Eddie Bravo, known around the world as the founder of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, is at it again with the creation of Combat Jiu Jitsu, or CJJ. 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu for those of you not in the know is an off-shoot of BJJ, with an emphasis on unconventional techniques (e.g. rubber guard, Twister) without [...]
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What the hell is Combat Jiu Jitsu? Leave it up to Eddie Bravo
Posted: May 30, 2012 in Cool Stuff We Like, Latest news, MMA Training, So you wanna be a fighter?Tags: Combat Jiu Jitsu, Eddie Bravo
It pays to be horrible at MMA…Mayhem doin’ work with Rousey over twitter
Posted: May 25, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, Latest news, RumorsIn a recent article from Yahoo Sports of all places, writer Eric Holden speculates that there’s a possible Mayhem Miller and Ronda Rousey love match a brewin’. Now just in case you don’t get how crazy that is, here’s a picture of Ronda and then here’s a pic of Mayhem. At any rate, these two [...]
Junior Dos Santos Fulfills Youngster’s Dream with Trip to UFC 146
Posted: May 25, 2012 in Cool Stuff We LikeTags: Junior Dos Santos
Las Vegas, Nevada – Reigning UFC® heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos may be wrapped in UFC gold now, but there was a time where he was just another poor kid from Brazil, dreaming of one day becoming a fighter and making a better life for himself. Nicknamed ‘Cigano’ after a character in a Brazilian soap [...]
Roy Nelson is a Kung Fu man
Posted: May 24, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, Latest news, MMA Training, UFC EventsTags: Kung Fu, Roy Nelson, UFC 146
So, if you’ve ever seen Big Country fight, you’ve probably noticed that when he’s introduced, he’s introduced as a “kung fu fighter out of Las Vegas,” but probably wrote it off as some type of joke. I mean after all, this is a guy known for not taking himself too seriously (see: mullet, huge beard, [...]
Feared Striker Bas Rutten says “ground fighting is way more dominant”
Posted: May 22, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, Latest news, So you wanna be a fighter?Tags: BAS, Bas Rutten, ground fighting
And of course, with everything Bas related, he has a story to tell. In a recent post from MMAMania, former Pancrase and UFC champ Bas Rutten talks about how he came to realize that, at least from his perspective, that ground fighting is more dominant than standing attacks. Odd for someone that is not only [...]
So you wanna be a fighter? Here’s how: The Gracies break down the Korean Zombie
Posted: May 21, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, Latest news, So you wanna be a fighter?, UFC EventsIn the ever popular “Gracie Breakdown,” where brothers Rener and Ryron Gracie break down the latest and greatest ground action from the prior UFC event, comes a special Korean Zombie Edition, stemming from the Zombie’s breakthrough performance this past Tuesday on UFC on Fuel III. So special was this Gracie Breakdown, not only was it [...]
Chael Sonnen Appears on TMZ Live; “Didn’t Understand the Rules” of Silva Fight
Posted: May 18, 2012 in Cool Stuff We LikeDid you catch Chael Sonnen on TMZ Live? He was priceless as usual. Among the topics he discussed with the TMZ crew was the money laundering charge while he was running for congress in Oregon and of course the Anderson Silva fight. One of the highlights was this gem…“I didn’t understand the rules. I thought [...]
Bellator’s Andreas Spang Visits ‘Beyond the Cage’ MMA Podcast, Sponsored by VigilanteMMA
Posted: May 18, 2012 in Cool Stuff We Like, InterviewsTags: Andreas Spang, Bellator
Bellator 69 is tonight. The main event will pit Andreas Spang and Maiquel Falcao in the finals of the Bellator middleweight tournament. Our friends at Beyond the Cage chatted with finalist Spang last night. They discussed getting the call from Bellator to enter the tournament; his confrontation with Falcao (or maybe there wasn’t a confrontation!); [...]
Fighter Profile: Anderson Silva
Posted: May 10, 2012 in Cool Stuff We LikeTags: Anderson Silva, BoxingBagStore.com
This article is brought to you by our new sponsor BoxingBagStore.com. There are many names that are worth knowing in the world of MMA, but the reigning king is definitely Anderson Silva. If you don’t know his name then you don’t know MMA. Anderson Silva is the current middleweight champion and has held that title [...]
Belfort’s wife brings out the claws…calls out Wand’s chin.
Posted: May 30, 2012 in Commentary/Opinion, Cool Stuff We Like, Latest news, RumorsWanderlei Silva was none to happy when he found out that long-time nemesis Vitor Belfort had to pull out of their fight due to a broken hand. In fact, he was so mad that he questioned the injury and called The Phenom a “chicken.” Here’s some Wandy being Wandy quotes from an article from ESPN.UK [...]