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Ulpiano Malachias, Gracie Barra 5th Degree and One of Brazil's Most Beloved BJJ Figures, Has Passed Away

Ulpiano Malachias, Gracie Barra 5th Degree and One of Brazil's Most Beloved BJJ Figures, Has Passed Away

May 21, 2026 · coaches, community
The mats in Houston are quieter today. Professor Ulpiano Malachias, a 5th-degree black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr.
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Fighter's Cauliflower Ear Explodes Mid-Match, Stops the Fight

Fighter's Cauliflower Ear Explodes Mid-Match, Stops the Fight

May 17, 2026 · cauliflower-ear, community
The fight stopped because of an ear. Not a referee standing up a stalled scramble.
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Guy Ritchie Got His 3rd Degree BJJ Black Belt on a Film Set — Tom Hardy Watched

Guy Ritchie Got His 3rd Degree BJJ Black Belt on a Film Set — Tom Hardy Watched

May 16, 2026 · belt-promotion, celebrity-bjj
Guy Ritchie makes films for a living. Snatch, Lock Stock, two Sherlock Holmes movies, The Gentleman, the King Arthur film everybody forgot they hated until someone rewatched it.
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Jeff Glover Wants to Fight Chris Bones to Settle Whether He Has Any Rickson Lineage At All

Jeff Glover Wants to Fight Chris Bones to Settle Whether He Has Any Rickson Lineage At All

May 16, 2026 · chris-bones, community
Jeff Glover is not a Rickson Gracie black belt. His lineage runs through a different branch entirely — Rolls Gracie, then Ricardo Miller — not a Rickson in sight, and he's never claimed otherwise.
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77-Year-Old Earns Gracie Black Belt After 12 Years — Somehow The Fastest Promotion Story Of The Week

77-Year-Old Earns Gracie Black Belt After 12 Years — Somehow The Fastest Promotion Story Of The Week

May 15, 2026 · belt-debates, black-belt
Paul Laniosz got his black belt in Gracie jiu-jitsu on Saturday, February 7. A month later, on March 18, he turned 77.
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BJJ Now Has An Anti-Doping Medal Table: Fight Sports 5, Alliance 4, Gracie Barra 3, Atos 2

BJJ Now Has An Anti-Doping Medal Table: Fight Sports 5, Alliance 4, Gracie Barra 3, Atos 2

May 14, 2026 · alliance, anti-doping
Five anti-doping violations: Cyborg, Porfirio, De Sousa, Rocha, and most recently Mica Galvão. Alliance sits second with four (Nogueira, Tayane Porfirio, Andrew, Gabi Garcia).
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Paddy Pimblett Made an Influencer Throw Up During Sparring. The Influencer Is Now a BJJ Convert.

Paddy Pimblett Made an Influencer Throw Up During Sparring. The Influencer Is Now a BJJ Convert.

May 13, 2026 · community, competition-results
At some point between throwing up at the window and getting back on the mat, Dean Alex — British TikToker, chaos content merchant, bearer of the catchphrase "do you not know who I am, kid?" — appears to have had an actual realization. He didn't know who he was dealing with.
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Fitness Influencer Tries Actual BJJ — Eight Years Of Body Combat Did Nothing Against A 14-Year-Old

Fitness Influencer Tries Actual BJJ — Eight Years Of Body Combat Did Nothing Against A 14-Year-Old

May 12, 2026 · body-combat, community
A 14-year-old kid put Riley Rehl to sleep in a regular jiu-jitsu class, and she had eight years of cardio kickboxing in the bank when it happened. That's the entire story.
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