonly known as Clandestino is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Caio Almeida, and a representative of the Almeida JJ team in the sport’s best known competitions. From very humble beginnings, Cleber managed to become one of the top grapplers of his generation.

Full schedule and card of the upcoming Copa Podio Grand Prix (77kg) happening on February 18. Aside from the lightweight GP, the event will also feature the final round of the teams challenge (Australia vs Scandinavia), a brown belt challenge as well as a no-gi and mixed (gi + nogi) superfights. Not to miss!

Charles Negromonte is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Zé Radiola, and a member of Roger Gracie’s RGA association. One of the most successful competitors in Europe’s grappling circuit, Charles Negromonte has conquered medals in important international events in the IBJJF, CBJJ and UAEJJF federations.

ADCC Brazilian Trials 2017 results. One of the most highly praised trials in the Abu Dhabi Combat Club selection process is the Rio de Janeiro trials. Find out the results in this article.

Masahiro Iwasaki is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Marco Barbosa (former student of Yasuhiro Miyamoto) as well as one of the top Japanese grappling competitors of his generation; known also as a member of the prestigious Tokyo based academy Carpe Diem.