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UFC BJJ 8 Finish Rate Hits 62.5% — Community Meanwhile Debates If Dantzler 'Really' Lost

UFC BJJ 8 Finish Rate Hits 62.5% — Community Meanwhile Debates If Dantzler 'Really' Lost

Jun 20, 2026 · community-takes, grappling
UFC BJJ 8 in Las Vegas on May 21 posted the highest submission-finish rate in the promotion's history. Five out of eight matches ended with someone getting caught and finishing the other person.
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Craig Jones Cancels CJI 3, Keeps the Money

Craig Jones Cancels CJI 3, Keeps the Money

Jun 13, 2026 · business, cji-3
Craig Jones killed the tournament that bears his name. Not because the market didn't support it.
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Mackenzie Dern vs Gillian Robertson: The First UFC Title Fight Built Entirely on Jiu-Jitsu

Mackenzie Dern vs Gillian Robertson: The First UFC Title Fight Built Entirely on Jiu-Jitsu

Jun 13, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results
For the first time in UFC history, a title fight is being headlined by two athletes whose entire professional identity is built on jiu-jitsu. Not as a secondary skill.
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Tye Ruotolo Stops Dante Leon (Again) — The Man Who Pushed Him Hardest Three Times Got the Same Answer Every Time

Tye Ruotolo Stops Dante Leon (Again) — The Man Who Pushed Him Hardest Three Times Got the Same Answer Every Time

Jun 13, 2026 · athlete-news, dante-leon
When Tye Ruotolo and Dante Leon squared off at ONE Fight Night 31 in Bangkok back on May 9th, it marked the conclusion of one of submission grappling's most interesting asymmetrical rivalries. Leon had walked in saying he was 100 percent confident.
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Gilbert Burns 88-Second Return at UFC BJJ 9

Gilbert Burns 88-Second Return at UFC BJJ 9

Jun 12, 2026 · arm-triangle, gilbert-burns
Eighty-eight seconds. That's how long it took Gilbert Burns to remember why he's a genuinely dangerous grappler, even when he's been focused on punching people in the face for two years.
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Ben Askren Returns to Fighting After Lung Transplant

Ben Askren Returns to Fighting After Lung Transplant

Jun 12, 2026 · ben-askren, comeback
Ben Askren is coming back to fighting less than a year after a double lung transplant. We live in a sport where fighters pop anti-inflammatories before morning open mat like vitamins.
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Craig Jones' Training Secret: What Teammates Revealed

Craig Jones' Training Secret: What Teammates Revealed

Jun 12, 2026 · athlete-narrative, craig-jones
Craig Jones built his no-gi reputation on a specific narrative: he was different. While everyone else was in the gym destroying their bodies with traditional strength training, Jones claimed he was just rolling, flowing, outsmarting people through technique and timing.
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Robert Valentin Dedicated a First-Round RNC to His Late Mother — And Nobody in the Arena Was Ready For That Speech

Robert Valentin Dedicated a First-Round RNC to His Late Mother — And Nobody in the Arena Was Ready For That Speech

Jun 12, 2026 · competition-results, grappling
Two minutes and twenty-two seconds was all it took. Robert "Robzilla" Valentin dragged Julien Leblanc to the canvas, took his back, and sank in a rear-naked choke so textbook it could be the cover of a BJJ instructional.
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