Match Footage Lies: Why Every Grappler Rewrites Their Loss
Hell, you might be the guy. He competed last weekend.
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BJJ News — bjj
Danaher Explains Why BJJ's Standup Stays Broken
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
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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Blue Belt Sandbagging: Hidden MMA Record Exposed
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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Gordon Ryan: Brazil's Jiu-Jitsu Dominance Is Slipping
Gordon Ryan, the most dominant no-gi grappler of the past decade, recently made a claim that landed somewhere between trash talk and genuine observation: Brazil's grip on jiu-jitsu is slipping, and Brazilian practitioners will be "phased out."
On the surface, it's audacious. An American saying Braz
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Fight 2 Win 316 Held 52-Match Card in São Paulo; Willson Bueno Closes Event with Kneebar Victory
Fight 2 Win 316 held 52 technical grappling matches on May 23 in São Paulo, with multiple submission finishes punctuating the card. Willson Bueno closed one with a kneebar that needed no commentary to justify itself.
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July 11: Grappling's Most Stacked Night
Mark your calendar for July 11, 2026. Actually, don't—you'll get distracted trying to figure out which stream to watch first, your credit card will get declined from subscription stacking, and by 8 p.m.
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Zabit Injured, Khasan Replaces: Dagestan's Interchangeable Model
Zabit Magomedsharipov withdrew from ACBJJ 21. Khasan Magomedsharipov filled the slot.
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