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Jun 10, 2026, 08:27 AM
Kody Steele's UFC Perth Heel Hook Win Proved Combat Jiu-Jitsu Translates to the Cage
Kody Steele walked into UFC Perth and settled an argument that never stops being recycled through fighting podcasts. On May 7th, he submitted Dom Fan with a heel hook at 3 minutes and 56 seconds into round one—the kind of finish that forces people to reckon with what they actuall
Jun 10, 2026, 07:57 AM
Mica Galvao Broke His Silence — Condemned 'Violence Against Women And Children' In General But Did Not Address His Father By Name
When Melqui Galvao turned himself in to Manaus police on a São Paulo arrest warrant referencing alleged sexual crimes against minors, his son Mica posted a statement about seven hours later. The statement was short.
Jun 10, 2026, 07:26 AM
Melqui Galvão: How A Tenured Police Instructor Allegedly Abused Three Students — One Just 12 — While His Federation Stayed Silent
The headline detail that no story about Melqui Galvão could seem to top was almost absurd in its specificity: the man was on the Amazonas state payroll as a sworn Civil Police investigator with a sub-specialty in teaching other officers personal-defense techniques. That alone wou
Jun 9, 2026, 07:45 AM
Jinri Park on Training Discomfort: Why Women Stay Silent in BJJ
Jinri Park has spent over a decade rolling. She's trained long enough to know the difference between a good training session and one where she leaves the mat feeling small.
Jun 8, 2026, 04:11 PM
UFC 327 Had Three Submissions And The First-Ever Finish Of Loopy Godinez — Nobody Noticed Because A Man Won The Title On One Leg
UFC 327 at Kaseya Center in Miami delivered one of the most grappling-rich cards in recent memory. A first-ever stoppage of a fighter who had gone 19 professional bouts without being finished.
Jun 8, 2026, 03:41 PM
Hype Brazil Results: Both Sub-Only Headliners End in Draw — Miyao Submits Oliveira by Scottish Twister
Hype Brazil ran three grappling matches on Wednesday night in São Paulo. One ended with a 33-year-old berimbolo specialist cranking a man's spine in a direction spines aren't supposed to go.
Jun 8, 2026, 12:15 PM
Ben Askren's New Lungs, Old Habits
Ben Askren got new lungs. And his first instinct is to go back to wrestling.
Jun 8, 2026, 09:23 AM
A Black Belt in a Jiu-Jitsu Shirt Stopped an In-Flight Emergency. CNN Acted Surprised.
When a passenger attempted to open the emergency exit door at 30,000 feet, the man sitting nearby didn't freeze. He didn't yell for help.
Jun 8, 2026, 08:52 AM
Roger Gracie's Heel Hook Myth Is Older Than MMA Itself
Roger Gracie, the Gracie family patriarch and defender of traditional lineage, recently restated a claim that's been bouncing around BJJ circles since before the Fertitta brothers bought the UFC: heel hooks don't work in real fighting because the moment you grab someone's foot, y
Jun 8, 2026, 08:22 AM
RAF Takes Dvalishvili vs Cejudo and Snyder vs Sadulaev to Tbilisi — First International Event Remakes UFC 298 in a Country That Worships Wrestling
RAF is taking its first international card to Tbilisi, and if you've trained anywhere in the Caucasus region, you already know why that's not a random choice. The Resurrection Athletic Federation — the wrestling promotion that spent the last two years quietly rebuilding after Rya
Jun 8, 2026, 07:52 AM
Trump's White House UFC Card Just Got Sued for Corruption. Yes, Really.
Let me walk you through something that actually happened today: a federal lawsuit was filed — formally, in court, with lawyers and everything — alleging that a White House UFC event is an illegal corrupt scheme because the sitting president is personally profiting from VIP ticket
Jun 7, 2026, 07:51 PM
ADCC 2026 Was Selling 4 Tickets a Day With 15,030 Seats and Four Months to Go
As ADCC 2026 approached with four months remaining, ticket sales painted a bleak picture: 2,880 seats sold over five months of presale, averaging just four per day. The 15,030-capacity venue was only 19% full.
Jun 7, 2026, 07:21 PM
When ADCC Ran Five Simultaneous Opens Across Five Countries—And Revealed Its Real Problem
ADCC pulled off something ambitious—or desperate, depending on your read on it. On May 30, the organization coordinated qualifier events across Portugal, the United States, Wales, Moldova, and Slovakia, all happening on the same calendar date.
Jun 7, 2026, 06:05 PM
Livia Barasine Emerges as First Named Competitor on Record in Galvão Case
When Livia Barasine released her statement on May 4, the jiu-jitsu community got its first named adult face attached to the allegations against coach Melqui Galvão. She didn't emerge from anonymity because she'd been hiding.
Jun 7, 2026, 05:35 PM
Mikey Musumeci Announced He Was Going Full Dagestani—Then Finished His Title Defense the Same Way He Always Does
Mikey Musumeci made one of the stranger career announcements in recent grappling history. Sixteen days before his title defense against Kevin Dantzler on May 16th, the world's most dominant leg locker went on record saying he was essentially retiring from leg locks.
Jun 7, 2026, 05:04 PM
JCI 3 'The Dominion' Had 25 Submission-Only Fights and Five Title Bouts — It Was Free on YouTube and Nobody Noticed
Something genuinely unusual happened in the Midwest grappling world, and almost nobody noticed. When JCI 3: The Dominion went down on May 9 at The Vixen in McHenry, Illinois, it represented exactly the kind of event that should have been generating serious conversation across the
Jun 7, 2026, 04:34 PM
Netflix Lost Mokaev to Visa Issues Five Days Before Its First MMA Card Aired
When Netflix's first major MMA card was supposed to land on May 14th, the whole thing had the makings of a statement moment. The Intuit Dome was booked.
Jun 7, 2026, 04:04 PM
Renato Canuto Suspended For Modafinil — A 'Focus Drug' That The BJJ Community Pretended Never Worked
The Nevada Athletic Commission temporarily suspended Renato Canuto following a post-bout test from his March 13 win at Tuff-N-Uff 152 that came back positive for modafinil and its metabolites, according to BJJ Doc. Canuto had knocked out Dylan Aparis at 1:45 of round one, run his
Jun 7, 2026, 03:32 PM
Brazilian Deputy Reveals Melqui Galvão Called Former Students From Prison to Pressure Testimony Changes
Brazilian state Deputy Alessandra Campêlo made a public revelation that shifted understanding of the Melqui Galvão case from institutional crisis into something darker: active, ongoing obstruction from inside a jail cell. Galvão had been locked up in a Manaus facility for roughly
Jun 7, 2026, 01:46 PM
Worlds Entry Fee Just Hit $204. Then USADA Showed Up With a Clipboard.
The 2026 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship is coming to Long Beach. The Walter Pyramid will host five days of elite grappling from May 28 to 31.
Jun 7, 2026, 01:15 PM
Danaher's Favorite Students: Beginners and Champs. Everyone Else Can Kick Rocks.
John Danaher has never competed in jiu-jitsu. He's built his entire coaching legacy on the backs of students who did—Gordon Ryan, Craig Jones, Rory MacDonald, the Ruotolo twins.
Jun 7, 2026, 12:45 PM
Tsarukyan vs. Danis Confirmed for Hype FC April 8—Then Quietly Cancelled Just 11 Days After Danis Got Mauled by Covington
On March 28, Colby Covington tech-falled Dillon Danis at RAF 07 in Tampa, putting the grappling world on notice that when Danis steps into a submission-only ruleset against elite wrestlers, his finish record doesn't protect him. Danis hung tough through the first period—matched C
Jun 7, 2026, 12:15 PM
Werdum and dos Santos Are Going Back to War — But Nobody's Striking This Time
Two former UFC heavyweight champions have fought each other twice in the octagon. Now they're meeting in pure grappling.
Jun 7, 2026, 11:44 AM
Khamzat Chimaev Spent This Week Explaining Why Jiu-Jitsu Is the Foundation of MMA Success — His Corner Cost Him the UFC Title Doing Exactly That
There is a specific kind of painful irony that only combat sports can produce. Not theatrical irony.
Jun 7, 2026, 10:43 AM
UFC BJJ Welterweight Champion Caught Biting Opponent On Camera — Response: 'That's What You Get For The Oil Check'
Andrew Tackett bit a man on camera, laughed about it, and kept his UFC BJJ welterweight title. That was the whole story.
Jun 7, 2026, 10:13 AM
UFC Enters Amateur Jiu-Jitsu With Submission-First Rules. The Establishment Is Nervous.
UFC just did something the IBJJF has been too afraid to do for twenty years: admit that jiu-jitsu competitions suck to watch when they're decided by advantages and stalling. With the launch of UFC BJJ Opens—a new amateur ruleset designed explicitly to reward submissions and elimi
Jun 7, 2026, 09:13 AM
Colby Covington vs Arman Tsarukyan: Genius Matchup or Last Gasp
Colby Covington and Arman Tsarukyan are fighting July 18 at RAF 11, and the BJJ community is about to find out if this is the most brilliant matchup of the summer or just RAF desperately trying to keep Covington's relevance alive after his UFC departure. Let's be clear about what
Jun 7, 2026, 08:36 AM
Tatiana Suarez Became The First Person To Ever Finish Loopy Godinez — She's A Wrestler
Tatiana Suarez locked in a rear-naked choke against Loopy Godinez at UFC 327 in Miami on April 12. At 2:29 of the second round, Godinez tapped.
Jun 7, 2026, 08:06 AM
UFC Books Three BJJ Legends On One MMA Card — Zero Octagon Wins Between Them
The UFC stacked UFC Vegas 116 on April 25, 2026 with three Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champions, all attempting the MMA crossover on the same night. It was supposed to be a love letter to the grappling community.
Jun 7, 2026, 07:36 AM
Aljamain Sterling vs Youssef Zalal Headlines UFC Vegas — Back Control and Submission Specialists Clash at Featherweight
Aljamain Sterling did what he's always done. He climbed onto Youssef Zalal's back, settled in like a man easing into a recliner, and stayed there for the better part of twenty-five minutes.