NY Open schedule is up now; see who fights who & when at the City College of New York
As per usual, the IBJJF tournament is set for its on-time delivery of matches starting at 9 a.m. The 2014 New York Spring Open will…
Schedule
Check the schedule, brackets for the 7th American Cup, watch the livestream
The 7th American Cup will be this weekend, April 5-6 in San Jose, CA. The two-day tournament is held by Claudio Franca and will showcase…
Bia Mesquita on double gold at the 2014 Pan: “I wasn’t gonna fight the open class.”
Bia Mesquita had a portentous comeback to competitions at the 2014 Pan. Sidelined by an injury to her tight since the 2013 Worlds, Bia was…
Galvão on 2014 Pan: “The result was perfect, but I have things to correct”
Andre Galvão owned the 2014 Pan. Two gold medals (absolute and ultra-heavy), adult male team title, ending Alliance’s 4-year streak, wife Angelica winning at brown…
2014 Pan: 20 submissions for 20 years of thrills
The 2014 Pan was the 20th edition of Jiu-Jitsu's most popular event. One week after champions were crowned at the Bren Events Center, in Irvine,…
The ghost of close outs and why it’s not easy to make it go away
It’s a phenomenon that happens frequently at Jiu-Jitsu championships, specially in the black belt division. It scares a good part of the crowd and also…
The match Milton Bastos had to win twice at the 2014 Pan
The adult male black belt roosterweight semifinal between Milton Bastos (Brasa CTA) and Ivaniel Oliveira (Checkmat) was nerve-racking. The drama started early on, when Milton…
2014 Pan: Galvão, Bia absolute champions, other black belts crowned
The day turned out to be a perfect one for Andre Galvão. The leader of Atos San Diego won double gold at the 2014 Pan…
2014 Pan: Galvão vs. Lo, Andressa vs. Beatriz in the black belt open class finals
The most important match of the 2014 Pan will feature Andre Galvão and Leandro Lo. The two finalists had no easy path to secure the…
2014 Pan: Maia Matalon reigns among purple belt women, other results of day 3
The third day of competitions at the 2014 Pan Jiu-Jitsu championship had as a high point the adult female open class division. The highest glory…
2014 Pan: Meregali wins male purple open class, Atos JJ back to back at blue absolute
Day 2 of the 2014 Pan Jiu-jitsu Championship wrapped up with the crowning of the male adult purple belt open class champion. Alliance's Nicholas Meregali…
2014 Pan: thrilling images and first results after day 1
The 20th edition of the Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship started at 2PM this Wednesday. White belts of all ages took on the 10 mats at the…