San Diego Jiu Jitsu World Champion Alexandre “Xande” Ribeiro will be fighting in Japan again on May 2nd in his 2nd professional MMA fight in the Japanese MMA organization known as Sengoku. Alongside brother Saulo Ribeiro, Xande is the co-owner of the world famous University of Jiu Jitsu. However, he has been training for his [...]

The Arena MMA Team, Southern California’s Premier Fight Team, was featured in the latest edition (Volume 24, Isssue 3) of Revolt in Style magazine. Highlighting how The Arena has become THE gym for pro fighters training MMA in San Diego, the article profiles some of The Arena’s fighters and their upcoming bouts. The full text [...]

Rani Yahya, a member of The Arena MMA Fight Team, as well as their head Jiu Jitsu instructor, won easily in his WEC 40 fight against Eddie Wineland, submitting Wineland in 1:07 of the first round by rear naked choke. Winner of the “Submission of the Night” award , it was Yahya’s 4th win in [...]