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RAF Takes Dvalishvili vs Cejudo and Snyder vs Sadulaev to Tbilisi — First International Event Remakes UFC 298 in a Country That Worships Wrestling

RAF Takes Dvalishvili vs Cejudo and Snyder vs Sadulaev to Tbilisi — First International Event Remakes UFC 298 in a Country That Worships Wrestling

RAF is taking its first international card to Tbilisi, and if you've trained anywhere in the Caucasus region, you already know why that's not a random choice. The Resurrection Athletic Federation — the wrestling promotion that spent the last two years quietly rebuilding after Ryan Bader stepped back
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Trump's White House UFC Card Just Got Sued for Corruption. Yes, Really.

Trump's White House UFC Card Just Got Sued for Corruption. Yes, Really.

Let me walk you through something that actually happened today: a federal lawsuit was filed — formally, in court, with lawyers and everything — alleging that a White House UFC event is an illegal corrupt scheme because the sitting president is personally profiting from VIP ticket sales while holding
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ADCC 2026 Was Selling 4 Tickets a Day With 15,030 Seats and Four Months to Go

ADCC 2026 Was Selling 4 Tickets a Day With 15,030 Seats and Four Months to Go

As ADCC 2026 approached with four months remaining, ticket sales painted a bleak picture: 2,880 seats sold over five months of presale, averaging just four per day. The 15,030-capacity venue was only 19% full.
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When ADCC Ran Five Simultaneous Opens Across Five Countries—And Revealed Its Real Problem

When ADCC Ran Five Simultaneous Opens Across Five Countries—And Revealed Its Real Problem

ADCC pulled off something ambitious—or desperate, depending on your read on it. On May 30, the organization coordinated qualifier events across Portugal, the United States, Wales, Moldova, and Slovakia, all happening on the same calendar date.
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Livia Barasine Emerges as First Named Competitor on Record in Galvão Case

Livia Barasine Emerges as First Named Competitor on Record in Galvão Case

When Livia Barasine released her statement on May 4, the jiu-jitsu community got its first named adult face attached to the allegations against coach Melqui Galvão. She didn't emerge from anonymity because she'd been hiding.
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Worlds Entry Fee Just Hit $204. Then USADA Showed Up With a Clipboard.

Worlds Entry Fee Just Hit $204. Then USADA Showed Up With a Clipboard.

The 2026 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship is coming to Long Beach. The Walter Pyramid will host five days of elite grappling from May 28 to 31.
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Tsarukyan vs. Danis Confirmed for Hype FC April 8—Then Quietly Cancelled Just 11 Days After Danis Got Mauled by Covington

Tsarukyan vs. Danis Confirmed for Hype FC April 8—Then Quietly Cancelled Just 11 Days After Danis Got Mauled by Covington

On March 28, Colby Covington tech-falled Dillon Danis at RAF 07 in Tampa, putting the grappling world on notice that when Danis steps into a submission-only ruleset against elite wrestlers, his finish record doesn't protect him. Danis hung tough through the first period—matched Covington 4-4, earned
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Khamzat Chimaev Spent This Week Explaining Why Jiu-Jitsu Is the Foundation of MMA Success — His Corner Cost Him the UFC Title Doing Exactly That

Khamzat Chimaev Spent This Week Explaining Why Jiu-Jitsu Is the Foundation of MMA Success — His Corner Cost Him the UFC Title Doing Exactly That

There is a specific kind of painful irony that only combat sports can produce. Not theatrical irony.
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