The first images from Worlds 2011
Opening day at the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship is always pretty similar. The ten match areas are overrun by a tidal wave of white and blue…
Worlds 2011
The stage is set for Jiu-Jitsu’s artists
The GRACIEMAG.com team are at their posts at the Long Beach pyramid. This Thursday marks the first day of the contest at the biggest event…
There’ll be some big names going without medals in Long Beach
The Jiu-Jitsu Worlds is the promise of great semifinals and finals in the men's black belt division. Our editor Ivan Trindade isn't sitting on the…
Worlds 2011 breakdown, by Jon Shotter
This is the 16th Worlds of the modern era (1996 - ) and despite the absence of a number of elite players due to injury…
Purple belts: when they find their center, there’s no stopping them
At Fabricio Werdum’s Samurai Pro Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament, Gracie Barra placed first in team points. Their up-and-coming blue and purple belts were the main reason…
Check out Worlds brackets and timetable
The Jiu-Jitsu World Championship is all set to kick off with the white and blue belts taking to the mats this Thursday in Long Beach,…
After beating Tio Chico, Brazilian National Champion to switch up game for Worlds
Daniel “Neguinho” Garcia (Nova União) was flying under the radar in the middleweight division for the 2011 Worlds, but then he blipped up out of…
Worlds 2011: prediction-confirmation time
The prospects and latest standouts to join the scene GRACIEMAG.com tipped to make waves in 2011 (refresh you memory here) are getting set for the…
Undercover MMA stars at Worlds
Some of them are sort of camouflaged on the competitor list, but the MMA stars are there, hoping to come up big at the Jiu-Jitsu…
Bochecha: “I’m not the favorite, but I’m in the mix”
The Long Beach pyramid was nearly empty that Saturday night of the 2010 World Championship. Even so, there was still quite a ruckus coming from…
Bernardo Faria: “Rodolfo didn’t annul my game”
Bernardo Faria always makes his presence at championships felt by everyone around. There are two reasons for this: the high level of Jiu-Jitsu he wields and…
Diaz brothers sign up for Worlds
Kid Peligro broke the news first hand. According to a post on his blog (Kid Peligro's Mat), two big-name MMA fighters are signed up for…