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By BJJ Heroes on January 31st, 2010
Guto Campos European Champ
Gustavo Campos has won the European Absolute Division for Atos BJJ academy, a hard fight against Rodrigo Cavaca, Check fight here.
Archive for January, 2010
By BJJ Heroes on January 26th, 2010
Ricardo Arona (BTT)
Ricardo Arona is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt from Ricardo Libório and Carlson Gracie lineage, Arona is also a submission wrestling legend, having won the ADCC (the world’s most prestigious grappling tournament) on 3 occasions, he has also led a successful MMA career (Mixed Martial Arts fighter) having fought some the biggest names of the sport in his time, fighters such as Fedor Emilianenko, Wanderlei Silva, Mauricio “Shogun”, Murilo “Ninja”, amongst many others in the now extinct Pride FC promotion.
By BJJ Heroes on January 26th, 2010
Cleber Luciano Grappling Coach at TUF11
Cleber Luciano, a 3rd Degree Royler Gracie BJJ Black Belt has been named as one of the coaches of Team Ortiz for TUF11
By BJJ Heroes on January 25th, 2010
Jean Jacques Machado
One of the legends of the sport, this BJJ Black Belt has competed and won against the very best fighters of his time. Today he resides in the United States and is an Instructor in the famous Machado Jiu Jitsu Academy
By BJJ Heroes on January 25th, 2010
Fernando Pontes “Margarida”
Fernando Pontes, mostly known as Margarida by the Jiu Jitsu community, is a former World BJJ Champion in both his weight category and the open weight division. His entertaining and aggressive style made him one of the most venerated grapplers in the early 2000s as well as his irreverence in and out of the mats.
By BJJ Heroes on January 24th, 2010
Alexandre Ribeiro (Gracie Humaita)
Alexandre “Xande” Ribeiro is a 6x world Jiu Jitsu champion from the Gracie Humaitá camp. Having been taught by some of the best coaches such as Royler Gracie and Vini Aieta as well as Xande’s own brother, the legendary Saulo Ribeiro. Xande Ribeiro (who is ranked #1 on BJJ Heroes’ Top 10 BJJ Fighters of All Time) also joined MMA in 2008 premiering in Japan’s organization Sengoku.
By BJJ Heroes on January 24th, 2010
Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro
Vitor Shaolin Ribeiro the MMA fighter and BJJ World Champion His story and life facts as well as videos of fights.
By BJJ Heroes on January 23rd, 2010
Andre Pederneiras (Nova Uniao)
Andre Pederneiras also known as Dede is one of the best Jiu Jitsu and MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) coaches in the world. The leader and co-founder of the Nova Uniao academy,”Dedé” was voted as “Best MMA Coach” in the world on October 2010 by the renowned PVT magazine (Portal do Vale Tudo) in a referendum made between fighters, coaches and journalists of the sport.
By BJJ Heroes on January 23rd, 2010
Neck Strength Exercises for Grapplers
This set of exercises, shown by UFC fighter Rolles Gracie will help all ranges of grapplers, from the intermediate to the experienced fighter
By BJJ Heroes on January 23rd, 2010
Nakamura vs Cristea Fight Video
The veteran Daisuke Nakamura against the less experienced Dutch fighter Cristea, in what was one of the best MMA fights ever!
By BJJ Heroes on January 23rd, 2010
Rolles Gracie (Gracie Barra)
Rolles Gracie is a BJJ Black Belt and UFC Fighter. He trains under Renzo Gracie and Greg Jackson’s MMA. This is his story and competition facts.
By BJJ Heroes on January 22nd, 2010
Rickson Gracie
Considered by many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu figures such as Ricardo Arona, Demian Maia, Paulo Filho (and many others) as the greatest BJJ practitioner of all time, Rickson Gracie, is the son of Helio Gracie. Through several “Vale-Tudo” fights in his native Brazil and in Japan, Rickson Gracie helped put his family’s trade (Gracie Jiu Jitsu/BJJ) on the map as a legitimate and well known fighting style.
By BJJ Heroes on January 22nd, 2010
Charles Krazy Horse Bennett Arrested
Charles Krazy Horse Bennett has been arrested. It seems that the fighter has assaulted a training partner with a metal object during a class. See also Krazy Horse fight Chute Boxe Cristiano Marcelo
By BJJ Heroes on January 22nd, 2010
Mario Sperry vs Murilo Ninja Rua Fight
Best fight of 2002, Ze Mario Sperry the head instructor of BTT against Murilo Ninja Rua who was one of Chute Boxe’s prodigal fighters. Don’t blink on this fight, as the action goes from start
By BJJ Heroes on January 22nd, 2010
Shaolin Ribeiro vs Kawajiri 1st Fight
The BJJ World Champ Shaolin Ribeiro vs the Wrestler Kawajiri, a classic match of styles in an extremely entertaining fight. A true war that was candidate for best MMA fight of the year.
By BJJ Heroes on January 21st, 2010
Renzo Gracie
One of the true martial arts legends, Renzo Gracie is a Jiu Jitsu black belt from the famous Gracie family who became also one of the pioneers of MMA. A fantastic coach that has produced several renowned black belts, Renzo primarily excelled as a competitor in the 1990′s winning important tournaments such as the ADCC (Abu Dabhi Combat Club) and several MMA fights in Japan, Brazil and US.
By BJJ Heroes on January 21st, 2010
Marcelo Garcia vs Andrei Arlovski
The BJJ prodigy Marcelinho against the former UFC heavyweight Champion Arlovski. Sounds like some sort of dream match from a computer game, but it isn’t. Watch it here, now.
By BJJ Heroes on January 21st, 2010
Wrestling Workout
In many ways, BJJ & Wrestling workouts can work together. Here is a fine example of a hard wrestling workout that can benefit fighters from both fighting styles.
By BJJ Heroes on January 20th, 2010
Gran Master Helio Gracie
Helio Gracie is arguably the most important figure in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. One of the first Gracie Jiu Jitsu representative in the 1930′s and 1940′s he is also the father and master of many fighters who carried the name of BJJ to Martial Arts main stream in the early 1990′s, such as Royler, Rickson and Royce Gracie. His lineage and legacy is one of the strongest in Jiu Jitsu and he is seen as one of the fathers of the Brazilian grappling art.
By BJJ Heroes on January 19th, 2010
Milton Vieira vs Nobuhiro Obiya Fight Video
This amazing fight that occurred under the DEEP organization in 2005, in which Home town favorite Obiya a powerful grappler faced the lanky submission fighter Milton Vieira.
