BJJ News — submission-only

Hype Brazil Results: Both Sub-Only Headliners End in Draw — Miyao Submits Oliveira by Scottish Twister

Hype Brazil Results: Both Sub-Only Headliners End in Draw — Miyao Submits Oliveira by Scottish Twister

Hype Brazil ran three grappling matches on Wednesday night in São Paulo. One ended with a 33-year-old berimbolo specialist cranking a man's spine in a direction spines aren't supposed to go.
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JCI 3 'The Dominion' Had 25 Submission-Only Fights and Five Title Bouts — It Was Free on YouTube and Nobody Noticed

JCI 3 'The Dominion' Had 25 Submission-Only Fights and Five Title Bouts — It Was Free on YouTube and Nobody Noticed

Something genuinely unusual happened in the Midwest grappling world, and almost nobody noticed. When JCI 3: The Dominion went down on May 9 at The Vixen in McHenry, Illinois, it represented exactly the kind of event that should have been generating serious conversation across the submission-only lan
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Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Punishes You For Actually Fighting — He Should Know, He Won Under Both Systems

Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Punishes You For Actually Fighting — He Should Know, He Won Under Both Systems

Mikey Musumeci has five IBJJF world titles. He's the first American to win multiple black belt world championships at IBJJF Worlds.
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Eddie Bravo Says EBI Might Be Done Because The UFC Wants To Slash The Budget — The Promotion That Popularized Sub-Only Just Got Priced Out By Its Own Format

Eddie Bravo Says EBI Might Be Done Because The UFC Wants To Slash The Budget — The Promotion That Popularized Sub-Only Just Got Priced Out By Its Own Format

Eddie Bravo might walk away from EBI. He sat across from Jake Shields at 10th Planet HQ in downtown Los Angeleshttps://bjjdoc.com/2026/04/13/eddie-bravo-ufc-wants-to-cut-eddie-bravo-invitationals-budget-so-much-it-might-not-be-worth-doing-at-all/ and said something nobody expected to hear from the g
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