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Gianni Grippo Is 34, Waited 11 Years for His Next ADCC Invite, and Just Went 7-0 Without Conceding a Point to Get It

Gianni Grippo Is 34, Waited 11 Years for His Next ADCC Invite, and Just Went 7-0 Without Conceding a Point to Get It

Jun 02, 2026 · -66kg, adcc
Something genuinely disorienting happened in a packed expo hall in Pomona. Gianni Grippo walked into the ADCC West Coast Trials at 34 years old, entered the -66kg division, and walked out 7-0 with an ADCC invitation in hand.
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ONE Inner Circle: When Oumar Kane Faced Malykhin in the First Heavyweight Title Defense of 2026

ONE Inner Circle: When Oumar Kane Faced Malykhin in the First Heavyweight Title Defense of 2026

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, grappling
ONE Championship staged a rematch that had been simmering for months—a heavyweight title defense that brought together two of the most dominant grapplers on the promotion's roster at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. Oumar "Reug Reug" Kane defended his ONE Heavyweight title against Anatoly "Sladkiy" Maly
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Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson Tried Sumo Wrestling And Actually Meant It

Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson Tried Sumo Wrestling And Actually Meant It

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, cross-training
Something unusual happened in the crossover-training space—the kind of thing that should have been a throwaway YouTube moment but turned into something worth actually examining. Stephen Thompson does not wrestle.
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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

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, gilbert-burns
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

Jun 02, 2026 · aoj, athlete-news
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

Jun 02, 2026 · arman-tsarukyan, bo-nickal
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

Jun 02, 2026 · bjj-philosophy, competition-results
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

Jun 02, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
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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