Highlights and emotions from day one at the Worlds
Thursday brought the first contests and plenty of emotion to the pyramid in Long Beach, the venue for the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship. The white belts…
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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…
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,…
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…
Cyborg’s insane pre-Worlds workout
In the lead-up to the 2011 Worlds our own Nalty Junior was in Miami and caught up with physical conditioning coach to American football players Eduardo…
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…
Gabi hard at work for Worlds
Gabi hits the weights hard.
Rodolfo: “I’m not losing any sleep thinking about Roger”
With good reason, all the spotlights turned in Rodolfo Vieira's direction, for the results he's seen in 2011. The winner of his weight group and…
“If Cobrinha enters the absolute at the Worlds, he’ll beat a bunch of people…”
… However, he'll likely stop at two monsters a cut above the rest. That's the breakdown provided by a light featherweight who's been causing a…
The Worlds one month away, GRACIEMAG wants to know: do you remember?
Take a look back at some moments from the Worlds of years past. Do you remember this featherweight final between Mário Reis and Frédson Paixão from 2004, for example?
Lovato’s tricks to sinking a triangle
The black belt teaches some training-approved tricks.