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Pans Is Done. AOJ Took Everything. The 2026 IBJJF Pan Championship wrapped up in Kissimmee today, and if you didn't train at Art of Jiu-Jitsu, you were basically competing for second place. AOJ collected six gold medals across the men's and women's black belt divisions. [Diego "Pato" Oliveira](https://www.flograppling.com/articles/15660521-2026-ibjjf-grand-slam-watch-whos-still-alive-ahead-of-pans) won light-feather for his ninth consecutive IBJJF major title. Tainan Dalpra took his fifth Pans middleweight gold and went 16-0 lifetime at the event. Both men keep their 2026 Grand Slam bids alive heading into Brasileiros. Cole Abate won his first Pans gold at black belt in the featherweight division, beating Samuel...

Chuck Norris, the Internet's Most Memed Martial Artist, Was a Real BJJ Black Belt Chuck Norris died this week at 86. And the real story isn't the roundhouse kicks. Rigan Machado told TMZ that Norris trained with him for over thirty years. Daily. Norris installed mats in his own house for sessions. When Machado was planning to return to Brazil, Norris convinced him to stay — gave the Machados space in a mall he owned for their first academy, handled immigration paperwork, and brought the rest of the Machado brothers over from Brazil. The family called him "Carlos," not "Mr....