As time progressed in the bout, Roberts worked strategically and patiently looking for various sweep and submission attempts while Maxwell works aggressively trying to pass the Ralph Gracie Black belt’s guard.

The Gracie family is often seen as the top family in the sport - each member highly decorated - rarely if ever beaten. The system has been developed primarily for no-gi grappling and MMA. Pros react to Marlon Vera’s TKO win, Sean O’Malley’s injury at UFC 252Marlon Vera finished Sean O’Malley in the first round at UFC 252 - ‘MIOCIC VS. CORMIER 3.

Showcasing an abundance of world-class grappling talent, Metamoris 3 was held on Saturday, March 29th at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California. After a brief intermission of guard work and passing from Kevin Casey both fighters stand back up on the feet.Utilizing some of his wrestling tactics Keenan gets a double leg takedown on Casey advancing to the mount looking for the gift wrap grip to take his opponents back. With no hesitation Mendes quickly establish Del La Riva guard working aggressively for sweeps.As the match progressed, Mendes is able to establish top control over moving forward with the leg drag pass to gain side control over his opponent. A little over the halfway through the round, Cornelius finishes strong establishing 50/50 position forcing his opponent to tap with a heel hook securing himself a victory in his Metamoris debut.Heading into this fight with a 15 lb.

The match was expected to … The Long 11 year debate was about to be answered as two of the most influential figures in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu made their return in the much anticipate rematch. “[Royce] goes, ‘Man, it had nothing to do with what you think and everybody else thinks’,” Sonnen said, paraphrasing Royce’s sentiments. @thegrappleclub ] • • • • • •... - Mundo do Jiu-Jitsu Oficial While some may have doubted rest assured it lived up to the hype. The other Gracies love Eddie. The intensity in the crowd was nothing short of electrifying with one half rooting for the 10th planet general and the other half supporting the legendary Gracie champion. Gaining the arm drag Lister established top position ending up in Sobral’s full guard.Opening his opponent’s guard Lister wasted no time going for his trademark heel hook attempt which  Babalu is able to escape. He was quickly put in his place however. Back and forth action from both competitors saw them going from top to bottom several times. The fight between these two warriors starts off really aggressive on the feet forcing Keenan to go directly to open guard getting the Del La Riva hook in on Casey. Bravo, too, has openly expressed his admiration for the Gracie family. “‘Eddie doesn’t like the gi – I do,’” said Sonnen, quoting Gracie. Gutting it out Gracie was determined to not be submitted by his adversary as he was able to withstand the pain working an angle to escape the hold as the cranking and tearing of his knee could be heard throughout the arena as the match ended with a buzzer, wrapping up their long-awaited match in a draw, which received a standing ovation from those in attendance.
weight difference everyone was curious as how to multiple time BJJ World Champion Rafael Mendes would fare against the always gamed Clark Gracie. However, Bravo, who was under the tutelage of Jean Jacques Machado (a maternal cousin to the Gracie family), Bravo went on to become a pioneer in his own right, founding the 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu system.

Progressing forward Bravo attacks his opponent with a neck crank nevertheless with a never say die attitude Gracie was able to escape placing himself back in top position on Bravo. The 49-year-old Bravo has publicly expressed his confusion at the hostility from Gracie and this too was addressed in the conversation with Sonnen.“This is how the [Gracie] family works,” said Sonnen adding that Gracie told him that, “if you think [the Gracie family is] civilized, just know - [they] are keeping track.”Despite the bad blood, Gracie seemingly still respects Bravo for what he has done in the realm of BJJ.