The moment that MMA fans from around the world have been waiting for is drawing ever closer as the UFC puts the finishing touches on Fight Island ahead of the first event, UFC 251, which is due to be held on July 11th. This is only the first of four
Read moreMarcelo Garcia highlight reels are never hard to come by, his career was typified by fans one elite grappler after another falling victim to what is probably the best Butterfly Guard game that the world has ever seen. Garcia regularly over-achieved as one of the lightest men in the Absolute
Read moreBo Nickal has already lost to Gordon Ryan once at Third Coast Grappling 3 in a match contested under a hybrid ruleset that attempted to level the playing field between the 3 x NCAA Wrestling Champion and the BJJ Black Belt with three ADCC Gold Medals. It is worth mentioning
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UFC On ESPN 12 marks the ninth consecutive UFC event to take place without a crowd and the promotion is really getting into the swing of things now, especially with the first four Fight Island events right around the corner now. They’ve had to make use of an incredibly strict
Read moreLachlan Giles is one of the best leglockers in the modern game and realistically, one of the best all-round grapplers on the planet, here he shows us the best way to defend against the Single Leg X Sweep. While it’s not a guard that he uses all of the time
Read moreXande Ribeiro is well known in the BJJ community, not only for being one half of the Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Association along with his 6th degree black belt brother and author of Jiu-Jitsu University, Saulo Ribeiro, but also for having what might be the single most unpassable guard in the history
Read moreThe Omoplata is one of the most fundamental submissions taught in BJJ, but also one of the easiest to escape as rolling forwards is simple, very effective and the counter isn’t commonly known. In the above video, a frequent instructor at BJJ Globetrotters camps, Brandon Mullins, demonstrates the counter to
Read moreGordon Ryan took some time out of his eternal quest to prove himself the greatest No Gi grappler on the planet in order to sit down with Bernardo Faria and talk through some of the most important and basic concepts to keep in mind for both Butterfly guard and open
Read moreGetting past your opponent’s legs and into an advantageous position is one of the most fundamental aspects of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and while everyone loves a good cartwheel pass, the most simple guard passes are almost always the most effective. Even John Danaher, the man regarded as one of the most
Read moreEvery single one of us has seen the absolutely devastating Heel Hook that Craig Jones used against Vinny Magalhaes at Submission Underground 13 by now and the above video is a perfect breakdown and demonstration of the entry that Jones used to secure the submission finish. When the match was
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