Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News

Vinicius dos Santos Pereira is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Cássio Francis who represented Cassão Team in the sport’s international figures during the …

As we ramp up towards the world’s most famous no-gi jiu-jitsu event, the ADCC World Championships happening later this year (2019), BJJ Heroes is …

Edson Diniz is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Rogério Poggio, who worked extensively with coaches Pitoco Jordan, Jorge Pereira, and Ricardo Libório while …

Larissa Paes is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Paulo Avolio, and one of the main representatives of the Gordo JJ Association, a team …

Deandre Corbe is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Nestor Bayot, with vast experience in Muay Thai and folkstyle wrestling, who also worked extensively …

Arthur Detânico is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Mateus Bernardi, and one of the main lightweight (76,00 kg / 168.0 lbs) grapplers to …

Earlier this year BJJ Heroes published an article where we focussed on the subject of takedowns and throws in ‘gi jiu-jitsu’ (here). While doing …

Eduardo Galvão is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Junior, who was one of the top grapplers in the sport during the …

Stéfano Corrêa is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Master Octávio de Almeida Junior, who worked extensively with Mauricio Cavaquini, Rafael Pionti and Alexandre …

Over the years we have collected a pile of data from the top jiu-jitsu tournaments around the globe, both in the gi circuit as …

Alef Brito Morais is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Wellyton Menezes, Rildo Paiva, and Marcos Santana, who also worked extensively with Osvaldo Moizinho, …

Éricka Almeida is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Herman Gutierrez, who also worked extensively with coach Rodrigo Fajardo of the Gracie Barra Academy. …

Diego Bispo is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Alan Moraes, and a member of the Ares Jiu-Jitsu team, formerly a representative of the …

Firas Zahabi is a mixed martial arts (MMA) and grappling coach as well as a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under John Danaher, being …

Chad Hardy, also known as “Beast” is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Nick Albin (Chewy), who is also one of the top middleweight …

Over the past few years, we have read dozens of online debates over the real reasons that lead a few black belt athletes to …

Nicole Sullivan, commonly known as Nikki Sullivan, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under André Galvão, being one of the main athletes in the Atos Jiu-Jitsu …

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, as a martial art has a close lineage to that of judo, in fact, one could say it is a branch of …

Alexandre de Jesus, also known as “Robinho”, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Claudio Calasans, being also one of the main representatives of …

Our sport/martial art has always been a fantastic showroom for talented and interesting people, two attributes that fit Saeed Dunkaev like a glove. Born …