BJJ News — mma

Robert Valentin Dedicated a First-Round RNC to His Late Mother — And Nobody in the Arena Was Ready For That Speech

Robert Valentin Dedicated a First-Round RNC to His Late Mother — And Nobody in the Arena Was Ready For That Speech

Two minutes and twenty-two seconds was all it took. Robert "Robzilla" Valentin dragged Julien Leblanc to the canvas, took his back, and sank in a rear-naked choke so textbook it could be the cover of a BJJ instructional.
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The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Alive Is Going to MMA Because He's 'Tired of Being Called a Wimp'

The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Alive Is Going to MMA Because He's 'Tired of Being Called a Wimp'

Mikey Musumeci has been called a butt scooter for so long he's started talking about punching people. Not because he believes it.
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Kron Gracie Says Rickson Didn't Speak to Him for Years After His Cub Swanson Fight — The Values Break Inside BJJ's First Family

Kron Gracie Says Rickson Didn't Speak to Him for Years After His Cub Swanson Fight — The Values Break Inside BJJ's First Family

Rickson didn't speak to him. That's the part Kron Gracie just said out loud.
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When Yuri Simoes Got the Biggest Grappling Offer of His Career—Then Announced an MMA Return the Same Week

When Yuri Simoes Got the Biggest Grappling Offer of His Career—Then Announced an MMA Return the Same Week

Yuri Simoes managed to pull off a scheduling contradiction that left the grappling world scratching its head. On May 10th, ADCC officially confirmed he would headline the 2026 World Championship in Krakow, Poland in a superfight against Kaynan Duarte for the vacant heavyweight title.
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Garry Tonon Finally Free: Nine Years Later, ONE Championship's Matching Rights Clause Is Gone

Garry Tonon Finally Free: Nine Years Later, ONE Championship's Matching Rights Clause Is Gone

When ONE Championship quietly released Garry Tonon alongside four other fighters, the immediate reaction was predictable—financial cleanup, roster trimming ahead of a Japan pivot, standard promotion housekeeping. But the real story wasn't the release itself.
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Chimaev vs. Danis at RAF 10: Grappling Breakdown

Chimaev vs. Danis at RAF 10: Grappling Breakdown

RAF 10 takes place Saturday night in St. Louis, and if you've been following the sport casually, you probably know Khamzat Chimaev is fighting Dillon Danis.
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Ryan Hall Said MMA Is 'Better' Than BJJ — But Mighty Mouse Just Proved Why That Argument Misses the Point

Ryan Hall Said MMA Is 'Better' Than BJJ — But Mighty Mouse Just Proved Why That Argument Misses the Point

When this went down recently—Ryan Hall made the rounds on Matt Serra's podcast on May 29, declaring that MMA is better than Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He's not wrong, exactly.
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Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Is Not Working.' The Most Decorated Gracie in History Is Getting Called Out By His Own Son.

Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Is Not Working.' The Most Decorated Gracie in History Is Getting Called Out By His Own Son.

Rickson Gracie's advice isn't working. The one actually eating punches inside the UFC cage.
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