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Alex Sodré on winning five bouts to become brown-belt world champion
Alex Sodré (Nova União), 21, is the new light featherweight brown-belt world champion. A student under Rodrigo Feijão...
Erberth Santos: “There’s no shortcut to becoming champion”
After ending up as the absolute runner-up in his black-belt debut in 2016, Erberth Santos had a prolific season befor...
Tayane Porfírio talks double gold at Worlds, Grand Slam win
Eight gold medals in the four biggest events of the 2016/2017 season. That was how Tayane Porfírio spent her first ye...
Michael Musumeci on becoming BJJ world champion
Twenty-year-old Michael Musumeci has written his name in the history of BJJ. Back in 2000, BJ Penn was the first Amer...
Nicholas Meregali, the man who unseated Leandro Lo at the 2017 Worlds
At 23 years old, Nicholas Meregali, a student under Mario Reis at Alliance, had no easy time at the Worlds. It was hi...
2017 Worlds: Gracie, Moicano, Gabi, Tainan and more juvenile blue belt standouts
The next crop of BJJ champions won’t lack talent, as we ascertained by following the juvenile blue belt contests of t...
Atos conquers men’s adult title, ends Alliance’s 9-year streak
After nearly a decade of supremacy by Alliance, Atos Jiu-Jitsu has dethroned the team of Fabio Gurgel to become the 2...
Marcus Buchecha adds two more titles, ties Roger Gracie as a 10-time black-belt world champion
The 2017 Worlds is in the books. Graciemag followed every move from the event that crowned Marcus Buchecha and Tayane...
Michael Musumeci becomes only 3rd American black-belt world champion
Michael Musumeci has made it to the exclusive group of non-Brazilian world jiu-jitsu champions. The Caio Terra Associ...
See the final results of the 2017 Worlds
WOMEN’S Rooster Rikako Yuasa def. Rayanne dos Santos via choke from the back Light feather Talita Alencar def. Gezary...
BJJ Worlds: Rudson Matheus wins double gold at the brown belt
Rudson Mateus, of team Caio Terra, shone this weekend with double gold at the brown belt. First among medium heavywei...
Worlds’ absolute final: first-timer Leandro Lo vs. four-time champ Marcus Buchecha
The legend Marcus Buchecha will be fighting for his fifth absolute gold this Sunday. Meanwhile Leandro Lo has reached...