2015 - Bigger & Better

This is the first update post of 2015. I haven’t done an update post for nearly two months, wowzers! It may be a little late but I'll say it anyway. Happy New Year to all my readers! I thought I'd make this post to tell you about some of my goals this year, and also what you can expect in the not so distant future. Last year was a great year for this blog. I can't believe it's been over a year now since I've been blogging. I now have close to 140,000 views and I've made it my goal...

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The Berimbolo Kid's Match of the Week - Week 25 - Marcelo Garcia vs. Kron Gracie - ADCC 2009

(The previous edition can be found HERE) Here we go again! Welcome to the 25th edition of Match of the Week. This week's match is a classic from the 2009 ADCC. It is Marcelo Garcia vs. Kron Gracie.  Marcelo Garcia (also known as “Marcelinho”) is a black belt under Fabio Gurgel and competes for Alliance Jiu-Jitsu. Since his debut in the black belt division, Marcelo has been a stand...

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Top 10 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Stories

Okay, today we're going to cover something a little different. I thought I would share with you guys my top 10 favourite Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction stories. A lot of the stories they had on the show I really liked and it was harder than I imagined narrowing it down to just 10. Although, I'm happy with the ten I've selected to be in this list and hopefully you guys will enjoy them as well.   Before I...

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The Berimbolo Kid's Match of the Week - Week 24 - Felipe Pena vs. Erberth Santos - Copa Podio Middleweight Grand Prix 2014

(The previous edition can be found HERE) Hello, and welcome to another edition of Match of the Week. This week’s match is Felipe Pena vs. Erberth Santos from the 2014 Copa Podio Middleweight Grand Prix. Felipe Pena, also known as Felipe Preguiça, is a black belt under Marcelo Azevedo and fights for Gracie Barra. Since his time as a purple and brown belt, Felipe has been considered by the...

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Polaris Professional Jiu-Jitsu Invitational Review - Part 2

In part 1 of this review, I covered my thoughts on the matches and I gave some recommendations for matches I would like to see in the second Polaris event. If you haven't already read part 1, then you can find it HERE.  In this part, I'll be talking about all the other stuff such as the stream, production, price etc. I will also talk about stuff which I liked and stuff I thought could...

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Polaris Professional Jiu-Jitsu Invitational Review - Part 1

Last Saturday, like most of you, I watched Polaris live via a stream from their official website. I thought I would give you guys my thoughts on the event as a whole and say what I liked and what I didn't like along with any improvements I would make. Obviously, as you can tell from the title of this post, this is going to be a two part review. In this part I'm only going to be talking about...

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