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Jun 7, 2026, 04:34 PM
Netflix Lost Mokaev to Visa Issues Five Days Before Its First MMA Card Aired
When Netflix's first major MMA card was supposed to land on May 14th, the whole thing had the makings of a statement moment. The Intuit Dome was booked.
Jun 7, 2026, 04:04 PM
Renato Canuto Suspended For Modafinil — A 'Focus Drug' That The BJJ Community Pretended Never Worked
The Nevada Athletic Commission temporarily suspended Renato Canuto following a post-bout test from his March 13 win at Tuff-N-Uff 152 that came back positive for modafinil and its metabolites, according to BJJ Doc. Canuto had knocked out Dylan Aparis at 1:45 of round one, run his
Jun 7, 2026, 03:32 PM
Brazilian Deputy Reveals Melqui Galvão Called Former Students From Prison to Pressure Testimony Changes
Brazilian state Deputy Alessandra Campêlo made a public revelation that shifted understanding of the Melqui Galvão case from institutional crisis into something darker: active, ongoing obstruction from inside a jail cell. Galvão had been locked up in a Manaus facility for roughly
Jun 7, 2026, 01:46 PM
Worlds Entry Fee Just Hit $204. Then USADA Showed Up With a Clipboard.
The 2026 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship is coming to Long Beach. The Walter Pyramid will host five days of elite grappling from May 28 to 31.
Jun 7, 2026, 01:15 PM
Danaher's Favorite Students: Beginners and Champs. Everyone Else Can Kick Rocks.
John Danaher has never competed in jiu-jitsu. He's built his entire coaching legacy on the backs of students who did—Gordon Ryan, Craig Jones, Rory MacDonald, the Ruotolo twins.
Jun 7, 2026, 12:45 PM
Tsarukyan vs. Danis Confirmed for Hype FC April 8—Then Quietly Cancelled Just 11 Days After Danis Got Mauled by Covington
On March 28, Colby Covington tech-falled Dillon Danis at RAF 07 in Tampa, putting the grappling world on notice that when Danis steps into a submission-only ruleset against elite wrestlers, his finish record doesn't protect him. Danis hung tough through the first period—matched C
Jun 7, 2026, 12:15 PM
Werdum and dos Santos Are Going Back to War — But Nobody's Striking This Time
Two former UFC heavyweight champions have fought each other twice in the octagon. Now they're meeting in pure grappling.
Jun 7, 2026, 11:44 AM
Khamzat Chimaev Spent This Week Explaining Why Jiu-Jitsu Is the Foundation of MMA Success — His Corner Cost Him the UFC Title Doing Exactly That
There is a specific kind of painful irony that only combat sports can produce. Not theatrical irony.
Jun 7, 2026, 10:43 AM
UFC BJJ Welterweight Champion Caught Biting Opponent On Camera — Response: 'That's What You Get For The Oil Check'
Andrew Tackett bit a man on camera, laughed about it, and kept his UFC BJJ welterweight title. That was the whole story.
Jun 7, 2026, 10:13 AM
UFC Enters Amateur Jiu-Jitsu With Submission-First Rules. The Establishment Is Nervous.
UFC just did something the IBJJF has been too afraid to do for twenty years: admit that jiu-jitsu competitions suck to watch when they're decided by advantages and stalling. With the launch of UFC BJJ Opens—a new amateur ruleset designed explicitly to reward submissions and elimi
Jun 7, 2026, 09:13 AM
Colby Covington vs Arman Tsarukyan: Genius Matchup or Last Gasp
Colby Covington and Arman Tsarukyan are fighting July 18 at RAF 11, and the BJJ community is about to find out if this is the most brilliant matchup of the summer or just RAF desperately trying to keep Covington's relevance alive after his UFC departure. Let's be clear about what
Jun 7, 2026, 08:36 AM
Tatiana Suarez Became The First Person To Ever Finish Loopy Godinez — She's A Wrestler
Tatiana Suarez locked in a rear-naked choke against Loopy Godinez at UFC 327 in Miami on April 12. At 2:29 of the second round, Godinez tapped.
Jun 7, 2026, 08:06 AM
UFC Books Three BJJ Legends On One MMA Card — Zero Octagon Wins Between Them
The UFC stacked UFC Vegas 116 on April 25, 2026 with three Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champions, all attempting the MMA crossover on the same night. It was supposed to be a love letter to the grappling community.
Jun 7, 2026, 07:36 AM
Aljamain Sterling vs Youssef Zalal Headlines UFC Vegas — Back Control and Submission Specialists Clash at Featherweight
Aljamain Sterling did what he's always done. He climbed onto Youssef Zalal's back, settled in like a man easing into a recliner, and stayed there for the better part of twenty-five minutes.
Jun 6, 2026, 08:20 AM
BJJ's Amateur Competition Scene Is Quietly Collapsing — and Too Many Promotions Finally Hit a Wall
You drive four hours. Your bracket started with twelve registered competitors.
Jun 5, 2026, 08:30 PM
When BJJ Had Its Closest Olympic Shot Yet — And Immediately Fractured Into Three Competing Camps
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu community witnessed something genuinely remarkable: the sport's most realistic Olympic pathway in its history, followed almost immediately by complete organizational chaos. The sequence of events that unfolded over just a few weeks — and the three incompat
Jun 5, 2026, 05:18 PM
ADCC Removed Its Invite List. Then Got Caught Not Removing Anything Else.
When ADCC removed its invite list in May 2026, it exposed the job that matters: credibility. The technique speaks for itself.
Jun 5, 2026, 04:48 PM
Tom DeBlass Told Men Not To DM Women At The Gym — The Real Issue Is Whether 'No Thanks' Gets Respected
Tom DeBlass has been in Brazilian jiu-jitsu for over three decades. He runs one of the most respected gyms on the East Coast.
Jun 5, 2026, 04:18 PM
Mikey Musumeci Is Abandoning His Leg Locks to Train Like a Dagestani — Before the Title Defense He Already Has
Mikey Musumeci won the UFC BJJ bantamweight title by footlocking Shay Montague in round two. He'd prefer you forgot that.
Jun 5, 2026, 09:12 AM
Security Camera Footage Shows BJJ Black Belt Assaulting His Wife — Released on R$1,621 Bail the Same Day
Last week, a BJJ black belt in Brazil's northeastern region assaulted his wife, captured on security camera. He was released on R$1,621 bail within hours—approximately $324 USD.
Jun 5, 2026, 08:42 AM
Academy Responds to Member Concerns About Training Environment by Hiring Organizational Development Consultant Who Described BJJ As 'A Grappling Form of Karate'
Somewhere out there, a BJJ gym owner is writing a check to an organizational development consultant who has never set foot on a mat. The consultant has a master's degree, a LinkedIn with 4,000 connections, and a very thorough intake questionnaire.
Jun 5, 2026, 08:12 AM
Jeremy Glick Tried to Stop a Hijacked Plane With His Hands. The US Judo Association Just Made Him a 10th-Degree Black Belt.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Jeremy Glick called his wife Lyz from a payphone in the back of United Flight 93. He told her the plane had been hijacked.
Jun 5, 2026, 07:28 AM
How China Built BJJ Into Its School System—And What That Means for Everyone Else
The grappling world got a reminder of something uncomfortable: when a country with 1.4 billion people decides to systematize a sport, the rest of us should probably pay attention. Somewhere in Shanghai, a seven-year-old was getting graded on guard retention.
Jun 4, 2026, 07:55 AM
When Basilio's Surgery Forced a 9-Day Scramble for Moura's Title Defense
The Women's Bantamweight Title fight at UFC BJJ 8 went through one final upheaval—and it said something uncomfortable about the state of women's elite grappling that nobody really wanted to admit out loud. That was the window Sabrina Gondim had between accepting a title shot and
Jun 4, 2026, 07:25 AM
BJJ 6th-Degree Black Belt Chokes Out Racist Aggressor at Steamer Lane Surf Break — Goes Viral in Two Communities
He didn't throw a single punch. Sandro Santiago — 6th-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Santa Cruz gym founder — had a racist aggressor swing at him on the beach at Steamer Lane.
Jun 3, 2026, 10:30 PM
BJJ's Abuse Crisis Is Now Being Analyzed in Academic Media — The Sport Marketed As Safer Than Striking Gets Its First Mainstream Institutional Autopsy
The pitch was always the same. You want self-defense without turning your brain to pudding?
Jun 3, 2026, 10:00 PM
Ed O'Neill On Why Nobody Gets Black Belts: 'They Don't Keep Going to Class'
Al Bundy has a black belt. Al Bundy sold shoes, watched Psycho Dad, and sat on a couch in a bathrobe for eleven seasons.
Jun 3, 2026, 09:29 PM
Back in May, ADCC's Krakow Problem Got Worse: A Look at What the Organization Left Unsaid
When this went down recently—specifically on May 9th, 2026—ADCC faced a choice. The organization could have made a statement.
Jun 3, 2026, 08:59 PM
Islam Makhachev Says Ian Garry's Wrestling Camp Won't Help — 'Short-Term Training Doesn't Provide Meaningful Improvement'
Ian Garry flew to Georgia. Not the state, the country — home of Nox, khinkali, and apparently the only wrestlers on Earth who can prepare an Irishman to take down a Dagestani champion.
Jun 3, 2026, 08:29 PM
Gamebred Bareknuckle Produced Three RNCs On One Card — Remove The Gloves And Grapplers Just Choke Everyone
When Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA ran its return show on Friday the 10th at Ovalo Feria Ganadera in Santo Domingo, something remarkable happened. All three were rear-naked chokes.