Kyra Gracie comments on Worlds training at Atos; invitation to “holiday” in Cancun
Riding the wake of her successful test at the Jiu-Jitsu Expo last 12th, when she overcame Strikeforce star Alexis Davis, Kyra Gracie is now striking…
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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…
Gracie Barra army ready for 2012 Worlds
Gracie Barra recently started their 2012 Worlds training camp, and they brought famed Jiu-Jitsu professor Ze Radiola up from Brazil to lead it. Ze’s always…
10 champions promising to shine at BJJ Worlds
It's a formality by now, at the start of each season we point out the revelations of the fledgling year, those less celebrated athletes promising…
Rafael Lovato’s Worlds chances: “It’s do or die”
Rafael Lovato, Jr. is no stranger to competition. The black belt from Oklahoma is the second-only American to ever win a Worlds Gi Jiu-Jitsu title,…
Otávio Sousa all set for Worlds: “You can’t let the opponent think much”
A Zé Radiola-trained middleweight, Otávio Sousa was the big name at the Spring Open, an IBJJF tournament that saw its first installment last Saturday at…
Jiu-Jitsu Expo: Caio Terra and Jeff Glover agree to fight in gi
Set to star in one of the evening's supermatches, the rivals Caio Terra and Jeff Glover have agreed between them to face off in the…
Celso Venícius on MMA card, wants to tag on BJJ Worlds
A black belt in Jiu-Jitsu under Roberto Gordo and the head instructor at Ryan Gracie academy in São Paulo, Celso Venícius has the second MMA…
Kayron Gracie gears up for Rafael Lovato and confirms presence at Worlds
Currently one of the top Gracie family representatives in gentle-art competition, Kayron was called on to do a supermatch with Rafael Lovato Jr. at the…
Gurgel on TUF Brazil: “I feel any Jiu-Jitsu move can work in MMA”
Renowned Jiu-Jitsu black belt Fabio Gurgel is preparing his soldiers at Alliance for the World Championship in California, but first he has some other missions,…
The 2002 reencounter between Comprido and Margarida in Jiu-Jitsu
In 2000 Rodrigo Comprido faced and beat Fernardo Margarida, earning the teacher at team Brasa his second world absolute title as a black belt. Two…
Joyful Pan and Abu Dhabi champ Calasans defends “bilateral” Jiu-Jitsu
Last Sunday in Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu black belt Claudio Calasans captured his third title in the WPJJC under-82 kg division. Despite encountering his fair share…