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Lloyd Emory Irvin, Jr. was born May 17, 1969, training from a young age in boxing and wrestling in 1983. After watching Royce Gracie UFC fights, Irvin started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu at a gym in Rockville, Maryland under Mario Yamasaki and Leo Dalla.
De'Alonzio Jackson (born 31 October 1988), known as DJ Jackson, is an American Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist based in Thailand. [1] He is a multiple Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champions in IBJJF, ADCC, Pan American, Brazilian National and COPA de Bangkok. [2]
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system awards practitioners different colored belts for increasing levels of knowledge and skill. [1] [2] The system shares its origins with Judo but now has its own character that has become synonymous with the art, including an informality in promotional criteria and a conservative approach to promotion in general generally resulting in a longer time to reach ...
Baltimore, Maryland, United States Win 3–1 Scott Noble TKO (punches) Shogun Fights 18 April 14, 2018: 2 4:53 Baltimore, Maryland, United States Welterweight debut. Loss 2–1 Darren Costa Submission (brabo choke) Shogun Fights 17 October 7, 2017: 3 1:23 Baltimore, Maryland, United States Win 2–0 Brian Maxwell Submission (heel hook) Strike ...
Bernardo Rocha de Faria is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor and instructor. He is five-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion , European Champion , Pan-American Champion and Brazilian National Champion . In February and March 2013, Faria was ranked first in the IBJJF World Ranking of all divisions, and was chosen as the best jiu jitsu athlete of 2015.
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It was in this period that he first began to question aspects of traditional martial arts training methods, and began to formulate his concepts. In 1991 he attended a training session with renowned Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor Rickson Gracie. He has recounted this as a breakthrough experience: "I watched Rickson wrestle a room of Judo black ...
Jay Dee "B.J." Penn III (born December 13, 1978) [2] is an American former professional mixed martial art fighter and 5th degree black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner. [ a ] A former UFC Lightweight Champion and UFC Welterweight Champion , he is the second of nine fighters in UFC history to win titles in multiple weight classes . [ 4 ]