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UFC BJJ Head Claudia Gadelha Reveals UFC BJJ Athletes Won't Be Doing the ADCC Starting Next Year
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (290+ words) The organization's head of Jiu-Jitsu signals a major shift in athlete exclusivity that could reshape the grappling landscape heading into 2026. Claudia Gadelha has revealed that athletes signed exclusively to the promotion will no longer be permitted to compete at ADCC…...
Former head of Flograppling alleges UFC BJJ is paying Brazilian Social Media Accounts To Cover It
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (1556+ words) Hywel Teague has recently been making noise about UFC BJJ's media practices, alleging that the promotion is paying Brazilian social media accounts for coverage. "Something curious that I've learned over the last couple of years is that some of these…...
Craig Jones Calls Out ADCC Over Men-Only Prize Bump and Silence on Izaak Michell
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (1799+ words) Craig Jones has taken aim at ADCC organizers following their announcement of increased prize purses, calling out a glaring disparity. The enhancement applies only to male competitors while official channels remain conspicuously silent on the controversial Izaak Michell situation. The…...
White Belt Drops Receipts on 'Sandbagger' Opponent With 52 Matches On Record
22+ hour, 57+ min ago (484+ words) A first-time competitor's Reddit post goes viral after discovering his upcoming opponent has 36 submission wins, and still calls himself a white belt. It's the kind of thing that makes a beginner want to quit before they've even started. A Reddit…...
Renzo Gracie: I Have Very Good Black Belts Who Don't Not Even Know How To Manage A Gi Situation
23+ hour, 22+ min ago (625+ words) The gi versus no-gi debate has been a fixture of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu discourse for decades, but when Renzo Gracie himself acknowledges that some of his own black belts have never developed meaningful competency with the gi, it adds a striking…...
Hermes Franca Returns to Teaching BJJ in Brazil After Prison Sentence For SA, Reappeared at IBJJF Competition in 2021
1+ day, 42+ min ago (726+ words) Former WEC champion and UFC lightweight title challenger Hermes Franca has returned to teaching Brazilian jiu-jitsu in Brazil after serving time for SA of a minor in the United States. The MMA History Podcast interviewed Franca and basically got the…...
Helena Crevar Had a 25 Minute Match With UFC's Donald Cowboy Cerrone Just Two Years Into Training
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1776+ words) Helena Crevar was barely a teenager when she first surprised her Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor. At just 15, she faced UFC veteran Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone in a 25-minute match that tested her skill, endurance, and composure. Her coach, Hector Vasquez, described the…...
Are BJJ instructors pushing Gi training in order to sell Gis?
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (822+ words) A provocative video from black belt Sam Gaier posed an interesting question. According to Gaier, the persistent emphasis on gi training at many academies might have less to do with technical development and more to do with business strategy. "Your…...
Enson Inoue fires back after Relson Gracie labels him a “creonte,” says he was pressured to choose the Gracies over his own brother
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (623+ words) In a recent episode of his podcast, Enson Inoue addressed inflammatory comments made about him by his former jiu-jitsu teacher, Relson Gracie. "Relson actually became my first jiu-jitsu teacher in Hawaii," Inoue stated. "We were super close, man. I just…...
Khamzat Chimaev Dismisses Gordon Ryan’s Game Plan to Beat Him: Big bulls***
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1609+ words) When Gordon Ryan recently outlined his technical blueprint for defeating dominant UFC wrestlers like Khamzat Chimaev in pure grappling competition, the response from "Borz" himself was swift and dismissive. "Their whole thing is that they take their hands nice and…...