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ADCC Prize Money Is Shockingly Low — Jozef Chen's Take

ADCC Prize Money Is Shockingly Low — Jozef Chen's Take

Jozef Chen didn't mince words. He's one of the best no-gi grapplers alive—a multiple ADCC title contender, a submission machine, the kind of guy who dismantles everyone they put in front of him.
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Match Footage Lies: Why Every Grappler Rewrites Their Loss

Match Footage Lies: Why Every Grappler Rewrites Their Loss

Hell, you might be the guy. He competed last weekend.
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Jacob Rodriguez Faced Vagner Rocha at Karate Combat 62, Settling a Family Grudge

Jacob Rodriguez Faced Vagner Rocha at Karate Combat 62, Settling a Family Grudge

Jacob Rodriguez returned to competition on July 24 at Karate Combat 62, stepping onto the mat to face Vagner Rocha—and walking straight into a family beef that had been cooking since before he ever got his silver medal. Here's what mattered: the Rodriguezes and Rochas had never grappled directly as
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The Gym Physique Myth: Why Light Conditioning Won't Work

The Gym Physique Myth: Why Light Conditioning Won't Work

Every BJJ gym has one. Forty-five pounds of functional muscle, vascularity that could map a transit system, the kind of physique that makes people ask, "What's your secret?" And his answer, delivered with complete sincerity over his second açaí bowl, is always: "Just staying after class, bro.
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Blue Belt Sandbagging: Hidden MMA Record Exposed

Blue Belt Sandbagging: Hidden MMA Record Exposed

Ikigai Submission Grappling removed blue belt competitor Avazbek Akyolov from their tournament bracket this month after discovering his 4-0 professional MMA record and prior freestyle wrestling competition experience. The tournament explicitly restricted entries to competitors with fewer than six ye
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ADCC 2026: Fourth Defending Champion Passed—And Bodoni Surfed Instead of Defending

ADCC 2026: Fourth Defending Champion Passed—And Bodoni Surfed Instead of Defending

The email dropped mid-July, buried in the ADCC digest no one reads until they're scrolling at 2 a.m. Another defending champion—that's four now, depending on how you're counting—wasn't coming back.
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The Executive Decision: Covington Used Shareholder Status to Override a Fight Contract

The Executive Decision: Covington Used Shareholder Status to Override a Fight Contract

That's how long Covington held the line as RAF 12's headliner before bailing. On July 18, Colby Covington beat Arman Tsarukyan 5-3 at RAF 11 in Milwaukee to become the promotion's inaugural Cruiserweight Crossover champion.
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Arman Tsarukyan's Olympic Gamble: What Happens to That UFC Title Shot?

Arman Tsarukyan's Olympic Gamble: What Happens to That UFC Title Shot?

Arman Tsarukyan is ranked 2 in the UFC lightweight division. He's 23-3 in professional MMA across 26 fights since 2019.
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