BJJ News — title-fight

Islam Makhachev Says Ian Garry's Wrestling Camp Won't Help — 'Short-Term Training Doesn't Provide Meaningful Improvement'

Islam Makhachev Says Ian Garry's Wrestling Camp Won't Help — 'Short-Term Training Doesn't Provide Meaningful Improvement'

Ian Garry flew to Georgia. Not the state, the country — home of Nox, khinkali, and apparently the only wrestlers on Earth who can prepare an Irishman to take down a Dagestani champion.
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Sean Strickland Is a Two-Time UFC Middleweight Champion. That Sentence Shouldn't Make Sense.

Sean Strickland Is a Two-Time UFC Middleweight Champion. That Sentence Shouldn't Make Sense.

Sean Strickland is a two-time UFC middleweight champion. Not because it's hard to believe — it happened, the scorecards are real, the belt is around his waist — but because the entire narrative infrastructure the UFC built over the last two years just collapsed in Newark, New Jersey, and it's worth
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Fabricio Andrey Wants Kade Ruotolo's Belt So Bad He'll Gain 25 Pounds to Get It

Fabricio Andrey Wants Kade Ruotolo's Belt So Bad He'll Gain 25 Pounds to Get It

Fabricio Andrey has a problem. He's arguably the most exciting submission grappler on the planet right now, he's undefeated in ONE Championship, and his boss won't give him a featherweight title because the division doesn't technically exist yet.
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Cassia Moura's First UFC BJJ Title Defense Is Against A Woman Making Her UFC BJJ Debut

Cassia Moura's First UFC BJJ Title Defense Is Against A Woman Making Her UFC BJJ Debut

Cassia Moura's first UFC BJJ title defense is against a woman who has never fought in UFC BJJ. On May 21 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, the 20-year-old women's flyweight champion meets Bianca Basilio in the co-main event of UFC BJJ 8.
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Two Weeks Before Fighting Khamzat Chimaev, Sean Strickland Begs UFC Not to Sign His Sparring Partner

Two Weeks Before Fighting Khamzat Chimaev, Sean Strickland Begs UFC Not to Sign His Sparring Partner

Two weeks out from his middleweight title shot against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328, Sean Strickland's biggest public concern, somehow, is a different fighter. Strickland posted a video this week begging the UFC not to sign Johnny Eblen — the former Bellator middleweight champion, now in PFL, who's be
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Dern vs Robertson: Two BJJ Black Belts Might Actually Fight for a UFC Title

Dern vs Robertson: Two BJJ Black Belts Might Actually Fight for a UFC Title

Mackenzie Dern was sitting at a Celebrity Poker Tour table in Las Vegas when she casually dropped what might be the most significant matchmaking news in women's MMA this year. "They're kind of talking about giving me Gillian Robertson." Not a press conference.
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The Most Dangerous Grappler to Challenge for a UFC Title in Years Just Got His Shot. Then It Got Postponed.

The Most Dangerous Grappler to Challenge for a UFC Title in Years Just Got His Shot. Then It Got Postponed.

Here's what you need to know about Tatsuro Taira: eight of his 18 wins are submissions. His control time percentage in the UFC flyweight division is 52.1% — second-best in the entire division. He lands...
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UFC BJJ 7 Is the Most Loaded Card in Promotion History. That's the Problem.

UFC BJJ 7 Is the Most Loaded Card in Promotion History. That's the Problem.

Tonight at 8 PM ET, UFC BJJ streams its seventh event free on YouTube. Three title fights. Eight bouts. A heavyweight slot that was supposed to be Nicholas Meregali. And one of the last chances...
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