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Andre Galvao Interview

By Denis Martins / January 18, 2006

Interview with BJJ’s black-belt Prodigy Andre Galvao from TT Jiu JitsuDenis Martins: Please Andre what is your profile? Andre Galvao: I am 177cm, 81kg and my date of birth is September 29th, 1982. Denis Martins: Which are the reasons that you started in Jiu Jitsu? Andre Galvao: I always liked Martial Arts and I already […]

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Jungle Fight 5 Report

By Denis Martins / December 29, 2005

A DEEP LOOK-BACK AT THE MMA AMAZON FOREST ACTION IN LAST NOV. 26THReview – Jungle Fight 5 All Images By LEVY RIBEIRO(cortesy) A DEEP LOOK-BACK AT THE MMA AMAZON FOREST ACTION IN LAST NOV. 26THReview – Jungle Fight 5 Jungle Fight 5 was held last November 26th and great fights made the happiness of the […]

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Cyclone Submission 2005 Report

By Denis Martins / December 20, 2005

Cyclone Submission 2005, December 11th: Pequeno’s brother chokes in seconds; Bastos wins at absolute. America F.C. Gymnasium at December 11th. Well-booked super-fights, 6 tournaments, and the absolute 8-man tournament were the ingredients that attracted a lot of media attention to the Cyclone Submission 2005 event Tournaments in five different weight class categories were dominated by […]

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K-1 HERO’s Lithuania Report

By Denis Martins / December 16, 2005

First time in Europe K-1 Fighting Network HERO’S in Lithuania!!! First time in Europe K-1 Fighting Network HERO’S in Lithuania!!! November 26th of 2005 is date to be seen by the MMA enthusiasts as a landmark in the European MMA scene. For the first time on European soil the K-1 and its MMA promotion named […]

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Campeonato Cyclone de Submission

By Denis Martins / December 9, 2005

Gracie-SP’s Fabio Leopoldo and ChuteBoxer Rodrigo Dammadded to the Dec 11th Campeonato Cyclone de Submissionevent Since the last card announcements were made by theFederacao de Submission e Lutas de Chao do Estado doRJ, there are some new changes. However, theexcitement of seeing the fights schedule at AmericaGym did not dissipate! BJJ prodigy Andre Galvao (TT […]

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Copa STONE de Submission 2005 Report

By Denis Martins / December 7, 2005

Copa STONE de Submission 2005 at Nov. 13th – Review &Picture gallery November 13th at Colegio Lemos Cunha Gymnasium -BRAZIL Copa Stone began its submission promotion return after 3 years of total absence to the Colegio Lemos Cunha Gymnasium at the district of Ilha do Governador. It’s a fact that the last Copa Stone(the second […]

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Tarsis Humphrey Interview

By Denis Martins / November 22, 2005

Tarsis Humphrey profile: 81kgs, 177cm date of birth November 4th – 1983 Sao Paulo. DM: How did you get involved with Martial Arts? TARSIS HUMPREY: My first Martial Arts were Karate and Capoeira. I started practicing them because I always liked fights and movies where there was fight action and similar things. It was the […]

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Ana Carolina Interview

By Denis Martins / November 7, 2005

ANA CAROLINA profile: 153cm 52kg Denis Martin: What makes a sweet girl like you want to train Jiu Jitsu? ANA CAROLINA: I started because my bother trained and I went to watch his practice. I liked it and became interested in Jiu Jitsu, however my father didn’t like this idea much. But he saw I […]

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Vinicus Magalhaes Interview

By Denis Martins / October 28, 2005

VINICUS MAGALHAES profile:189cm95kgJuly, 02 – 1984Rio de JaneiroDM: When and why did you start in Jiu Jitsu? VINICUS MAGALHAES: I started in 1998, because two of my friends trained in a dojo at my building. One of them was from a Jiu Jitsu academy close to my building and he taught Jiu Jitsu in this […]

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Next Generation Gracies

By Denis Martins / October 18, 2005

I think it was Renzo Gracie who once compared growing up his famous last name to being a boy named Sue, in that you’d better learn to fight. We’re not sure if there is more or less pressure on being a Gracie these days, but here are three of the youngest who are starting to […]

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