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Bo Nickal vs Olympic Champion Muradov at RAF Moscow

Bo Nickal vs Olympic Champion Muradov at RAF Moscow

Aug 11, 2026 · bo-nickal, competition-results
Bo Nickal is walking into one of those matchups where everyone pretends to understand the stakes. A three-time NCAA wrestling champion with a 6-1 UFC record is facing off against Shirvani Muradov, who has Olympic gold medals in freestyle wrestling and is making his professional combat sports debut a
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Arman Tsarukyan's Olympic Gamble: What Happens to That UFC Title Shot?

Arman Tsarukyan's Olympic Gamble: What Happens to That UFC Title Shot?

Jul 25, 2026 · competition-results, makhachev
Arman Tsarukyan is ranked 2 in the UFC lightweight division. He's 23-3 in professional MMA across 26 fights since 2019.
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Karel Pravec: Keep the Olympics Away From Jiu-Jitsu — Rules Will Ruin It

Karel Pravec: Keep the Olympics Away From Jiu-Jitsu — Rules Will Ruin It

Jun 13, 2026 · adcc, competition-results
The irony is so obvious it hurts: jiu-jitsu spent thirty years fighting for mainstream recognition—for seats at the table, for media coverage, for the legitimacy that comes with Olympic inclusion. Now that it might actually get there, practitioners are looking at what happened to judo and wondering
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When BJJ Had Its Closest Olympic Shot Yet — And Immediately Fractured Into Three Competing Camps

When BJJ Had Its Closest Olympic Shot Yet — And Immediately Fractured Into Three Competing Camps

Jun 05, 2026 · adcc, community
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu community witnessed something genuinely remarkable: the sport's most realistic Olympic pathway in its history, followed almost immediately by complete organizational chaos. The sequence of events that unfolded over just a few weeks — and the three incompatible ruleset framewo
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Franjinha Miller: No-Gi Has A Cleaner Path To The Olympics Than Gi — And The Old Guard Is Splitting On Its Own Question

Franjinha Miller: No-Gi Has A Cleaner Path To The Olympics Than Gi — And The Old Guard Is Splitting On Its Own Question

May 12, 2026 · adcc, andre-galvao
Franjinha Miller came out this week and said what a lot of people have been quietly thinking: no-gi has a cleaner path to the Olympics than gi does. Then he said the part everyone is skipping past.
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Franjinha Miller: BJJ Will Never Make the Olympics Because Private Entities Control the Sport

Franjinha Miller: BJJ Will Never Make the Olympics Because Private Entities Control the Sport

May 10, 2026 · alliance-bjj, competition
Alliance BJJ co-founder Romero "Franjinha" Miller gave BJJ Doc the most honest answer anyone in the sport has offered on the Olympics question: "I don't think it's gonna be Olympic. It's too much private companies running the show right now." That was last Friday.
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Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Compete for UAE at the Olympics in Wrestling — The UFC Champion Is Looking Beyond the Belt He Hasn't Defended Yet

Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Compete for UAE at the Olympics in Wrestling — The UFC Champion Is Looking Beyond the Belt He Hasn't Defended Yet

May 07, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev
Chimaev fights for the first time as UFC middleweight champion this Saturday. His coach announced Olympic plans on Wednesday.
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