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Eddie Bravo Is Wondering If EBI Is Even Worth Doing Anymore. The UFC, Which Copied His Ruleset, Is Busy Cutting His Budget.

Eddie Bravo sat down with Jake Shields this week at the 10th Planet headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, rolled for a bit, and then said the quiet part out loud. Not because it stopped working.

Tsarukyan Drove Urijah Faber Off The Stage Into The Front Row On A Single Leg. The UFC Killed The Sequel By Sunday Morning.

Arman Tsarukyan finished a single leg at RAF 8 on Saturday night in Philadelphia by picking up a 46-year-old Urijah Faber, walking him across the stage, and dumping him into the front row. Both men were uninjured.

UFC BJJ 8 Books Musumeci Against A Man Who Lost 13-0 At Pans — Community Calls It 'Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby'

Mikey Musumeci is the most decorated grappler in UFC BJJ history. His next opponent lost 13-0 at Pans.

UFC Vegas 116 Has Three BJJ World Champions On One Card. Only One Looks Like She Belongs.

UFC Vegas 116 goes down on April 25 at the Meta Apex, and if you're a BJJ practitioner who also follows MMA, you might want to sit down for this one. Three Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champions are on the card. Between them, they hold enough IBJJF and ADCC gold to fill a trophy cas

'Dagestani Mikey' Abandons Leg Locks For Wrestling — UFC BJJ 8 Matches Him Against A Man Who Lost 13-0 At Pans

Mikey Musumeci — the man who built an entire career on attacking feet — wants you to know that feet are so 2025. The UFC BJJ bantamweight champion has spent the last few months rebranding himself as "Dagestani Mikey," growing a chin-strap beard, training with UFC bantamweight con

Community Fears CJI Is 'The Next Metamoris' — Craig Jones Claps Back

Eighty-four percent of the grappling community thinks CJI is the next Metamoris. Craig Jones's response was two words.

Mica Galvao's Career Pivot Away From Points Lasted About As Long As You'd Expect

In December 2024, Mica Galvao sat down and said something that made every grappling media outlet scramble for a headline. "I no longer train with the goal of competing in organizations that prioritize points or advantages," he told BJJEE.

BJJ-to-MMA Reality Check Goes Viral: 'Nobody Taught Me How to Get Up From Bottom'

Every few months, the BJJ community rediscovers that lying on your back in a cage is a bad idea. Somebody tries MMA, gets absolutely mauled from bottom, and posts about it online like they're the first person in history to get punched while playing half guard.

BJJ Has World-Class Athletes, World-Class Events, And Absolutely Zero Idea How To Tell A Story About Any Of It

BJJ's biggest promotions have the rosters, the production budgets, and the exclusive contracts. What they don't have is a single answer for why a non-fan should care about any of it.

Rigan Machado Receives 9th-Degree Red Belt From The Man IBJJF Demoted Him Under — At A Ceremony The IBJJF Didn't Sanction

Rorion Gracie promoted Rigan Machado to 9th-degree red belt at the CSW World Conference on April 10. The IBJJF's own database had listed Machado — a Pan Am champion, ADCC medalist, and 40-year veteran — as just a 3rd-degree black belt.

GrappleDB Counted Every BJJ Instructional Ever Made. The Numbers Are Brutal.

GrappleDB just did something nobody in the instructional market wanted: they counted. The database — 3,393 titles, 1,228 instructors, 5,800 hours of footage — tells a story that starts as a gold rush and ends as a clearance rack.

Jon Jones Retires Again, Walks It Back in Under 24 Hours, and Nobody Is Surprised

Jon Jones retired this week. On April 10, in an interview with Red Corner MMA, the 38-year-old former heavyweight champion declared himself done.

Gable Steveson Says Jon Jones Is the Perfect Coach, Ignoring Everything We Know About Jon Jones

Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones haven't fought since 2018, and they still can't stop throwing shots at each other. The latest battlefield?

Gable Steveson Finally Signs With the UFC. It Only Took an Olympic Gold, 3 First-Round KOs, and a Detour Through WWE.

Gable Steveson has signed a multi-match deal with Real American Freestyle. He will headline RAF 09 on May 30 at College Park Center in Arlington, Texashttps://sports.yahoo.com/wrestling/breaking-news/article/gable-steveson-signs-with-raf-on-multi-match-deal-debut-set-for-raf-9-17

Jon Jones Road Rage Video Goes Viral: 'I Am Proud of Myself' for Not Getting Physical

Jon Jones wants you to know he's growing as a person. On Saturday, a 19-year-old Albuquerque driver named Bryan Beltran posted footage — filmed through Meta Glasses, because of course — showing Jones confronting him in a parking lot near Central Avenue and Eubank.

CJI Now Exists Outside Every Structure in Grappling. The Community Has Seen This Before.

Here's the math on the Craig Jones Invitational. CJI 1, August 2024: two million in prizes, free YouTube stream, over 100,000 concurrent viewershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CraigJonesInvitational, half a million raised for charity.

Atos Insider Goes on Offense: '27 Cameras, No Investigation, No Charges'

The Atos defense has entered a new phase. For about two months after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against Andre Galvao in early 2026 — prompting an exodus of elite athletes including Kaynan Duarte, Lucas Barbosa, Andy Murasaki, Josh Hinger, and Gustavo Batista — the

Luke Rockhold Says None of Modern BJJ Works in MMA. His Co-Host Dismantled the Argument in Real Time.

Luke Rockhold won a UFC middleweight title with some of the best offensive jiu-jitsu in MMA history. He won a blue belt silver medal at Pan Amshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LukeRockhold and a purple belt gold at Worlds before he ever stepped in the cage.

13-Year-Old Hospitalized After Gauntlet Hazing at BJJ Academy in Brazil

The municipal youth jiu-jitsu program in Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil promised discipline, confidence, and healthy routines. The kind of thing you'd put on a government brochure next to a photo of smiling kids in white gis.

Accused Grappler Returns to Training at Simple Man — Community Debates Whether One-Year Timeout at Your Brother's Gym Counts

Jacob "Jay Rod" Rodriguez is training at Simple Man Martial Arts again. If you need a second to process that sentence, take your time.

A $11 Million Company Claims 18,000 Gyms. Only 800 Checked the Box.

Mixed Martial Arts Group Limited wants you to know that business is booming. The company — which trades on the NYSE under the ticker MMA, because subtlety is dead — just announced "frictionless self-onboarding" for its BJJLink gym management platform.

The Numbers Behind the Most Grappling-Dependent UFC Title Challenger in Years

There's a number floating around that should make every jiu-jitsu practitioner sit up straight. That's the percentage of Tatsuro Taira's significant strikes that come from the ground.

Dern vs Robertson: Two BJJ Black Belts Might Actually Fight for a UFC Title

Mackenzie Dern was sitting at a Celebrity Poker Tour table in Las Vegas when she casually dropped what might be the most significant matchmaking news in women's MMA this year. "They're kind of talking about giving me Gillian Robertson." Not a press conference.

Jiri Prochazka Swam 30 Meters Under a Frozen Lake. Your Ice Bath Doesn't Count.

Dana White Approves Tsarukyan vs Musumeci: 'If Claudia Wants It Done, She'll Get It Done'

Man Who Called Brazil 'A Dump Full Of Filthy Animals' Announces Comeback Event In Brazil

Hype Brazil: Tsarukyan vs Danis Cancelled Again — Third Straight Failure to Launch

Tatsuro Taira Is About to Do Something Nobody Does Anymore: Win a UFC Title by Grappling

The Most Dangerous Grappler to Challenge for a UFC Title in Years Just Got His Shot. Then It Got Postponed.

Chimaev D'Arce'd a Hall of Famer Who Weighs 60 Pounds Less. The Hall of Famer Survived.