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Two UFC Champions Publish 'How To Spot A Good BJJ Gym' Checklists On The Same Day — The Floor Is Apparently So Low, This Passes For Insight In 2026

Two UFC Champions Publish 'How To Spot A Good BJJ Gym' Checklists On The Same Day — The Floor Is Apparently So Low, This Passes For Insight In 2026

On April 17, 2026, Matt Serra — UFC 69 veteran, Renzo Gracie black belt, and owner of Serra BJJ in Huntington, New York — posted a checklist to Instagram titled "How To Spot A Good BJJ Gym." Does the head coach actually roll with students? How are newer students treated when they show up?
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Kayla Harrison Is Back Training After Neck Surgery — The UFC Women's Bantamweight Champ Who Called Rousey a Liar Is Now Targeting a Return

Kayla Harrison Is Back Training After Neck Surgery — The UFC Women's Bantamweight Champ Who Called Rousey a Liar Is Now Targeting a Return

Kayla Harrison was two weeks out from defending her UFC women's bantamweight title when the UFC flew her to New York and doctors gave her two options: have neck surgery immediately, or risk paralysis. That was late January.
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Mikey Musumeci Says He Wants to Fight MMA by End of 2026 — 'I've Been Called a Butt-Scooper and Wimp Long Enough, I Just Want to Scrap'

Mikey Musumeci Says He Wants to Fight MMA by End of 2026 — 'I've Been Called a Butt-Scooper and Wimp Long Enough, I Just Want to Scrap'

Mikey Musumeci has finally heard enough. The reigning UFC BJJ bantamweight champion confirmed on a recent podcast appearance, circulating on grappling feeds all week, that he plans to make his MMA debut before the end of 2026.
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Jon Jones Isn't Going to the White House Tomorrow—And That's the Entire Story

Jon Jones Isn't Going to the White House Tomorrow—And That's the Entire Story

Ilia Topuria is defending his lightweight title at the White House tomorrow. Bo Nickal—a middleweight with legitimate grappling pedigree—is on the card.
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Max Holloway Got His BJJ Black Belt the Hard Way — Charles Oliveira Submitted Him Into It. Now He's Fighting McGregor.

Max Holloway Got His BJJ Black Belt the Hard Way — Charles Oliveira Submitted Him Into It. Now He's Fighting McGregor.

When Charles Oliveira armbarred Max Holloway in 2019, nobody expected that seven years later, Holloway would be cashing that receipt against Conor McGregor. But here we are — Holloway just received his BJJ black belt from Rylan Lizares, and the timing couldn't be more poetic.
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Mackenzie Dern vs Gillian Robertson: The First UFC Title Fight Built Entirely on Jiu-Jitsu

Mackenzie Dern vs Gillian Robertson: The First UFC Title Fight Built Entirely on Jiu-Jitsu

For the first time in UFC history, a title fight is being headlined by two athletes whose entire professional identity is built on jiu-jitsu. Not as a secondary skill.
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Kron Gracie: Rickson Told Me Not to Box. I Ignored Him. It Worked. We Didn't Talk for Three Years.

Kron Gracie: Rickson Told Me Not to Box. I Ignored Him. It Worked. We Didn't Talk for Three Years.

Rickson Gracie gave his son an ultimatum. "Don't box." Two words, no debate.
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Urijah Faber's Tech Fall And The RAF Pay Floor That Actually Checked Out

Urijah Faber's Tech Fall And The RAF Pay Floor That Actually Checked Out

Urijah Faber wanted you to know wrestling pays now. He told Ariel Helwani that Real American Freestyle wrestlers can make "as much as a doctor or a lawyer if you have four or five matches in a year." He said that had never been heard of in wrestling, which was why people were going to be tuning in.
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