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Mikey Musumeci Is Training Wrestling and Boxing for an MMA Debut — The Butt-Scoot Champion Is Tired of Being Called a Wimp

Mikey Musumeci Is Training Wrestling and Boxing for an MMA Debut — The Butt-Scoot Champion Is Tired of Being Called a Wimp

Jun 15, 2026 · athlete-news, boxing
Mikey Musumeci has five BJJ world titles. He's the current UFC BJJ Bantamweight Champion.
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Tsarukyan's Side-Quest Economy

Tsarukyan's Side-Quest Economy

Jun 13, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results
When Real American Freestyle announced that Tony Ferguson, 42, eight UFC losses deep, hadn't wrestled since junior college, would face the No. 1 UFC lightweight contender at RAF 10 on June 13 at Chaifetz Arena in Saint Louis, it marked another milestone in Arman Tsarukyan's increasingly surreal book
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Fabricio Andrey Gets His ADCC 2026 Invite Two Weeks After Formally Leaving the Team Under Criminal Investigation

Fabricio Andrey Gets His ADCC 2026 Invite Two Weeks After Formally Leaving the Team Under Criminal Investigation

Jun 13, 2026 · accountability, adcc-2026
In August 2023, Fabricio Andrey explained why he was leaving the team that made him. The explanation wasn't exactly illuminating.
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When Mikey Musumeci Announced His MMA Debut—The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Voluntarily Walked Into the Sport Where None of It Is Legal

When Mikey Musumeci Announced His MMA Debut—The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Voluntarily Walked Into the Sport Where None of It Is Legal

Jun 13, 2026 · athlete-news, butt-scooter
When Mikey Musumeci made his surprise announcement to BJJDoc, the grappling world did a collective double-take. The man who had spent his entire career perfecting techniques illegal the moment a referee allows strikes was walking into MMA.
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Mackenzie Dern vs Gillian Robertson: The First UFC Title Fight Built Entirely on Jiu-Jitsu

Mackenzie Dern vs Gillian Robertson: The First UFC Title Fight Built Entirely on Jiu-Jitsu

Jun 13, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results
For the first time in UFC history, a title fight is being headlined by two athletes whose entire professional identity is built on jiu-jitsu. Not as a secondary skill.
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Tye Ruotolo Stops Dante Leon (Again) — The Man Who Pushed Him Hardest Three Times Got the Same Answer Every Time

Tye Ruotolo Stops Dante Leon (Again) — The Man Who Pushed Him Hardest Three Times Got the Same Answer Every Time

Jun 13, 2026 · athlete-news, dante-leon
When Tye Ruotolo and Dante Leon squared off at ONE Fight Night 31 in Bangkok back on May 9th, it marked the conclusion of one of submission grappling's most interesting asymmetrical rivalries. Leon had walked in saying he was 100 percent confident.
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An MMA Fighter With a 2-2 Record Drowned Saving Four Teenage Girls — He Did More With His Career Than Most Champions Ever Will

An MMA Fighter With a 2-2 Record Drowned Saving Four Teenage Girls — He Did More With His Career Than Most Champions Ever Will

Jun 12, 2026 · athlete-news, community
We spend a lot of time in this community arguing about records. Submission percentages.
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Joe Rogan Warned Chimaev About Wrestling After the Title Loss — He Was Already Booked Anyway

Joe Rogan Warned Chimaev About Wrestling After the Title Loss — He Was Already Booked Anyway

Jun 12, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results
Joe Rogan went on his podcast and spelled out a specific injury concern about Khamzat Chimaev's decision to compete in freestyle wrestling just six weeks after losing the UFC middleweight title. By the time Rogan finished naming that concern, Chimaev was already locked in for RAF 10 on June 13 in St
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