Eddie Bravo

Eddie Bravo
Born Edgar A. Cano[1]
(1970-05-15) May 15, 1970
Santa Ana, California, USA
Other names Edgy Brah, The Twister
Residence Sherman Oaks, California, USA[2]
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Teacher(s) Jean-Jacques Machado
Rank 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Notable students Tony Ferguson, Kelvin Gastelum, Joe Rogan, Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, Vinny Magalhães, Shinya Aoki, Alan Jouban, Ben Saunders, George Sotiropoulos, Gerald Strebendt, Rhasaan Orange
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's Submission Wrestling
ADCC North American Championships
2002 Los Angeles -66kg

Edgar "Eddie" Bravo (born Edgar Cano on May 15, 1970) is an American martial arts instructor. After being awarded a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003, Bravo began teaching his own-developed style of jiu-jitsu and founded 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu.[3]

Background

Born on May 15, 1970, to the birth name Edgar Cano, his surname was later legally changed to Bravo, the same as his stepfather. His parents are Mexican; his biological father is from Chihuahua City and his mother is from Guadalajara. At ten, Bravo began playing the guitar. Growing up, he also developed an interest in athletics playing American football and joining his high school's wrestling team. From 1983 to 1990, Bravo played in several bands with aspirations of becoming a famous musician.[4][5][4]

In 1991, Bravo moved to Hollywood, California to pursue a music career and formed a rap metal and goth band, Blackened Kill Symphony. He got a gym membership as he wanted to avoid "looking like a slob" while performing on stage but only visited twice.[5] Bravo then took an interest in martial arts and began taking karate classes in a style devised by Phillip Skornia.[5] During the 1992 Los Angeles riots, Bravo worked at a check cashing store which was one of numerous stores looted during the riots. After this, he took work as a DJ at a strip club. In 1994, after watching Royce Gracie win multiple Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events, Bravo decided to become a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner which he began under the tutelage of Jean Jacques Machado.[4] Bravo also attended a Jeet Kune Do academy from 1996 to 1998.[6]

in 2003, Bravo was briefly a comedy sketch writer for Joe Rogan and The Man Show. After this, he had a stint with the UFC as a post-fight interviewer, analyst, unofficial judge, and commentator. In addition, he periodically commentated for Pride Fighting Championships and King of the Cage. In 2010, Bravo left his broadcasting gigs to focus on teaching his own developed style of jiu-jitsu.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu

In 1998, Bravo decided to abandon practicing all other forms of martial arts and focus on jiu-jitsu. Shortly after, he received a blue belt and developed 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.[6][7]

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 three qualifying matches, Bravo defeated Gustavo Dantas in the elimination round by rear naked choke in what was considered an upset.[8]

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.[8] Although Bravo would then lose to eventual-tournament champion Léo Vieira in the semi-finals, his victory over Gracie was considered a highlight of the tournament and a jump to fame for Bravo.

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 March 2014, after having both retired from competition for years, Bravo and Royler Gracie had a twenty-minute submission-only grappling match 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 his patented "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.[9][10][11][12]

Also 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.[13]

Instructor lineage

Jigoro Kano → Mitsuyo Maeda → Carlos Gracie Sr. → Carlos Gracie Jr. → Jean Jacques Machado → Eddie Bravo

Submission grappling record

7 Matches, 5 Wins (3 Submissions), 1 Loss, 1 Draw
Result Rec. Opponent Method Event Division Date Location
Draw5–1–1Brazil Royler GracieDrawMetamoris 3CatchweightMarch 29, 2014United States Los Angeles, CA
Loss5–1Brazil Leo VieiraPointsADCC World Championship-66kgMay 18, 2003Brazil São Paulo
Win5–0Brazil Royler GracieSubmission (triangle choke)May 17, 2003
Win4–0Brazil Gustavo DantasSubmission (rear naked choke)
Win3–0United States Alan TeoPointsADCC North American Championship-66kgOctober 5, 2002United States Los Angeles, CA
Win2–0Canada Shawn KrysaPoints
Win1–0United States Mark AshtonSubmission (twister)

Personal life

Bravo is married and has one son, Draco Lee, born in 2012.[14] He is in two bands called "Smoke Serpent" and "Hook Thieves".[15][16] Bravo is a strong proponent of cannabis, attributing it with helping his creativity in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[17][18] After spending much of his youth as a religious Catholic, Bravo converted to atheism. He eventually stated he no longer identified as an atheist and believes a "higher power" or deity exists after having multiple DMT experiences.[19] Bravo is close friends with Joe Rogan. He is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and credits Rogan with naming 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu. Bravo briefly had his own podcast, "Eddie Bravo Radio", from 2012-2015. A known "conspiracy theorist", he is part of the "9/11 Truth movement", publicly raising questions about the official story of the September 11 attacks.[20][21] Bravo also subscribes to the idea that governments have sprayed chemtrails on unknowing civilians.[22][23][24] In 2017, he brought back his podcast to discuss the flat Earth conspiracy.[25] In the podcast, author Eric Dubay presented arguments that the geometrical shape of the surface covering the face of the earth is that of an upright, flat plane and Bravo stated he agreed with them.[25]

Media

Books

  • Jiu Jitsu Unleashed (2005)
  • Mastering the Rubber Guard (2006)[26]
  • Mastering the Twister (2007)[27]
  • Advanced Rubber Guard (2014)[28]

DVDs

  • The Twister
  • Mastering the Rubber Guard
  • Mastering the Twister

Filmography

Year Title Role
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

References

  1. ↑ "Edgar A Cano, Born 05/15/1970 in California - CaliforniaBirthIndex.org". www.californiabirthindex.org.
  2. ↑ "Twitter".
  3. ↑ Analyst, Tom (2011-04-20). "History of Jiu Jitsu: Twist and Shout, the Eddie Bravo Story". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Banjoko, Adisa (10 September 2008). "Interivew w/ UFC Commentator Eddie Bravo". Fast Company. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Bravo & Krauss 2005, p. 1.
  6. 1 2 "Eddie Bravo - BJJ Heroes". BJJ Heroes.
  7. ↑ The Hooks MMA (28 March 2014). "Eddie Bravo Talks Rubber Guard Ahead of Metamoris 3 - The Hooks MMA: Ep 1, Part 2" – via YouTube.
  8. 1 2 Roy Billington, ADCC Flashback: Eddie Bravo pulls off the shock of the century, Bloody Elbow, July 4, 2017
  9. ↑ "Bravo dominates Gracie, and Metamoris 3". mixedmartialarts.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Holland, Jesse. "Draw! Metamoris 3 results recap from last night (March 29) for 'Bravo vs. Gracie 2' in Los Angeles". mmamania.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Metamoris 3: Bravo vs. Gracie Results". mmanuts.com. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  12. ↑ Coffeen, Fraser. "Why Eddie Bravo vs Royler Gracie II at Metamoris 3 is the Fight of the Year". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "UFC inks deal to stream GLORY, EBI & K-1 library".
  14. ↑ "Eddie Bravo Became a Jiu Jitsu Legend with One Win. Can His Fighting Style Now Conquer MMA?". OC Weekly. 25 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "Eddie Bravo". SoundCloud.
  16. ↑ "Eddie Bravo". YouTube.
  17. ↑ "Eddie Bravo: Marijuana martial-arts master". Hightimes.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  18. ↑ "Eddie Bravo on marijuana, Royler and crackhead". bjpenn.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  19. ↑ Steebee Weebee (26 July 2017). "Eddie Bravo on the Steebee Weebee Show [Ep 21]" – via YouTube.
  20. ↑ MMA TV (15 November 2015). "Joe Rogan - Eddie Bravo On 9/11 Conspiracy - UFC" – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ sebek23b (27 December 2011). "Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo - confirmation bias and 9/11" – via YouTube.
  22. ↑ Galactic Service (5 June 2015). "Eddie Bravo Speaks Out Against Chemtrails" – via YouTube.
  23. ↑ Galactic Service (11 June 2016). "Chemtrail Conspiracy Explained by Eddie Bravo to Joe Rogan" – via YouTube.
  24. ↑ Eddie Bravo (20 April 2013). "Eddie Bravo Radio 15: Kristen Meghan (04/18/2013)" – via YouTube.
  25. 1 2 TJ De Santis Productions (20 March 2017). "Eddie Bravo Radio: Flat Earth Special with Eric Dubay & Kron Gracie" – via YouTube.
  26. ↑ Bravo, Eddie (1996). Mastering The Rubber Guard. ISBN 0-9777315-9-6.
  27. ↑ Bravo, Eddie (2007). Mastering the Twister: Jiu-Jitsu for Mixed Martial Arts Competition. ISBN 0-9777315-5-3.
  28. ↑ Bravo, Eddie (2014). Advanced Rubber Guard: Jiu-Jitsu for Mixed Martial Arts Competition. ISBN 1-9366086-2-6.

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.


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