January2017

Osvaldo Queixinho was the winner of this weekend’s Fight to Win Pro 23 main event against the always tough Bruno Frazatto. One of the most accomplished competitors of his generation, Moizinho has built a respectable record due to his devotion to training that led to a game full of...

This past weekend was one of the most eventful days in terms of Jiu-Jitsu in a while. There was plenty of action for all likings all over the USA. Here is a brief write up on everything that took place in the past three days. SUG 3 – Cara...

Rubens Cobrinha is synonymous with excellence, hard work and great results. At 37 years old, he’s been competing (and winning) at the highest level since 2006. It’s not easy to stay on top of the game for 11 years, but Cobrinha seems to have a lot of gas to...

Marcos Tinoco achieved his best result as a black belt this past weekend, when he won the middleweight division of the 2017 European championship, in Lisbon. Training under Marcelo Garcia in New York City and having training partners as tough as Bernardo Faria, Matheus Diniz, Mansher Khera, Dillon Danis,...

In Issue 50 we introduced you to Rodrigo Teixeira and his globe trotting ways. Jiu-jitsu has lead him to every corner of the planet. Rodrigo is an accomplished grappler himself with over 25 years of jiu-jitsu under his belt. In those decades...

You can say Leandro Lo has one ultimate goal in his Jiu-Jitsu career. He wants to be a black belt open class world champion. Already a 5X gold medalist as a black belt in three different weight classes, in 2017 it seems that he’s going for his fourth different...

Lucio Lagarto has done it all. He’s a Jiu-Jitsu black belt. He beat cancer (and even trained during treatment). He has one of the best records in competition of his generation. This weekend, after finishing second in the superheavy division (at 36 years old) of the European championship, he...

Bellator 170, the Fabulous Forum, Los Angeles CA set the scene for the final appearance of UFC hall of famer and MMA legend Tito Ortiz.  In a main event that pitted two competitors with a shared history on the wrestling mats, it was jiu-jitsu that shared the spotlight and sent...

The 2017 European championship is in the books. Leandro Lo and Tayane Porfirio came out as the standouts by winning double gold in the adult black belt division. All other black belt champions were also crowned. In the open class finals, Lo beat Claudio Calasans Jr while Tayane Porfírio...