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Craig Jones Called Gordon Ryan a 'Classic Right-Wing Grifter' in Playboy

Craig Jones Called Gordon Ryan a 'Classic Right-Wing Grifter' in Playboy

When Craig Jones's Playboy interview hit the internet and started circulating through the BJJ community, it became clear that something had fundamentally shifted in how the sport's biggest personalities were choosing to speak about each other—and about the sport itself. The piece, which originally r
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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

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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ADCC 2026's Replacement Superfight — And How Gordon Ryan's Exit Left Kaynan Duarte and Yuri Simoes Fighting in His Shadow

ADCC 2026's Replacement Superfight — And How Gordon Ryan's Exit Left Kaynan Duarte and Yuri Simoes Fighting in His Shadow

When Gordon Ryan announced his retirement just months before what was supposed to be his ADCC superfight showcase, he left the organization with more than just an empty slot on the September card. He left a roadmap of his dismissals, and ADCC filled that superfight with the exact two grapplers he'd
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Back in May, ADCC Finally Settled Its Superfight Void: Duarte vs Simoes Gets the Vacant Belt in September

Back in May, ADCC Finally Settled Its Superfight Void: Duarte vs Simoes Gets the Vacant Belt in September

When the ADCC 2026 superfight matchup was announced on May 12, it landed with the kind of quiet finality that only major decisions in submission grappling can carry. Yuri Simoes confirmed for Tauron Arena in Krakow on September 12-13.
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Gordon Ryan Said He Was 'Retired.' Then He Kept Showing Up to the Mat—and the Camera Caught Him

Gordon Ryan Said He Was 'Retired.' Then He Kept Showing Up to the Mat—and the Camera Caught Him

About three weeks after Gordon Ryan posted his retirement announcement, footage started circulating that told a different story entirely. The timeline is worth unpacking, because it matters.
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Gordon Ryan's New Gym Sold $20,000 Lifetime Memberships — Limited to Five People — While He's Retired

Gordon Ryan's New Gym Sold $20,000 Lifetime Memberships — Limited to Five People — While He's Retired

When you're the most dominant no-gi grappler of your generation but take an indefinite competition hiatus, what's your next move? If you're Gordon Ryan, you launch a gym with $20,000 lifetime memberships — and limit them to five people.
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ADCC's Ticket-Sales Crisis Has a Number: 1,724 Sold, 9,351 Empty, 4 Per Day

ADCC's Ticket-Sales Crisis Has a Number: 1,724 Sold, 9,351 Empty, 4 Per Day

That's the current sales pace for ADCC 2026, booked for September 12–13 at TAURON Arena Kraków, a venue with 14,941 available seats. BJJ World scraped live ticket availability data across 22 active sales sections of the arena and published the count: 1,724 sold, 9,351 still available in those sectio
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Gordon Ryan Posted About Hanging Politicians. Craig Jones Released His Wife's Arrest Footage and Sold the Merch.

Gordon Ryan Posted About Hanging Politicians. Craig Jones Released His Wife's Arrest Footage and Sold the Merch.

Craig Jones just turned Gordon Ryan's wife's arrest into a merch drop. Backstory: Nathalia Santoro, Ryan's wife, was arrested in Texas last October after a high-speed police chase.
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