BJJ News

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

Jun 03, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

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

Jun 02, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news

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

May 20, 2026 · gordon-ryan, gym-business

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

May 20, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

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.

May 16, 2026 · athlete-news, beef

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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Your Professor Called It Tuesday: The Ecological BJJ Rebrand and Who Actually Invented It

May 16, 2026 · constraint-led, ecological-bjj

In January 2025, someone asked Gui Mendes about ecological training in jiu-jitsu. He's a three-time World Champion who built Art of Jiu Jitsu into one of the best competition academies in the country.

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