BJJ News — competition

ADCC announced increased prize money for the 2026 World Championship in Krakow, and congratulations are in order. Men's division champions will now receive $20,000, doubled from the previous $10,000. Women's champions will receive $10,000, up from $6,000. If you're doing the math and it feels like the math doesn't math, that's because it doesn't. Women's pay went from 60% of men's to 50%. ADCC technically gave women a raise and widened the gap at the same time. That takes a specific kind of talent. But wait — there's more. ADCC also quietly dropped the women's absolute division. The open-weight bracket...

The 2026 Pan Championship kicks off Tuesday in Kissimmee, and if you've survived a competition season before, you already know what's coming. Not the matches — those will be great. The content. The content is going to be devastating. We are approximately 72 hours from the first "trusting the process" post. Within 96 hours, someone will lose a quarterfinal by an advantage and post a window-staring selfie captioned with the "man in the arena" quote, attributed — as is tradition — to Brené Brown. It is a Teddy Roosevelt quote. It has always been a Teddy Roosevelt quote. It does...