One of the youngest talents that the ADCC saw this year was 18 year old Nicky Ryan. After an impressive run at the 2019 ADCC, Nicky beat Jamil Hill-Taylor and lost to the legend that is Paulo Miyao, (by only 1 point). He has already beaten the likes of Urijah
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BJJ…it’s a weird sport/martial art/thing to do – isn’t it!? I’ll try and choke you unconscious, in return, we can be best mates? What d’ya reckon!? Well, for Dan, that’s how he met his mate, Steve Crilly a 42-year-old Painter and decorator who lived in Cornwall. Dan started roughly the
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This Saturday (21st September), MMA in Swindon is going off as Raged UK come back to the town to put on their latest show. We got to talk exclusively to Mike – commonly known as ‘Gip’ – and he told us all about fighting James Gallagher, beating Nathaniel Woods and
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Top Executive of Australian super firm – Coles and blue belt for BJJ Academy – Debeen 100% Jiu-Jitsu, Aaron Baslangic – has stolen close to $2,000,000 (Equiv. to just over £1,100,000) has been arrested on Friday 16th August 2019, after allegations of fraud, following faked invoices. It is alleged that
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We’ve all heard of ‘The Mitchells’ and ‘The Macdonald’s’ -every town has that family who everyone has heard of. Well, in Andover, ‘Bilgic’ is that family! Today, I meet up with Tarik Bilgic, owner and helper of several local businesses and former co-creator and coach at Xion Gym, BJJ Blackbelt
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**One to watch for the future** – Jackie Harper is a purple belt under black belt Duane Harper. Adam Phillips here from grapplinginsider.com chatting exclusively to Jackie. After Gold at the European championships, we talk about warrior women, food and what she thinks about Game of Thrones! Hello Jackie, thank
Read moreWhen you first start to compete, there are a few things you cannot do, heel hooks, wrist locks, toe locks, jumping guard, knee bars… This is all for good reason – white belt Jiu-Jitsu is crazy! Its really really tiring. You have 5 mins of 2 people who doesn’t really
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His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy, there’s vomit on his Gi top – already… Okay, so we’re not about to go into a rap battle, but it’s your first time on the mats. I don’t care what anyone says – it is nerve racking as sh~* and
Read moreSomething happened recently. I entered a BJJ Comp and I was no longer an ‘Adult’. I have now become a ‘Master’. Ordinarily, this sounds AWESOME! However, in the world of BJJ, this is code for ‘Old Git’. I have now entered the Masters 1 category and it won’t be long
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