Anderson Silva ficou sete anos sem perder no MMA. Foto: UFC/Divulgação

O ano novo já bate à porta. Com 15 dias para a virada de 2016, o Google divulgou uma lista com os esportistas mais buscados de 2015 pelos brasileiros, e os astros do MMA encabeçam a disputa.

No primeiríssimo lugar está o ex-campeão dos pesos médios do UFC Anderson Silva. Maior recordista da organização, o atleta desbancou a queridinha Ronda Rousey (2°), além de estrelas de outras modalidades, como Gabriel Medina, do surfe (10°) e Tom Brady, do futebol americano (8°).

Além das conquistas e das lutas históricas do Aranha, parte do número de buscas relacionas ao atleta se deve à denúncia de doping relacionada ao lutador, que foi pego na malha fina da Comissão Atlética de Nevada em decorrência da luta contra Nick Diaz, em janeiro deste ano.

Confira abaixo a lista com os dez mais buscados no Google Brasil em 2015:

1° – Anderson Silva (MMA)
2° – Ronda Rousey (MMA)
3° – Vitor Belfort (MMA)
4° – Holly Holm (MMA)
5° – Ingrid Oliveira (saltos ornamentais)
6° – Bethe Correia (MMA)
7° – Cris Cyborg (MMA)
8° – Tom Brady (futebol americano)
9° – Lamar Odom (basquete)
10° – Gabriel Medina (surfe)

Milton Bastos. Photo: Erin Herle

One of the biggest tech companies in the world has taken in the Jiu-Jitsu lifestyle. While the community of Jiu-Jitsu is comprised of many, many different types of people, the fact that Google has brought in an instructor for Jiu-Jitsu classes on site is something new.

Milton Bastos, a black belt training at GMA Institute of Martial Arts in San Jose, CA has become the Google Jiu-Jitsu professor. Here’s his story of how it came about:

“It’s a funny story because I had read a Facebook post asking who was available to work during lunch time, and I wasn’t doing anything at this time and it was close to my house, so I said I could do it. I sent a curriculum but I didn’t know to whom I was applying to teach. I just knew it was in a company. I have classes at T-mobile too so I thought it was inside a small office as well. Later on when they called me to go there to teach the classes they told me it was for Google… and when I got there to teach I actually found an old student from when I used to live down South and there were guys from Caio’s place too.

I teach inside of the main campus in Mountain View. They have a specific building with an academy inside and they have a lot of equipment for fitness and health. It’s a really amazing facility. The class is open to anyone from Google so I have engineers, designers, lawyers, chefs, all kinds of people and have a lot of girls, too, because it was advertised as self-defense and Jiu-Jitsu.

I kinda run two classes at the same time because the difference between the levels are huge. We have black belts, brown belts, and a lot new people in to try and learn what Jiu-Jitsu is. Plus, there are people who come in to try the self-defense as well.

It’s really different from the work at the academy because the guys over there do the classes really to relax and try to take the focus away from work; especially when they have some problems and can’t find a solution, so they don’t go there to compete. They go more to have fun, and those who know me, know my classes are fun. I’m never serious.”

Learn more about Milton Bastos and the trainings at Institute of Martial Arts at www.bjjsanjose.com

Or watch HERE.

Watch the full interview with Marcus Buchecha

GracieMag did it’s inaugural live hangout on Google+ this afternoon. Luca Atalla interviewed current absolute world champion Marcus Almeida.

For half an hour, “Buchecha” talked about training for the 2013 season, the big titles he won so far, the Metamoris fight with Roger Gracie and his expectations for the future.

He even picked a favorite for the upcoming UFC 158’s main event between Georges St-Pierre and. Nick Diaz.

If you missed the live interview on Google+, watch the full video here.

Make sure you watch it all the way to the end as Buchecha prepared a surprise for you.

BJJ Champion Buchecha attacks Leo Leite during the 2012 Worlds; photo by Dan Rod.

Get ready for our first ever live interview.

Today, March 13, at 4:30 p.m. PST (8:30pm Brazil), we will broadcast a Q&A with current Jiu-Jitsu Absolute World Champion Marcus Buchecha, straight from GracieMag US Headquarters in Irvine, Calif.

The BJJ ace will sit on our mats and answer questions from GracieMag staff and readers.

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See ya!

Boston Open is underway with blue belts taking over! Photo by Erin Herle

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Starting this weekend with the coverages of the Houston Open International and the All Star #2, GOOGLE+ will be the main channel for GRACIEMAG’s live coverages.

As usual, we’ll have up-to-the-minute news, the best pictures, exclusive interviews and amazing videos.

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