Got the Omoplata? Finish via Crucifix, as GB Professor Demonstrates
Hugo Britto, head professor at Gracie Barra Parnamirim, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte, is a medium heavyweight pursuing the flexibility and…
Rio Grande do Norte
“Jiu-Jitsu practitioners know they’re neither perfect nor superior”
GRACIEMAG isn’t just a magazine for teaching Jiu-Jitsu. It’s for awaking in you a desire to further your learning. And that yearning is often the…
Coach guarantees: “Renan has a lot of BJJ to show in the UFC”
Renan Barão won the UFC interim bantamweight belt in the main event at UFC 149 last July. In doing so, the black belt in Jiu-Jitsu…
Renan “Barão” awarded plaque by governor of home state
The first-ever UFC champion from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, Renan “Barão” was received by the governor, Rosalba Ciarlini, for an official…
Northeast Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace set to make waves in MMA in 2012
A Jiu-Jitsu brown belt who is a fixture on the winners' podium across the Brazilian northeast, Leandro “Pitbull” Hygo, 22, has also been making waves…
Pitbull brothers in Bellator
Having had three fights Stateside in the Bellator promotion, Patrício “Pitbull” Freire now has a date and opponent for his fourth, against the USA’s Anthony…