Do you recall the last time Rodolfo Vieira lost before the 2012 Worlds?
A riveting match with Marcus Vinicius “Bochecha” unfolded this Saturday at the 2012 World Championship in Long Beach. It was the first points loss ever…
Yearly Archives: 2012
Gracie Humaitá brown belt ladies live up to billing
Two of the most technical athletes of the 2012 Worlds are women. Ana Carolina Vidal Lebre and Mackenzie Dern, both of Gracie Humaitá, won their…
GRACIEMAG.com already counts 30,000 Twitter followers
With complete coverage of the Jiu-Jitsu Worlds in Long Beach, GRACIEMAG.com reached the 30,000-Twitter follower mark, counting its Portuguese and English accounts. Comprised of Ivan Trindade,…
Worlds 2012: Marcus Bochecha double-leg ousts Rodolfo Vieira in absolute
It wasn't the the first great match of the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship, where even the purple belts demonstrated the high technical level the sport is…
2012 BJJ Worlds: Rodolfo Vieira’s agony… from the stands
Monsters suffer too. That's what our reporter Ivan Trindade taught us, having recorded 2011 absolute world champion Rodolfo Vieira agonizing during the middleweight final of…
Você lembra da última derrota de Rodolfo Vieira antes do Mundial 2012?
A eletrizante luta com Marcus Vinicius, o Bochecha, ocorrida neste sábado no Mundial 2012, em Long Beach, foi a primeira derrota por pontos de Rodolfo…
Victor Genovesi beats Grippo and takes top spot at brown belt
If origins mean success, Victor Figueiredo Genovesi, 21, has a bright future in Jiu-Jitsu. The son of the highly technical Jiu-Jitsu professor Alexandre “Gigi” Paiva…
Positions, pointers, matches… see what the Jiu-Jitsu world champions do
The 2012 World Championship is going off in Long Beach, California. Last year, the aces below made it atop the podium. While we wait to…
What we can learn from the female BJJ world champs
All of the mat wizards below made it to the top of the World Championship winners podium in 2011. This Saturday, some of them stepped…
Worlds 2012: Léo Nogueira and Marcus Bochecha through to absolute final
On a Saturday when the biggest winner was Jiu-Jitsu fans, the finalists of the black belt absolute division have come through the works. On one…
Mundial de Jiu-Jitsu 2012: Léo Nogueira e Marcus Bochecha na final do absoluto
Num sábado onde o grande vencedor foi o fã de Jiu-Jitsu, o absoluto da faixa-preta teve seus finais definidos. De um dos lados da chave,…
Na faixa-marrom, moças da Gracie Humaitá confirmam favoritismo
Dois dos atletas mais técnicos do Mundial 2012 são mulheres. Ana Carolina Vidal Lebre e Mackenzie Dern, ambas da Gracie Humaitá, venceram suas categorias em…