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When Kade Ruotolo and Diogo Reis Both Fought Through Inflection Points on the Same Bangkok Card

When Kade Ruotolo and Diogo Reis Both Fought Through Inflection Points on the Same Bangkok Card

Jun 10, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
Two ADCC champions shared a ONE Fight Night 43 card in Bangkok. The coincidence seemed minor at the time.
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Kade Ruotolo's First MMA Knockout Changed the Conversation—Just 6 Weeks Before His Grappling Title Defense

Kade Ruotolo's First MMA Knockout Changed the Conversation—Just 6 Weeks Before His Grappling Title Defense

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, fabricio-andrey
When Kade Ruotolo stepped into the ONE Championship cage in Bangkok, the narrative around him was still settling. But something was noticeably missing from his highlight reel—and when that hole got filled on May 15, it shifted how people were talking about him entirely.
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Kade Ruotolo's May Fight Against Tetsuka Was The First Real Test — And It Mattered

Kade Ruotolo's May Fight Against Tetsuka Was The First Real Test — And It Mattered

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, hiroyuki-tetsuka
When Kade Ruotolo stepped into the cage against Hiroyuki Tetsuka at ONE: The Inner Circle in Bangkok on the 15th, it marked something genuinely different from what had come before. The announcement didn't exactly break the internet — Tetsuka isn't a name that drives mainstream clicks — but the actua
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Kody Steele's UFC Perth Heel Hook Win Proved Combat Jiu-Jitsu Translates to the Cage

Kody Steele's UFC Perth Heel Hook Win Proved Combat Jiu-Jitsu Translates to the Cage

Jun 10, 2026 · combat-jiu-jitsu, competition-results
Kody Steele walked into UFC Perth and settled an argument that never stops being recycled through fighting podcasts. On May 7th, he submitted Dom Fan with a heel hook at 3 minutes and 56 seconds into round one—the kind of finish that forces people to reckon with what they actually know about submiss
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Ben Askren's New Lungs, Old Habits

Ben Askren's New Lungs, Old Habits

Jun 08, 2026 · ben-askren, comeback
Ben Askren got new lungs. And his first instinct is to go back to wrestling.
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Roger Gracie's Heel Hook Myth Is Older Than MMA Itself

Roger Gracie's Heel Hook Myth Is Older Than MMA Itself

Jun 08, 2026 · gracie-family, heel-hooks
Roger Gracie, the Gracie family patriarch and defender of traditional lineage, recently restated a claim that's been bouncing around BJJ circles since before the Fertitta brothers bought the UFC: heel hooks don't work in real fighting because the moment you grab someone's foot, you get punched in th
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Netflix Lost Mokaev to Visa Issues Five Days Before Its First MMA Card Aired

Netflix Lost Mokaev to Visa Issues Five Days Before Its First MMA Card Aired

Jun 07, 2026 · adriano-moraes, event-preview
When Netflix's first major MMA card was supposed to land on May 14th, the whole thing had the makings of a statement moment. The Intuit Dome was booked.
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Renato Canuto Suspended For Modafinil — A 'Focus Drug' That The BJJ Community Pretended Never Worked

Renato Canuto Suspended For Modafinil — A 'Focus Drug' That The BJJ Community Pretended Never Worked

Jun 07, 2026 · checkmat, mma
The Nevada Athletic Commission temporarily suspended Renato Canuto following a post-bout test from his March 13 win at Tuff-N-Uff 152 that came back positive for modafinil and its metabolites, according to BJJ Doc. Canuto had knocked out Dylan Aparis at 1:45 of round one, run his MMA record to 4-0,
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