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Stories we're tracking
The sport doesn't move in headlines — it moves in arcs. Here are the ones we're following across blog, satire, and video.
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Butt scoot / guard pull entertainment debate
UFC BJJ bans butt-scooting while their own champion plays an entirely different sport from the bottom. Tye Ruotolo's renaming did more for engagement than any rule change.
2 TAKES LAST: Mar 20, 2026
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Atos / Galvão exodus
How a separation between Atos and André Galvão unfolded across five weeks, an indefinite suspension that wasn't, and an insider account of 27 cameras and zero investigation.
3 TAKES LAST: Apr 11, 2026
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BJJ's safety reckoning
From a 13-year-old hospitalised in a Brazilian gauntlet to a fugitive black belt photographed at an open mat — the year the sport stopped pretending the bad actors were the problem of "that other gym."
2 TAKES LAST: Apr 11, 2026