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Two UFC Champions Publish 'How To Spot A Good BJJ Gym' Checklists On The Same Day — The Floor Is Apparently So Low, This Passes For Insight In 2026

Two UFC Champions Publish 'How To Spot A Good BJJ Gym' Checklists On The Same Day — The Floor Is Apparently So Low, This Passes For Insight In 2026

Jun 16, 2026 · bjj-gyms, community
On April 17, 2026, Matt Serra — UFC 69 veteran, Renzo Gracie black belt, and owner of Serra BJJ in Huntington, New York — posted a checklist to Instagram titled "How To Spot A Good BJJ Gym." Does the head coach actually roll with students? How are newer students treated when they show up?
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Jeff Glover Wants to Fight the Guy Who Says He Trained with Rickson — After Kron Already Said He Didn't

Jeff Glover Wants to Fight the Guy Who Says He Trained with Rickson — After Kron Already Said He Didn't

Jun 13, 2026 · chris-bones, community
Kron Gracie already called it. Jeff Glover wants to prove it.
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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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Russian Men Are Paying $80 to Get Fake Cauliflower Ears Injected — The One Part of BJJ You Actually Cannot Outsource

Russian Men Are Paying $80 to Get Fake Cauliflower Ears Injected — The One Part of BJJ You Actually Cannot Outsource

Jun 12, 2026 · cauliflower-ear, community
Your cauliflower ear took years to earn. In Russia, they're selling a shortcut for six thousand rubles — about $80 a side.
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When BJJ Had Its Closest Olympic Shot Yet — And Immediately Fractured Into Three Competing Camps

When BJJ Had Its Closest Olympic Shot Yet — And Immediately Fractured Into Three Competing Camps

Jun 05, 2026 · adcc, community
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu community witnessed something genuinely remarkable: the sport's most realistic Olympic pathway in its history, followed almost immediately by complete organizational chaos. The sequence of events that unfolded over just a few weeks — and the three incompatible ruleset framewo
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Tom DeBlass Told Men Not To DM Women At The Gym — The Real Issue Is Whether 'No Thanks' Gets Respected

Tom DeBlass Told Men Not To DM Women At The Gym — The Real Issue Is Whether 'No Thanks' Gets Respected

Jun 05, 2026 · community, gym-culture
Tom DeBlass has been in Brazilian jiu-jitsu for over three decades. He runs one of the most respected gyms on the East Coast.
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Jeremy Glick Tried to Stop a Hijacked Plane With His Hands. The US Judo Association Just Made Him a 10th-Degree Black Belt.

Jeremy Glick Tried to Stop a Hijacked Plane With His Hands. The US Judo Association Just Made Him a 10th-Degree Black Belt.

Jun 05, 2026 · bjj-vs-mma, community
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Jeremy Glick called his wife Lyz from a payphone in the back of United Flight 93. He told her the plane had been hijacked.
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How China Built BJJ Into Its School System—And What That Means for Everyone Else

How China Built BJJ Into Its School System—And What That Means for Everyone Else

Jun 05, 2026 · china, community
The grappling world got a reminder of something uncomfortable: when a country with 1.4 billion people decides to systematize a sport, the rest of us should probably pay attention. Somewhere in Shanghai, a seven-year-old was getting graded on guard retention.
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