Mikey Musumeci: Why Grappling Is Dying Before ADCC
On September 3rd, one week out from ADCC, Mikey Musumeci gave an interview that landed like a depressing reality check: "The state of grappling is really bad right now." He wasn't being melodramatic. He was being precise.
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Gracie University is citing a purple belt beating a brown belt as proof its at-home program works, and BJJ is relitigating whether real jiu-jitsu can be learned off the mats.
old debate, freshly reopened
Mikey Musumeci
Called out by Bryce Mitchell one week, torching the IBJJF rulebook the next — you turned a challenge and a grievance into the same news cycle. Grappling's loudest featherweight is winning the week on volume alone, and UFC BJJ is happy to hand you the mic.
ADCC Worlds: The Ruotolos vs. the Survivors
The withdrawal cycle gutted brackets and inflated everyone's odds — but Kade and Tye don't need the charity. They walk into ADCC Worlds as the names the rest of the field was quietly hoping had pulled out.
Banned Pile Driver Causes Cervical Spine Injury #Shorts
#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts A banned pile driver move injured Willian Masuda at an elite invitational tournament, sparking a criminal investigation and exposing enforcement failures in competitive jiu jitsu. Read the full article: https://bjjproblems.com/blogs/bjj-problems/willian-m
Chimaev -10000 Favorite: When Betting Prices Out Drama
Khamzat Chimaev is -10000 to beat Tyron Woodley at RAF Moscow on September 5. Negative ten thousand.
Ashton Kutcher earned his black belt after 15 years on the mats — does that slow grind make it more legit, or just prove jiu-jitsu was always his hobby, never his job?
Ashton Kutcher's 15-year black belt reopens the slow-cook debate
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Mikey Musumeci is set for his MMA debut after reportedly only three weeks of striking training, drawing scrutiny over his readiness.
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Murilo Bustamante earned his coral belt at age 60, capping a 50-year jiu-jitsu legacy.
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Muhammad Mokaev won the ACBJJ 22 title using headbutts and called out Dana White for a UFC return.
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Song Yadong escaped Umar's half guard with a deep half and knocked him out in round two at UFC Shanghai.
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Willian Masuda suffered a cervical spine injury from a banned pile driver in a sanctioned event.
Elisabeth Clay Broke Down the Circular Math Keeping ADCC's Women Underpaid
Clay showed how ADCC defends its pay gap: fewer women's slots mean smaller purses, smaller purses keep women away, and the shortage then excuses the slots. She turned a familiar complaint into a numbers case the promotion has to answer.
- —She named the loop ADCC uses to defend unequal purses.
- —The Atos featherweight argued structure, not just fairness.
ADCC women's pay & treatment
UPDATE 07:10: STRUCTURAL-FAILURE DATA POINT.
Atos/Galvao allegations & exodus
UPDATE 06:10: SAN DIEGO POLICE / PROSECUTORS CLOSED THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST ANDRE GALVAO for insufficient evidence (BJJEE, May 1).
Basilio MMA transition
Basilio MMA transition
BJJ safety reckoning / Michell fugitive
BJJ safety reckoning / Michell fugitive
BJJ-vs-MMA debate (wrestling-base BJJ thesis)
UPDATE : Six-voice consensus arc: Rockhold (Apr 7) → Gilbert Burns names Barcelos (Apr 25) → Joe Rogan on Chimaev's wrestling gap (Apr 27) → Bernardo Faria + Tom DeBlass defending Buchecha/Vieira (Apr 27-28) → GSP "nothing I could do" sparring Danaher (Apr 28).
Butt scoot / guard pull entertainment debate
Butt scoot / guard pull entertainment debate