Vicente Luque is already one of the most dangerous submission artists in the UFC’s welterweight division, and he now has the rank in BJJ to match that skill. Earlier this week, Luque was awarded his black belt in BJJ, as well as the rank of black belt in Brazilian Luta
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Last week saw UFC veteran Matt Lindland promoted to the rank of black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu by the legendary Renzo Gracie. This promotion took place in Renzo Gracie’s New York City gym. Upon receiving his black belt, Lindland had posted on Instagram, “Honored to receive my blackbelt from
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The jiu-jitsu community has lost a black belt competitor. On Monday, 10th Planet black belt Zack Edwards passed away due to brain cancer. Edwards was a black belt under JM Holland and Zach Maslany of 10th Planet Bethlehem. He was a frequent no-gi competitor, appearing on the Fight To Win
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One of the UK’s top grapplers has been awarded his black belt. On Wednesday, Polaris veteran and ADCC British champion Jed Hue was promoted to black belt by fellow top UK grappler Ross Nicholls. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jed Hue (@jedhue) Yesterday was a huge
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It’s been a whirlwind few days for prolific no-gi competitor Robert Degle. On Tuesday, Degle was awarded his black belt in jiu-jitsu from Renzo Gracie black belt Brandon Bennett. Also a student under John Danaher, the leg lock specialist started competing in IBJJF tournaments earlier this year when the organization
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Fighting prodigy and MMA prospect Erin Blanchfield has been promoted to BJJ Black Belt by coach Karel “SIlver Fox” Pravec. Blanchfield was just 18 years old when she earned a championship title at EBI 12 as a purple belt back in 2017, on the strength of wins over Livia Gluchowska,
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Gracie Barra’s Pedro Marinho is already an elite competitor, and he now has the black belt rank to match those elite skills. The IBJJF brown belt world and gi Pans no-gi champion was recently awarded his black belt. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pedro Marinho (@pedromarinhojj)
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Former UFC flyweight title challenger Brandon “The Assassin Baby” Moreno has earned his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He was awarded the rank by Raul Arvizu, a jiu-jitsu and MMA coach at Entram Gym in Tijuana, Mexico. As Moreno says in the Instagram post below, he had been working toward
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Danaher Death Squad Teammates Nicky Ryan and Ethan Crelinsten have been awarded their black belt from coach and 5th degree black belt John Danaher. Nicky Ryan is the younger brother of world champion No Gi grappler Gordon Ryan, and at just 19 years old has accomplished so much on the
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An American BJJ academy based in Portland, Oregon have started to kick up a storm by promoting children to what they refer to as “Junior Black Belt”. The academy in question is 5 Rings Jiu-Jitsu and surprisingly, is affiliated with Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu. According to the grading guidelines given out by
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