Letter from Abu Dhabi V
I enter room 436 of Rotana Hotel at around two Saturday morning with neither a camera nor a notepad, not as a reporter, but as…
Matt Hughes
Applause and boos at UFC 112
UFC 112, the promotion’s first event in Abu Dhabi, came with applause and boos this Saturday. If on one hand the grit of Mark Munos…
The best of Matt Hughes
Check out what may be in store for Renzo
Behind-the-scenes pre-UFC 112 images
Direct from Abu Dhabi, GRACIEMAG editor-in-chief Luca Atalla has been keeping up with all the goings-on behind the scenes of UFC 112, to take place…
Letter from Abu Dhabi III
The phone rang at 11 am. I answered still dreaming, I think. “Will you be going on the Dubai tour?” “Not a chance.” “Then head…
Mino’s 3 reasons to believe in Renzo over Hughes
Rodrigo “Minotauro”Nogueira was riding around in a car Monday in Abu Dhabi when asked by black belt Mohamad Jehad and friends about his predictions for…
Letter from Abu Dhabi II
There was an open “training session” with the fighters in the hotel this morning. But my eyes first cracked open at 10am, I rolled over…
Who is Renzo Gracie, again?
Ladies and gentlemen, Renzo Gracie by Renzo Gracie.
10 big “chocolates” of MMA
Easter Sunday in Brazil is a day for kids to eat chocolate. In Brazil, “chocolate” can also mean an astounding victory, a soccer drubbing, when the opposing team doesn’t even see the color of the ball
GRACIEMAG #156
This month GRACIEMAG gathered more than 30 teachers in an attempt to answer the question countless parents and competitors are asking: what’s the formula that…
Wallid bets on Renzo: “technique only improves with age”
"Renzo’s going to kick butt, Wallid Ismail told editor Luca Atalla, referring to the fight between the Gracie and Matt Hughes, scheduled for UFC 112…
Belfort, Renzo and Hughes in Abu Dhabi
With practically everything in place for him to face Anderson Silva at UFC 112 on April 10, Vitor Belfort is already in Abu Dhabi, along…