Category: BJJ Athletes

Robert Drysdale is a 4th degree BJJ black belt and former MMA athlete who was born in Provo, Utah. Although he was born in America, Drysdale spent most of his […]

Emily Kwok is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner who was born in Aomori, Japan but emigrated to Vancouver, BC when she was just 1.5 yrs old, so grew up in […]

Neil Melanson is a Black belt in Hayastan wrestling. He was taught by the likes Karo Parisyan Gokor Chivichyan and also trained under Gene LeBell Due to this, he is […]

Vinicius “Draculino” Magalhaes is a BJJ 6th degree black belt, 3 time Pan Ams champion and high level coach who comes from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Draculino started grappling at […]

Patricia ‘Pati’ Fontes is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete from Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro who started training aged 15 years old. Since then she achieved her black belt in May […]

Jeff Monson is a BJJ black belt and ex-MMA athlete who has had over 80 fights in his career. His hometown is Olympia, Washington, USA. His greatest achievement in grappling […]

Riccardo Ammendolia is a BJJ black belt who comes from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Currently he is a content creator for Flograppling as well as a commentator at some of BJJ’s […]

Leon Larman is a French BJJ athlete who started training the art at 11 years old, due to encouragement from his father. Since then he has gone on to achieve […]

Oleg “The Russian Bear” Taktarov was born in Sarov, Gorky state, Russia. Gorky was a closed town in Russia which was off-limits for foreigners due to its links with Russian […]

Jake Watson is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu athlete who was born in Bellflower, California and started training BJJ at age 12. In his own words, he got into grappling because […]