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Jun 13, 2026, 12:45 PM
Schultz Claims Gracie Family Blocked ADCC And Destroyed Tapes
Mark Schultz doesn't do jiu-jitsu. The 1984 Olympic wrestling gold medalist is a wrestler — a sport that makes BJJ look like tai chi in a sensory deprivation tank.
Jun 13, 2026, 12:15 PM
BRAUS Foundation's May 1 Deadline Came and Went—Their Tax Filings Still Show $0 in Merchandise Revenue
The grappling community got a hard lesson in what happens when a charity makes promises it apparently can't keep. The BRAUS Foundation, which has spent years positioning itself as the philanthropic backbone of BJJ, faced serious questions after their own IRS filings revealed some
Jun 13, 2026, 11:44 AM
Tsarukyan's Side-Quest Economy
When Real American Freestyle announced that Tony Ferguson, 42, eight UFC losses deep, hadn't wrestled since junior college, would face the No. 1 UFC lightweight contender at RAF 10 on June 13 at Chaifetz Arena in Saint Louis, it marked another milestone in Arman Tsarukyan's incre
Jun 13, 2026, 11:12 AM
Gabi Garcia Targeting Historic Fifth ADCC Title at 40 — In a Tournament That Can't Fill Its Arena
Gabi Garcia is going to Kraków this September to win her fifth ADCC title. She has four already — 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019 — all in the Women's +65kg division.
Jun 13, 2026, 10:04 AM
Andy Murasaki Submitted Every Opponent at Brasileiros — At Worlds He's the Most Dangerous Man Nobody Is Studying
Andrew Tackett called him boring. Then Andy Murasaki went to Brasileiros and submitted everyone.
Jun 13, 2026, 09:34 AM
Max Holloway Got His BJJ Black Belt the Hard Way — Charles Oliveira Submitted Him Into It. Now He's Fighting McGregor.
When Charles Oliveira armbarred Max Holloway in 2019, nobody expected that seven years later, Holloway would be cashing that receipt against Conor McGregor. But here we are — Holloway just received his BJJ black belt from Rylan Lizares, and the timing couldn't be more poetic.
Jun 13, 2026, 09:03 AM
Fabricio Andrey Gets His ADCC 2026 Invite Two Weeks After Formally Leaving the Team Under Criminal Investigation
In August 2023, Fabricio Andrey explained why he was leaving the team that made him. The explanation wasn't exactly illuminating.
Jun 13, 2026, 08:33 AM
When Mikey Musumeci Announced His MMA Debut—The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Voluntarily Walked Into the Sport Where None of It Is Legal
When Mikey Musumeci made his surprise announcement to BJJDoc, the grappling world did a collective double-take. The man who had spent his entire career perfecting techniques illegal the moment a referee allows strikes was walking into MMA.
Jun 13, 2026, 08:03 AM
Mackenzie Dern vs Gillian Robertson: The First UFC Title Fight Built Entirely on Jiu-Jitsu
For the first time in UFC history, a title fight is being headlined by two athletes whose entire professional identity is built on jiu-jitsu. Not as a secondary skill.
Jun 13, 2026, 07:23 AM
Tye Ruotolo Stops Dante Leon (Again) — The Man Who Pushed Him Hardest Three Times Got the Same Answer Every Time
When Tye Ruotolo and Dante Leon squared off at ONE Fight Night 31 in Bangkok back on May 9th, it marked the conclusion of one of submission grappling's most interesting asymmetrical rivalries. Leon had walked in saying he was 100 percent confident.
Jun 12, 2026, 10:08 PM
Kron Gracie: Rickson Told Me Not to Box. I Ignored Him. It Worked. We Didn't Talk for Three Years.
Rickson Gracie gave his son an ultimatum. "Don't box." Two words, no debate.
Jun 12, 2026, 09:38 PM
Gilbert Burns 88-Second Return at UFC BJJ 9
Eighty-eight seconds. That's how long it took Gilbert Burns to remember why he's a genuinely dangerous grappler, even when he's been focused on punching people in the face for two years.
Jun 12, 2026, 09:08 PM
Ben Askren Returns to Fighting After Lung Transplant
Ben Askren is coming back to fighting less than a year after a double lung transplant. We live in a sport where fighters pop anti-inflammatories before morning open mat like vitamins.
Jun 12, 2026, 08:37 PM
An MMA Fighter With a 2-2 Record Drowned Saving Four Teenage Girls — He Did More With His Career Than Most Champions Ever Will
We spend a lot of time in this community arguing about records. Submission percentages.
Jun 12, 2026, 08:07 PM
Joe Rogan Warned Chimaev About Wrestling After the Title Loss — He Was Already Booked Anyway
Joe Rogan went on his podcast and spelled out a specific injury concern about Khamzat Chimaev's decision to compete in freestyle wrestling just six weeks after losing the UFC middleweight title. By the time Rogan finished naming that concern, Chimaev was already locked in for RAF
Jun 12, 2026, 07:37 PM
Ruslan Abdulaev: The Heavyweight Nobody Could Move Made It to ADCC 2026
When Ruslan Abdulaev's ADCC World Championships invite was officially announced, it landed without the usual controversy or debate that had surrounded several other 2026 selections. But the real story wasn't the invite itself — it was the twenty-one-day chain reaction that preced
Jun 12, 2026, 06:15 PM
Luke Thomas Becomes The First Voice To Say BJJ Isn't Washed In MMA — Names Buchecha, Names Vieira, Distinguishes Between Them
Somebody finally said the obvious thing. For the last month, the BJJ-doesn't-work-in-MMA take has been the most reliable podcast filler in the sport.
Jun 12, 2026, 05:45 PM
New Grappling Champion Discovers He Cannot Compete At ADCC, UFC BJJ, CJI, or Any Event Run By Anyone With Internet Access Due to Overlapping Exclusivity Clauses He Signed at Different Open Mats
When you're the hottest new name in submission grappling but can't actually compete anywhere because you signed your life away at three different open mats. That's the reality for newly crowned regional champion Marcus 'The Anaconda' Delgado, who just discovered the hard way that
Jun 12, 2026, 05:15 PM
SUG 30: When Submission Underground's Six-Time Champion Couldn't Show Up Because the UFC Owned His Schedule
When Chael Sonnen announced the return of Submission Underground after nearly five years away, there was one glaring absence that told you everything about where grappling's power structure had shifted. Mason Fowler, the reigning absolute champion with six SUG titles to his name
Jun 12, 2026, 04:44 PM
Yuri Simoes Won Three ADCC Titles. Then He Went 0-2 in ONE Championship MMA. Now He's Trying Again.
Yuri Simoes never gave up a single point in the 2022 ADCC absolute. He gave up two unanimous decisions in MMA.
Jun 12, 2026, 04:14 PM
Sarah Galvao's Spring 2026 Run Left No Room for the P4P Debate—She Beat Pessanha, Then Won Two Divisions
The pound-for-pound conversation in women's gi jiu-jitsu stopped being abstract. Sarah Galvao made sure of it.
Jun 12, 2026, 03:43 PM
Tom Hardy's BJJ Coach Reveals the Part Nobody Talks About: He Refused Private Lessons and Trained With the Group
Every celebrity BJJ story follows the same script. A famous person takes a few private lessons, posts a photo with their coach, wins a local tournament or two against handpicked opponents, and collects a belt promotion that arrives faster than their accountant's invoices.
Jun 12, 2026, 02:37 PM
Gabi Garcia's Fifth ADCC Title Chase and the Arena That Stayed Half-Empty
Gabi Garcia showed up in Kraków to make history. The venue showed up half-full.
Jun 12, 2026, 02:06 PM
Mica Galvao Paused His New Academy Because His Father Made It 'Completely Unviable' — He Still Won't Say His Name
When Mica Galvão announced plans for his own academy in São Paulo, the BJJ world expected another chapter in the young phenom's meteoric rise. Instead, we got a masterclass in how family drama can derail even the most promising ventures.
Jun 12, 2026, 01:36 PM
Covering Your Opponent's Face as a Grip Break: Technique or Ethics Violation?
The first time someone palmed your face on the mat, your reaction wasn't analytical. A hand on the face hits different from an arm drag — it feels personal in a way heel hooks don't, and heel hooks can end your season.
Jun 12, 2026, 01:06 PM
Kyra Gracie Says Her Family Told Her Women Aren't Supposed to Do Jiu-Jitsu. She Became a 3-Time ADCC Champion.
The family that turned jiu-jitsu into a global franchise — the billion-dollar brand built on the premise that anyone can do this, that anyone can learn, that the art belongs to whoever puts in the time — told one of their own women to quit. "Kyra, forget about it.
Jun 12, 2026, 12:35 PM
Urijah Faber's Tech Fall And The RAF Pay Floor That Actually Checked Out
Urijah Faber wanted you to know wrestling pays now. He told Ariel Helwani that Real American Freestyle wrestlers can make "as much as a doctor or a lawyer if you have four or five matches in a year." He said that had never been heard of in wrestling, which was why people were goi
Jun 12, 2026, 12:05 PM
Craig Jones' Training Secret: What Teammates Revealed
Craig Jones built his no-gi reputation on a specific narrative: he was different. While everyone else was in the gym destroying their bodies with traditional strength training, Jones claimed he was just rolling, flowing, outsmarting people through technique and timing.
Jun 12, 2026, 11:34 AM
Kyra Gracie Had to Fight Her Own Family for the Right to Train Jiu-Jitsu
The Gracie family has spent a hundred years selling jiu-jitsu as the great equalizer. Technique beats strength.
Jun 12, 2026, 10:14 AM
Robert Valentin Dedicated a First-Round RNC to His Late Mother — And Nobody in the Arena Was Ready For That Speech
Two minutes and twenty-two seconds was all it took. Robert "Robzilla" Valentin dragged Julien Leblanc to the canvas, took his back, and sank in a rear-naked choke so textbook it could be the cover of a BJJ instructional.