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John Danaher on His Two Favorite Types of Students: 'Polar Opposites'

John Danaher on His Two Favorite Types of Students: 'Polar Opposites'

John Danaher sat down with BJJEE on May 30 and described his two favorite types of students as "polar opposites": total beginners learning fundamentals and advanced athletes refining nuances. That wasn't a hot take—that was just smart coaching.
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Tsarukyan Reveals He Spends $500K-$700K Per Month — Mostly on Watches Up to $250K Each

Tsarukyan Reveals He Spends $500K-$700K Per Month — Mostly on Watches Up to $250K Each

The UFC's 2 lightweight contender just told a podcast he spends $500,000 to $700,000 a month, mostly on watches he buys himself after training sessions. The promotion's main concern, separately, is that he might win a title and leave.
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Gordon Ryan's New Gym Sold $20,000 Lifetime Memberships — Limited to Five People — While He's Retired

Gordon Ryan's New Gym Sold $20,000 Lifetime Memberships — Limited to Five People — While He's Retired

When you're the most dominant no-gi grappler of your generation but take an indefinite competition hiatus, what's your next move? If you're Gordon Ryan, you launch a gym with $20,000 lifetime memberships — and limit them to five people.
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Danaher Says Go Back to Your First Armbar. The 20-Hour Back System Can Wait.

Danaher Says Go Back to Your First Armbar. The 20-Hour Back System Can Wait.

John Danaher quoted Heraclitus to 631,000 Instagram followers on April 14. "You never step in the same river twice," he wrote.
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ADCC's Answer to 63% Empty Seats Is a 2019 Rematch — Gordon Ryan Already Calling It a Consolation Prize

ADCC's Answer to 63% Empty Seats Is a 2019 Rematch — Gordon Ryan Already Calling It a Consolation Prize

Sixty-three percent of the seats in Tauron Arena are currently empty. That's the actual math.
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Regional Academy Updates Website To Reflect Status As 'Official Training Home' Of Two-Time UFC Champion — He Attended A Seminar In April 2019

Regional Academy Updates Website To Reflect Status As 'Official Training Home' Of Two-Time UFC Champion — He Attended A Seminar In April 2019

The website went up sometime last week. Under "About Our Academy" — maybe in the banner, floating over a photo of a crowded mat — there are now four words that weren't there before: Official Training Home.
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Fed Says US Consumer Debt Hit $18.8 Trillion. BJJ Fanatics Released 400 Instructionals And You Watched Twelve.

Fed Says US Consumer Debt Hit $18.8 Trillion. BJJ Fanatics Released 400 Instructionals And You Watched Twelve.

The Federal Reserve published its Q4 2025 household debt numbers this month, and the line at the top was $18.8 trillion — a record, up $4.6 trillion from 2019. Buried in the agency's H.2 commentary was a short note about subscription-based recurring billing, which the Fed called a fast-growing categ
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UFC BJJ Is Moving Behind the Paramount+ Paywall — The Free YouTube Era That Fixed the Product Ends Just as People Started Watching

UFC BJJ Is Moving Behind the Paramount+ Paywall — The Free YouTube Era That Fixed the Product Ends Just as People Started Watching

Here's the timeline of UFC BJJ getting its act together, in case you want to know exactly how long the window was. UFC BJJ launched in June 2025 with all the subtlety of a Dana White press conference — big promises, questionable matchmaking, and viewership numbers that made Craig Jones pull up his s
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