In September 2010 I went to Zurich for a weekend for my first amateur MMA fight. I’ve actually been meaning to write this blog post for a year and a half now…

February 4th – Graham Keys, Head Coach at Gracie Barra Northern Ireland, receives his Black Belt from Braulio Estima. Graham is Northern Ireland’s first black belt, and the third Irish black belt. He is also Braulio’s 11th Black Belt. We filmed the promotion – see below

Here are some videos from the NI BJJ Open – please comment if you find any more and we’ll add them!

Chris Bowe and Darragh O’Connaill face off for the title of Ireland’s Best Grappler 2011 and €1,000.

Here’s the Semi-Finals and 3rd place match from Grapplepalooza. Stay tuned for the final!

Check out all the Quarter Final matches from Grapplepalooza’s Elite division.

We are uploading all the matches from Grapplepalooza! Please keep checking the site regularly for updates.

I recently spent two weeks at Gracie Barra Birmingham, Braulio Estima’s gym. I had the opportunity to train with a lot of fantastic guys and one of them was Chiu Kwong Man, Braulio Estima’s first Black Belt. Here’s a video of us sparring.

Check out a great technical darce choke finish from Cage Contender X

So here’s what I’ve been doing for the past few months…