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Valter Walker Claims He's Over Heel Hooks. His Game Plan Says Otherwise.

Valter Walker Claims He's Over Heel Hooks. His Game Plan Says Otherwise.

Jun 29, 2026 · competition-results, fighter-reinvention
Valter Walker, UFC heavyweight, made a startling admission this week. Not of getting choked out or training through injuries or the things that normally grind fighters down.
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Mikey Musumeci Says He Wants to Fight MMA by End of 2026 — 'I've Been Called a Butt-Scooper and Wimp Long Enough, I Just Want to Scrap'

Mikey Musumeci Says He Wants to Fight MMA by End of 2026 — 'I've Been Called a Butt-Scooper and Wimp Long Enough, I Just Want to Scrap'

Jun 14, 2026 · bjj-vs-mma, competition-results
Mikey Musumeci has finally heard enough. The reigning UFC BJJ bantamweight champion confirmed on a recent podcast appearance, circulating on grappling feeds all week, that he plans to make his MMA debut before the end of 2026.
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Kody Steele's UFC Perth Heel Hook Win Proved Combat Jiu-Jitsu Translates to the Cage

Kody Steele's UFC Perth Heel Hook Win Proved Combat Jiu-Jitsu Translates to the Cage

Jun 10, 2026 · combat-jiu-jitsu, competition-results
Kody Steele walked into UFC Perth and settled an argument that never stops being recycled through fighting podcasts. On May 7th, he submitted Dom Fan with a heel hook at 3 minutes and 56 seconds into round one—the kind of finish that forces people to reckon with what they actually know about submiss
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Mikey Musumeci Is Abandoning His Leg Locks to Train Like a Dagestani — Before the Title Defense He Already Has

Mikey Musumeci Is Abandoning His Leg Locks to Train Like a Dagestani — Before the Title Defense He Already Has

Jun 05, 2026 · dagestani-wrestling, kevin-dantzler
Mikey Musumeci won the UFC BJJ bantamweight title by footlocking Shay Montague in round two. He'd prefer you forgot that.
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Alice Ardelean Hit the First Capsule Lock in UFC History — She Learned It on TikTok

Alice Ardelean Hit the First Capsule Lock in UFC History — She Learned It on TikTok

May 17, 2026 · alice-ardelean, competition-results
On Saturday at UFC Vegas 117, a strawweight prelim turned into a small piece of history. Alice Ardelean submitted Polyana Viana at 4:36 of the second round with a capsule lock, a leg compression submission that had never been finished in a UFC fight.
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Dean Lister Says BJJ Was Tougher Then But Better Now — Both Halves Of The Sport Are About To Be Mad

Dean Lister Says BJJ Was Tougher Then But Better Now — Both Halves Of The Sport Are About To Be Mad

May 12, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
If you wanted to start a fight in any BJJ academy on earth this week, all you had to do was read Dean Lister's BJJEE interview out loud at the front desk. Lister, ADCC absolute champion and the guy who walked up to John Danaher in 2000 and asked "why would you ignore 50% of the human body?", publish
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'Dagestani Mikey' Abandons Leg Locks For Wrestling — UFC BJJ 8 Matches Him Against A Man Who Lost 13-0 At Pans

'Dagestani Mikey' Abandons Leg Locks For Wrestling — UFC BJJ 8 Matches Him Against A Man Who Lost 13-0 At Pans

Apr 18, 2026 · arman-tsarukyan, kevin-dantzler
Mikey Musumeci — the man who built an entire career on attacking feet — wants you to know that feet are so 2025. The UFC BJJ bantamweight champion has spent the last few months rebranding himself as "Dagestani Mikey," growing a chin-strap beard, training with UFC bantamweight contender Umar Nurmagom
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Danaher's New Instructional Cover Features AI-Generated Uke With Four Legs

Danaher's New Instructional Cover Features AI-Generated Uke With Four Legs

Apr 05, 2026 · ai-art, bjj-fanatics
John Danaher's entire career pivoted on a single observation about legs. In the mid-2000s, Dean Lister asked him a question that would reshape competitive grappling: "Why would you ignore 50% of the human body?" Danaher...
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