BJJ News — bjj-black-belt

UFC and Paramount announced a long-term extension for Laura Sanko this week, locking the 43-year-old color commentator, desk analyst, and BJJ black belt into the booth through the Paramount+ era of UFC broadcasting. It's one of the first big on-air re-ups of that era, which kicked off in January wit

Thirteen years is a long time to wait for a rematch that nobody asked for. Then again, nobody asked for the first one to go three rounds either — and that one ended with Conor McGregor limping out of a Boston cage on a knee that popped in round two.

Islam Makhachev doesn't have a BJJ black belt. His grappling came up through combat sambo — world champion in 2016 — and Russian wrestling.

When Charles Oliveira armbarred Max Holloway in 2019, nobody expected that seven years later, Holloway would be cashing that receipt against Conor McGregor. But here we are — Holloway just received his BJJ black belt from Rylan Lizares, and the timing couldn't be more poetic.

Conor McGregor has, once again, been on the mat in a gi. Footage hit Instagram this week: guillotines, grip exchanges, the standard "I am still an athlete" highlight reel timed to a comeback that has been imminent for going on four years now.