The Ruotolo brothers recently posted photos of their expansive, newly built training facility in Costa Rica. Twin brothers Kade and Tye Ruotolo are putting the finishing touches on their Costa Rican training getaway and recently released photos of the final product. The 21-year-old black belts have spent over a year
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Tool lead singer and frontman Maynard James Keenan was recently promoted to the rank of black belt in BJJ. The ranks of celebrity Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belts have grown by one more member, as global rock star Maynard James Keenan was recently promoted. The promotion comes roughly two years after
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Fresh off a gold medal performance at no-gi Worlds, Roberto Jimenez spoke about his unique contributions to jiu-jitsu. Roberto Jimenez is widely regarded as one of jiu-jitsu’s most interesting athletes, known for his unique perspective on health, nutrition and fitness, as well as his wildly entertaining style of grappling. The
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Watch video of the heated exchange between Yuri Simoes and AJ Agazarm at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 5. Never one to shy away from conflict, black belt competitor AJ Agazarm recently found himself on the receiving end of some harsh words from reigning ADCC absolute champion Yuri Simoes. The
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Main Character Jiu Jitsu 2 took place on 12 November 2023. The event hosted some of the top names in the sport right now such as: PJ Barch, Oliver Taza, Chris Wojcik, David Asare, Hunter Colvin, Sophia Cassella and Jasmine Rocha, to name a few. The event was based around
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Ffion Davies is the most accomplished and successful grappler to come out of the UK, regardless of gender, and she has forever been a strong advocate of women’s BJJ. Davies is both a judo and BJJ black belt. In 2022 Davies won the No-Gi and Gi World Championships, ADCC and
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No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu legend, Eddie Bravo, has been promoted to 4th Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Bravo was promoted by his coach, 7th Degree Red and Black Coral Belt, Jean Jacques Machado. He was the first American BJJ black belt under Machado. Bravo’s last promotion was in 2013. After earning
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UFC prospect, Molly ‘Meatball’ McCann, is set to make her Polaris debut. Polaris 26 will take place at Southampton Central Hall, UK, on 4 November 2023. During her last two performances on the UFC, Molly McCann saw herself get submitted twice; once via armbar and the other via Kimura. McCann
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Jozef Chen defeated three ADCC veterans to win the European Trials, earning him one of the five coveted invites to compete at ADCC 2024. At just 18-years-old B-Team’s Jozef Chen had one of the most impressive and arguably difficult runs at the ADCC Europe, Middle East & African Trials, in
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Rosa Walsh becomes the youngest female Irish BJJ black belt ever Welsh grappler and multiple-time BJJ World Champion, Ffion Davies, has promoted her close friend, Rosa Walsh, to black belt in BJJ. This was Davies’ first-ever black belt promotion. If you follow Davies on Instagram you will know she has
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