Diego Ferreira has been quietly working his way up the Lightweight rankings, coming into UFC 246 just inside the top fifteen at #13. While he might only be known to the most hardcore MMA fans, he’s got a bigger following on the BJJ circuit after consecutive medal-winning performances at the
Read moreDuring the build-up to UFC 241 the majority of the focus has been on the headliner, understandable considering that Cormier V Miocic 2 is the biggest available fight in the heavyweight division right now. This has drawn a lot of eyes away from what promises to be a barnburner of
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The Pensacola Bay Center played host to Jorge Masvidal and Anthony Pettis in an exhibition BJJ match for the Bully Proof Foundation. Watch the full match here. Pettis is set to take on Nate Diaz at UFC 241, while Masvidal will face Ben Askren at UFC 239. Neither fighter appeared
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Sergio Pettis was just awarded his black belt in BJJ by his coach, two-time Pan Ams champion Daniel Wanderley. He joins his older brother, Anthony Pettis, in becoming a black belt in both Tae Kwon Do and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This isn’t the first time that Sergio has followed in his
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Nate Diaz is one of the most beloved and notorious figures in combat sports. The MMA star from Stockton, CA might be widely known for his trash talk, but he is also an incredibly skilled fighter. Now a second degree black belt under Cesar Gracie, Diaz is an excellent submission
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Nate Diaz has never been quiet about his love for marijuana. Now, he can be even less quiet about it. Recently, the Arizona boxing and MMA commission adopted new rules relating to marijuana and testing for athletes. In light of those new rules, Diaz happily smoked his way through a
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Bryce Mitchell showed exactly how legitimate his BJJ Black Belt as he extended his perfect record to 13-0 against Charles Rosa at UFC 249, spending nearly fourteen minutes dominating grappling exchanges and switching between Arm Triangle and Twister submission attempts relentlessly. This comes directly after Mitchell became only the second
Read moreTriangle Chokes are among the most fundamental submissions in BJJ and because of this, have been incredibly prevalent all throughout the history of MMA and the UFC. The very first Triangle Choke happened all the way back at UFC 2 and came to us courtesy of Pancrase veteran Jason DeLucia
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After weeks of painful uncertainty for all fight fans around the world, UFC 249 has taken shape in record time after the event was booked for Florida on May 9th just a few days ago and already the full card has been announced. Originally, the card was set to feature
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It’s official, Khabib Nurmagomedov v Tony Ferguson is the most cursed fight in history. First, the pair were booked to fight all the way back in 2015 before Nurmagomedov had to withdraw due to an injury suffered in the lead up to the fight. When the fight was rescheduled for
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