Edgar Bravo (né Cano; born May 15, 1970) is an American martial arts instructor, podcaster, stand-up comedian, and musician.[4] After earning a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003, Bravo began teaching his own self-developed style of jiu-jitsu and founded 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu.[5] He is also the creator of the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) grappling competition and the EBI ruleset. He is a recurring guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and the Tin Foil Hat Podcast.
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![]() Eddie Bravo (down) demonstrating his signature "rubber guard" | |||||||||||||||
Born | Edgar A. Cano[1] May 15, 1970 Santa Ana, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Other names | Edgy Brah, The Twister | ||||||||||||||
Residence | Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.[2] | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Rank | 4th degree black belt in BJJ under Jean Jacques Machado[3] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and education
editEdgar A. Cano was born on May 15, 1970. He later legally changed his surname to Bravo,[6] the name of his stepfather. Both of his biological parents are Mexican. Growing up, Bravo took to music and started to play the drums and guitar. He formed several bands with aspirations of becoming a famous musician.[7][8] Bravo also developed an interest in athletics playing American football and joining his high school's wrestling team.
In 1991, Bravo moved to Hollywood, California to pursue a music career, and formed a band titled Blackened Kill Symphony. He got a gym membership as he wanted to avoid "looking like a slob" while performing but only visited twice.[7] Bravo then began taking karate classes.[7] In 1994, after watching Royce Gracie win an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event, Bravo decided to become a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, which he began under the tutelage of Jean Jacques Machado.[8] Bravo also attended a Jeet Kune Do academy from 1996 to 1998.[9]
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
editIn 1998, Bravo decided to stop attending other martial arts schools to focus solely on Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Around this time, he received a blue belt and started developing ways to finish opponents with a "Twister", a specific spinal lock submission hold. In 1999, Bravo earned a purple belt and began developing his signature guard, the rubber guard.[9][10]
In 2003, Bravo entered the 145 lbs/66 kg division of the Abu-Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) Submission Wrestling World Championship as a brown belt after winning the North American trials.[11] Bravo defeated Gustavo Dantas in the elimination round by rear naked choke in what was considered an upset.[12]
Bravo then faced four-time world champion and three-time ADCC champion Royler Gracie in the quarter-finals. Bravo traded comfortably top positions with Gracie throughout the match before deploying his game of rubber guard, and eventually winning via a triangle choke after just under 9 minutes.[13][12] Bravo would then lose to eventual-tournament champion Léo Vieira in the semi-finals.
Upon his return to the United States after the competition, he was awarded a black belt by Jean Jacques Machado and subsequently opened his first 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu school in Los Angeles, California, a no-gi jiu-jitsu system.
In 2014, after having both retired from competition for years, Bravo and Royler Gracie agreed to have another grappling contest. It was a twenty-minute submission-only match which took place at Metamoris III. The contest started with Bravo pulling quarter guard and defending Royler's top attacks before reversing to an offensive attack around the eight-minute mark. After a few reversals from both competitors, Bravo was able to deploy a series of techniques from half guard, and put Gracie into an "electric chair" maneuver. In the closing minutes, Bravo had Gracie in a calf slicer but Gracie declined to tap as time ran out and, thus, the match was ruled a draw.[14][15][16][17]
Promoting grappling
editAlso in 2014, Bravo founded the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI), a no-gi submission-only grappling tournament. In 2016, it was announced that the EBI and UFC partnered together to feature EBI events on the UFC's streaming service Fight Pass. Later, Bravo also introduced Combat Jiu-Jitsu to his events; an altered form of submission grappling which allows open-hand strikes while on the ground.[18]
After EBI 17 on September 29, 2018, Bravo took a break from running the organization and instead devoted his time to developing Combat Jiu-Jitsu. It was then that he began holding the Combat Jiu-Jitsu World Championships and continues to do so today. After several editions of the CJJ World Championship, Bravo announced that the Eddie Bravo Invitational would be returning in 2022 for the first event in almost four years.[19]
At the same time, Bravo embarked on a new project that would combine both the EBI and CJJ rulesets into a single event that would be available exclusively to female competitors.[20] The result was Medusa Female-Only Jiu-Jitsu, which ran their first successful event on October 2, 2021, featuring an EBI Strawweight tournament and a CJJ Bantamweight tournament.[21]
In 2024, Bravo announced that he would host the first official EBI Open Tournament on June 17, 2024 in El Paso, Texas.[22]
Instructor lineage
editMitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Carlos Gracie Jr. → Jean Jacques Machado → Eddie Bravo
Submission grappling record
edit7 Matches, 5 Wins (3 Submissions), 1 Loss, 1 Draw | |||||||
Result | Rec. | Opponent | Method | Event | Division | Date | Location |
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Draw | 5–1–1 | Royler Gracie | Draw | Metamoris 3 | Catchweight | March 29, 2014 | Los Angeles, CA |
Loss | 5–1 | Leo Vieira | Points | ADCC World Championship | -66 kg | May 18, 2003 | São Paulo |
Win | 5–0 | Royler Gracie | Submission (triangle choke) | May 17, 2003 | |||
Win | 4–0 | Gustavo Dantas | Submission (rear-naked choke) | ||||
Win | 3–0 | Alan Teo | Points | ADCC North American Championship | -66 kg | October 5, 2002 | Los Angeles, CA |
Win | 2–0 | Shawn Krysa | Points | ||||
Win | 1–0 | Mark Ashton | Submission (rear-naked choke) |
Personal life
editBravo has one son born in 2012.[23]
Bravo is an outspoken marijuana advocate, crediting in 2006 some of his early success, like his invention of the Rubber Guard, with his regular marijuana usage.[24]
A provocateur and Joe Rogan podcast regular, he has been known to be a fan of conspiracy theories,[25] such as flat Earth,[26] one world government,[27] and 9/11 controlled demolition conspiracy theories.[28] He also has his own podcast called Look Into It, where he talks with "red pilled" martial arts stars, comedians, rock stars and conspiracy theorists. [29]
Media
editBooks
edit- Jiu Jitsu Unleashed (2005)
- Mastering the Rubber Guard (2006)[30]
- Mastering the Twister (2007)[31]
- Advanced Rubber Guard (2014)[32]
DVDs
edit- The Twister
- Mastering the Rubber Guard
- Mastering the Twister
Filmography
editYear | Title | Role |
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2001 | Life in the Cage | Himself |
2007 | American Drug War: The Last White Hope | Himself |
2008 | Inside MMA | Himself |
2009 | MMA Worldwide | Himself |
2011 | Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown | D.J. Bravo |
2011 | Human Weapon | Himself |
2012 | The Roots of Fight | Himself |
2014 | LatiNation | Himself |
2015 | Jiu-Jitsu vs The World | Himself |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Edgar A Cano, Born 05/15/1994 in California - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Eddie Bravo (@eddiebravo) | Twitter". twitter.com.
- ^ Blackett, Todd (20 October 2023). "Eddie Bravo Promoted To Fourth Degree BJJ Black Belt". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Hyson, Sean (March 15, 2017). "Eddie Bravo Q&A". Onnit. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ Analyst, Tom (2011-04-20). "History of Jiu Jitsu: Twist and Shout, the Eddie Bravo Story". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ Ola (2019-12-19). "Eddie Bravo - BJJ's most Controversial Figure". BJJ Spot. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
- ^ a b c Bravo & Krauss 2005, p. 1.
- ^ a b Banjoko, Adisa (10 September 2008). "Interview w/ UFC Commentator Eddie Bravo". Fast Company. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Eddie Bravo - BJJ Heroes". BJJ Heroes. 6 October 2014.
- ^ The Hooks MMA (28 March 2014). "Eddie Bravo Talks Rubber Guard Ahead of Metamoris 3 - The Hooks MMA: Ep 1, Part 2". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.
- ^ de Souza, Diogo (2 August 2023). "Throwback: The First Ever ADCC Trial Takes Place In 2002". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ a b Roy Billington, ADCC Flashback: Eddie Bravo pulls off the shock of the century[permanent dead link], Bloody Elbow, July 4, 2017
- ^ Phillips, Sabrina (7 June 2023). "Throwback: Eddie Bravo Defeats Royler Gracie At ADCC 2003". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Bravo dominates Gracie, and Metamoris 3". mixedmartialarts.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ Holland, Jesse (29 March 2014). "Draw! Metamoris 3 results recap from last night (March 29) for 'Bravo vs. Gracie 2' in Los Angeles". mmamania.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Metamoris 3: Bravo vs. Gracie Results". mmanuts.com. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ Coffeen, Fraser (31 March 2014). "Why Eddie Bravo vs Royler Gracie II at Metamoris 3 is the Fight of the Year". bloodyelbow.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "UFC inks deal to stream GLORY, EBI & K-1 library". 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Eddie Bravo Announces Return of EBI in 2022". 6 October 2021.
- ^ "EBI and CJJ Announce New Female-Only Grappling Event 'Medusa'". 14 May 2021.
- ^ "Medusa 1 Full Results and Review". 3 October 2021.
- ^ Jones, Phil (26 March 2024). "Eddie Bravo Announces First Ever Official EBI Open Tournament In 2024". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Eddie Bravo Became a Jiu Jitsu Legend with One Win. Can His Fighting Style Now Conquer MMA?". OC Weekly. 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Eddie Bravo: Marijuana martial-arts master". Hightimes.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ Kinsella, Rudi. "WATCH: Alex Jones appeared alongside Joe Rogan for a four-hour podcast, and it's exactly as crazy as it sounds". JOE.ie. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ Hess, Peter (26 April 2017). "Joe Rogan Calls Out Anti-Semitic Roots of Flat Earth Movement". Inverse. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "eddie bravo explains the space is fake conspiracy". Inverse. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ Marchman, Tim (27 March 2014). "Jiu-Jitsu Master Eddie Bravo Wants You To Know The Truth About 9/11". Deadspin. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ Bravo, Eddie. "Look Into It - with Eddie Bravo". RSS.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ Bravo, Eddie (1996). Mastering The Rubber Guard. Victory Belt. ISBN 0-9777315-9-6.
- ^ Bravo, Eddie (2007). Mastering the Twister: Jiu-Jitsu for Mixed Martial Arts Competition. Victory Belt. ISBN 978-0-9777315-5-8.
- ^ Bravo, Eddie (2014). Advanced Rubber Guard: Jiu-Jitsu for Mixed Martial Arts Competition. Victory Belt. ISBN 978-1-9366086-2-1.
Sources
- Bravo, Eddie; Krauss, Erich (2005). Jiu-jitsu Unleashed: A Comprehensive Guide to the World's Hottest Martial Arts Discipline. McGraw Hill Professional. ISBN 978-0-071-81722-6.
External links
edit- 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu – Official website for Eddie Bravo & 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu