BJJ News–Tagged "competition-results"

ADCC Asia & Oceania Trials: Belal Etiabari Becomes First New Zealander to Win an ADCC Trials Event

Jun 27, 2026 · adcc, adcc-trials

For a sport obsessed with lineage and legacy, grappling had a blind spot the size of the Tasman Sea. New Zealand had never—not once—produced a winner at an ADCC Trials event.

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Buchecha: 'Competing Again Would Come From Ego' — 13-Time World Champion Says BJJ Career Is Over

Jun 27, 2026 · athlete-news, buchecha

Marcus Almeida didn't need to announce his retirement. Buchecha's been semi-retired for years—stepping in for the big matches, ghosting the smaller ones, treating competition like a Netflix subscription he renews when something good is on.

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UFC Fighter Philip Rowe Said There's 'No One Elite' In UFC BJJ — He Wasn't Wrong But He's Also Not Elite

Jun 26, 2026 · andrew-tackett, competition-results

Philip Rowe gave UFC BJJ the most honest assessment anyone's dared to say out loud: there's nobody elite in there. On The Casuals MMA YouTube channel, the UFC welterweight broke down the new initiative with a clarity that made the room uncomfortable.

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Khabib Opened a Coffee Shop Because He Couldn't Go to Any Other Coffee Shop Without Signing Autographs for 45 Minutes

Jun 26, 2026 · athlete-entrepreneur, coffee-shop

Khabib Nurmagomedov, the undefeated former UFC champion, couldn't just walk into a coffee shop anymore. Not because the door was locked, but because the moment he stepped inside, he was no longer a person ordering an espresso.

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Gilbert Burns Won His UFC BJJ Debut in About 60 Seconds. He's 40. That's It. That's the Whole Thing.

Jun 26, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

Gilbert Burns walked into the octagon at forty years old and finished his opponent in about a minute. Sixty seconds of technical dominance, and it was over.

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Coach Sentenced 178 Years for Abusing Young BJJ Athletes

Jun 26, 2026 · abuse, bjj

Brazilian jiu-jitsu was supposed to be the way out. For Matheus Gabriel and at least eleven other children from economically vulnerable backgrounds in Brazil, it became the path that led directly to a predator.

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