BJJ News

Kade Ruotolo's First MMA Knockout Changed the Conversation—Just 6 Weeks Before His Grappling Title Defense

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, fabricio-andrey

When Kade Ruotolo stepped into the ONE Championship cage in Bangkok, the narrative around him was still settling. But something was noticeably missing from his highlight reel—and when that hole got filled on May 15, it shifted how people were talking about him entirely.

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UFC 327 Had Three Submissions And The First-Ever Finish Of Loopy Godinez — Nobody Noticed Because A Man Won The Title On One Leg

Jun 08, 2026 · carlos-ulberg, competition-results

UFC 327 at Kaseya Center in Miami delivered one of the most grappling-rich cards in recent memory. A first-ever stoppage of a fighter who had gone 19 professional bouts without being finished.

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RAF Takes Dvalishvili vs Cejudo and Snyder vs Sadulaev to Tbilisi — First International Event Remakes UFC 298 in a Country That Worships Wrestling

Jun 08, 2026 · cejudo, competition-results

RAF is taking its first international card to Tbilisi, and if you've trained anywhere in the Caucasus region, you already know why that's not a random choice. The Resurrection Athletic Federation — the wrestling promotion that spent the last two years quietly rebuilding after Ryan Bader stepped back

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Trump's White House UFC Card Just Got Sued for Corruption. Yes, Really.

Jun 08, 2026 · competition-results, corruption

Let me walk you through something that actually happened today: a federal lawsuit was filed — formally, in court, with lawyers and everything — alleging that a White House UFC event is an illegal corrupt scheme because the sitting president is personally profiting from VIP ticket sales while holding

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JCI 3 'The Dominion' Had 25 Submission-Only Fights and Five Title Bouts — It Was Free on YouTube and Nobody Noticed

Jun 07, 2026 · grappling, jci

Something genuinely unusual happened in the Midwest grappling world, and almost nobody noticed. When JCI 3: The Dominion went down on May 9 at The Vixen in McHenry, Illinois, it represented exactly the kind of event that should have been generating serious conversation across the submission-only lan

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Tsarukyan vs. Danis Confirmed for Hype FC April 8—Then Quietly Cancelled Just 11 Days After Danis Got Mauled by Covington

Jun 07, 2026 · arman-tsarukyan, athlete-news

On March 28, Colby Covington tech-falled Dillon Danis at RAF 07 in Tampa, putting the grappling world on notice that when Danis steps into a submission-only ruleset against elite wrestlers, his finish record doesn't protect him. Danis hung tough through the first period—matched Covington 4-4, earned

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Colby Covington vs Arman Tsarukyan: Genius Matchup or Last Gasp

Jun 07, 2026 · arman-tsarukyan, colby-covington

Colby Covington and Arman Tsarukyan are fighting July 18 at RAF 11, and the BJJ community is about to find out if this is the most brilliant matchup of the summer or just RAF desperately trying to keep Covington's relevance alive after his UFC departure. Let's be clear about what's happening here.

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Islam Makhachev Says Ian Garry's Wrestling Camp Won't Help — 'Short-Term Training Doesn't Provide Meaningful Improvement'

Jun 03, 2026 · competition-results, grappling

Ian Garry flew to Georgia. Not the state, the country — home of Nox, khinkali, and apparently the only wrestlers on Earth who can prepare an Irishman to take down a Dagestani champion.

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