BJJ News — islam-makhachev

Islam Makhachev is the most dominant grappler in mixed martial arts. Nineteen-minute average control time.

Islam Makhachev doesn't have a BJJ black belt. His grappling came up through combat sambo — world champion in 2016 — and Russian wrestling.

The BJJ community got handed a piece of paperwork that nobody particularly wanted to think about too hard. USADA announced that Roosevelt Sousa, the 2025 No-Gi Absolute World Champion, would not compete in an IBJJF event until January 12, 2029.

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.

About three weeks before Ian Garry's welterweight title fight against Islam Makhachev was set to shake up UFC 330 in Philadelphia, the real story wasn't about two fighters preparing for August 15. It was about a phone call that never should have surprised anyone but did: Garry's wife reached out to

Go through the UFC title picture right now. Ask how each champion got there.