Gym Owner's Harsh Feedback Philosophy Backfires as Students Quit
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BJJ News — bjj
Mario Lopez Earns Brown Belt as Galvao Seeks Redemption
Mario Lopez earned his brown belt the way most serious grapplers do: by showing up, putting in years of work, and winning a major tournament. The IBJJF Master North American Championship doesn't hand out medals for showing up early.
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Ffion Davies Returns to UFC BJJ 9 After Title Loss
When you lose a championship, the standard play is to disappear for a while. Cry into your açaí bowl.
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Tainan Dalpra & Gabi Pessanha Chase IBJJF Grand Slam at Worlds 2026
When you're the last two athletes standing in a four-tournament gauntlet, the Grand Slam stops being a hypothetical achievement and becomes a very real, very exhausting reality. That's where Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha find themselves one week out from IBJJF Worlds 2026 in Los Angeles.
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Roosevelt Sousa Banned by USADA, UFC BJJ Books Title Fight
There is a specific kind of cognitive dissonance that happens when you watch a sport announce, with total confidence, that it has solved a problem—and then immediately creates the exact problem it just solved. Roosevelt Sousa knows that feeling now.
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Danaher Exposes BJJ Coaching Waste: Why Most Gyms Fail Students
When John Danaher says your coach is wasting your time and money, he's not being provocative — he's being precise. And that precision is the problem.
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PGF Season 10 Expands to 8 Teams: Talent or Oversaturation?
The Professional Grappling Federation is doing what every sports league does when it thinks it's figured out the formula: it's doubling down. Season 10 roster expansion from 4 to 8 teams.
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ADCC Kraków 2026 Struggles with Only 11% Tickets Sold
ADCC 2026 in Kraków is supposed to be the crown jewel of the grappling calendar. The athletes you actually care about.
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