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Jungle Fight 149: When Matheus Araujo Held the RNC Past the Tap—and Why His Excuse About His Late Mother Still Didn't Make It Okay

Jungle Fight 149: When Matheus Araujo Held the RNC Past the Tap—and Why His Excuse About His Late Mother Still Didn't Make It Okay

Jun 11, 2026 · brazil, competition
When this went down on April 25 at São Paulo's Ginásio do Ibirapuera, it seemed like a straightforward submission gone wrong. Matheus "The Monster" Araujo caught Anderson Nascimento in a rear-naked choke inside three minutes of Round 1 at Jungle Fight 149.
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ADCC Worlds Tickets Stuck 63% Empty Four Months Out — How Yuri Simoes vs Kaynan Duarte Quietly Became The Main Event

ADCC Worlds Tickets Stuck 63% Empty Four Months Out — How Yuri Simoes vs Kaynan Duarte Quietly Became The Main Event

Jun 10, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
When May rolled around and ticket sales data started leaking, ADCC's Kraków event was already showing signs of serious trouble. When this went down recently—roughly 27 days before the time of writing—the organization found itself in a position that few major combat sports properties ever want to occ
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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

Jun 07, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
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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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.

Jun 07, 2026 · anti-doping, competition
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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UFC Enters Amateur Jiu-Jitsu With Submission-First Rules. The Establishment Is Nervous.

UFC Enters Amateur Jiu-Jitsu With Submission-First Rules. The Establishment Is Nervous.

Jun 07, 2026 · amateur-jiu-jitsu, competition
UFC just did something the IBJJF has been too afraid to do for twenty years: admit that jiu-jitsu competitions suck to watch when they're decided by advantages and stalling. With the launch of UFC BJJ Opens—a new amateur ruleset designed explicitly to reward submissions and eliminate the dead-time t
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BJJ's Amateur Competition Scene Is Quietly Collapsing — and Too Many Promotions Finally Hit a Wall

BJJ's Amateur Competition Scene Is Quietly Collapsing — and Too Many Promotions Finally Hit a Wall

Jun 06, 2026 · adcc, amateur
You drive four hours. Your bracket started with twelve registered competitors.
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How China Built BJJ Into Its School System—And What That Means for Everyone Else

How China Built BJJ Into Its School System—And What That Means for Everyone Else

Jun 05, 2026 · china, community
The grappling world got a reminder of something uncomfortable: when a country with 1.4 billion people decides to systematize a sport, the rest of us should probably pay attention. Somewhere in Shanghai, a seven-year-old was getting graded on guard retention.
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ADCC 2026 Was a Ticket Fiasco and Everyone Saw It Coming

ADCC 2026 Was a Ticket Fiasco and Everyone Saw It Coming

Jun 03, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
When the dust settled on ADCC's qualification cycle for the September event in Poland, one number told the entire story: four tickets per day. That was the sales velocity for what's supposed to be the biggest submission grappling event on the planet, scheduled for September 12-13 at Tauron Arena Kra
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