Category: BJJ Athletes

Vitor Oliveira is a veteran black belt who hails from the city of Teresópolis, located in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oliveria originally started training BJJ in 1994 […]

Pieter Buist is a professional MMA fighter from Breda, Netherlands. He is currently signed to the ONE promotion in Asia where he has won his first 3 fights and is […]

William Tackett is a BJJ athlete from Austin, Texas who started training in 2009 when he was 8 years old. As Tackett puts it, his introduction into BJJ was originally […]

John Combs was born in Cleveland, but grew up in California and then went to college in Boulder Colorado. Although prominent in BJJ, he has a strong background in wrestling […]

John Combs was born in Cleveland, but grew up in California and then went to college in Boulder Colorado. Although prominent in BJJ, he has a strong background in wrestling […]

Arielson Ozama is a BJJ athlete and instructor from the port city Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil

Christopher Newman is a black belt from London, England who currently trains at Fightzone London under Marco Canha. He began training aged 25 and received his black belt at age […]

Paul Ciatto is a BJJ black belt from Patterson, NY. He began training the gentle art aged 29 and received his black belt at age 43 under Rafael “Formiga” Barbosa. […]

Lloyd Cooper is a BJJ athlete from Yorkshire, UK. He is often referred to as the Yorkshire Gripper which is a name he was given under comical circumstances, “When training […]

Ante Dzolic is a veteran BJJ practitioner from Cleveland, OH. He began training BJJ aged 23 back in 1999 and received his black belt at age 39. His reason for […]