BJJ News–Tagged "competition-results"

Colby Covington Joins Hype FC for Submission Grappling

Sep 03, 2026 · colby-covington, combat-sports

Colby Covington proved something remarkable in fourteen months: if you're elite at one combat sport, you can cash in on credentials in the next. He retired from MMA in May 2026 after twelve years in the UFC.

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Bo Nickal Faces Olympic Judoka at RAF Moscow

Sep 03, 2026 · bo-nickal, combat-sports

This Friday, September 5, 2026, Bo Nickal will step into the cage in Moscow to face Shirvani Muradov—a man who hasn't competed in professional combat sports since 2012. That's fourteen years.

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Josh Saunders: BJJ's Accountability Crisis

Sep 02, 2026 · accountability, adcc

Accountability in combat sports moves slowly, if at all. So when Reddit users uncovered Nazi imagery in Josh Saunders' social media activity in early July 2025, the Australian ADCC veteran's response time matched the sport's institutional pace: nowhere fast.

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Craig Jones vs Gordon Ryan: Pre-ADCC Camp Rivalry

Sep 02, 2026 · adcc-2026, coaching

Actually, it's worse than that. Jones didn't cancel—he's accelerating a September camp in Mexico because Gordon Ryan's running a closed-door session in Budapest three days before ADCC.

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Tyron Woodley Says He'll 'Beat Chimaev Like a Drum' at RAF Moscow — Then Reality Showed Up

Sep 02, 2026 · comeback, competition-results

On August 22, 2026, Tyron Woodley did something he hadn't done in seven years: he won a fight. At RAF 12, the former UFC Welterweight Champion stopped Joaquin Buckley, snapping a losing streak that had lasted since his UFC 228 victory over Darren Till in September 2018.

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Ben Kovacs on Craig Jones and the Grappling Pay Ratchet

Aug 31, 2026 · adcc, athlete-compensation

Ben Kovacs sits at the intersection of two things most people in grappling try not to think about simultaneously: money and honesty. As the general manager of FloGrappling and founder of the Guardian Jiu-Jitsu Foundation, he's the guy who has to explain why elite athletes are getting paid what they'

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FloGrappling GM: CJI Was 'A Hugely Painful Time' — And the Pay Ratchet It Set Has Permanently Changed Grappling Economics

Aug 31, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

When Ben Kovacs, FloGrappling's general manager and founder of the Guardian Jiu-Jitsu Foundation, sat down on the Jits and Giggles podcast, he didn't mince words. The 2024 Craig Jones Invitational was "a hugely painful time." Not just for Craig.

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$972 ADCC Mat-Side Tickets Are Wrecking Marriages

Aug 31, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

Blue belt, maybe purple. Makes decent money—$60K, $80K, whatever.

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