BJJ News

ADCC Prize Money Is Shockingly Low — Jozef Chen's Take

Jul 27, 2026 · adcc, athlete-pay

Jozef Chen didn't mince words. He's one of the best no-gi grapplers alive—a multiple ADCC title contender, a submission machine, the kind of guy who dismantles everyone they put in front of him.

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Rear Naked Choke Manslaughter: Perth Case

Jul 26, 2026 · bjj-liability, community

On the morning of July 13, 2026, Christian Jack Joseph appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on a manslaughter charge after a street altercation in Fremantle that left a 63-year-old man dead. Joseph, a 26-year-old junior doctor at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and a BJJ blue belt, had allegedly held a

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Match Footage Lies: Why Every Grappler Rewrites Their Loss

Jul 26, 2026 · bjj, competition

Hell, you might be the guy. He competed last weekend.

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Jacob Rodriguez Faced Vagner Rocha at Karate Combat 62, Settling a Family Grudge

Jul 26, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

Jacob Rodriguez returned to competition on July 24 at Karate Combat 62, stepping onto the mat to face Vagner Rocha—and walking straight into a family beef that had been cooking since before he ever got his silver medal. Here's what mattered: the Rodriguezes and Rochas had never grappled directly as

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Danaher Explains Why BJJ's Standup Stays Broken

Jul 25, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj

John Danaher dropped a diagnosis recently that every practitioner who's ever watched their coach spend five minutes on arm drags before pivoting to "the real part" (ground fighting) has felt in their bones: BJJ's standup game isn't broken because we haven't figured it out yet. It's broken by design.

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The Gym Physique Myth: Why Light Conditioning Won't Work

Jul 25, 2026 · bjj, competition-results

Every BJJ gym has one. Forty-five pounds of functional muscle, vascularity that could map a transit system, the kind of physique that makes people ask, "What's your secret?" And his answer, delivered with complete sincerity over his second açaí bowl, is always: "Just staying after class, bro.

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Gordon Ryan: Brazil Will Be Phased Out in 10 Years

Jul 25, 2026 · american-trials, brazil

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 will be "phased out" of

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Blue Belt Sandbagging: Hidden MMA Record Exposed

Jul 25, 2026 · belt-standards, bjj

Ikigai Submission Grappling removed blue belt competitor Avazbek Akyolov from their tournament bracket this month after discovering his 4-0 professional MMA record and prior freestyle wrestling competition experience. The tournament explicitly restricted entries to competitors with fewer than six ye

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