Bloody Elbow Review: No Kurtka – A Sambo Based Approach to Submission Grappling
Reilly Bodycomb is a rising star in the world of grappling instruction. A Sambist trained at the famed New York Combat Sambo school, Bodycomb has…
Reilly Bodycomb is a rising star in the world of grappling instruction. A Sambist trained at the famed New York Combat Sambo school, Bodycomb has…
Bloody Elbow has a collection of contributors and writers who train in a variety of martial arts that form the Technique Group. The question of…
In Brazilia at the UFC Fight Night card on Fight Pass, Andrei Arlovski got revenge and one of the bigger upsets of the year as…
In the wake of a few very weak cards, the UFC put on a very strong UFC Fight Night in Connecticut. It was a demonstration…
The UFC and MMA promotions in general love to throw around credentials, titles, and awards won by their fighters. When it comes to Brazilian Jiu…
Advanced Class is very excited to welcome in Reilly Bodycomb for this next edition. Reilly is an American-born Sambo coach and competitor teaching out of NOLA…
The UFC 177 card was ravaged by injury, weight cutting issues, and fight cancellations. It will be held up as an example, likely for years…
This past Saturday at the UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos, Ben Saunders became the first fighter in the UFC to finish an Omoplata…
A post by Bloody Elbow Grappling Team member and Judo bum Ananse For this entire week (August 25th to the 31st) the Russian city of…
UFC Fight Night: Ryan Bader vs Ovince Saint Preux delivered an entertaining night of fights, but it was a card that commanded very little hype…
At Metamoris 4 Josh Barnett dismantled and submitted two time ADCC champion Dean Lister in one of the most impressive performances in the short history…
Ruthless Robbie Lawler really earned his shot at UFC Welterweight Champion as Matt Brown put a heck of a scrap to cap off an entertaining…
Rickson Gracie has recently been doing a press tour pumping up his Jiu Jitsu Global Federation, a new Brazilian Jiu Jitsu organization he created. Rickson has…
This summer I’ve been spending my Saturdays getting some extra mat time doing a couple hours of Sambo, getting a different perspective on grappling. It…
New Jersey got a treat with an all action Fight Night card for the ages. While this card lacked larger implications as even the big…
Even for experienced Brazilian Jiu Jitsu students the open guard can be daunting position because it is one of the most complex and quickly evolving…
Legacy Fighting President Mick Maynard has confirmed that American Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champions Rafael Lovato Jr and Justin Rader has signed multiple fight deals with Legacy…
Ronda Rousey will defend her UFC title at UFC 175, and just about anyone who does any form of submission grappling has to admire her…
The UFC ended June with a doubleheader that featured the kind of depleted cards that makes cynics out of even the most rabid MMA fans.…
Perhaps nobody embodies the famous boxing idiom coined by Muhammad Ali of “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” than Pernell Whitaker. Able to…