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Wrestler Offers $1,000 to Anyone Who Can Take Down Islam Makhachev in Open Mat: 'Cage Control Doesn't Exist Here'

Wrestler Offers $1,000 to Anyone Who Can Take Down Islam Makhachev in Open Mat: 'Cage Control Doesn't Exist Here'

Sep 01, 2026 · cage-control, islam-makhachev
Georgio Poullas, the wrestler behind the viral "$1,000 Take Me Down" challenge series, did something on August 31 that nobody in combat sports usually does: he talked himself out of his own trash talk before anyone could argue with him. Speaking to BJJEE, Poullas said he would "run [Islam Makhachev]
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Renato Moicano's Arm Triangle Victory at BJJ Stars 19

Renato Moicano's Arm Triangle Victory at BJJ Stars 19

Aug 11, 2026 · arm-triangle, bjj
Renato Moicano proved something this weekend at BJJ Stars 19 that MMA fighters have been trying to prove for years: they can actually grapple. Not in the "I wrestled in college" sense.
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Blue Belt Sandbagging: Hidden MMA Record Exposed

Blue Belt Sandbagging: Hidden MMA Record Exposed

Jul 25, 2026 · belt-standards, bjj
Ikigai Submission Grappling removed blue belt competitor Avazbek Akyolov from their tournament bracket this month after discovering his 4-0 professional MMA record and prior freestyle wrestling competition experience. The tournament explicitly restricted entries to competitors with fewer than six ye
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UFC's Tsarukyan Challenged Olympic Gold Medalist Maroulis to Submission Grappling Match

UFC's Tsarukyan Challenged Olympic Gold Medalist Maroulis to Submission Grappling Match

Jun 21, 2026 · crossover-challenge, maroulis
In late May 2026, Arman Tsarukyan made noise about wanting to test his sambo-honed grappling against Helen Maroulis' Olympic wrestling gold. The catch was obvious: Maroulis was a freestyle wrestler who had never competed in submission grappling, and Tsarukyan hadn't actually asked her yet.
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Gordon Ryan Retired Four Months Ago. He'd Like to Tell You Who the Good UFC Grapplers Are Anyway.

Gordon Ryan Retired Four Months Ago. He'd Like to Tell You Who the Good UFC Grapplers Are Anyway.

Jun 10, 2026 · competition-results, gordon-ryan
Gordon Ryan can't train. His gut — destroyed by years of antibiotics fighting recurring staph infections — won't recover on any timeline he controls.
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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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Mandel Nallo Rolled For A Leglock To Survive His UFC Debut, Then Jason Herzog Stood There Watching Him Get Finished Anyway

Mandel Nallo Rolled For A Leglock To Survive His UFC Debut, Then Jason Herzog Stood There Watching Him Get Finished Anyway

Apr 22, 2026 · jai-herbert, jason-herzog
The only jiu-jitsu moment in Jai Herbert vs Mandel Nallo was also the saddest one. Nallo, eating hammerfists from a guy he had wobbled thirty seconds earlier, rolled for a leglock.
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