BJJ News

East Brunswick Gym Posts $45K-To-$65K Salary For A Full-Time BJJ Coach — Community Realizes That's What The Job Actually Pays

Jul 05, 2026 · bjj-jobs, brown-belt

An East Brunswick, New Jersey academy posted a real public job listing for a full-time, salaried BJJ coaching position: $45,000 to $65,000. Brown belt or higher.

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Fight 2 Win 316 São Paulo Success — F2W's First Brazilian Event Signals Geographic Expansion Beyond North America

Jun 26, 2026 · brazil, competition-results

Fight 2 Win pulled off something that would have sounded absurd a decade ago: it brought professional submission grappling back to Brazil as a foreign import. Not as an innovation from the birthplace of jiu-jitsu, but as a product manufactured in North America and re-exported to its source.

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PGF Doubles Season 10 — Expansion Gamble Raises Saturation Questions

Jun 25, 2026 · business, competition-results

Professional Grappling Federation announced Season 10 with a significant expansion: eight teams instead of four, two matches per week instead of one, and forty-plus elite grapplers on rotation. The stated goal was to increase match volume to maintain competitive intensity.

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Moneyberg Lost His Defamation Case, Still Suing Strickland

Jun 20, 2026 · combat-sports, defamation

When you lose a defamation case after five years of litigation, most people accept it. Derek Moneyberg apparently did not get that memo.

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Six Major Grappling Events Competed For Attention On April 18 — And The Community Still Couldn't Watch Them All

Jun 20, 2026 · adcc, competition

April 18, 2026 landed on a Saturday that tested the grappling community's ability to exist in six places at once. The ADCC North American Trials ran at Fairplex Expo Hall in Pomona, California.

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Black Belt Calls Gym-Branded Gi Mandates 'Outdated And Unamerican' — Names New York Academy That Forces Members To Wear Blue Gis On Saturdays And Buy Their Own Brand

Jun 16, 2026 · athlete-news, etiquette

Some gyms make you wear blue on Saturdays. A New York gym (the source didn't name it) enforces this, per a BJJDoc report.

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A Jury Just Ruled Ticketmaster An Illegal Monopoly — Meanwhile Grappling Fans Need Five Separate Paywalls To Watch Their Sport

Jun 16, 2026 · adcc, bjj-fanatics

A federal jury in Manhattan handed down a verdict on April 17th that should have felt like a watershed moment for any fan tired of paying gatekeepers. After a five-week trial, they ruled that Live Nation and Ticketmaster had operated an illegal monopoly, stifled competition, and systematically overc

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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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