BJJ News — mma-crossover

The UFC Canceled Its Own Pre-Fight Photo Op Because Strickland's Death Threats Were Too Real

The UFC Canceled Its Own Pre-Fight Photo Op Because Strickland's Death Threats Were Too Real

The UFC runs on a single promise: controlled danger. You watch two people try to hurt each other inside a very specific set of rules.
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Bryce Mitchell Filed a Police Report About Khamzat Chimaev's Weight Cut — They Said They Would Look Into It

Bryce Mitchell Filed a Police Report About Khamzat Chimaev's Weight Cut — They Said They Would Look Into It

Bryce Mitchell called the police. The crime he was reporting: Khamzat Chimaev's weigh-in.
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Kade Ruotolo's Training Wheels Are Officially Off

Kade Ruotolo's Training Wheels Are Officially Off

Three first-round submissions. That's the Kade Ruotolo MMA experience so far.
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Buchecha Is 0-2-1 In the UFC. Ryan Spann Knocked Him Out In Round Two. The Kindest Outcome Is a Quiet Exit.

Buchecha Is 0-2-1 In the UFC. Ryan Spann Knocked Him Out In Round Two. The Kindest Outcome Is a Quiet Exit.

Ryan Spann gave himself a C+ for the night he knocked Buchecha out. Not a knock on Spann's honesty — he collected a $100,000 Performance of the Night bonus and left the cage thinking he could've done better.
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The Cardio-Kickboxing Industry Has Been Selling Self-Defense For Thirty Years. Every Open-Mat Clip Reminds Us It Doesn't Work.

The Cardio-Kickboxing Industry Has Been Selling Self-Defense For Thirty Years. Every Open-Mat Clip Reminds Us It Doesn't Work.

The pattern is so old it has a rhythm to it. A striker with a fitness brand and a six-figure follower count gets curious about jiu-jitsu, walks into an open mat, gets tapped by somebody who has been training a fraction of the time they've been doing what their bio calls "combat sports," and then has
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Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Compete for UAE at the Olympics in Wrestling — The UFC Champion Is Looking Beyond the Belt He Hasn't Defended Yet

Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Compete for UAE at the Olympics in Wrestling — The UFC Champion Is Looking Beyond the Belt He Hasn't Defended Yet

Chimaev fights for the first time as UFC middleweight champion this Saturday. His coach announced Olympic plans on Wednesday.
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BJJ World: 'Sport Has All The Stars But None Of The Story' — Promotions Failing at Narrative

BJJ World: 'Sport Has All The Stars But None Of The Story' — Promotions Failing at Narrative

Grappling has never had more talent. It's also never been this hard to explain to your non-training friends why they should care.
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8,000 Athletes Just Paid IBJJF Half a Million Dollars — The Champion Gets $2,700 Back

8,000 Athletes Just Paid IBJJF Half a Million Dollars — The Champion Gets $2,700 Back

The IBJJF Brasileiro just hit 8,000 registered athletes. Eight thousand people signed up, paid their fees, and will descend on Barueri, São Paulo from April 24 to May 3 for the single largest jiu-jitsu competition ever held.
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