Tanquinho wants you at US Open; sign-ups end today!
Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes has got his hands full. Next weekend the professor at Soul Fighters will be wading into the mix at weight and likely…
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Pan No-Gi: Popovitch absolute and other results
The 2012 Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship set the New York City College on fire this Saturday. Pablo Popovitch was the adult black belt absolute champion,…
DJ Jackson: “Jiu-Jitsu gave me direction in life!”
Jiu-Jitsu was not what De’Alonzio Jackson was looking for when he first entered Lloyd Irvin’s academy,in Camp Springs, Maryland, a few years ago. DJ, as…
Watch brown belt absolute champ Keenan Cornelius’s choke win
Last week at the IBJJF Atlanta Open, two rising stars locked horns in combat twice in the same tournament: Lloyd Irvin standout Keenan Cornelieus and…
Rodolfo Vieira back in competition this weekend
Following a marathon of seminars around the United States, GFTeam ace Rodolfo Vieira will be defending his academy’s honor this Saturday in the heavyweight brown/black…
Atlanta Open: DJ Jackson absolute; Alliance, Traven BJJ battle for Teams supremacy
Recently promoted, Lloyd Irvin's talent De' Alonzio Jackson conquered this Saturday his first black belt open class IBJJF gold medal. In the final, he defeated…
Local CheckMat gem wins weight and absolute at São Paulo Open
The maiden São Paulo International Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship took place this weekend at José Corrêa Gymnasium in Barueri, Greater São Paulo, and the first-ever champion…
Vídeo: Jiu-Jitsu, memories and absolute champ’s lessons from 2012 Worlds
Marcus Vinicius "Bochecha" Almeida, current absolute world champion, revisits the events that led him to the pinnacle of the gentle-art pecking order: At the time, I…
Video: Rodrigo Comprido’s Jiu-Jitsu at Chicago Summer Open
Twice the winner of the World Championship absolute division, in 1999 and 2000, the black belt Rodrigo “Comprido” Medeiros made his competition return last Saturday,…
Video: Jiu-Jitsu shines and featherweight wins absolute at ADCC Romania
A professor of Jiu-Jitsu in Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Gabriel Marangoni had never set foot on an airplane, much less left Brazil, for that…
Otavio Sousa adds Chicago Open absolute to his collection
With a twofold victory over GFTeam middleweight Vitor Henrique, Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu professor Otavio Sousa snapped up another two gold medals for his extensive collection.…
Should absolute champ Bochecha go to UFC? To Vitor Belfort and Renzo Gracie, yes
It was a beach day in Rio de Janeiro, the first week of June this year, and Vitor Belfort made the most of the sun…