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Joe Rogan Said Chimaev Has Been Winning Because He Hasn't Wrestled Anyone — Burns And Usman Were The Real Tests

Joe Rogan Said Chimaev Has Been Winning Because He Hasn't Wrestled Anyone — Burns And Usman Were The Real Tests

Joe Rogan spent part of episode 2487 of his podcast, released April 22 with Action Bronson, explaining that Khamzat Chimaev was, in fact, a freak. Then he spent the rest of it explaining why we didn't actually know how big a freak yet.
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The Brasileiro Sold Out At 8,000 Entries: How Two AOJ Teammates Nearly Made Back-To-Back Grand Slams Real

The Brasileiro Sold Out At 8,000 Entries: How Two AOJ Teammates Nearly Made Back-To-Back Grand Slams Real

Something genuinely rare happened in jiu-jitsu: the IBJJF's oldest major championship hit a ceiling nobody had seen before. The Brasileiro — ten days of competition across every belt level from kids to black belt — sold out at exactly 8,000 registered competitors.
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Khamzat Chimaev's $200K Wrestling Bounty Met Reality—And Lost

Khamzat Chimaev's $200K Wrestling Bounty Met Reality—And Lost

Khamzat Chimaev made headlines that seemed to sum up everything wrong and right about the crossover fever gripping combat sports. On April 18, the reigning UFC middleweight champion (15-0) signed with Real American Freestyle, posted a $200,000 bounty for any Olympic wrestling champion willing to spa
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Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Doesn't Work' — Rickson Reportedly Stopped Speaking to Him For Years Over It

Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Doesn't Work' — Rickson Reportedly Stopped Speaking to Him For Years Over It

Kron Gracie walked into a training session, tried the move his father told him to use, and his training partner snatched his leg and kicked back. The move was a front kick.
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Gordon Ryan Said He Was 'Retired.' Then He Kept Showing Up to the Mat—and the Camera Caught Him

Gordon Ryan Said He Was 'Retired.' Then He Kept Showing Up to the Mat—and the Camera Caught Him

About three weeks after Gordon Ryan posted his retirement announcement, footage started circulating that told a different story entirely. The timeline is worth unpacking, because it matters.
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Owen Jones Calls Out Mikey Musumeci: 'He Doesn't Deserve to Be the Face of the Sport'

Owen Jones Calls Out Mikey Musumeci: 'He Doesn't Deserve to Be the Face of the Sport'

Owen Jones said it on The Charles Eoghan Experience podcast last summer, and nobody really answered him. "I just don't like that they're trying to make him the face of the sport.
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Khamzat Chimaev Lost His Middleweight Belt and Decided Light Heavyweight Was the Answer

Khamzat Chimaev Lost His Middleweight Belt and Decided Light Heavyweight Was the Answer

Khamzat Chimaev experienced something he hadn't tasted before in his professional career: a loss. And not just any loss—a split decision defeat to Sean Strickland, a 4-to-1 underdog, at UFC 328 in Newark.
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Erich Munis Lost His Own Weight Class At Brasileiros Then Won The 14-Man Absolute The Same Day

Erich Munis Lost His Own Weight Class At Brasileiros Then Won The 14-Man Absolute The Same Day

When the dust settled on the IBJJF Brasileiros, one result sat in the data that nobody quite knew what to do with: the men's super heavy black belt final that Erich Munis lost, followed immediately—same day, same venue—by the absolute title that he won. The super heavy final came down to something m
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