Bruno Bastos on retiring from the professional BJJ circuit in 2020
After decades dedicated to high-performance BJJ, the black-belt Bruno Bastos has announced for 2020 his retirement from competing in the adult age group. An ADCC veteran and IBJJF champion, the head of Lead BJJ is wrapping up his competitive career at the age of 40. His trajectory in the sport began at ten years old,…
Kaynan vs. Meregali, Preguiça, Lo, Malfacine and more: check out the card for BJJ Stars 3
With 14 matches slated — eight pitting Brazilians against foreigners — BJJ Stars is returning for its third Black Belt edition with the promise to, once more, rock the competition scene. Scheduled to take place on April 25 in São Paulo, the superfight-only event will feature a true constellation of talent across men’s, women’s and…
Bia Mesquita details plan to debut in MMA this year
A world BJJ champion and ADCC gold medalist, Beatriz Mesquita already has her new big step in her sights. The star from Gracie Humaitá intends to change things up in 2020. Bia Mesquita told Marcelo Dunlop, after a special seminar held in Natal, that she will be diving headfirst into mixed martial arts. The plan…
Neiman Gracie and the art of reaching the back
[We’re updating this with another free video. You can check out individual programs here or get All-Access here.] In every fight he has done in his successful MMA career as of December 2017, Neiman Gracie moved in search of back control, opening up a path to victory. He not only reaches the back with ease,…
4 questions for absolute world champion Nathiely de Jesus
Nathiely de Jesus is living a new phase of her life. With personal goals that don’t involve gold medals, she is happy to be heading her first jiu-jitsu school, in Boerne, Texas. The sitting absolute world champion reveals, in this exclusive interview, what she plans for her future, her secret for high-level training, and the…
Kyra teaches a detail learned from Rickson Gracie to finish via omoplata
Kyra Gracie, the ADCC champion who heads Gracie Kore in Rio, often shares with her students things she learned from her uncles and cousins. In a good example of this, she once picked up a valuable tip for finishing with the omoplata after a heavier opponent foiled her plans and knocked her backwards. The advice,…
Interview: A conversation with Fellipe Andrew, the new absolute European BJJ champion
After achieving submissions in four out of his seven fights in the tournament, the last one for the absolute gold of the 2020 European Jiu-Jitsu, Fellipe Andrew (Zenith) returned home not only with the tournament medals from Portugal, but also with the first place in the IBJJF black belt rankings. The list on the IBJJF…
Euros: Keenan and Andrew in absolute final; Aly beats Musumeci in quarterfinals
The morning of this Saturday was one of big emotions at the 2020 European Championship, with the first shots being fired between black-belts in the adults’ age group. It began with the absolute brackets, which didn’t fail to impress the crowd present in Odivelas, Portugal. On the men’s side of things, well-known fighters faced off…