BJJ News

UFC BJJ 9 Is June 4 — Nicky Rod vs. Roosevelt Sousa and Ffion Davies Return Are the Headline

May 20, 2026 · competition, competition-results

When UFC decided to get into the grappling event business, a lot of practitioners had questions. Like: will these be real grappling matches, or just celebrities awkwardly pummeling each other while Dana White grins at a production monitor?

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Larry Wheels Has a 660-Pound Bench. He Got Tapped By a 135-Pound Bantamweight Who Is Also Significantly Less Strong.

May 20, 2026 · cobey-fehr, grappling

You already know how this ends. You knew the second you read the headline, because if you've trained jiu-jitsu for more than six months, you've lived a version of this.

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Every Current UFC Champion Finishes With Strikes — Islam Makhachev Is the Last One Winning by Grappling

May 18, 2026 · bjj-in-mma, competition-results

Go through the UFC title picture right now. Ask how each champion got there.

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UFC BJJ Booked a Man Serving a 3-Year USADA Ban as Their June Title Contender

May 18, 2026 · anti-doping, doping

Roosevelt De Sousa had a December to remember. On December 13, 2025, he won the IBJJF gi world title in the ultra-heavyweight division.

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Fighter's Cauliflower Ear Explodes Mid-Match, Stops the Fight

May 17, 2026 · cauliflower-ear, community

The fight stopped because of an ear. Not a referee standing up a stalled scramble.

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260-Pound Powerlifter Larry Wheels Cannot Cope With Getting Outgrappled by Lightweight MMA Fighters — And He Can't Believe It

May 16, 2026 · celebrity-crossover, cobey-fehr

I got bitched out." That's Larry Wheels, walking out of Xtreme Couture MMA in Las Vegas after getting submitted by professional fighters who weigh 100 to 125 pounds less than him. He said it into his own camera.

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