Romulo Barral honored at Gracie Barra BH
A five-time BJJ world champion and member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame, Romulo Barral has quite the résumé, to say the least. As a…
Minas Gerais
Wanderlei Silva’s two hands couldn’t carry the sentiments of a nation
By Mauro Ellovitch I woke up on Sunday overcome with sadness. That tightening in the chest, that groan in the stomach, that bitter taste in…
Watch BJJ champ Celso Venícius’s student in MMA action
A student of Jiu-Jitsu black belt Celso Venícius, Udi Lima came up spades in MMA last Saturday at Dragon Fight, in the Brazilian state of…
Knockouts and tapouts from Brasil Fight
Brasil Fight 3 served up a series of great fights and the Minas Gerais home team put in a splendid performance against the representatives from…
Tatá exempts MMA from melee in Minas
This Saturday the third installment of Brasil Fight MMA took place at Chevrolet Hall in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. At the gymnasium, unbeknownst to the promoters,…
Minas beats São Paulo and Chatubinha shines at Brasil Fight 3
Brasil Fight MMA kept up its usual standard with its third event, serving up exciting bouts to a packed house in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, this…
Alliance seminars in New York and Minas Gerais
The athletes and masters at Alliance carry on strong in the routine of holding seminars at all four corners of the planet. While Fernando Tererê…
“It was like training with Pelé”
Rickson Gracie will teach for the first time in Minas Gerais this October. One month earlier, on September 18 in São Bernardo do Campo, São…
Brasil Fight makes noise in Belo Horizonte
After the success of the maiden event, held at Chevrolet Hall in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, there’s already a din surrounding Brasil Fight…
All the action from Mega Kombat
The Mega Kombat promotion held its maiden event in the town of Governador Valadares, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. MMA flowed freely in…
JF Fight raffles off motorcycle to spectators
It’s already become tradition: JF Fight always packs the gymnasium at Sport Club, in the Brazilian town of Juiz de Fora. Hence, the organization is…
Following successful first, Mega Kombat 2 coming in September
Mega Kombat held its inaugural event last Saturday in the Brazilian city of Minas Gerais. The promoters feel it was a watershed in Brazilian domestic…