Worlds 2010: Last chance to sign up!
The time is now! It’s now or never. The deadline to sign up for the 2010 World Championship ends tonight at 11:59 pm California time.…
Worlds 2010
It’s win, win, win for Gui Mendes
2009 light featherweight world champion Guilherme Mendes hopes to repeat the feat in this year in California. As motivation the fighter comes off a win…
Murilo Santana split between JJ and MMA
This year’s champion of Brazil Murilo Santana is now preparing for the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, which starts this coming June 3, in California. The Marcos…
Worlds Blog: Army assembled! Any takers?
The GRACIEMAG at the Worlds Blog spent this Tuesday afternoon at Alliance’s São Paulo headquarters. There it got a taste of what the current preparations…
Worlds 2010: Race against time for those hoping to compete
With the launch of our Blog covering the event, the 15th Jiu-Jitsu World Championship has set the tone for the GRACIEMAG.comwebsite. The most important event on the Jiu-Jitsu…
“Bad Boy” targets unprecedented third roosterweight title
After securing gold at the European, Pan and Brazilian Nationals, Bruno Malfacine is heading full blast into the Worlds, which goes down this June 3…
Worlds Blog: Here comes Roger Gracie!
Roger Gracie only disputes one IBJJF tournament per year. The Jiu-Jitsu Worlds is the stage of choice for the two-time absolute and six-time weight group…
Worlds Blog: X-Ray of the female division
The girls’ time has come. GRACIEMAG at the Worlds blog puts the female brown/black division under the microscope. Weight group by weight group, Ivan Trindade…
Blog: Siriema and the evolution of the Worlds
Marcelo Araújo, it can be said, is Jiu-Jitsu’s prime minister. Presided over by Carlos Gracie Jr, Siriema is the man at the helm of the…
Durinho and the road to his first world title
In fine form, Gilbert Durinho is coming off a series of big wins in the lightweight division. He won the Lutador Grappling tournament in Atlanta,…
Blog: Bráulio out of Worlds with injury
Another hit to this year’s event. Three-time world champion Bráulio Estima just announced via Twitter that he is out of the 2010 tournament. Click here…
Xande: “Pressure? Pressure’s what my opponents will feel”
He’s back. And he wants his third absolute title. More than that, he wants to be the first three-time absolute black belt champion of the…