Tag Archives: MMA

The joy of victory

By Ivan Trindade | Published: March 29, 2010

Last March 20th, our GMA Jorge Brito, of Toronto BJJ, won his 11th MMA fight. At the W 1 MMA, Brito submitted his opponent Jonathan Mix by an armbar in the 1st round. Here is an instantaneous of Brito’s joy after the fight’s outcome. Know more about the fight here. Now, Brito is inviting you [...]

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Braulio Estima is punching

By Ivan Trindade | Published: March 29, 2010

He is the current under 87kg and absolute ADCC champion. He is four times BJJ World champion. Recently, he spent 46 days travelling for BJJ seminars. And now he is punching for the next step of his career. Braulio Estima will debut on MMA next May 15th, at the Shine Fights event, against Rick Hawn. [...]

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Zingano BJJ coaches in MMA

By Ivan Trindade | Published: January 18, 2010

Our GMA member Mauricio Zingano will have a busy day on January 30th. Three of his coaches will be fighting at the Fight to Win MMA show, in Denver, Colorado. Cat Albert, Dan Bentz and Josh Goldberger are on the line up to fight. For more info, go to zinganobjj.com, fighttowinmma.com.

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Crispim wins at Strikeforce

By Ivan Trindade | Published: January 12, 2010

Our GMA Alexander Crispim, leader of Crispim Barra Brothers, in Pleasanton, California, had another MMA bout last December 19th. Crispim came out victorious and his record now is 4-2, in six fights. Alex talked about the fight: “I felt it could be better, but with only two weeks of training and after fighting a sinus [...]

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Gunnar back to MMA

By Ivan Trindade | Published: January 8, 2010

He shocked the world last September, in Barcelona, Spain, when he beat Jeff Monson at the 2009 ADCC. Later on, he conquered his BJJ black belt from  his master Renzo Gracie. Now, he has a new challenge ahead of him. Next February 13th, Iceland´s Gunnar Nelson will be in London, England, for his carrer´s 7th [...]

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Robichaux to fight Otsuka next March

By Ivan Trindade | Published: January 4, 2010

Our GMA member Chad “Robo” Robichaux  has a new MMA fight scheduled. The leader of Gracie Barra The Woodlands, in Texas, will be facing Japanese Takafumi Otsuka. Otsuka is the current 145lb Deep champion in Japan. This will be his first fight in the USA. The combat is scheduled next march and the exact date [...]

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