Eddie Bravo is the creator of the Eddie Bravo Invitational grappling competition and the EBI ruleset.
16 Facts About Eddie Bravo
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Eddie Bravo is a recurring guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and the Tin Foil Hat Podcast.
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Eddie Bravo formed several bands with aspirations of one-day becoming a famous musician.
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Eddie Bravo developed an interest in athletics playing American football and joining his high school's wrestling team.
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In 1991, Eddie Bravo moved to Hollywood, California to pursue a music career and formed a band titled Blackened Kill Symphony.
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Eddie Bravo got a gym membership as he wanted to avoid "looking like a slob" while performing but only visited twice.
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In 1994, after watching Royce Gracie win an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, Eddie Bravo decided to become a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, which he began under the tutelage of Jean Jacques Machado.
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Eddie Bravo attended a Jeet Kune Do academy from 1996 to 1998.
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In 1998, Eddie Bravo decided to stop attending other martial arts schools to focus solely on Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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In 1999, Eddie Bravo earned a purple belt and began developing his signature guard, the rubber guard.
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Eddie Bravo defeated Gustavo Dantas in the elimination round by rear naked choke in what was considered an upset.
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Eddie Bravo then faced four-time world champion and three-time ADCC champion Royler Gracie in the quarter-finals.
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Eddie Bravo traded comfortably top positions with Gracie throughout the match before deploying his game of rubber guard, and eventually winning via a triangle choke.
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The contest started with Eddie Bravo pulling quarter guard and defending Royler's top attacks before reversing to an offensive attack around the eight-minute mark.
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Later, Eddie Bravo introduced Combat Jiu-Jitsu to his events; an altered form of submission grappling which allows open-hand strikes while on the ground.
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Eddie 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.