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Draculino Says BJJ's Global Explosion Was 'Beyond His Wildest Dreams' — He's One of the Architects Who Caused It

Draculino Says BJJ's Global Explosion Was 'Beyond His Wildest Dreams' — He's One of the Architects Who Caused It

Draculino says he couldn't have imagined this. "Not even in my wildest dreams," said the coral belt legend in a recent interview, surveying a sport that now spans millions of practitioners worldwide, has made professional grappling careers viable without anyone needing to cross over into MMA, and is
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Dean Lister Says BJJ Was Tougher Then But Better Now — Both Halves Of The Sport Are About To Be Mad

Dean Lister Says BJJ Was Tougher Then But Better Now — Both Halves Of The Sport Are About To Be Mad

If you wanted to start a fight in any BJJ academy on earth this week, all you had to do was read Dean Lister's BJJEE interview out loud at the front desk. Lister, ADCC absolute champion and the guy who walked up to John Danaher in 2000 and asked "why would you ignore 50% of the human body?", publish
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Drysdale: Rorion Moved to California in 1978 — Then Sold the UFC for $1M at the First Opportunity

Drysdale: Rorion Moved to California in 1978 — Then Sold the UFC for $1M at the First Opportunity

Robert Drysdale went on the Jiu-Jitsu Revolution podcast this week and said the quiet part out loud. Rorion Gracie, the man who founded the UFC, never actually believed in MMA as a sport.
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