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Gordon Ryan's ADCC Non-Negotiable Stance Hits Different When He's Sitting This One Out

Gordon Ryan's ADCC Non-Negotiable Stance Hits Different When He's Sitting This One Out

Gordon Ryan has a position on ADCC that sounds a lot more principled when you're not examining it too closely. The New Wave Jiu-Jitsu owner and competitor recently stated that ADCC would be "non-negotiable" in any contract negotiations with the UFC for a jiu-jitsu-specific event or fighter compensat
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Philip Rowe: 'There's No One Elite' in UFC BJJ — The Competition Is Not At World Level

Philip Rowe: 'There's No One Elite' in UFC BJJ — The Competition Is Not At World Level

Philip Rowe, the UFC welterweight who actually knows what a leg lock is supposed to look like, went on The Casuals MMA and said something that made everyone uncomfortable because it was completely accurate: "There's no one elite in UFC BJJ. There's no one elite around." The statement was worth cons
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Half The Community Just Realized Their Gym Is Running The Lloyd Irvin Sales Playbook — No Pricing, No Schedule, No Way Out

Half The Community Just Realized Their Gym Is Running The Lloyd Irvin Sales Playbook — No Pricing, No Schedule, No Way Out

You walk into the gym. The website didn't tell you the price.
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New Grappling Champion Discovers He Cannot Compete At ADCC, UFC BJJ, CJI, or Any Event Run By Anyone With Internet Access Due to Overlapping Exclusivity Clauses He Signed at Different Open Mats

New Grappling Champion Discovers He Cannot Compete At ADCC, UFC BJJ, CJI, or Any Event Run By Anyone With Internet Access Due to Overlapping Exclusivity Clauses He Signed at Different Open Mats

When you're the hottest new name in submission grappling but can't actually compete anywhere because you signed your life away at three different open mats. That's the reality for newly crowned regional champion Marcus 'The Anaconda' Delgado, who just discovered the hard way that those clipboard-wie
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