Rafa Mendes out of Abu Dhabis, comments on Pan: “I let my game flow”
Winning the 2012 Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship after catching Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” in an unexpected armbar was a unique moment in the career of Rafael…
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Watch the Pan final between Rafa Mendes and Rubens Cobrinha
The grand finale of the featherweight division in Irvine, California, last Sunday at the IBJJF Pan-American Jiu-Jitsu Championship was, once again, a clash between slight-framed…
Watched Guilherme Mendes against Pablo Santos at Houston Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship yet?
Check out the battle of world champions that transpired this past Sunday in Texas. Guilherme Mendes of Atos Jiu-Jitsu and Pablo da Silva Santos of…
Canal, Miyao and Cotonete shine at Copa Novo Leblon
An event this reporter has competed at in the past and come up spades, Copa Novo Leblon went down again this December 10 and 11…
Lucas Leite overcomes sign-up blunder, triumphs at No-Gi Nationals
CheckMat representative Lucas Leite walked into the American Nationals on Sunday looking for a fight… a No-Gi fight, that is. Although he was nursing a…