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Vagner Rocha, Combat Jiu Jitsu Champion

Vagner Rocha becomes the first Combat Jiu Jitsu Champion winning by TKO

Combat Jiu Jitsu is a mix of striking and grappling that has been featured at past EBIs. On November 12th, 2017, the  event focused solely on the Combat Jiu Jitsu World Championship. The CCJ featured some of the biggest names in both MMA and grappling world.

Vagner Rocha not only did an excellent job through the competition, stopping all three of his opponents in regulation, but he actually made history in the Jiu-Jitsu World, he became the first ever to win the Combat Jiu-Jitsu Championship Lightweight Division and the first one to ever win in regulation by TKO due to strikes. He faced the 10th Planet talent, Nathan Orchard in the finals, becoming the CJJ Worlds Lightweight Champion!

You can watch Vagner Rocha’s post-fight CJJ Interview here