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RAF 9 Is Eleven Days Out — Gable Steveson Debuts, Covington Faces Weidman, and Five UFC Names Are on One Card

RAF 9 Is Eleven Days Out — Gable Steveson Debuts, Covington Faces Weidman, and Five UFC Names Are on One Card

When you hear 'wrestling promotion,' your brain probably pictures a dusty college field house, a single table of volunteers, and a guy with a clipboard arguing about weight classes. RAF 9 on May 30 in Arlington, Texas is not that.
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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

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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ADCC's Ticket-Sales Crisis Has a Number: 1,724 Sold, 9,351 Empty, 4 Per Day

ADCC's Ticket-Sales Crisis Has a Number: 1,724 Sold, 9,351 Empty, 4 Per Day

That's the current sales pace for ADCC 2026, booked for September 12–13 at TAURON Arena Kraków, a venue with 14,941 available seats. BJJ World scraped live ticket availability data across 22 active sales sections of the arena and published the count: 1,724 sold, 9,351 still available in those sectio
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Kron Gracie Publicly Says His Father Rickson's MMA Advice 'Isn't Working' — And Has Never Worked

Kron Gracie Publicly Says His Father Rickson's MMA Advice 'Isn't Working' — And Has Never Worked

Rickson Gracie's MMA advice never worked. That's not an outsider's take.
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Khamzat Chimaev's Corner Told Him He Was Winning. He Wasn't. Now He's Wrestling Dillon Danis to Earn a Rematch.

Khamzat Chimaev's Corner Told Him He Was Winning. He Wasn't. Now He's Wrestling Dillon Danis to Earn a Rematch.

The fight wasn't decided in the Octagon. It was decided on the corner stool between rounds four and five.
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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.

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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Joe Rogan Said 'Here Is My Fear' About Chimaev at RAF 10 — He's Not Wrong

Joe Rogan Said 'Here Is My Fear' About Chimaev at RAF 10 — He's Not Wrong

Here is a thing that happened: Khamzat Chimaev went into UFC 328 having allegedly cut somewhere between 42 and 50 pounds, fought five brutal rounds against Sean Strickland, lost his middleweight title on a split decision, and then signed to wrestle Dillon Danis at RAF 10 on June 13. Joe Rogan looked
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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

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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