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Gordon Ryan

New Wave Jiu-Jitsu Heavyweight

Multi-time ADCC champion, the most dominant no-gi competitor of the 2020s.

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Jul 29, 2026

Gordon Ryan: Brazil Will Be Phased Out in 10 Years #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Gordon Ryan predicts Brazil's no-gi dominance will fade in a decade as American trials sharpen and Russian hybrids evolve. #Grappling #MartialArts

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Jul 27, 2026

Gordon Ryan Asked Khamzat for ADCC. Got Silence. #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Gordon Ryan extended a legitimate ADCC invite to Khamzat Chimaev. Khamzat never responded. Two legends operating in different arenas with different market incentives. Read the full article: https://bjjproblems.com/blogs/bjj-problems/gordon-ryan-khamzat-ch

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Jul 27, 2026

Gordon Ryan: Brazil's Jiu-Jitsu Slipping #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Gordon Ryan claims Brazil's jiu-jitsu dominance is fading. But he's comparing no-gi and gi — two separate competitive worlds. #Grappling #MartialArts

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Jul 25, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan: Brazil Will Be Phased Out in 10 Years

Gordon Ryan appeared on the Overdogs USA podcast with Tim Kennedy on July 19 and did what Gordon Ryan does best: make a take so bold it stops the room, then explain the mechanism behind it well enough that you can't immediately dismiss him. This time, he predicted that Brazil wil

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Jul 24, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan: Brazil's Jiu-Jitsu Dominance Is Slipping

Gordon Ryan, the most dominant no-gi grappler of the past decade, recently made a claim that landed somewhere between trash talk and genuine observation: Brazil's grip on jiu-jitsu is slipping, and Brazilian practitioners will be "phased out." On the surface, it's audacious. An A

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Jul 24, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan Asked Khamzat Chimaev for ADCC. No Response

Gordon Ryan has built a career on proving that grapplers belong in the room with anyone, anywhere. New Wave Jiu-Jitsu in Austin.

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Jul 7, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Kron Gracie Called Danaher's Coaching 'Bullsh*t' — Gordon Ryan Responded: 'Kron Has 1 ADCC Title, 0 Champions Built'

Here's a thing that happens in grappling: every few years, someone with real results decided that the coaching establishment was lying to you. Kron Gracie, two-time ADCC medalist (2015, 2019), became that someone in early July 2026.

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Jun 27, 2026

Gordon Ryan Retired. The Commentary? Never. #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts The no-gi GOAT traded tournament brackets for podcasts. Retirement from rolling didn't mean silence. Read the full article: https://bjjproblems.com/blogs/bjj-problems/gordon-ryan-retired-critiquing-competitors-sideline #Grappling #MartialArts

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Jun 23, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan Retired But Never Stopped Critiquing Everyone Else's Losses

When Kaynan Duarte lost to Ruslan Abdulaev in an upset at the AIGA Global Champions League in June 2025, Gordon Ryan's immediate response was not sympathy or silence. It was: "You got owned by unknown obese man." Duarte, a two-time ADCC world champion with credentials Ryan had to

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Jun 21, 2026

Ryan Hall: Sport BJJ Is Self-Referential #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Ryan Hall's sharp critique: sport BJJ creates a closed system where athletes optimize for rules rather than fighting, making the game only prove something about itself. #Grappling #MartialArts

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Jun 17, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Ryan Hall's 'Sport BJJ Is Self-Referential' Take Is Credible—But He's Diagnosing the Wrong Disease

Ryan Hall did the thing that makes every sport jiu-jitsu defender flinch: he said out loud what MMA athletes have been thinking for a decade. On Matt Serra's podcast, the UFC veteran and BJJ black belt explained that MMA is 'better' than Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu because it encompasses

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Jun 15, 2026

Gordon Ryan Can't Quit #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts The most dominant no-gi grappler of his generation said he retired four months ago. But he's never actually left the sport. Read the full article: https://bjjproblems.com/blogs/bjj-problems/gordon-ryan-retired-ufc-grapplers-commentary #Grappling #Martial

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Jun 13, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Ryan Hall Chose MMA Over Sport BJJ. The Grappling World Is Mad About It.

Ryan Hall just threw down a statement that the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu community has been tip-toeing around for years: if he could pick one, he'd choose MMA over sport jiu-jitsu. On May 29, 2026, Hall sat down on Matt Serra's podcast and said it plainly.

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Jun 13, 2026

Ryan Hall's MMA Claim Meets Reality When Mighty Mouse Declines #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Ryan Hall claims MMA is better than BJJ — until he tries to get Mighty Mouse to prove it. Sources: - Ryan Hall on MMA vs BJJ: https://bjjee.com #Grappling #MartialArts

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Jun 11, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Ryan Hall Said MMA Is 'Better' Than BJJ — But Mighty Mouse Just Proved Why That Argument Misses the Point

When this went down recently—Ryan Hall made the rounds on Matt Serra's podcast on May 29, declaring that MMA is better than Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He's not wrong, exactly.

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Jun 10, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan Retired Four Months Ago. He'd Like to Tell You Who the Good UFC Grapplers Are Anyway.

Gordon Ryan can't train. His gut — destroyed by years of antibiotics fighting recurring staph infections — won't recover on any timeline he controls.

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Jun 3, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Craig Jones Called Gordon Ryan a 'Classic Right-Wing Grifter' in Playboy

When Craig Jones's Playboy interview hit the internet and started circulating through the BJJ community, it became clear that something had fundamentally shifted in how the sport's biggest personalities were choosing to speak about each other—and about the sport itself. The piece

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Jun 3, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

ADCC 2026's Replacement Superfight — And How Gordon Ryan's Exit Left Kaynan Duarte and Yuri Simoes Fighting in His Shadow

When Gordon Ryan announced his retirement just months before what was supposed to be his ADCC superfight showcase, he left the organization with more than just an empty slot on the September card. He left a roadmap of his dismissals, and ADCC filled that superfight with the exact

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Jun 2, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan Said He Was 'Retired.' Then He Kept Showing Up to the Mat—and the Camera Caught Him

About three weeks after Gordon Ryan posted his retirement announcement, footage started circulating that told a different story entirely. The timeline is worth unpacking, because it matters.

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May 21, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan's New Gym Sold $20,000 Lifetime Memberships — Limited to Five People — While He's Retired

When you're the most dominant no-gi grappler of your generation but take an indefinite competition hiatus, what's your next move? If you're Gordon Ryan, you launch a gym with $20,000 lifetime memberships — and limit them to five people.

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May 16, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan Posted About Hanging Politicians. Craig Jones Released His Wife's Arrest Footage and Sold the Merch.

Craig Jones just turned Gordon Ryan's wife's arrest into a merch drop. Backstory: Nathalia Santoro, Ryan's wife, was arrested in Texas last October after a high-speed police chase.

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May 15, 2026

The Man Kaynan Duarte Couldn't Move — Gordon Ryan #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Kaynan Duarte is a two-time ADCC champion who moves giants. Against Gordon Ryan, he tried everything. Gordon didn't move. #Grappling #MartialArts

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May 13, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Gordon Ryan Doesn't Respect the Superfight He Vacated — Now Questioning Duarte's Right to Hold It

Gordon Ryan vacated the ADCC Superfight title in February 2026. He's spent the time since explaining why Kaynan Duarte doesn't deserve it.

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May 13, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

ADCC's Answer to 63% Empty Seats Is a 2019 Rematch — Gordon Ryan Already Calling It a Consolation Prize

Sixty-three percent of the seats in Tauron Arena are currently empty. That's the actual math.

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May 9, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Buchecha Is 0-2-1 In the UFC. Ryan Spann Knocked Him Out In Round Two. The Kindest Outcome Is a Quiet Exit.

Ryan Spann gave himself a C+ for the night he knocked Buchecha out. Not a knock on Spann's honesty — he collected a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus and left the cage thinking he could've done better.

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May 1, 2026

Gordon Ryan Posts About Hangings, Silent on Wife's Arrests #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Gordon Ryan's been posting all week — hangings, taxes, politics. The one thing his feed won't touch is his wife's two Texas arrests. Sources: - Gordon Ryan Stays Silent On Wife's Arrest, Chooses Politics — BJJEE: https://www.bjjee.com/articles/gordon-ryan

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Apr 30, 2026

Bernardo Faria Says UFC Rules Are Why BJJ Legends #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Bernardo Faria says UFC rules and late starts explain why Buchecha and Vieira lost at UFC Vegas 116. The defense is mostly right. The fights mostly weren't about that. Sources: - Bernardo Faria Explains Why Moving From Elite BJJ To MMA Is So Difficult: ht

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Apr 26, 2026

BJJEE's 'How To Spot A PED User' Is A 2014 Reprint #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts BJJEE just republished its 2014 PED-spotting guide under a new subhead. Eleven years, same checklist, nothing learned. Sources: - How To Spot a PED User in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: The Signs No One Talks About — BJJEE (April 17, 2026): https://www.bjjee.com/a

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Apr 24, 2026

Buchecha's Original UFC Vegas 116 Opponent Pulled #Shorts

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida's original UFC Vegas 116 opponent Max Gimenis pulled out. The UFC grabbed Ryan Spann, a light heavyweight, and moved him up. Buchecha walks in 0-1-1. Rodolfo Vieira is on the same card, buried on the prelims. Sources: - Marcus Al

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Mar 31, 2026

Gordon Ryan Admits He Can"t Handle Gi Grips

#BJJ #JiuJitsu #Shorts Gordon Ryan just admitted on the Push Press BJJ podcast that he doesn"t know what to do when someone grabs his sleeves. The GOAT of no-gi... helpless in a gi. Sources: - Push Press BJJ Podcast - BJJEE #GordonRyan #NoGi #Grappling

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Mar 31, 2026

Gordon Ryan: Guillotine Finishes More Than RNC #Shorts

Gordon Ryan says his high-wrist guillotine finishes more than his RNC. And the #1 progression killer? Boredom. Source: Push Press BJJ Podcast

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Mar 19, 2026

Local Gym's No-Gi Class Is Just Seven Guys Who All Think They're Gordon Ryan

Everyone's doing the body lock pass. Nobody's hitting them. But everyone's trying them. From everywhere.

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Mar 17, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND

Claudia Gadelha Clarifies She Wasn't Talking About Gordon Ryan When She Said 'Gordon' By Name

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Mar 15, 2026

Gordon Ryan Retires at 30. Then the PED Bomb Dropped.

The GOAT walks away — and Tye Ruotolo says what everyone's thinking. Plus: Galvao returns to ATOS, Moura upsets Ffion Davies at UFC BJJ 6, and Covington vs Danis is somehow real. IBJJF Pans start March 24th — the first Grand Slam of the year. Sources: - Grappling Insider: https:

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