BJJ News

Bryce Mitchell Called Guard Pulling 'Gay' — Mikey Musumeci Accepted His Challenge Anyway

Jul 07, 2026 · athlete-challenge, bryce-mitchell

On July 3, 2026, UFC bantamweight Bryce Mitchell did what UFC bantamweights do—talked trash on a grappler he shouldn't have. He called Mikey Musumeci, the UFC's first submission grappling world titleholder and five-time IBJJF world champion, a homosexual slur wrapped in a critique of guard pulling.

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Izaak Michell — Who Has an Active Felony Warrant — Was Booked to Fight Francisco Lo at ONE Fight Night 33 in Bangkok

Jun 24, 2026 · competition-results, francisco-lo

Izaak Michell was booked for ONE Fight Night 33 in Bangkok on July 11, 2026, to face Francisco Lo in a welterweight submission grappling match at Lumpinee Stadium. The matchup itself read like a reasonable test: two grapplers still searching for their first ONE Championship victories, both with legi

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Kade Ruotolo Drops His First MMA Knockout, Stays Perfect at 4-0

Jun 22, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results

The grappling world had to update its mental database on Kade Ruotolo. The reigning ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Champion had just secured his first career knockout victory, extending his mixed martial arts record to a pristine 4-0.

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Fan Who Purchased $847 Mat-Side Seat At World Submission Grappling Championship Reports Optimal Viewing Angle For Athletes' Pre-Match Butt-Scooting Ritual — Plans To Return

Jun 19, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news

You paid eight hundred dollars to be this close. The mat-side seat at a major submission grappling event puts you right there: no screens, no distance, just you and two of the best grapplers alive separated by a strip of mat.

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Fight 2 Win Hit 315 North American Events. Then They Finally Went to São Paulo.

Jun 11, 2026 · brazil, f2w-316

Fight 2 Win made a quiet announcement that barely registered as news until you actually thought about what it meant: event 316 was leaving North America for the first time in the promotion's history, landing in São Paulo on May 23. For a submission grappling series that had run 315 consecutive event

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Thug Trials 3 and the Lovato Jr.-Rocha Match That Finally Happened

Jun 11, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

pulled off something that had been floating around the grappling community's wishlist for years. On May 11th, three days after competing at a NAIA collegiate wrestling meet against athletes who were in middle school when he was winning ADCC titles, the 42-year-old showed up in Doral, Florida, rear n

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Fight 2 Win's 315-Event American Run — and Why It Took 11 Years to Book Brazil

Jun 02, 2026 · brazil, event-preview

When Fight 2 Win announced its May 23, 2026 event in São Paulo, it marked a quiet milestone that had been staring at the submission grappling world for over a decade: the promotion had just held its 316th show ever, and for the first time in eleven years, it wasn't in North America. Event 315 was so

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F2W Finally Left North America. After 316 Shows, It Took Brazil to Do It.

Jun 02, 2026 · brazil, f2w

Fight to Win hit a historic milestone — not because of what happened, but because of where it happened. Three hundred and sixteen shows.

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