How about a Second Chance at Finishing via Triangle? Isaque Shows How
A slender and hard-working featherweight, Isaque Paiva is currently a bearer of one of the most sterling triangles in the competitive Jiu-Jitsu scene. And it…
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Absolute winner Samir Chantre comments on Vegas Open final with Zak Maxwell
This August 11 the Las Vegas Sport Center was treated to the IBJJF’s Las Vegas International Open, a competition featuring over 600 athletes. The big standout…
At what age do MMA fighters reach their peak?
With over a decade's experience stepping into rings and cages to face opponents from the most diverse corners of the world, Jiu-Jitsu black belt Milton…
Gigi and Worlds: “The kids don’t try winning from the top anymore”
Team Alliance, under the captainship of Master Romero Jacaré, won the World Championship yet again this year, but not all the school’s teachers are 100%…
Marcio André vs. Denilson, the suspension-causing match at the 2012 Worlds
Have you watched the purple belt match that got André Galvão suspended from the 2012 Worlds, after losing his cool and jumping the divider? Watch…
Victor Genovesi beats Grippo and takes top spot at brown belt
If origins mean success, Victor Figueiredo Genovesi, 21, has a bright future in Jiu-Jitsu. The son of the highly technical Jiu-Jitsu professor Alexandre “Gigi” Paiva…
Rafa & Gui Mendes on BJJ Worlds: “Not yet time to try the absolute”
The brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes are training hard as ever to defend their Jiu-Jitsu World Championship featherweight and light featherweight titles, respectively. GRACIEMAG.com had a…
Caio Terra: “Rafael Mendes is Jiu-Jitsu’s number one pound for pound”
Top roosterweight Caio Terra (Cesar Gracie) wasn't content to just win his division at the 2012 Pan this weekend in Irvine, California. The Rio de…
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…
Promoter lobbies for Bruno Frazatto to compete in Abu Dhabi
Before the WPJJ trials event in Gramado, Brazil, was even over, the promoters had already counted the votes and announced the name of the number-one…
Chicago Open champ’s guard training
Jiu-Jitsu black belt Renato Tavares, our GMA at ATT Vero Beach, Florida, dominated the senior age group at the Chicago Winter Open last weekend in Illinois, USA.…
GRACIEMAG poll: Could 2 Mendes brothers beat 1 Jon Jones?
It's a classic question that has been around throughout the history of MMA, vale-tudo or whatever the next name denominating the sport to arise is.…