BJJ News–Tagged "mma"

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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GSP On Rolling With Prime Danaher: 'There Was Nothing I Could Do'

Jun 02, 2026 · athlete-news, georges-st-pierre

"Nothing I could do." That's how Georges St-Pierre, three-time UFC welterweight champion, Hall of Famer, BJJ black belt under John Danaher, describes what it was like to roll with his own coach in his prime. Not "tough rolls." Not "we had good rounds." Nothing he could do.

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Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Doesn't Work' — Rickson Reportedly Stopped Speaking to Him For Years Over It

Jun 02, 2026 · bjj-philosophy, competition-results

Kron Gracie walked into a training session, tried the move his father told him to use, and his training partner snatched his leg and kicked back. The move was a front kick.

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The Death of Medet Zheenaliev — Kyrgyzstan Fighter Who Drowned Saving Four Teenage Girls

Jun 01, 2026 · community, kyrgyzstan

When the news came through about what happened at Lake Issyk-Kul, it moved quietly through the grappling world—the kind of story that doesn't trend, doesn't get a thousand takes, but lands differently on people who understand what combat sports actually asks of the body and mind. Medet Zheenaliev we

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RAF's Global Conquest: Everywhere Except Where Wrestling Fans Actually Are

Jun 01, 2026 · combat-sports, competition-results

Here's the thing about Real Arena Fighting's expansion strategy: they've figured out how to build a combat sports promotion on every continent except the one where wrestlers congregate. RAF has events in Japan, Brazil, Singapore, London, the Philippines, and now — finally, finally — Las Vegas in Oct

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Kade Ruotolo Met His Hardest MMA Test — How a 22-Year-Old Submission Machine Faced 15-6 Veteran Hiroyuki Tetsuka

Jun 01, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results

Kade Ruotolo walked into Lumpinee Stadium on May 15 to face Hiroyuki Tetsuka: 21 professional fights, an 87% finishing rate, and a fresh TKO of Shinya Aoki on his record sheet. At the time, it represented exactly what the booking suggested — the moment where a submission phenom's highlight reel met

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Khamzat Chimaev Said 'I'm Not Going to Touch You'—Then Kicked Sean Strickland

Jun 01, 2026 · khamzat-chimaev, mma

Back in late May 2026, the combat sports world got a masterclass in how not to keep a promise. On May 8th, at the Prudential Center in Newark, Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland's UFC 328 press conference descended into the kind of chaos that leaves security personnel earning their paychecks and Da

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Gina Carano Lost 100 Pounds to Fight Ronda Rousey on Netflix

Jun 01, 2026 · comeback, gina-carano

When this went down back in mid-May 2026, it felt like the kind of celebrity MMA nostalgia card that shouldn't have worked—two former champions separated from active competition by roughly a decade, fighting on Netflix under Jake Paul's MVP banner. But what made the whole thing slightly less disposa

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