BJJ News — fact-check

If you've scrolled through combat sports news in the last two weeks, you've seen it: Mikey Musumeci is doing MMA. Mikey Musumeci threw his first punch on July 13.

In the retelling of MMA history, there's a story that shows up everywhere: Erik Paulson, the pioneering cross-trainer and link between the Gracie family and early American MMA, claims he sat in on negotiations between Rickson Gracie and PRIDE FC. The story goes that Paulson watched Rickson's demands