Archive for the ‘10th Planet Jiu Jitsu’ Category

Feb21st

Sotiropoulos, Stevenson, Velasquez and Lytle earn $50,000 Fight Night bonuses

AUTHOR: Josh Sanchez | IN: Antonio Mintauro Nogueira, Cain Velasquez, George Sotiropoulos, MMA, UFC | COMMENTS: None Yet

The fight night bonuses for UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez were announced. George Sotiropoulos, Joe Stevenson, Cain Velasquez and Chris Lytle walked away an extra $50,000 a piece.
Main event participant Cain Velasquez earned the second “Knockout of the Night” bonus of his career with a vicious first-round knockout of mixed martial arts legend Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. Velasquez advanced his record to 8-0 with 7 of his victories coming by way of T(KO).
Velaquez used his advantage in speed as he beat Nogueira to every punch on the feet. The two-time All-American wrestler showed crisp stand-up as he picked apart Big Nog [...]

Feb21st

UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez quick results

AUTHOR: Josh Sanchez | IN: 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, Antonio Mintauro Nogueira, CB Dollaway, Cain Velasquez, George Sotiropoulos, Keith Jardine, MMA, Michael Bisping, Mirko Cro Cop, Ryan Bader, UFC, Wand Fight Team, Wanderlei Silva, Wolfslair | COMMENTS: None Yet

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Cain Velasquez def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:20
Wanderlei Silva def. Michael Bisping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
George Sotiropoulos def. Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ryan Bader def. Keith Jardine via knockout (punch) – Round 3, 2:10
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic def. Anthony Perosh via TKO (cut) – Round 2, 5:00

PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS

Krzysztof Soszynski def. Stephan Bonnar via TKO (cut) – Round 3, 1:04
Chris Lytle def. Brian Foster via submission (knee-bar) – Round 1, 1:41
C.B. Dollaway def. Goran Reljic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
James Te Huna def. Igor Pokrajac via TKO (strikes) [...]

Feb15th

Courage – The reason we love MMA

AUTHOR: Josh Sanchez | IN: 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, AMA Fight Club, Abu Dhabi Combat Club, Affliction, American Top Team, Bellator, DREAM, Fighters, Gracie Fighter, MMA, PRIDE FC, Strikeforce, TUF, TapouT, Team Alpha Male, UFC, UFC Hall of Fame, UFC Undisputed, W1, WEC, Wolfslair, Women's MMA, Xtreme Couture, Zuffa | COMMENTS: None Yet

Here is one of my favorite videos that is out there on the Internet. Courage by GY is a perfect example of why we love this sport of mixed martial arts. It really doesn’t need much of an introduction, just watch and enjoy:

Feb15th

Eddie Bravo breaks down the Rubber Guard in MMA

AUTHOR: Josh Sanchez | IN: 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, Eddie Bravo, MMA | COMMENTS: None Yet

Rubber Guard guru Eddie Bravo of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu recently took the time to break down the the technique on the popular mixed martial arts forum, The Underground. This past Friday, Quinn Mulhern took on UFC veteran Rich Clementi at King of the Cage: Vengeance. Mulhern used to rubber guard sweep to put Clementi in danger in what led to the fight ending TKO in round one.
Here is a video of Mulhern’s beautiful technique:

Here is Eddie Bravo’s breakdown:
I just posted a step by step instructional of what Mulhern did in this fight.
1. Mission control (pulled his leg up and [...]