I’ve known Rafael Lovato Jr for a long time now. We’ve followed his career from his very early stages, sponsored him and became friends. His career has been quite remarkable, with dozens of important titles but his two most important accomplishments thus far has been his BJJ World Championship title at Black Belt (only the […]
Resolution for 2011: Write/Post something on OntheMat at least once a week. Hi, I’m Alan Marques, but my friends call me Gumby, and you might remember me from such websites as this one. Actually, despite my lower profile lately, I’m one of the founders of OTM. From 1997 to 2008 I posted content on a […]
Just a quick note, if you’ve been trying to get ahold of me through my OntheMat e-mail address, I blew my client up (and my computer to an extent) a few days ago and I’ve been trying to fix things here. So I haven’t been ignoring you! With all the great new contributers to OTM, […]
Coming to you from the San Jose Arena HP Pavilion at San Jose Friday, November 21, 2008 – 7:30PM (Prelims at 6:00PM) Zakary Bucia vs Adam Steel 3×3 rounds 155 pounds Zakary represents Kung Fu. You don’t hear that so often in MMA anymore. Adam Steele is also making his debut and is listed as […]
n this episode of Carson’s Corner, Ralph Gracie black belt and founder of the hugely influential OnTheMat.com website Alan “Gumby” Marques steps into Carson’s Pit to grapple with the master of MMA radio! Gumby shares his unique perspective on the evolution of BJJ and grappling – including some of the competitors who give the sport […]
OntheMat.com proudly presents the FightWorks Podcast! The top Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Grappling, and MMA Podcast on the Net! www.thefightworkspodcast.comThe place you train – will it always be the same? This week we conclude our conversation around changing where you train Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Our guest this week is Gumby from OnTheMat.com, who can provide a different angle […]
OntheMat.com proudly presents the FightWorks Podcast! The top Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Grappling, and MMA Podcast on the Net! www.thefightworkspodcast.comOur BJJ podcast episodes keep getting bigger and better! We have a huge episode this time around. http://www.thefightworkspodcast.com/podcasts/fightworkspodcastepisode127.mp3 First thing is first: safety. You guessed it – I am bringing up MRSA again. It was reported that a […]
Gumby is posting to his original blog again! http://www.onthemat.com/gumby/ It’s been awhile since I’ve done any writing in this space. There are a couple of reasons for this. Firstly, I’m lazy and after spending most of my time updating the regular site (www.onthemat.com duh) I don’t have a lot in the creative gas tank by […]
If you ever needed to explain to someone what tournament Jiu Jitsu is about, a local North Carolina program produced the perfect clip. If you ever needed to explain to someone what tournament Jiu Jitsu is about, a local North Carolina program produced the perfect clip. Filmed at the Bud Cup back in January 2007, […]
