Gabi Garcia's Fifth ADCC Title Chase and the Arena That Stayed Half-Empty
Gabi Garcia showed up in KrakĂłw to make history. The venue showed up half-full.
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BJJ News — ADCC
Kyra Gracie Says Her Family Told Her Women Aren't Supposed to Do Jiu-Jitsu. She Became a 3-Time ADCC Champion.
The family that turned jiu-jitsu into a global franchise — the billion-dollar brand built on the premise that anyone can do this, that anyone can learn, that the art belongs to whoever puts in the time — told one of their own women to quit. "Kyra, forget about it.
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Kyra Gracie Had to Fight Her Own Family for the Right to Train Jiu-Jitsu
The Gracie family has spent a hundred years selling jiu-jitsu as the great equalizer. Technique beats strength.
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ADCC Double Champion Has a Hard Time Selling Seminars in Australia — She Says It's 'How Big Their Ego Is'
Adele Fornarino is the most accomplished female grappler Australia has ever produced. Two ADCC World titles.
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When ADCC's KrakĂłw Ticket Disaster Became a Case Study in Self-Sabotage
When ADCC's ticket sales numbers finally became impossible to ignore, the math told a story that no amount of spin could fix. The numbers were bleak enough that they deserved a second look — and they still are.
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How Mica Galvao Named His New Team After Himself—While Walking Away From One Named After His Father
The jiu-jitsu world watched something rare unfold: a clean organizational break, executed without the usual corporate apologies or half-measures. When Micael "Mica" GalvĂŁo announced he was leaving Melqui GalvĂŁo Jiu-Jitsu and launching Mika Jiu-Jitsu, the move wasn't just a name change.
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Diogo Reis's Return to Competition After Leaving Fight Sports Manaus
When Diogo Reis stepped into the ONE Championship cage for Fight Night 43 on May 15, he was doing something that looked routine on the surface but carried weight underneath it. He was defending his ONE flyweight submission grappling championship against Yuki Takahashi.
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Thug Trials 3 and the Lovato Jr.-Rocha Match That Finally Happened
pulled off something that had been floating around the grappling community's wishlist for years. On May 11th, three days after competing at a NAIA collegiate wrestling meet against athletes who were in middle school when he was winning ADCC titles, the 42-year-old showed up in Doral, Florida, rear n
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