Jay Rod Defeats Vagner Rocha In BJJ Return After Getting Cancelled
When Jacob “Jay Rod” Rodriguez stepped into the Karate Combat pit, he carried more than a game plan. He carried the weight of a career put on hold, a reputation…
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Jozef Chen Explains Why Most BJJ Training Is A Waste Of Time
Jozef Chen’s rise through Brazilian jiu-jitsu has been remarkably fast. At 19, he became the youngest ADCC European Trials champion and established himself as one of the sport’s most promising…
Demian Maia Criticizes Sport Jiu-Jitsu For Moving Away From Martial Arts Fundamentals
Demian Maia believes the rapid growth of competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has created a gap between sport-focused training and the art’s original purpose as a martial art. During an interview with…
Royce Gracie Lists His MMA Mount Rushmore
When Georges St-Pierre sat down with Royce Gracie at the UFC pioneer’s academy, the conversation covered decades of martial arts history before arriving at one of the most compelling questions…
Danaher & Big Dan Escort ‘Creepy’ Fan Stalking Female Student
A video circulating on social media captured a tense moment at Kingsway Jiu Jitsu, where renowned grappling coach John Danaher and his training partner Big Dan Manasoiu calmly but firmly…
BJJ Black Belt Arrested For SA Of 14 Year Old Student
A jiu-jitsu instructor in Manaus, Brazil, was taken into custody early Tuesday morning after civil police served a preventive arrest warrant connecting him to the SA of a 14-year-old student.…
Jiu Jitsu Veteran Questions Why Gordon Ryan Won’t Transition to MMA, Arguing He’d Suffer The Same Fate as Buchecha
Allan Goes, a 7th degree coral belt and eight-time Brazilian national jiu-jitsu champion who competed in Pride FC, the UFC, and IFL, is raising a pointed question about Gordon Ryan,…
Big Names Missing ADCC ‘Natural Consequence Of Financial Incentives’ Jozef Chen Claims
With ADCC drawing closer, Jozef Chen sat down on The White Monster Podcast with host Declan Moody to discuss the growing list of notable absences from this year’s event, framing…
Georges St-Pierre: Introduction Of Rounds And Time Limits Into MMA Was “Wrong”
MMA icon Georges St-Pierre believes one of MMA’s biggest rule changes may have taken the sport further away from identifying the best athlete. During a conversation with Royce Gracie, the…
Georges St-Pierre: “Jiu-jitsu Is Mandatory. You Need To Have A Certain Level Of Jiu-jitsu Just In Order To Survive.”
When Georges St-Pierre sat down with UFC legend Royce Gracie for a recent podcast, the two did not take long to arrive at the sport’s most fundamental question: what an…