Great job Christina DeNichilo on winning 1st place at the EndGame Submission Grappling Tournament Sunday! Christina had a nice mounted triangle to submit her opponent to win 1st place in the women’s division. Showing the true warrior that she is, Christina wanted to test herself against the men and lost a tough battle in her first […]

Self Defense Classes WARNING: This Video Contains Graphic Content… More and more New Jersey teens are playing a game called “Knockout” where the goal is to KO an unsuspecting person on the street with one punch. As repulsive as that sounds it gets even worse. The targets of the knockout game are not only men, […]

NJ United MMA Comes Home With 5 Medals! Some of the best up and coming grapplers in the NJ, NY, PA area tested themselves Saturday at the North American Grapplers Association. The tournament was held at the National Guard Armory in West Orange, NJ and the competition was fierce. NJ United sent five competitors into […]

Come watch UFC 167 at Hooters Restaurant on Rt. 23 in Wayne, NJ with the NJ United MMA family tonight! Pre-lims start at 9pm, I’ll see you all there!

Check out this pretty cool video of the top 20 greatest submissions of all time in the UFC! There were so many awesome ones that didn’t make the list, but most of the 20 that were selected were historic moments in UFC history. My 3 favorite submissions from the list would have to be #14 […]

The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu community truly is amazing. We packed BJJ United in Philadelphia, PA with 10-15 Black Belts and countless students from various academies for the Crush Cancer Benefit Seminar for John Flite. We were able to raise $10,000 for John to help him win this fight against cancer. Big props to Jared Weiner […]

Wrestling is one of the most important yet under appreciated aspects of Mixed Martial Arts. The ability to take your opponent down allows you to utilize your ground skills to either submit or ground and pound your opponent. Your ability to defend takedowns allows you to keep the fight standing on your feet to make […]

Check out JT‘s GOLD medal match from the 2013 IBJJF No Gi World Championships from this weekend in California. JT defeated a very tough Marcelo Mafra from Brazil in the finals to win his first Black Belt World Title! Congratulations JT!

Congratulations to JT Torres on becoming an IBJJF Black Belt World Champion! JT has worked so hard for this and no one else deserves this more than him. Hard work pays off and I can’t wait to see all the more amazing things that JT accomplishes in his young Brazilian Jiu Jitsu career!

Check out my instructor Jared Weiner and one of my training partners, Paramount BJJ’s Brad Court, demonstrating a nice armbar setup off of a rolling uma plata.  Enjoy!