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ADCC Bracket Reveal: 75K Views Beats Most UFC BJJ Events

ADCC Bracket Reveal: 75K Views Beats Most UFC BJJ Events

Sep 12, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
There's a specific moment in every grappling nerd's week: you refresh ADCC's social feed, your phone buzzes, and suddenly you're staring at a bracket visualization like it's the morning of a title fight. Except this week, the bracket reveal was the fight.
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Josh Barnett Says Blue Belts Shouldn't Get Paid. He's Half Right, and That's the Problem.

Josh Barnett Says Blue Belts Shouldn't Get Paid. He's Half Right, and That's the Problem.

Sep 06, 2026 · blue-belt, community
Josh Barnett has a problem with you getting paid. The former UFC heavyweight champion, second-degree black belt, and catch wrestling promotion operator went on the record recently with a take that landed hard in the grappling community: blue and purple belts competing in tournaments shouldn't get pr
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Purple Belt ADCC Planning: The Gym's Most Predictable Cycle

Purple Belt ADCC Planning: The Gym's Most Predictable Cycle

Sep 05, 2026 · adcc, community
Every grappling gym has one. A purple belt catches you between rolls and leans against the cage: 'Bro, I'm thinking ADCC 2028.
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A Banned Move in a Sanctioned Event: What Willian Masuda's Injury Reveals About BJJ's Enforcement Gap

A Banned Move in a Sanctioned Event: What Willian Masuda's Injury Reveals About BJJ's Enforcement Gap

Sep 03, 2026 · community, competition
Willian Masuda, a 37-year-old BJJ instructor known to the community as "Kabuto," was attempting to develop a stronger foundation in what he thought would be a new phase of his grappling career. On August 22, 2026, at Super Pro Jiu-Jitsu 2026 in Londrina, Paraná, that plan ended in a moment.
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JiujitsuNYC Removes Student With Harassment History

JiujitsuNYC Removes Student With Harassment History

Aug 27, 2026 · accountability, community
A video from JiujitsuNYC in Jackson Heights, Queens—run by Professor Alvaro Tautiva on Northern Boulevard—went viral this week for all the wrong reasons. In it, an instructor executes a textbook takedown on a newly enrolled student, transitions to knee-on-belly control, and holds it while the studen
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Rear Naked Choke Manslaughter: Perth Case

Rear Naked Choke Manslaughter: Perth Case

Jul 26, 2026 · bjj-liability, community
On the morning of July 13, 2026, Christian Jack Joseph appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on a manslaughter charge after a street altercation in Fremantle that left a 63-year-old man dead. Joseph, a 26-year-old junior doctor at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and a BJJ blue belt, had allegedly held a
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Why BJJ Gyms Cap Membership at 125 Members

Why BJJ Gyms Cap Membership at 125 Members

Jul 24, 2026 · bjj-business, community
There's a number that haunts BJJ gym owners: 125 members. Around 125 to 150 active members, a gym owner hits an invisible wall.
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Craig Jones Demands ADCC Accountability on Roster

Craig Jones Demands ADCC Accountability on Roster

Jul 07, 2026 · accountability, adcc
On July 2, Craig Jones spent hours on Instagram doing what ADCC apparently can't: naming specific people and citing specific reasons why they shouldn't compete at Worlds. Hays County sex offense warrants.
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