BJJ News

Jon Jones Said Gable Steveson Was 'Moving Like He Never Left.' The UFC Put Him on Prelims.

Jul 02, 2026 · competition-results, gable-steveson

There was a gap between what Jon Jones was saying and what the UFC was doing. Jones, one of the most dominant strikers in combat sports history, went on record praising his training partner Gable Steveson.

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Gable Steveson's UFC Debut: July 11 at UFC 329

Jun 27, 2026 · gable-steveson, heavyweight

On July 11, Gable Steveson walks into the Octagon at UFC 329 to face Elisha Ellison in his UFC debut. He's an Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling (2020), two-time NCAA national champion, and he's come to MMA the only way that makes sense for someone at his level: three regional fights, thre

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ADCC Asia & Oceania Trials: Belal Etiabari Becomes First New Zealander to Win an ADCC Trials Event

Jun 27, 2026 · adcc, adcc-trials

For a sport obsessed with lineage and legacy, grappling had a blind spot the size of the Tasman Sea. New Zealand had never—not once—produced a winner at an ADCC Trials event.

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Gable Steveson's Mismatch Booking Reveals UFC's Wrestling Problem

Jun 22, 2026 · event-preview, gable-steveson

Gable Steveson is a three-time NCAA wrestling champion. Two-time Olympic medalist (silver 2016, gold 2020).

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Ruslan Abdulaev: The Heavyweight Nobody Could Move Made It to ADCC 2026

Jun 12, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

When Ruslan Abdulaev's ADCC World Championships invite was officially announced, it landed without the usual controversy or debate that had surrounded several other 2026 selections. But the real story wasn't the invite itself — it was the twenty-one-day chain reaction that preceded it, starting with

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When the UFC Booked Gable Steveson vs. 'The Snack Panther' — and Nobody Knew Whether to Laugh Yet

Jun 10, 2026 · competition-results, gable-steveson

When Gable Steveson's long-anticipated UFC debut finally materialized, the promotion did something that felt almost too perfectly absurd to be real. They matched the youngest super-heavyweight Olympic gold medalist in history against a guy whose official fight nickname is "The Snack Panther." Fiftee

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ONE Inner Circle: When Oumar Kane Faced Malykhin in the First Heavyweight Title Defense of 2026

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, grappling

ONE Championship staged a rematch that had been simmering for months—a heavyweight title defense that brought together two of the most dominant grapplers on the promotion's roster at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. Oumar "Reug Reug" Kane defended his ONE Heavyweight title against Anatoly "Sladkiy" Maly

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Buchecha Is 0-2-1 In the UFC. Ryan Spann Knocked Him Out In Round Two. The Kindest Outcome Is a Quiet Exit.

May 09, 2026 · athlete-news, buchecha

Ryan Spann gave himself a C+ for the night he knocked Buchecha out. Not a knock on Spann's honesty — he collected a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus and left the cage thinking he could've done better.

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