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4.1 Million Watched Helen Maroulis Win Olympic Gold. 180,000 Watched Her RAF Title Defense.

4.1 Million Watched Helen Maroulis Win Olympic Gold. 180,000 Watched Her RAF Title Defense.

Four-point-one million Americans watched Helen Maroulis win Olympic gold on NBC primetime in 2016. Roughly 180,000 watched her first RAF title defense on FOX Nation Friday night.
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Gilbert Burns Wants A BJJ Comeback. The Sport He's Coming Back To Didn't Exist When He Left.

Gilbert Burns Wants A BJJ Comeback. The Sport He's Coming Back To Didn't Exist When He Left.

That's how long Gilbert Burns spent retired before he started hinting at coming back. Saturday night at UFC Winnipeg, he took his gloves off in the cage.
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Craig Jones Just Booked A $10 Million Main Event Against A Guy Who Doesn't Show Up

Craig Jones Just Booked A $10 Million Main Event Against A Guy Who Doesn't Show Up

Craig Jones just booked a ghost. Kamaru Usman summarized Dillon Danis's last twelve months of grappling activity in four words: "He doesn't show up." Days later, Craig Jones announced him as the main event of CJI 3, a $10 million grappling tournament scheduled for July 2026 at a venue to be determin
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IBJJF And CBJJ Permanently Ban Melqui Galvão After His Arrest On Charges Involving Minors

IBJJF And CBJJ Permanently Ban Melqui Galvão After His Arrest On Charges Involving Minors

On Tuesday, the IBJJF and CBJJ issued a joint statement permanently banning Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach Melquisedeque "Melqui" Galvão from both organizations and from every event they sanction. The statement called his alleged conduct "unacceptable" and a violation of "the most fundamental ethical pri
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UFC Puts a Cage on the White House Lawn for Trump's 80th Birthday — Jon Jones Wasn't Invited and Retired Over It

UFC Puts a Cage on the White House Lawn for Trump's 80th Birthday — Jon Jones Wasn't Invited and Retired Over It

There's an Octagon going on the South Lawn of the White House. That sentence is real.
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Buchecha's Original UFC Vegas 116 Opponent Pulled Out. The UFC Found A Light Heavyweight. His Record Is Still 0-1-1.

Buchecha's Original UFC Vegas 116 Opponent Pulled Out. The UFC Found A Light Heavyweight. His Record Is Still 0-1-1.

When the UFC originally booked Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida vs. Max Gimenis for UFC Vegas 116 on April 25, the pitch almost wrote itself.
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Today Has Six Major Grappling Events On Three Continents. The Community Has Already Decided It's Bored.

Today Has Six Major Grappling Events On Three Continents. The Community Has Already Decided It's Bored.

Six major grappling events are running today. By tonight, somebody you know will be on a podcast explaining that jiu-jitsu doesn't promote itself.
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Rorion Gracie Created The UFC As A Jiu-Jitsu Infomercial, Sold It For $1M — It's Now Worth $12 Billion

Rorion Gracie Created The UFC As A Jiu-Jitsu Infomercial, Sold It For $1M — It's Now Worth $12 Billion

That's what Rorion Gracie walked away from. Robert Drysdale laid it out on the Jiu-Jitsu Revolution podcasthttps://bjjdoc.com/2026/04/12/adcc-veteran-questions-if-gracies-ever-believed-in-mma-as-a-sport-they-sold-ufc-the-first-chance-they-got/ last week, and the numbers are the kind that keep you aw
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