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BJJ News — mma-crossover

Chimaev's RAF Double-Header: 13 Days, Two Matches

Chimaev's RAF Double-Header: 13 Days, Two Matches

Sep 07, 2026 · catch-wrestling, competition-results
Khamzat Chimaev's calendar for September is going to hurt. Here's a scheduling problem disguised as ambition: Khamzat Chimaev, the MMA fighter with Swedish wrestling pedigree and Chechen grappling lineage, has committed to back-to-back wrestling matches at Real American Freestyle (RAF) events.
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Rahmani Upsets ONE Heavyweight Champ Malykhin in Freestyle Wrestling

Rahmani Upsets ONE Heavyweight Champ Malykhin in Freestyle Wrestling

Sep 07, 2026 · freestyle-wrestling, grappling-crossover
For three years, Artem Malykhin was the heavyweight immovable object at ONE Championship. Seventeen fights, zero losses, two divisional titles, submission finishes over legit wrestlers and grapplers.
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Josh Barnett Says Blue Belts Shouldn't Get Paid. He's Half Right, and That's the Problem.

Josh Barnett Says Blue Belts Shouldn't Get Paid. He's Half Right, and That's the Problem.

Sep 06, 2026 · blue-belt, community
Josh Barnett has a problem with you getting paid. The former UFC heavyweight champion, second-degree black belt, and catch wrestling promotion operator went on the record recently with a take that landed hard in the grappling community: blue and purple belts competing in tournaments shouldn't get pr
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Burroughs Called Out Makhachev in Moscow—Dominated a Russian World Champion, Then Went Straight at the UFC Champ Cageside

Burroughs Called Out Makhachev in Moscow—Dominated a Russian World Champion, Then Went Straight at the UFC Champ Cageside

Sep 06, 2026 · cross-discipline, islam-makhachev
On September 5, 2026, Jordan Burroughs did what Olympic wrestlers had been itching to do for twenty years: he showed up to someone else's house and said the quiet part out loud. The setting was RAF Wrestling in Moscow.
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Mikey Musumeci: Why Grappling Is Dying Before ADCC

Mikey Musumeci: Why Grappling Is Dying Before ADCC

Sep 05, 2026 · adcc, competition-results
On September 3rd, one week out from ADCC, Mikey Musumeci gave an interview that landed like a depressing reality check: "The state of grappling is really bad right now." He wasn't being melodramatic. He was being precise.
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Chimaev -10000 Favorite: When Betting Prices Out Drama

Chimaev -10000 Favorite: When Betting Prices Out Drama

Sep 05, 2026 · betting-odds, combat-sports
Khamzat Chimaev is -10000 to beat Tyron Woodley at RAF Moscow on September 5. Negative ten thousand.
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Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Vera Grappling Match: UFC's Solution to Beating Real Grapplers Is Having Strikers Learn to Grapple

Jose Aldo vs. Marlon Vera Grappling Match: UFC's Solution to Beating Real Grapplers Is Having Strikers Learn to Grapple

Sep 05, 2026 · competition-results, grappling
When Jose Aldo and Marlon Vera announced they were stepping into a pure grappling competition, the BJJ community did what it always does when an MMA fighter pretends to have a ground game: nodded politely while internally screaming. Jose Aldo is a generational striking talent.
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Colby Covington Joins Hype FC Submission Grappling

Colby Covington Joins Hype FC Submission Grappling

Sep 04, 2026 · colby-covington, combat-sports
Colby Covington has officially signed with Hype FC to compete in submission grappling. Think about that for a second.
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