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May 1, 2026, 07:17 PM
A Las Vegas Black Belt Just Put His Name On The Galvao PED Story — And His Witness Is The Cleaning Lady
For two years the Galvao PED rumors have lived in the same place every grappling rumor lives. Instagram comment sections.
May 1, 2026, 11:34 AM
San Diego Closed The Andre Galvão Case For 'Insufficient Evidence' — Atos's Own Insider Said The Investigation Never Happened
On Friday, BJJEE reportedhttps://www.bjjee.com/articles/breaking-san-diego-authorities-shut-down-case-against-andre-galvao/ that the San Diego Police Department and the local prosecutor's office formally closed the criminal investigation into Atos founder Andre Galvão. The reason
May 1, 2026, 07:00 AM
Renato Canuto Tests Positive For Modafinil. The Supplement, He Says, Had A WADA Logo On Its Website.
The Nevada Athletic Commission has temporarily suspended four-time BJJ world champion Renato Canuto after his post-fight test from Tuff-N-Uff 152 came back positive for modafinil, the alertness-boosting "smart drug" you might recognize from the Adderall-curious-but-prescription-s
Apr 30, 2026, 05:00 PM
RAF 9 Just Added The Reigning UFC Bantamweight Champion vs Frankie Edgar — Five UFC Names On One May 30 Wrestling Card
Real American Freestyle had three UFC names on the May 30 card already: Gable Steveson making his RAF debut against former UFC heavyweight Alexandr Romanov, Colby Covington against former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, and Arman Tsarukyan against Keelon Jimison at 175.
Apr 30, 2026, 12:00 PM
Three-Time NCAA Champion Announces White House Card Fight, Then Mentions He Hasn't Actually Signed The Contract Yet
Bo Nickal committed to fighting on the most high-profile UFC card ever booked, then mentioned in public that he hasn't actually signed the contract. The card is UFC Freedom 250.
Apr 29, 2026, 10:00 PM
4.1 Million Watched Helen Maroulis Win Olympic Gold. 180,000 Watched Her RAF Title Defense.
Four-point-one million Americans watched Helen Maroulis win Olympic gold on NBC primetime in 2016. Roughly 180,000 watched her first RAF title defense on FOX Nation Friday night.
Apr 29, 2026, 05:00 PM
Gilbert Burns Wants A BJJ Comeback. The Sport He's Coming Back To Didn't Exist When He Left.
That's how long Gilbert Burns spent retired before he started hinting at coming back. Saturday night at UFC Winnipeg, he took his gloves off in the cage.
Apr 29, 2026, 12:00 PM
Kade Ruotolo's Next Six Weeks Don't Math: A 21-Fight MMA Veteran, Then A Grappling Challenger Jumping 55 Pounds, And 22 Years Old Holding The Bag
Kade Ruotolo's next six weeks don't math. May 15, Bangkok, Lumpinee Stadium.
Apr 29, 2026, 07:00 AM
Craig Jones Just Booked A $10 Million Main Event Against A Guy Who Doesn't Show Up
Craig Jones just booked a ghost. Kamaru Usman summarized Dillon Danis's last twelve months of grappling activity in four words: "He doesn't show up." Days later, Craig Jones announced him as the main event of CJI 3, a $10 million grappling tournament scheduled for July 2026 at a
Apr 28, 2026, 10:16 PM
IBJJF And CBJJ Permanently Ban Melqui Galvão After His Arrest On Charges Involving Minors
On Tuesday, the IBJJF and CBJJ issued a joint statement permanently banning Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Melquisedeque "Melqui" Galvão from both organizations and from every event they sanction. The statement called his alleged conduct "unacceptable" and a violation of "the most fun
Apr 28, 2026, 10:00 PM
Netflix Is Selling Rousey vs Carano As A 'Legacy' Fight. Between Them, It's Been 29 Years Since A Real Win.
Netflix is selling the May 16 card at the Intuit Dome as a moment. The main event is Ronda Rousey against Gina Carano.
Apr 28, 2026, 05:00 PM
UFC Puts a Cage on the White House Lawn for Trump's 80th Birthday — Jon Jones Wasn't Invited and Retired Over It
There's an Octagon going on the South Lawn of the White House. That sentence is real.
Apr 28, 2026, 07:00 AM
Cassia Moura's First UFC BJJ Title Defense Is Against A Woman Making Her UFC BJJ Debut
Cassia Moura's first UFC BJJ title defense is against a woman who has never fought in UFC BJJ. On May 21 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, the 20-year-old women's flyweight champion meets Bianca Basilio in the co-main event of UFC BJJ 8.
Apr 27, 2026, 10:00 PM
Buchecha's Original UFC Vegas 116 Opponent Pulled Out. The UFC Found A Light Heavyweight. His Record Is Still 0-1-1.
When the UFC originally booked Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida vs. Max Gimenis for UFC Vegas 116 on April 25, the pitch almost wrote itself.
Apr 27, 2026, 05:00 PM
Gilbert Burns Names Raoni Barcelos As The UFC's Best BJJ Practitioner — The Same Weekend Buchecha And Vieira Lose On The Feet
Gilbert Burns retired at UFC Winnipeg on April 19, lost to Mike Malott in the main event, did the whole goodbye script. A UFC welterweight title shot.
Apr 27, 2026, 03:12 PM
Garry Tonon Is A Free Agent — Now Form A Line, Because Whoever Signs Him Wins The Year
Garry Tonon is a free agent. Stop reading for a second and let that sit, because the implications are bigger than the press release made them sound.
Apr 27, 2026, 12:00 PM
UFC BJJ 8 Booked Four Former World Champions — And Forgot Everyone Else Who Actually Earned A Spot
UFC BJJ 8 has four former world champions on the card. None of them are fighting a challenger.
Apr 27, 2026, 07:00 AM
Fed Says US Consumer Debt Hit $18.8 Trillion. BJJ Fanatics Released 400 Instructionals And You Watched Twelve.
The Federal Reserve published its Q4 2025 household debt numbers this month, and the line at the top was $18.8 trillion — a record, up $4.6 trillion from 2019. Buried in the agency's H.2 commentary was a short note about subscription-based recurring billing, which the Fed called
Apr 26, 2026, 07:00 PM
UFC BJJ 8 Is Officially A Card. Joao Miyao's Name Is Officially Not On It.
The UFC BJJ 8 card is finalized. Meta APEX, Las Vegas, May 21.
Apr 26, 2026, 02:56 PM
Conor McGregor Posts Gi Roll Footage Three Months Out From a UFC 329 Return Dana White Says Is 'Looking Good'
Conor McGregor has, once again, been on the mat in a gi. Footage hit Instagram this week: guillotines, grip exchanges, the standard "I am still an athlete" highlight reel timed to a comeback that has been imminent for going on four years now.
Apr 26, 2026, 06:52 AM
UFC BJJ Is Moving Behind the Paramount+ Paywall — The Free YouTube Era That Fixed the Product Ends Just as People Started Watching
Here's the timeline of UFC BJJ getting its act together, in case you want to know exactly how long the window was. UFC BJJ launched in June 2025 with all the subtlety of a Dana White press conference — big promises, questionable matchmaking, and viewership numbers that made Craig
Apr 26, 2026, 02:51 AM
Two Weeks Before Fighting Khamzat Chimaev, Sean Strickland Begs UFC Not to Sign His Sparring Partner
Two weeks out from his middleweight title shot against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328, Sean Strickland's biggest public concern, somehow, is a different fighter. Strickland posted a video this week begging the UFC not to sign Johnny Eblen — the former Bellator middleweight champion,
Apr 26, 2026, 12:46 AM
Jerry O'Connell Has Figured Out Three Things About BJJ That Half Your Gym Hasn't
The Sliders guy taps to black belts. He calls himself the worst person in the room.
Apr 25, 2026, 04:33 PM
Today Has Six Major Grappling Events On Three Continents. The Community Has Already Decided It's Bored.
Six major grappling events are running today. By tonight, somebody you know will be on a podcast explaining that jiu-jitsu doesn't promote itself.
Apr 25, 2026, 10:45 AM
Rorion Gracie Created The UFC As A Jiu-Jitsu Infomercial, Sold It For $1M — It's Now Worth $12 Billion
That's what Rorion Gracie walked away from. Robert Drysdale laid it out on the Jiu-Jitsu Revolution podcasthttps://bjjdoc.com/2026/04/12/adcc-veteran-questions-if-gracies-ever-believed-in-mma-as-a-sport-they-sold-ufc-the-first-chance-they-got/ last week, and the numbers are the k
Apr 25, 2026, 06:44 AM
Drysdale: Rorion Moved to California in 1978 — Then Sold the UFC for $1M at the First Opportunity
Robert Drysdale went on the Jiu-Jitsu Revolution podcast this week and said the quiet part out loud. Rorion Gracie, the man who founded the UFC, never actually believed in MMA as a sport.
Apr 25, 2026, 02:42 AM
Eddie Bravo Says EBI Might Be Done Because The UFC Wants To Slash The Budget — The Promotion That Popularized Sub-Only Just Got Priced Out By Its Own Format
Eddie Bravo might walk away from EBI. He sat across from Jake Shields at 10th Planet HQ in downtown Los Angeleshttps://bjjdoc.com/2026/04/13/eddie-bravo-ufc-wants-to-cut-eddie-bravo-invitationals-budget-so-much-it-might-not-be-worth-doing-at-all/ and said something nobody expecte
Apr 24, 2026, 10:41 PM
UFC Rejected Tsarukyan–Covington for RAF 9. The Same Week, It Approved Two Others.
RAF 8 ended on a Saturday. By Sunday the UFC had a new policy problem to pretend it already had a policy for.
Apr 24, 2026, 06:40 PM
Ronda Rousey Called The Reigning UFC Champion A 'Wet Towel.' The Wet Towel Has Two Olympic Golds In Rousey's Own Sport.
Ronda Rousey showed up to a Netflix press conference in New York on April 15 and spent the afternoon explaining that Kayla Harrison, the reigning UFC bantamweight champion who has defended the belt Rousey used to own, has "the charisma of a wet towel" and "will always be in me an
Apr 24, 2026, 10:37 AM
Three Months Into The 'Catchweight' Superfight, UFC BJJ Still Can't Name The Weight
It's been three months. Nobody at UFC BJJ can name the weight.