BJJ News

Valter Walker Claims He's Over Heel Hooks. His Game Plan Says Otherwise.

Jun 29, 2026 · competition-results, fighter-reinvention

Valter Walker, UFC heavyweight, made a startling admission this week. Not of getting choked out or training through injuries or the things that normally grind fighters down.

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UFC Champion Merab Dvalishvili: '99.9% of Wrestlers Sacrifice Everything and Get Nothing Back'

Jun 29, 2026 · combat-sports, competition-results

UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili went on Dominick Cruz's podcast yesterday and articulated a problem that sits at the center of combat sports economics: wrestlers, particularly those who don't reach the elite level, sacrifice their entire lives to the sport and receive almost nothing in r

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Craig Jones Admits PED Use Before ADCC 2017

Jun 29, 2026 · adcc-2017, competition-results

Craig Jones finally admits what everyone already knew: he was juiced for ADCC 2017, and it never stopped. In a June 2026 appearance on the Fight Companion podcast with Nathaniel Cho, the leg lock specialist dropped the confession grappling has been waiting for but pretending didn't need to hear.

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ADCC Silently Removes Izaak Michell From 2026 Worlds

Jun 27, 2026 · 66kg, adcc-worlds

ADCC removed Izaak Michell from the 2026 Worlds roster. You found out because his name vanished from the bracket.

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Kron Gracie Accuses Rafael Mendes of Steroid Use—Zero Clean Records

Jun 27, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

Kron Gracie did what nobody in elite grappling does quietly anymore: he said the quiet part out loud. This week, Kron publicly claimed that Rafael Mendes admitted to steroid use after his dominant 2009 ADCC run.

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Conor McGregor Suspended 18 Months After Testing Positive for Banned Substances

Jun 27, 2026 · anti-doping, comeback

Conor McGregor did it again. That kept getting pushed back anyway.

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ADCC Asia & Oceania Trials: Belal Etiabari Becomes First New Zealander to Win an ADCC Trials Event

Jun 27, 2026 · adcc, adcc-trials

For a sport obsessed with lineage and legacy, grappling had a blind spot the size of the Tasman Sea. New Zealand had never—not once—produced a winner at an ADCC Trials event.

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Buchecha: 'Competing Again Would Come From Ego' — 13-Time World Champion Says BJJ Career Is Over

Jun 27, 2026 · athlete-news, buchecha

Marcus Almeida didn't need to announce his retirement. Buchecha's been semi-retired for years—stepping in for the big matches, ghosting the smaller ones, treating competition like a Netflix subscription he renews when something good is on.

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