BJJ News

Buchecha's 'Friendships Over Titles' Message Hit Different After His Second UFC Knockout

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, buchecha

About a week after Ryan Spann's left hook and straight right sent Marcus Buchecha Almeida to the canvas at UFC Vegas 116, the legendary grappler shared some philosophical reflections on what actually matters in life. "Everything that you build, everything that you conquer as an athlete," he said, "i

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Kody Steele's UFC Perth Heel Hook Win Proved Combat Jiu-Jitsu Translates to the Cage

Jun 10, 2026 · combat-jiu-jitsu, competition-results

Kody Steele walked into UFC Perth and settled an argument that never stops being recycled through fighting podcasts. On May 7th, he submitted Dom Fan with a heel hook at 3 minutes and 56 seconds into round one—the kind of finish that forces people to reckon with what they actually know about submiss

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Mica Galvao Broke His Silence — Condemned 'Violence Against Women And Children' In General But Did Not Address His Father By Name

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, athlete-statement

When Melqui Galvao turned himself in to Manaus police on a São Paulo arrest warrant referencing alleged sexual crimes against minors, his son Mica posted a statement about seven hours later. The statement was short.

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Melqui Galvão: How A Tenured Police Instructor Allegedly Abused Three Students — One Just 12 — While His Federation Stayed Silent

Jun 10, 2026 · accountability, athlete-news

The headline detail that no story about Melqui Galvão could seem to top was almost absurd in its specificity: the man was on the Amazonas state payroll as a sworn Civil Police investigator with a sub-specialty in teaching other officers personal-defense techniques. That alone would have been darkly

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UFC 327 Had Three Submissions And The First-Ever Finish Of Loopy Godinez — Nobody Noticed Because A Man Won The Title On One Leg

Jun 08, 2026 · carlos-ulberg, competition-results

UFC 327 at Kaseya Center in Miami delivered one of the most grappling-rich cards in recent memory. A first-ever stoppage of a fighter who had gone 19 professional bouts without being finished.

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RAF Takes Dvalishvili vs Cejudo and Snyder vs Sadulaev to Tbilisi — First International Event Remakes UFC 298 in a Country That Worships Wrestling

Jun 08, 2026 · cejudo, competition-results

RAF is taking its first international card to Tbilisi, and if you've trained anywhere in the Caucasus region, you already know why that's not a random choice. The Resurrection Athletic Federation — the wrestling promotion that spent the last two years quietly rebuilding after Ryan Bader stepped back

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Trump's White House UFC Card Just Got Sued for Corruption. Yes, Really.

Jun 08, 2026 · competition-results, corruption

Let me walk you through something that actually happened today: a federal lawsuit was filed — formally, in court, with lawyers and everything — alleging that a White House UFC event is an illegal corrupt scheme because the sitting president is personally profiting from VIP ticket sales while holding

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ADCC 2026 Was Selling 4 Tickets a Day With 15,030 Seats and Four Months to Go

Jun 07, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

As ADCC 2026 approached with four months remaining, ticket sales painted a bleak picture: 2,880 seats sold over five months of presale, averaging just four per day. The 15,030-capacity venue was only 19% full.

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