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Jul 1, 2026, 07:44 AM
Dustin Poirier Told Atlanta Airport Cops 'Go Ahead and Arrest Me' — So They Did
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, at 4:50 p.m., Dustin Poirier—two-time UFC lightweight champion, millionaire, and a man whose entire professional identity is built on controlled violence and composure—decided that the appropriate response to being denied boarding on a commercial flight
Jun 30, 2026, 06:18 PM
Ruslan Abdulaev Beat Kaynan Duarte Twice and He's Coming to Krakow — ADCC's Heavyweight Division Just Got a New Favorite
Most of the grappling world couldn't pick Ruslan Abdulaev out of a lineup six months ago. That's no longer true.
Jun 29, 2026, 03:39 PM
Valter Walker Claims He's Over Heel Hooks. His Game Plan Says Otherwise.
Valter Walker, UFC heavyweight, made a startling admission this week. Not of getting choked out or training through injuries or the things that normally grind fighters down.
Jun 29, 2026, 09:03 AM
Asu Almabayev Became the 4th Person to Land a Suloev Stretch in UFC History
A Suloev Stretch in the UFC was like spotting a wild unicorn at your local grocery store. Technically possible.
Jun 29, 2026, 08:22 AM
UFC Champion Merab Dvalishvili: '99.9% of Wrestlers Sacrifice Everything and Get Nothing Back'
UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili went on Dominick Cruz's podcast yesterday and articulated a problem that sits at the center of combat sports economics: wrestlers, particularly those who don't reach the elite level, sacrifice their entire lives to the sport and receive
Jun 29, 2026, 07:51 AM
UFC 329: BJJ Black Belts Take Over the Title Fights
UFC 329 lands at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 11, and everyone's talking about McGregor vs Holloway 2. The rematch headlines the event at welterweight, and sure, there's genuine drama there—McGregor needs redemption after dropping to 155, Holloway's the last standing t
Jun 29, 2026, 07:21 AM
Craig Jones Admits PED Use Before ADCC 2017
Craig Jones finally admits what everyone already knew: he was juiced for ADCC 2017, and it never stopped. In a June 2026 appearance on the Fight Companion podcast with Nathaniel Cho, the leg lock specialist dropped the confession grappling has been waiting for but pretending didn
Jun 27, 2026, 04:52 PM
ADCC Silently Removes Izaak Michell From 2026 Worlds
ADCC removed Izaak Michell from the 2026 Worlds roster. You found out because his name vanished from the bracket.
Jun 27, 2026, 04:21 PM
Gable Steveson's UFC Debut: July 11 at UFC 329
On July 11, Gable Steveson walks into the Octagon at UFC 329 to face Elisha Ellison in his UFC debut. He's an Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling (2020), two-time NCAA national champion, and he's come to MMA the only way that makes sense for someone at his level: three r
Jun 27, 2026, 03:51 PM
Kron Gracie Accuses Rafael Mendes of Steroid Use—Zero Clean Records
Kron Gracie did what nobody in elite grappling does quietly anymore: he said the quiet part out loud. This week, Kron publicly claimed that Rafael Mendes admitted to steroid use after his dominant 2009 ADCC run.
Jun 27, 2026, 03:20 PM
Conor McGregor Suspended 18 Months After Testing Positive for Banned Substances
Conor McGregor did it again. That kept getting pushed back anyway.
Jun 27, 2026, 02:09 PM
Gilbert Burns' 88-Second Return to Pure Grappling
Two months ago, Gilbert Burns announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. He'd just lost his fifth consecutive UFC fight—a streak that included losses to some of the division's best, but also losses to fighters below his peak level.
Jun 27, 2026, 01:08 PM
Roosevelt Sousa Banned 3 Years for Meldonium
Roosevelt Sousa's career just got put in a submission hold with no referee to call the tap. On January 15, 2026, the UFC's anti-doping partner USADA handed down a three-year suspension to Sousa, a UFC contract grappler and title contender in UFC's BJJ division.
Jun 27, 2026, 09:23 AM
Mikey Musumeci Said Moneyberg Was Fine — Jake Shields Has the Texts to Prove He Said It
Here's a thing that happens in jiu-jitsu: someone gets a black belt and the internet explodes. Then, over time, the people who signed off on it quietly distance themselves.
Jun 27, 2026, 08:52 AM
ADCC Asia & Oceania Trials: Belal Etiabari Becomes First New Zealander to Win an ADCC Trials Event
For a sport obsessed with lineage and legacy, grappling had a blind spot the size of the Tasman Sea. New Zealand had never—not once—produced a winner at an ADCC Trials event.
Jun 27, 2026, 08:22 AM
Tyron Woodley Competed in Wrestling After 20-Year Absence
Tyron Woodley returned to wrestling. Not as a coach, not as a consultant, not as a retired legend doing celebrity exhibitions.
Jun 27, 2026, 07:52 AM
Buchecha: 'Competing Again Would Come From Ego' — 13-Time World Champion Says BJJ Career Is Over
Marcus Almeida didn't need to announce his retirement. Buchecha's been semi-retired for years—stepping in for the big matches, ghosting the smaller ones, treating competition like a Netflix subscription he renews when something good is on.
Jun 26, 2026, 05:49 PM
UFC BJJ 9 Drew 1,800 English Viewers—The Apex Was Packed, But the Stream Wasn't
UFC BJJ 9 took place June 19 at the Apex in Las Vegas. The venue was packed—standing room only.
Jun 26, 2026, 05:18 PM
UFC Fighter Philip Rowe Said There's 'No One Elite' In UFC BJJ — He Wasn't Wrong But He's Also Not Elite
Philip Rowe gave UFC BJJ the most honest assessment anyone's dared to say out loud: there's nobody elite in there. On The Casuals MMA YouTube channel, the UFC welterweight broke down the new initiative with a clarity that made the room uncomfortable.
Jun 26, 2026, 04:48 PM
Khabib Opened a Coffee Shop Because He Couldn't Go to Any Other Coffee Shop Without Signing Autographs for 45 Minutes
Khabib Nurmagomedov, the undefeated former UFC champion, couldn't just walk into a coffee shop anymore. Not because the door was locked, but because the moment he stepped inside, he was no longer a person ordering an espresso.
Jun 26, 2026, 04:18 PM
UFC BJJ 9: Mason Fowler Defended the Title, Nicky Rodriguez Submitted His Opponent in 3 Minutes, and Burns Returned — All Three Called For The Same Fight
UFC BJJ 9 handed the grappling world the most beautiful scheduling nightmare in recent memory: three fighters with legitimate claims to the same opponent, only one of whom can get it. Mason Fowler defended his UFC BJJ title.
Jun 26, 2026, 03:47 PM
Gilbert Burns Won His UFC BJJ Debut in About 60 Seconds. He's 40. That's It. That's the Whole Thing.
Gilbert Burns walked into the octagon at forty years old and finished his opponent in about a minute. Sixty seconds of technical dominance, and it was over.
Jun 26, 2026, 12:14 PM
Coach Sentenced 178 Years for Abusing Young BJJ Athletes
Brazilian jiu-jitsu was supposed to be the way out. For Matheus Gabriel and at least eleven other children from economically vulnerable backgrounds in Brazil, it became the path that led directly to a predator.
Jun 26, 2026, 11:43 AM
Zabit Returns After 7 Years to Face Raul Rosas Jr
There's a specific kind of hunger that comes from never leaving the table. has been eating constantly since 2019.
Jun 26, 2026, 10:41 AM
Islam Makhachev Declines All Grappling Matches Outside UFC
Islam Makhachev is the most dominant grappler in mixed martial arts. Nineteen-minute average control time.
Jun 26, 2026, 10:11 AM
Gable Steveson vs. Elisha Ellison: The Obvious UFC Setup
The UFC has booked Gable Steveson's debut against Elisha Ellison on July 11. If you don't know who Elisha Ellison is, that's exactly the point.
Jun 26, 2026, 09:41 AM
Fight 2 Win 316 São Paulo Success — F2W's First Brazilian Event Signals Geographic Expansion Beyond North America
Fight 2 Win pulled off something that would have sounded absurd a decade ago: it brought professional submission grappling back to Brazil as a foreign import. Not as an innovation from the birthplace of jiu-jitsu, but as a product manufactured in North America and re-exported to
Jun 26, 2026, 09:10 AM
Marcus Buchecha Says He's Done Competing in BJJ — The Most Decorated Gi Champion of His Generation Is Out
Marcus Buchecha Almeida announced he was done competing in gi jiu-jitsu. Not retired from teaching.
Jun 26, 2026, 08:40 AM
ESPN Announced a Gracie Family Documentary — But Which Story Gets Told?
ESPN announced plans for a Gracie family documentary. This is a big deal for a sport built on the myth of the Gracie family — the way jiu-jitsu was invented by them, perfected by them, exported to the world by them, and now they're the guys in charge of defining what jiu-jitsu is
Jun 26, 2026, 08:09 AM
Jordan Burroughs Signs With RAF, Immediately Calls Out Makhachev and Tsarukyan
Jordan Burroughs signed with RAF and immediately called out two UFC lightweights by name. Not as a stepping stone.