Jay Rod Is Definitely Not Training at Simple Man, Says Gym Where Jay Rod Is Training

Jay Rodriguez — the ADCC silver medalist banned from B-Team in May 2025 for predatory behavior toward female teammates — is training at Simple Man Martial Arts. The gym says he's not. The video says otherwise.

Here's the timeline, since it's gotten confusing enough to need one.

May 2025: B-Team expels Jay Rod after he admits to "unhealthy interactions" with women in the gym. Craig Jones hints publicly that the public explanation barely scratched the surface: "For the people thinking that what we released is all there was, you're out of your mind. It's called respecting the victims' privacy."

July 2025: Craig Jones leaves the team entirely. B-Team rebrands to Simple Man Martial Arts.

December 2025: BJJDoc reports Rodriguez is training at Simple Man after hours — less than seven months after getting kicked out. Damien Anderson responds with a statement that could've been drafted by a law firm: "Jay Rodriguez is not a member of Simple Man Martial Arts, is not part of our team or programs, and does not train during public classes or member hours."

Read that again. Notice what it doesn't say. It doesn't say he's not there.

March 2026: Jay Rod posts a video of himself training at Simple Man — complete with a December 2025 date stamp and the gym's logo visible on the mat. Then claims it's old footage. One problem: the Simple Man branding didn't exist when he was a member. The logo he's training under was created after he was banned.

Meanwhile, Craig Jones has confirmed he's fully separated from Simple Man. Doesn't talk to the team anymore. Which means the one guy who pushed hardest for accountability is no longer in the building — and the guy who got pushed out for his behavior is.

The grappling community is split in the way it always splits on these things. There's a contingent arguing for redemption: people can change, he served his time, where is a person supposed to train? And there's a contingent pointing out that seven months isn't "serving your time" — it's waiting for the news cycle to move on. Especially when the gym in question is the same one that kicked you out, just with new signage.

This isn't isolated. It follows a pattern the sport is getting uncomfortably familiar with. The Atos/Galvao fallout showed what happens when hierarchy shields the people it should be holding accountable. Team Lloyd Irvin's saga ran for years. The playbook is always the same: brief exile, quiet return, carefully worded denials, and a community that can't agree on what accountability actually looks like.

"Zero tolerance" is easy to put on a wall. It's harder when the person testing it is someone you still want around.

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Sources

• Jay Rodriguez Makes Statement After B-Team Ban
• Jay Rod Training at Simple Man After Hours (Exclusive)
• Jay Rod Posted Training Video with Date Stamp at Simple Man
• Gordon Ryan Claims Craig Jones Lacks Loyalty — More to Jay Rod Story
• The Downfall of Atos Jiu-Jitsu
• B-Team Officially Rebrands as Simple Man Martial Arts