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ADCC 2026 Was a Ticket Fiasco and Everyone Saw It Coming

ADCC 2026 Was a Ticket Fiasco and Everyone Saw It Coming

Jun 03, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
When the dust settled on ADCC's qualification cycle for the September event in Poland, one number told the entire story: four tickets per day. That was the sales velocity for what's supposed to be the biggest submission grappling event on the planet, scheduled for September 12-13 at Tauron Arena Kra
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Chimaev Lost the Belt, Got Booked for Wrestling 23 Days Later, and Nobody Checked In

Chimaev Lost the Belt, Got Booked for Wrestling 23 Days Later, and Nobody Checked In

Jun 03, 2026 · athlete-news, athlete-welfare
Something peculiar happened in combat sports that deserved more attention than it got. Three days after Khamzat Chimaev went into oxygen deprivation during his weight cut, lost his first professional fight, and watched his 15-0 record end on a split decision at UFC 328 on May 9th, someone booked him
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Chimaev Lost His Title Saturday and Still Had to Honor His Wrestling Match Three Weeks Later

Chimaev Lost His Title Saturday and Still Had to Honor His Wrestling Match Three Weeks Later

Jun 03, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev walked into the Prudential Center as a 13-0 UFC middleweight champion carrying something most title challengers don't: a pre-existing wrestling commitment he'd signed six weeks earlier. When he walked out that Saturday night—May 15, to be exact—as a 13-1 former champion with a split-
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Max Holloway Trained For McGregor With No Contract Signed — 'It Sucks. You Don't Have Nothing Signed or Whatever.'

Max Holloway Trained For McGregor With No Contract Signed — 'It Sucks. You Don't Have Nothing Signed or Whatever.'

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, conor-mcgregor
The UFC had already moved forward on nearly every front of a Conor McGregor comeback fight against Max Holloway—except the one that actually mattered to the fighter showing up to camp. The promotion had a video game cover courtesy of EA Sports.
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Ian Garry Called in Demian Maia to Crack Islam Makhachev's Code — BJJ's Greatest MMA Mind vs. The Grappler Who Broke Everyone Else

Ian Garry Called in Demian Maia to Crack Islam Makhachev's Code — BJJ's Greatest MMA Mind vs. The Grappler Who Broke Everyone Else

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, demian-maia
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
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ONE Inner Circle: When Oumar Kane Faced Malykhin in the First Heavyweight Title Defense of 2026

ONE Inner Circle: When Oumar Kane Faced Malykhin in the First Heavyweight Title Defense of 2026

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, grappling
ONE Championship staged a rematch that had been simmering for months—a heavyweight title defense that brought together two of the most dominant grapplers on the promotion's roster at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. Oumar "Reug Reug" Kane defended his ONE Heavyweight title against Anatoly "Sladkiy" Maly
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Ed O'Neill Explains Why Most BJJ Practitioners Never Reach Black Belt — 'They Just Stop Coming'

Ed O'Neill Explains Why Most BJJ Practitioners Never Reach Black Belt — 'They Just Stop Coming'

Jun 02, 2026 · black-belt, celebrity-bjj
Ed O'Neill was 45 when he walked into the Gracie Academy in Torrance, California, for the first time. He trained under Rorion Gracie for sixteen years.
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John Danaher on His Two Favorite Types of Students: 'Polar Opposites'

John Danaher on His Two Favorite Types of Students: 'Polar Opposites'

Jun 02, 2026 · athlete-news, business
John Danaher sat down with BJJEE on May 30 and described his two favorite types of students as "polar opposites": total beginners learning fundamentals and advanced athletes refining nuances. That wasn't a hot take—that was just smart coaching.
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