Why is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu essential to UFC fighters?

Since its foundation by Helio Gracie, the modern version of Jiu Jitsu – the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – quickly spread itself across the world, gaining international recognition and notoriety around the professional-fight circles. Gradually, the technique developed by the masters of the Gracie family became a reference in self-defense and of Brazilian culture itself. Its […]