BJJ News — olympic-wrestling

broadcaster quietly kills exclusive rights to a combat sports event just days before airtime, there's usually one reason: someone's lawyers got very loud. That's exactly what happened with Real American Freestyle's Moscow card scheduled for September 5.

Jordan Burroughs, 38, two-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the few wrestlers who actually translates his dominance into combat sports, was asked a straightforward question in August 2026: Can elite MMA fighters genuinely compete with elite wrestlers at the highest level? His answer was a master

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.