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Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha Are Nine Days From Grand Slam Immortality — With USADA Testing Standing Between Them and the Trophy

Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha Are Nine Days From Grand Slam Immortality — With USADA Testing Standing Between Them and the Trophy

May 20, 2026 · athlete-news, competition
When you're nine days from becoming one of the greatest competitors in the history of jiu-jitsu, the math is simple. Secure the Grand Slam.
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UFC BJJ 9 Is June 4 — Nicky Rod vs. Roosevelt Sousa and Ffion Davies Return Are the Headline

UFC BJJ 9 Is June 4 — Nicky Rod vs. Roosevelt Sousa and Ffion Davies Return Are the Headline

May 20, 2026 · competition, competition-results
When UFC decided to get into the grappling event business, a lot of practitioners had questions. Like: will these be real grappling matches, or just celebrities awkwardly pummeling each other while Dana White grins at a production monitor?
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Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Punish Attacking. Drysdale Says Without IBJJF We'd Have 12-Year-Old Black Belts. Both Are Right.

Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Punish Attacking. Drysdale Says Without IBJJF We'd Have 12-Year-Old Black Belts. Both Are Right.

May 19, 2026 · athlete-news, belt-standards
The uncomfortable part is that both being right at the same time is the actual problem. Mikey Musumeci and Robert Drysdale made opposite-sounding arguments about IBJJF in the same week.
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Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Punishes You For Actually Fighting — He Should Know, He Won Under Both Systems

Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Punishes You For Actually Fighting — He Should Know, He Won Under Both Systems

May 19, 2026 · brasileiro, competition
Mikey Musumeci has five IBJJF world titles. He's the first American to win multiple black belt world championships at IBJJF Worlds.
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Adriano Moraes Won With a Rear Naked Choke in the Final Second — Officials Reviewed the Footage and Confirmed It

Adriano Moraes Won With a Rear Naked Choke in the Final Second — Officials Reviewed the Footage and Confirmed It

May 18, 2026 · adriano-moraes, competition
With one second on the clock, Phumi Nkuta said the word that ends every roll in every gym in the world. The referee didn't call it.
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IBJJF Worlds Is in 12 Days — And This Is the First Time USADA Will Test at the Venue

IBJJF Worlds Is in 12 Days — And This Is the First Time USADA Will Test at the Venue

May 17, 2026 · anti-doping, competition
USADA is going to Worlds. The 2026 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship runs May 28–31 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
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Franjinha Miller: BJJ Will Never Make the Olympics Because Private Entities Control the Sport

Franjinha Miller: BJJ Will Never Make the Olympics Because Private Entities Control the Sport

May 10, 2026 · alliance-bjj, competition
Alliance BJJ co-founder Romero "Franjinha" Miller gave BJJ Doc the most honest answer anyone in the sport has offered on the Olympics question: "I don't think it's gonna be Olympic. It's too much private companies running the show right now." That was last Friday.
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UFC BJJ Plans 14 Events for 2026 — The Promotion That Launched Free on YouTube Is Building a Full Sport Calendar

UFC BJJ Plans 14 Events for 2026 — The Promotion That Launched Free on YouTube Is Building a Full Sport Calendar

May 06, 2026 · competition, dana-white
Dana White confirmed it. MMA Mania reported it.
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