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ADCC Invited Josh Saunders to Worlds — The Same Man Who Performs Nazi Salutes on Video

ADCC Invited Josh Saunders to Worlds — The Same Man Who Performs Nazi Salutes on Video

Jun 16, 2026 · accountability, adcc
It landed like a grenade that nobody wanted to pick up. Back on May 3rd, BJJDoc announced that ADCC had extended invitations to several competitors for the 2026 World Championship, and tucked into that list was Josh Saunders, slotted into the Men's +99kg division.
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Tom DeBlass Said 'Don't Be That Guy' About Messaging Women — His Actual Argument Was About Consistency, Not Silence

Tom DeBlass Said 'Don't Be That Guy' About Messaging Women — His Actual Argument Was About Consistency, Not Silence

Jun 16, 2026 · community, gym-culture
Tom DeBlass posted an Instagram Reel about messaging women after class, and it did what these videos always do: split the room. Half the BJJ community nodded along, half felt defensive, and almost everyone missed what he was actually arguing.
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BJJ Coach André Seabra Publicly Demoted A Brown Belt Back To Blue On Camera For 'Disobeying His Mother' — Community Splits On Whether Belts Reflect Skill Or Behavior

BJJ Coach André Seabra Publicly Demoted A Brown Belt Back To Blue On Camera For 'Disobeying His Mother' — Community Splits On Whether Belts Reflect Skill Or Behavior

Jun 16, 2026 · andre-seabra, belt-demotion
André Seabra hit the record button before he hit the belt. The Brazilian coach who runs Instituto Fazendo a Diferença no Jiu-Jitsu posted a video on April 14 in which he removed the brown belt from his student Igor, who he called his 'champion' on camera, and replaced it with a blue in front of the
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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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