No fighter finds themselves in the media more than Conor McGregor. Good, bad, and Ugly it’s all covered. Fight news however, is the type of news that helped him gain legion of fans. People speculating over his next fight, pre fight trash...

 © AFP / Sarah Stier The UFC’s Bantamweight Champ Steps down. News broke last night from the former champ’s Instagram. Dillashaw announced to his followers that he would be stepping down as champion of the division due to “adverse findings” from a test stemming...

Knee on belly is one of the most dreaded positions to get stuck in. Being stuck in knee on belly is not only painful, it is also difficult to escape. I find escaping knee on belly to be one of the most difficult...

One of the most important simple movements in Jiu Jitsu and wrestling is the granby roll. The granby roll, originally a wrestling technique, is essential in Jiu Jitsu for escaping inferior positions and defending various attacks. Although this technique is quite simple once...

Many experienced grapplers consider the closed guard to a simple, boring, and ineffective position. If you have been training for a while, you might consider a lot of the fundamental techniques and positions you learned early in your white belt days to be...

Over the past few years there’s been several new grappling promotions emerging. The rulesets vary, and so do the formats, but many of them have something in common. They pay their athletes, and many of them, pay them very well. Promotions such as...

The continual rise of the leg lock has changed the game in many ways. Its allowed new stars of BJJ to enter the arena, and it has forced an entire league of BJJ competitors to up their game. No longer can the lower...

Many wrestlers and BJJ innovators such as Eduardo Telles know that the turtle can be a powerful position The turtle position is something that is neglected in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. For most, the turtle position is a seen as a weaker position. But...

Dean Lister has had and continues to have an illustrious career in a variety of combat genres, from wrestling, to sambo, to jiu jitsu and submission grappling, along with mixed martial arts fighting in some of the most prestigious organizations like Pride and...

Learn One Of The Most Effective Submissions In BJJ - The Omoplata - From 5 Time World Champion Bernardo Faria! The omoplata submission has a long history in martial arts. Also known as the ashi sankaku in judo, the omoplata is a shoulder...

If there is one submission that does not get enough attention in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu it is the wrist lock... Often perceived as a “cheap” or “dirty” submission, the wrist lock is a perfectly valid submission is many different competition rulesets. Wrist locks...

This Common Position For Half Guard Players Can Be A Frustrating Position To Get Caught Up In, But These 2 Sweeps Will Completely Change Your Game If you play a lot of half guard you will probably be familiar with the dog fight...

Three quarter mount, called half mount by some, is a position that is not usually played from on its own. The way you end up in this position is when you are playing half guard and the top player lifts their knee and...

The rear naked choke is one of the oldest submissions used in all forms of grappling. It is so common that is probably that most often submission you might see in the latest action movie, although somehow the movies always make it seem...

For a few years, deep half guard was one of the most popular positions in Jiu Jitsu. In its time, it was kind of like how leg locks are now with everyone researching them and trying to learn them as quickly as possible. ...