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Team Lovato Heading to Grapplers Quest Texas this Weekend!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Grapplers Quest 2011 Team Team Lovato will be in action again this weekend at the largest BJJ & Grappling event held in Texas, the Grapplers Quest Texas State Championships! Team Lovato has had amazing performances at this competition, winning the Overall Team Tit read more »

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Rob Wood in Action Again this Saturday!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt and MMA fighter, Rob Wood, will be back in action again this Saturday night at the King of the Cage MMA event in Norman, Oklahoma. This will be Rob's 3rd Pro MMA bout and he will be looking to stay undefeated and extend his submission streak with his read more »

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More Competition Success for Team Lovato!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Jared Dopp passing guard on his way to becoming Absolute Champion! This past weekend some members of Team Lovato headed down to Dallas, TX to compete in BJJ & Submission Grappling at the Europa Supershow. In the white belt division, Tyler Murrah and Juan Theard each walked a read more »

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New Blue Belts at Lovato's!!!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Tuesday, August 14, 2012

This past Saturday, some very deserving students earned their next rank in their BJJ Black Belt Journey. After displaying some awesome technique during their test, Audrey Boyd, Addison Ellis, Matt Chavers, Miguel Soares, & Heath Townsend all earned their Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blue Belt read more »

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Awesome week of Muay Thai and MMA Training with Professor Mauricio of Evolucao Thai!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Thursday, August 02, 2012

Trainer of champions and creator of Evolucao Thai, Professor Mauricio Veio, once again visited Oklahoma City to teach and train at Lovato's School of BJJ & MMA. Professor Mauricio is a Muay Thai Black Belt from the famous Chute Boxe team in Brazil and he is the creator of the Evoluca read more »

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James Head Earns His 2nd Victory in the UFC!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Lovato Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt and MMA standout, James Head, earned his 2nd victory inside the UFC Octagon last weekend, defeating undefeated UFC fighter, Brian Ebersole, by unanimous decision! Ebersole owns 50 victory to his name and was on a 4 fight winning streak inside the UFC, but Jam read more »

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Team Lovato Brings Home Hardware from the World BJJ Championships!!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Professor Rafael Lovato Jr. with the victory! The 2012 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship was the largest World Championship to date, with over 2,600 competitors from all around the World competing for the most prestigious title in BJJ over the course of 4 days! Team Lov read more »

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Team Lovato headed to the 2012 BJJ World Championships!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The 2012 World BJJ Championships (http://www.ibjjf.com) start this Thursday at the Pyramid, in Long Beach, California, and Team Lovato has been hard at work training for the biggest event of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu season! In the video above, you can get an inside peak at just ho read more »

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International Visitors & Top Competitors Training at Lovato's to Prepare for BJJ Worlds!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Saturday, May 26, 2012

Yevhenii, Lars, Johannes, & Darragh The 2012 BJJ World Championships is coming up this June 1st, 2nd, & 3rd and during the month of May there have been many visitors at Lovaot's School of BJJ & MMA to train and prepare for the most prestigious BJJ competition in t read more »

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Lovato Jiu-Jitsu Takes 2nd Place Overall at the Dallas International BJJ Open!

Rafael Lovato Jr. - Monday, May 07, 2012

Team Lovato has another amazing performance at one of the largest BJJ tournaments in the Southwest, the 2012 Dallas International BJJ Open! At the end of the day, after so many great individual performances, Team Lovato left the competition with the 2nd Place Overall Team trophy, losing read more »

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