In 1996, American-based Mixed Martial Arts was a quickly growing sport. While the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) had been founded in the name of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, the defining martial art of ...

Vale tudo became MMA, jiu-jitsu became professional and as a result of this natural evolution, almost all of the great rivalries that marked the history of both sports in Brazil were resolved. Today, ...

Illustration by Oliver Munday. Sources: Miljan Živković / Getty; Vm / Getty On November 12, 1993, in a sports arena in Denver, a lean Brazilian man in an outfit resembling a pair of pajamas stepped ...

The Abu Dhabi World Masters Jiu-Jitsu Championship, part of the seventeenth Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship, kicked off on Tuesday, bringing together athletes from leading ...