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Islam Makhachev Holds Two Belts, Tests Gym-Loyalty Code

Islam Makhachev Holds Two Belts, Tests Gym-Loyalty Code

Aug 19, 2026 · competition-results, fighter-code
Islam Makhachev pulled out the gym-loyalty card on Mighty Cast with conviction that sounds unshakeable in the moment and complicated in practice. The principle: teammates who train together for years should not compete against each other.
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Craig Jones Investigates Melqui Galvao Allegations

Craig Jones Investigates Melqui Galvao Allegations

Aug 19, 2026 · accountability, allegations
Craig Jones isn't a documentarian. He's not a journalist.
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When Elisabeth Clay's Leg Lock Broke Danilo's Knee

When Elisabeth Clay's Leg Lock Broke Danilo's Knee

Aug 07, 2026 · couples-training, danilo-moreira
Danilo Moreira has rolled with world-class grapplers across two continents, competed at elite levels in both gi and no-gi, and built a legitimate career as a professional grappler. He also, at various points, refused to tap to his wife while she was literally breaking his body.
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Matt Serra and Mikey Musumeci Said Ecological BJJ Is Just Reinventing the Wheel — 'Don't Make Jiu-Jitsu Only for the Intellectuals'

Matt Serra and Mikey Musumeci Said Ecological BJJ Is Just Reinventing the Wheel — 'Don't Make Jiu-Jitsu Only for the Intellectuals'

Aug 07, 2026 · coaching, ecological-jiu-jitsu
On an episode of the Overdogs BJJ podcast, Matt Serra and Mikey Musumeci put a name to something every gym has argued about in the locker room after class: the tension between time-tested drilling and newer, "ecological" approaches to jiu-jitsu instruction. For those not deep in the coaching literat
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Jonah Hill Says His Jiu-Jitsu Would Annihilate Three Comedians. Cub Swanson Made Him an Offer.

Jonah Hill Says His Jiu-Jitsu Would Annihilate Three Comedians. Cub Swanson Made Him an Offer.

Aug 07, 2026 · celebrity, confidence
Actor Jonah Hill confidently declared on a recent podcast that his Brazilian jiu-jitsu training would, in his own words, "fing annihilate" three famous podcast hosts—Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. Hill, 42, has been training seriously under black belt instructor Josh Griffiths and is wo
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Match Footage Lies: Why Every Grappler Rewrites Their Loss

Match Footage Lies: Why Every Grappler Rewrites Their Loss

Jul 26, 2026 · bjj, competition
Hell, you might be the guy. He competed last weekend.
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Danaher Explains Why BJJ's Standup Stays Broken

Danaher Explains Why BJJ's Standup Stays Broken

Jul 25, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj
John Danaher dropped a diagnosis recently that every practitioner who's ever watched their coach spend five minutes on arm drags before pivoting to "the real part" (ground fighting) has felt in their bones: BJJ's standup game isn't broken because we haven't figured it out yet. It's broken by design.
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The Gym Physique Myth: Why Light Conditioning Won't Work

The Gym Physique Myth: Why Light Conditioning Won't Work

Jul 25, 2026 · bjj, competition-results
Every BJJ gym has one. Forty-five pounds of functional muscle, vascularity that could map a transit system, the kind of physique that makes people ask, "What's your secret?" And his answer, delivered with complete sincerity over his second açaí bowl, is always: "Just staying after class, bro.
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