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Jeff Rockwell wins Texas BJJ State Championships

Jeff Rockwell Big congrats to Friend of this Blog Jeff Rockwell for winning the Texas BJJ State Championships. Jeff once taught BJJ at the now-defunct LionHeart Fighters and at Central Pennsylvania Mixed Martial Arts in State College. Jeff is a … Continue reading

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MMA back in the day

Gates, Phil Davis, Paul Bradley, Tony Passos, Professor Ricardo de la Riva Goded, Jeff Rockwell and Lou Armezzani. How about this group, who trained at the now-defunct LionHeart Fighters academy in State College, I’m thinking somewhere around 2007? And how … Continue reading

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Tony Passos Seminar Highlights and Promotions at Rubicon FightSport

Friend of MMA Explosion Jeff Rockwell, whose promotion to black belt I blogged about recently, uploaded this video of the ceremony. Here’s what Jeff wrote: “Quick highlights of a seminar given by Tony Passos, first degree black belt under Ricardo … Continue reading

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Jeff Rockwell earns his BJJ black belt

Jeff is on the left I met Jeff a couple years ago when he was the resident BJJ instrictor at Lion Heart in State College. Jeff, a student of Ricardo “De La Riva” Goded, is now in Texas, teaching BJJ … Continue reading

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