Debuting with a quick submission victory against Mike Kyle in Strikeforce's last event, Fabrício Werdum is looking forward to come back inside the oc1 Vote(s)
Gracie Barra’s Roger Gracie and UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar.
Over the weekend I got to thinking about UFC heavyweight Brock Lesnar’s comments after soundly defeating Frank Mir at UFC 100. When he was presented the microphone, Lesnar made a string of remarks which spanned the gamut from being disrespectful to fans, sponsors, and his opponent. Now that I think about it, I am pretty sure the only person he did not insult was UFC president Dana White which would have probably been a really bad idea.
As part of our ongoing effort to bring you the details of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission grappling news from all parts, here are the partial results of the Grapplers Showdown Gi Challenge (London Open) which took place August 8th in the United Kingdom.
by Andrew Kuiland
The 2009 Friendship Tournament was meant to be a small tournament from the beginning. Perhaps though, it was a bit smaller than anybody anticipated. There seemed to be no more than maybe 60 competitors all together. These were mostly white belts along with a dozen or so blue belts. I arrived about 10:30 to watch some of the white belts that I train with fight. For most of them this was their first tournament.
A lot of discussion has been taking place in 2009 about the 50/50 guard. GracieMag dedicated several pages of their most recent issue to an article on the 50/50 guard, and the matter continues to evoke controversy on their website as well.
Gracie Barra’s Flavio Almeida
This week on The FightWorks Podcast we bring you a bit of a new format. Contributor Bruce Hoyer jumped on the phone with a few members of the Brazilian jiu-jitsu community to discuss some of the pressing topics that are on folks’ minds these days! Panelists this time around include:
by Jim McCormick
With less than a minute left and winning by two points, I decide to “posture up” from the guard. It turns out this is an awful decision as my opponent reverses his guard and slickly mounts me. I lose by two points, 4-2.
Exhausted, I sit in the chair next to the scorer’s table and reflect upon my first foray into Brazilian Jiu-jitsu competition. The sport, even at the white belt level, is much faster than I’d imagined; my opponent’s pressure much more constant than I’d considered.
