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UFC's Tsarukyan Challenged Olympic Gold Medalist Maroulis to Submission Grappling Match

UFC's Tsarukyan Challenged Olympic Gold Medalist Maroulis to Submission Grappling Match

Jun 21, 2026 · crossover-challenge, maroulis
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.
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UFC BJJ 8 Finish Rate Hits 62.5% — Community Meanwhile Debates If Dantzler 'Really' Lost

UFC BJJ 8 Finish Rate Hits 62.5% — Community Meanwhile Debates If Dantzler 'Really' Lost

Jun 20, 2026 · community-takes, grappling
UFC BJJ 8 in Las Vegas on May 21 posted the highest submission-finish rate in the promotion's history. Five out of eight matches ended with someone getting caught and finishing the other person.
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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

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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Craig Jones Has Responded to More BJJ Abuse Cases This Year Than Every Governing Body Combined

Craig Jones Has Responded to More BJJ Abuse Cases This Year Than Every Governing Body Combined

Jun 17, 2026 · abuse, athlete-news
Craig Jones holds no official position in this sport. He runs an event that lost $800,000.
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Brazilian BJJ Coach Arrested After Surveillance Footage Showed Him Choking His Wife — Out On R$1,621 Bail Same Day

Brazilian BJJ Coach Arrested After Surveillance Footage Showed Him Choking His Wife — Out On R$1,621 Bail Same Day

Jun 16, 2026 · brazilian-bjj, craig-jones
Something happened in the suburbs around Curitiba that should have shocked the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world but instead felt, to anyone paying attention, almost routine. That's roughly $300 American—somewhere between a Shoyoroll preorder and a one-day seminar fee.
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Gilbert Burns 88-Second Return at UFC BJJ 9

Gilbert Burns 88-Second Return at UFC BJJ 9

Jun 12, 2026 · arm-triangle, gilbert-burns
Eighty-eight seconds. That's how long it took Gilbert Burns to remember why he's a genuinely dangerous grappler, even when he's been focused on punching people in the face for two years.
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SUG 30: When Submission Underground's Six-Time Champion Couldn't Show Up Because the UFC Owned His Schedule

SUG 30: When Submission Underground's Six-Time Champion Couldn't Show Up Because the UFC Owned His Schedule

Jun 12, 2026 · chael-sonnen, competition-results
When Chael Sonnen announced the return of Submission Underground after nearly five years away, there was one glaring absence that told you everything about where grappling's power structure had shifted. Mason Fowler, the reigning absolute champion with six SUG titles to his name — more than any othe
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Covering Your Opponent's Face as a Grip Break: Technique or Ethics Violation?

Covering Your Opponent's Face as a Grip Break: Technique or Ethics Violation?

Jun 12, 2026 · competition-results, ethics
The first time someone palmed your face on the mat, your reaction wasn't analytical. A hand on the face hits different from an arm drag — it feels personal in a way heel hooks don't, and heel hooks can end your season.
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