Rolls Gracie
Innovator who fused BJJ with judo and wrestling
May 8, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
RIP Macarrão — Rolls Gracie's Famous Five Are Now Four
Marcio 'Macarrão' Stambowsky died on April 2, 2026. He was one of the original handful of black belts that Rolls Gracie promoted before Rolls's hang-gliding death in 1982, the group still known as the 'Famous Five' even though the count was always a little fuzzy.
May 7, 2026
Area Blue Belt Has Uploaded 341 Instagram Videos Of Rolls That Are Not His, Has Never Asked A Single Training Partner For Permission
Braden Osmundsen, 31, has filmed every Wednesday and Saturday open mat at Keystone Jiu-Jitsu for 14 straight months. He is not about to start asking now.
May 6, 2026
RIP Macarrão — Rolls Gracie's Famous Five Are Now Four #Shorts
#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Marcio 'Macarrão' Stambowsky, 8th-degree coral belt and one of Rolls Gracie's original five black belts, passed away April 2, 2026 at 67. The lineage that built jiu-jitsu just got smaller. Sources: - BJJ Community Mourns Passing of Marcio Stambowsky: http
May 3, 2026
Adult Practitioner Submits Training Partner 14 Times In Six-Minute Round — Partner Logs It As 'A Conversation We Need To Have'
A 29-year-old blue belt at Lighthouse Jiu-Jitsu finished his 44-year-old purple-belt training partner fourteen times in a single six-minute cooperative round. The partner has requested a meeting. The blue belt has filed a dispute.
Apr 30, 2026
Visiting Purple Belt Rolls 100% On Every Member At Open Mat, Three Members Email Front Desk Asking For 'Security Protocols'
Colin Drabek, 30, signed in at 10:47 AM, rolled seven consecutive rounds at 100 percent intensity, and left at 11:34 AM without saying a word to the head coach. Three members have since emailed the front desk. One of them wrote 'hey who was that.'
Apr 13, 2026
RIP Macarrão — Rolls Gracie's Famous Five Are Now Four #Shorts
#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Five black belts. That's all Rolls Gracie gave before a hang glider killed him in 1982. Marcio Macarrão Stambowsky was one. He helped build the triangle choke — Rickson Gracie said so himself. He brought leglocks into closed guard when most Gracies played