After a four year break, Mark Allen returned to the cage and won via first round armbar!

Christian Reynoso wins pro MMA debut!

After a long and decorated amateur career, Christian “the Rainmaker” Reynoso finally made his pro MMA debut on 3/5/2011, defeating Ray Grindstaff by armbar in the second round! Christian is the head instructor at Valko BJJ North in Like Forest, IL.

Danny Rubenstein wins 2nd Annual Valko BJJ Holiday Tournament

Danny Rubenstein won the 2nd annual Valko BJJ Holiday Tournament on 12/18/2010. Danny won 5 matches and upset last year’s champion in the finals.

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Valko BJJ at Chicago Open

Valko BJJ had a great showing at the inaugural Chicago Open, winning numerous medals.

Valko BJJ Chicago Open from Jay Valko on Vimeo.

Jim Valko receives black belt!

Jim Valko, Jay’s father, received his black belt on Saturday, June 26th from Eduardo DeLima!

NAGA CHICAGO 4/24/10

In over all team scores Valko BJJ got 4th place gi and 5th place no gi!

1ST ANNUAL HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT FOR CHARITY A SUCCESS!

Valko BJJ held a 25-man in-house Holiday tournament for Charity and raised over $700 for Haiti relief.
A big thank you to everyone who competed and came out to support the event!

Valko BJJ Holiday Tournament Highlight Video from Kyle Berger on Vimeo.

NAGA MILWAUKEE 5/30/09

Thank you and congratulations to everyone who competed at the NAGA in Milwaukee this weekend! It was our strongest performance yet, our most medals and the first time we had a woman’s team representing!

GOLD: 2 for TJ, 2 for Will, Beth, Danny, Kevin

SILVER: Beth, Frida, Christian, Brian

BRONZE: Frida, Jed, Zach

Valko BJJ at NAGA Milwaukee 5/30/09 from jayjitsu on Vimeo.

NAGA 11/15

Thank you and congratulations to everyone who competed in the NAGA on 11/15!

Out of 13 competitors Valko BJJ won 11 medals!

GOLD; 2 for Allen, Todd, Mick, Brad.

SILVER; Tom, Mick,Todd, Rob,(Todd and Rob actually closed out their divisions and accepted Silver so their teammates would get gold)

BRONZE; Lawrence, Chris, Tom

NAGA Evanston highlight video

Valko BJJ at C3 7/12/08

Valko BJJ would like to thank and congratulate Allen, Maurice, Lawrence, Scott and George for competing in the C3 competition over the weekend. Maurice won 2 silver medals in the brown belt division and the no gi advanced, Allen won a silver medal in the blue belt absolute, and Lawrence won bronze in the blue belt division!

Valko BJJ First Belt Promotion

Valko BJJ had it’s first belt promotion ceremony on June 28th. Valko BJJ is proud of and congratulates Allen, Ryan, Will, Chan, Ed, Ralph, TJ and George for being the team’s first blue belts! A big congratulations to Jason Braswell for earning his brown belt!

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Jay Valko Awarded Black Belt

Jay Valko was awarded his black belt by Eduardo DeLima on Saturday, June 14th, at Eduardo’s Gracie Barra school in Tampa. Jay began training under Eduardo in February of 2000.

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Valko BJJ at NAGA 5/24/08

Congratulations to everyone who competed at the NAGA Evanston event! Thanks to all the competitors Valko BJJ won 7 medals.

Gold medals: Will Robinson, Mike Bruschuk, Mark Baker

Silver medals: Richard Ray, Tony Hirschritt

Bronze medals: Mike Bruschuk, Lawrence Dunning.

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AMERICAN GLADIATORS TRAINING AT VALKO BJJ

In preparation for season two of American Gladiators, Venom, AKA Beth Horn, is training hard with Valko BJJ instructor Jay Valko to improve her grappling skills in order to dominate the competition. Season one competitor Mark Baker of Elite Chiropractic has been training at Valko BJJ since the academy first opened. Mark is currently a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

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Valko BJJ at Tital Grappling Open 2/16

Congratulations to Will and Chan for representing the team very well. Will Robinson won Gold in the no gi beginner and Silver in the white belt division. This was Will’s second tournament.

Valko BJJ at Extreme Grappling Open

Congratulations to Jay Valko and Mike Cornille for thier wins at the EGO. Jay won the brownbelt gold medal and Mike won the advnaced no-gi silver medal!

Valko BJJ at NAGA 9/29

Congratulations to Mike Bruschuk for winning a gold medal in the intermediate no gi division and to Mike Cornille for winning the bronze medal in the advanced no gi division.

Valko Jiu-jitsu thanks and is proud of Brush, Mike, Ed and Ralphie who all competed and represented the team well!

Valko BJJ at NAGA Midwest;

Although only three people from Valko BJJ went to compete at NAGA Midwest, the team came back with two swords (1st place prize), a silver medal and a championship belt.

Jay Valko won the NAGA midwest superfight and championship belt by defeating black belt Henry Matamoros 10-0.

Tom Swiss won the 1st place sword in the blue belt division and a silver medal in the no gi division.

Mick Nunn won the 1st place sword in the white belt division after only training eight weeks and having no prior experience.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Jay vs Henry Matamoros

Stephan Bonnar wins his return to the UFC;

After nine months, two surgeries, and a trip to Thailand, Stephan Bonnar returned to the Octagon and defeated Mike Nickels at 2:14 of the first round by rear naked choke. Stephan had Jay Valko and Duke Roufus in his corner and had been training hard with both teams to prepare for this fight.