BJJ News

Mikey Musumeci Is Defending His UFC BJJ Title After Training With Umar and Ditching the Leg Locks. He's Never Been More Interesting.

May 21, 2026 · bantamweight, competition-results

The man they called a butt scooter is about to defend a UFC title. Mikey Musumeci — five-time IBJJF world champion, the best pure jiu-jitsu player at 125 pounds, and the human being specifically targeted by the UFC BJJ no-butt-scooting rule that the promotion quietly abandoned once they realized the

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Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Make Attacking Jiu-Jitsu a Liability — Two Weeks Before His UFC BJJ Title Defense

May 21, 2026 · competition-results, ibjjf

When you're two weeks out from defending a UFC BJJ title under submission-only rules, but can't resist taking shots at the IBJJF's points system, you know you're dealing with Mikey Musumeci. The five-time IBJJF world champion turned UFC BJJ titleholder has never been shy about his disdain for the fe

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Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Punish Attacking. Drysdale Says Without IBJJF We'd Have 12-Year-Old Black Belts. Both Are Right.

May 19, 2026 · athlete-news, belt-standards

The uncomfortable part is that both being right at the same time is the actual problem. Mikey Musumeci and Robert Drysdale made opposite-sounding arguments about IBJJF in the same week.

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Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Punishes You For Actually Fighting — He Should Know, He Won Under Both Systems

May 19, 2026 · brasileiro, competition

Mikey Musumeci has five IBJJF world titles. He's the first American to win multiple black belt world championships at IBJJF Worlds.

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UFC BJJ 8 Lost Another Fight to Injury — The Card Is Five Days Away and Already on Its Third Version

May 17, 2026 · bianca-basilio, cassia-moura

The card they announced in April doesn't exist anymore. UFC BJJ 8 is Thursday, May 21 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas.

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Derek Moneyberg Got a BJJ Black Belt in 3.5 Years. Now He's Suing Sean Strickland for Saying It Out Loud.

May 15, 2026 · anti-slapp, athlete-news

Derek Moneyberg is suing Sean Strickland. For a hotel hallway comment, and the implication that a financial influencer with zero competition record might not be a legitimate BJJ black belt.

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