Rafael Lovato Jr Next Seminar In San Jose…. One of the top American BJJ Competitors, Rafael Lovato Jr. will be around San Jose, CA for several seminars! In these seminars, Rafael will present some of the techniques and strategies that have made him a multiple time champion including only the first American to take gold [...]
Take Nogi Classes in Oklahoma City… Summer is here now, which means that things will be heating up more as well as the big nogi grappling tournaments are closing in on us Lovato’s School of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA will be taking off the gi’s to train alot more often. The two biggest nogi grappling [...]
Justin Rader Finishes 2nd Place at Ultimate Absolute. . . This past weekend, while Lovato’s School of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA had a team fight in NAGA OKC, Rafael Lovato Jr was in New York coaching his first black belt, Justin Rader, in the Ultimate Absolute 2: Light weight Edition, a prestigious NoGi competition. [...]
Ultimate Absolute invites Justin Rader in Pro Lightweight division … Huge news in the Grappling and no gi brazilian jiu jitsu submission wrestling World! Lovato’s School of brazilian jiu jitsu and mma ‘s very own Justin Rader has been invited by Ultimate Absolute Lightweight professional superfight tournament featuring Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles, Ryan Hall, and more TBA [...]
Oklahoma Submission Grappling 2011 No-Gi Worlds Highlight Video… In 2010 Rafael Lovato Jr & Justin Rader made history by being the first American blackbelt student and teacher duo to have won the no-gi Worlds of brazilian jiu jitsu. It also looks like it may be a long time before someone else repeats this feat at a World [...]
Rafael Lovato Jr. Wins Nogi Worlds Again!…. At the 2011 No-Gi World Championships, Rafael Lovato Jr. once again made history, winning his 2nd Black Belt No-Gi World Title in consecutive years! Rafael Lovato Jr. became the first American and one of four ever to win Black Belt No-Gi World titles in two different weight classes [...]
Team Lovato getting ready for 2011 No-Gi World Championships of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu … Thats right, the 2011 No-Gi World Championships are about 2 weeks away and Team Lovato is amidst the tail end of thier preparations. Still in tip top shape and coming off a big UFC Grappling Tournament win taking home the team title, Team [...]
JDS vs Shane Carwin at UFC 131 Junior “Cigano” dos Santos (JDS) vs Shane Carwin was the co-main event and headliner of UFC 131. Carwin stepped in against JDS after former Ultimate Fighting Champion Brock Lesnar was forced to pull out of the number one contender match due to a re-occurrence of diverticulitis. Carwin [...]
2011 ADCC Invites In September of 2011 the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) Tournament will return. This year’s version will be held in the UK and will be the host to some great super fights including a couple of Masters Superfights that every one has been waiting for. There are many submission grapplers who have [...]
Rafael Lovato Jr gets the Official invite to ADCC Recently the invitation that Rafael Lovato Jr had been waiting on came through. He was invited once again to compete in the most prestigious no gi submission grappling tournament in the world, the Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Grappling Tournament. There are only two ways that [...]
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