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The understated Alexander Trans
If you don’t know Alexander Trans from CheckMat in Denmark, you’re about to. This ultra heavy competitor has dominate...
Watch the emotions of the absolute finalists
The GRACIEMAG.com team hasn’t missed a beat at the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship in Long Beach. Whether through the le...
Worlds: Saturday’s absolute images
Rodolfo Vieira and Bernardo Faria will face off to determine the winner of the absolute division tomorrow, but Saturd...
Rodolfo and absolute final: “I hope to get the finish”
Absolute finalist Rodolfo Vieira will lock horns with Bernardo Faria in the open weight decider. “We’ve fought a numb...
Absolute brackets are out: who’ll be the first-time champion?
This Friday was time for the purple and blue belt athletes at the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship to shine. However, beh...
Brazilian national absolute champion at super heavyweight for Worlds
Black belt Leonardo Nogueira is toiling away in training in São Paulo, from where he will embark May 31 for the World...
The joy and responsibility of someone who’s trained since he was two
When GRACIEMAG.com launched its predictions at the start of the year in an article entitled “Ten fighters to watch ou...
Brazilian Nationals 2011: the pastor can fight
An evangelical pastor living in Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Rocha (Arte Livre) shone again on the mats of the Ti...
Before Worlds Blog hits the air, the bomb: Roger may be out
Readers praised it and implored to have it back – the GRACIEMAG at the Worlds Blog returns this year and is set to dr...
Absolutes Leandro and Talita win ticket to 2011 Worlds
The Baby Barione gymnasium in São Paulo was the venue for the second leg of the São Paulo Jiu-Jitsu Circuit this past...
Brazilian champions to watch for down the road
Once again, nobody else had a chance. Hardly had the Brazilian Nationals 2011 started this weekend and GRACIEMAG.com ...
Absolute champ Formiga: “I plan to be at all the Opens”
Rafael “Formiga” Barbosa has been teaching in Connecticut since the end of 2010. From there, he grabbed his car and d...