Posted by Mike Calimbas on April 30, 2010
The 2010 2010 World Pro BJJ Cup event took place in Abu Dhabi last weekend with many elite players competing for 145k in price money. There were many exciting matches at this event, including Claudio Calazans upsetting Braulio Estima and the match below, pitting featherweight Rafael Mendes against another highly-touted featherweight in his brother,Guilherme Mendes!
You can catch the rest of the matches from the 2010 World BJJ Cup on Emirates Jiu-Jitsu’s YouTube Channel.
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Posted by Mike Calimbas on November 17, 2009
Interesting article out of GRACIEMag.com today, as they report that ex-UFC champ and catch wrestler Josh Barnett aka “The Baby-Faces Assassin” invaded his 2nd Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in as many months. Coming off a division Gold at the No-Gi Worlds, Barnett showed up at the California BJJ Classic this past weekend thinking it was also a No-Gi event.
Simultaneously, Romulo Barral and Otavio Sousa heard there was money in the event so they decided to have a go at it as well. And apparently, upon getting to the Riverside tourney location, they ran right smack into Barnett – who proceeded to ask for a gi.
Well, after Romulo got past Joao Asssi of Check Mat and Barnett submitted the aforementioned Sousa on the other side of the bracket – what resulted was an epic final of Romulo Barral versus Josh Barnett in a battle of one of BJJ’s best at 195ibs. versus one of the most feared heavyweight grapplers in MMA.
Catch the article and the video of the action-packed tournament finale at GRACIEMag.com here.
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Posted by Mike Calimbas on September 28, 2009
Below are the results of the event courtesy of adcombat.com. Excellent performance by Braulio Estima, who took who Absolute gold after submitting Marcelinho and Xande along the way!
Here’s an excellent play-by-play of the entire event from the guys over at Gracie Mag.
A Sunday to Remember – Photo Journal of ADCC 2009 Final Day.
Finals
Absolute
Quarter Finals
Semi-finals
Finals
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Posted by Mike Calimbas on September 8, 2009
Here is some video of one of our resident BJJ Black Belts, Jordan Rivas, in action from a tournament in Fort Worth from this past weekend. – Footage courtesy of Kim Even
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Posted by Kris on April 7, 2009
Question:Â Since most of us know Jordan has a good competition history. Lets get some tips on training for competition and getting prepared for tournaments. Maybe pointers on strategies.
- Brendan
Answer: Some important things to remember are to train hard, but dont overtrain. Try to set up your training regiment so that you peak right around the time of the competition. It’s a really miserable feeling burning out before your tournament, so try to pay attention to your body. Also, the hardest part of competition training (for me, at least) is maintaining a healthy diet. You have to stay away from fast foods and alcohol as much as possible. As far as technique, focus on your âA gameâ, meaning do what you do best. Don’t try any techniques that you dont use everyday in training. Since you can’t possibly know everyone you are going to compete against, it is important to impose your game on everyone. If you force them to play your game, it will take them out of their comfort zone, therefore, they will not be able to use their A-game. If you have any specific questions, let me know. This is a very broad area âcompetition strategies and techniquesâ.
-Jordan
Elite MMA.. âDirty Dirtyâ aka Baytown
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Posted by Kris on February 10, 2009
SUPER FIGHTS:
Marco Macera vs. Albert Hughes
Tessa Simpson vs. Sue Ausman
Jordan Rivas vs. Chris Westfall
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