Today’s “Match Of The Week” features a high pace no-gi match between two half guard specialist, Lucas Leite vs Bill Cooper. This battle took place in 2009 at the Grappler’s Quest 10th Anniversary Supershow in Del Mar, CA. Cooper and Leite were vying for a $3,000 prize in the All-Star Challenge Division sponsored by Grappler’s Quest. Enjoy the match.

Today’s “Match of the Week” segment features an exciting battle between two highly competitive rivals in the middleweight division, who are seeking to dethrone Marcelo Garcia…. Claudio Calasans vs. Lucas Leite. This match took place almost a year ago at the 2011 World Pro Trials in San Diego. You will notice that this was clip is from a televised feed with color commentary in Arabic! … Continue reading →

Today’s “Match of the Week” features a classic battle of two “old school” methodical competitors, Roger Gracie vs. Saulo Ribeiro. This match took place in the semi-finals of the absolute division of the 2005 Mundials in the TIJUCA TENIS CLUBE. Spoiler alert… After losing this match, Saulo knelt on the mat, folded his belt and gave it to Roger, symbolizing his kimono’s retirement. However, the … Continue reading →

Today’s Match of the Week is between a giant in the sport and a up and coming giant. Rafa Mendes versus Theodoro Canal! There is a lot written about Rafa Mendes, but Theodoro Canal is a lesser know name. Keep your eye out for this guy, he is definitely a force in BJJ. Enjoy the match. **** From Bjjheroes.com about Theodoro Canal Theodoro Canal was … Continue reading →

Today’s “Match of the Week” features a very slow and meticulous battle between two of the top BJJ fighters in the world, Bernardo Faria vs. Rafael Lovato Junior. This very calculated match between these two champions took place at the 2010 Brasileiro absolute finals. Bernado Faria started his BJJ career at the young age of 14 under the guidance of Ricardo Marques (a Carlson BB) … Continue reading →

Today, we feature a match between two world champions from different generations, Bruno Malfacine vs Wellington “Megaton” Dias. As many of you may know, Bruno Malfacine is the current Galo BB Champion after defeating the very gamed and skillful Caio Terra in the 2011 Mundials. Malfacine started BJJ in 1998 at age eleven (so… how many of us feel really old right now) and since … Continue reading →

Today’s “Match of the Week” features a great battle between two gamed competitors currently active in the tournament circuit… Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes and Mario Reis! This match between these two amazing athletes took place in the absolute division of the 2010 Sul Americano’s. Augusto Mendes of Soul Fighters is considered one of the top five BJJers in his weight class; he has beaten some of … Continue reading →

Hi everyone, we hope the holidays were good to everyone. As you can see, we gave Submission Control a facelift. We hope you like the new layout. Ok, back to some serious Brazilian Jiu Jitsu action! To kick off 2012 right, today we feature one of the many battles between two elite BB feather weights currently active in competition, Rubens Charles vs. Rafael Mendes! The … Continue reading →

Today’s Match of the Week features a great battle between two of the top Jiu Jitsu fighters currently active in both the tournament and MMA circuit. This exciting battle between Andre Galvao (Atos) and Antonio Braga Neto (Gracie Barra/Gordo Evolve) took place in the absolute division of the 2011 World Pro Trials in San Diego. This is match is akin to the old tale of … Continue reading →

    Today’s Match of the Week features two of Alliance’s top all-time Champions… Fernando Augusto da Silva (better known as Terere) vs. Marcelo Garcia. Terere’s rollercoaster career started in Morro do Cantagalo (a major slum in Rio de Janeiro) with a social project lead by Roberto Traven and Alexandre Paiva. For some kids, this community project helped them momentarily escape from the realities of … Continue reading →