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Black Belt Walks Away From Orlando Academy After Leadership Dismissed Multiple Women's Misconduct Reports — Coach Says Admin's Response Was 'It's The Women's Job To Stop Him'

Black Belt Walks Away From Orlando Academy After Leadership Dismissed Multiple Women's Misconduct Reports — Coach Says Admin's Response Was 'It's The Women's Job To Stop Him'

Jun 18, 2026 · accountability, black-belt
A story broke that landed exactly where it needed to land: squarely in the category of institutional failure so complete that it almost reads like satire. Black belt Louis Eduardo walked away from Orlando Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and the reason he gave was a sentence so stark the headline almost writes
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Ryan Hall's 'Sport BJJ Is Self-Referential' Take Is Credible—But He's Diagnosing the Wrong Disease

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

Jun 17, 2026 · competition, matt-serra
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 a broader scope of
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Tom DeBlass Tells Men To Stop Sliding Into Women's DMs After BJJ Class — 'You Don't Do This For The New White Belt Guy'

Tom DeBlass Tells Men To Stop Sliding Into Women's DMs After BJJ Class — 'You Don't Do This For The New White Belt Guy'

Jun 17, 2026 · accountability, gym-culture
Tom DeBlass just made every BJJ guy with that DM in his sent folder very nervous. The Ocean County BJJ owner and 1.4-million-follower black belt posted a Saturday message that boils down to one question every man on the mats already knows the answer to: do you do this for the new white belt guy?
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Kron Gracie Calls Viral BJJ Instructor 'A Joke' — Jeff Glover Issues Sub-Only Challenge, Nobody Has Heard Back

Kron Gracie Calls Viral BJJ Instructor 'A Joke' — Jeff Glover Issues Sub-Only Challenge, Nobody Has Heard Back

Jun 17, 2026 · belt-credentials, chris-bones
Chris Bones has built a career telling you what's wrong with jiu-jitsu. Competition guys can't fight for real.
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Craig Jones Has Responded to More BJJ Abuse Cases This Year Than Every Governing Body Combined

Craig Jones Has Responded to More BJJ Abuse Cases This Year Than Every Governing Body Combined

Jun 17, 2026 · abuse, athlete-news
Craig Jones holds no official position in this sport. He runs an event that lost $800,000.
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Fake Cauliflower Ear Surgery Is Trending in Russia — Men Are Paying $80 Per Ear to Look Like Grapplers Without Touching a Mat

Fake Cauliflower Ear Surgery Is Trending in Russia — Men Are Paying $80 Per Ear to Look Like Grapplers Without Touching a Mat

Jun 17, 2026 · cauliflower-ear, community
Cauliflower ear has a waitlist now. Clinics across the country are booking out four weeks in advance for a procedure where technicians fracture your ear cartilage on purpose.
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Adele Fornarino Blames Australian Ego for Not Being Able to Sell Seminars in Her Own Country

Adele Fornarino Blames Australian Ego for Not Being Able to Sell Seminars in Her Own Country

Jun 17, 2026 · adcc, adele-fornarino
Adele Fornarino is the first Australian to win at ADCC. Not just her weight division — the absolute too.
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The Competition Scene Is Pricing Out The People Who Made It: $150 Entry Fees, Shrinking Brackets, And The Hobbyist Exodus Nobody Is Naming

The Competition Scene Is Pricing Out The People Who Made It: $150 Entry Fees, Shrinking Brackets, And The Hobbyist Exodus Nobody Is Naming

Jun 17, 2026 · community, competition
Your bracket has three people. Three years ago it had eight.
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