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The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Alive Is Going to MMA Because He's 'Tired of Being Called a Wimp'

The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Alive Is Going to MMA Because He's 'Tired of Being Called a Wimp'

Mikey Musumeci has been called a butt scooter for so long he's started talking about punching people. Not because he believes it.
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Twenty-Year-Old Crowned 'Most Dangerous Man In Grappling' — Still Hasn't Acknowledged It 50 Days Later

Twenty-Year-Old Crowned 'Most Dangerous Man In Grappling' — Still Hasn't Acknowledged It 50 Days Later

When BJJEE published "Why Andrew Tackett is the most dangerous man in grappling right now" on the 12th, it felt like a coronation. The piece laid out the case: elite cardio, submission-first no-gi game, constant pressure, a generational shift away from point-stalling.
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UFC BJJ 9: Eight Submissions, Fowler Dodges Rodriguez

UFC BJJ 9: Eight Submissions, Fowler Dodges Rodriguez

Eight of nine matches ended in submission. That's not a grappling tournament—that's a technical beating handed out by one format to another.
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SUG 30 Happened in Florianopolis — Chael Returned, Mason Fowler Stayed Home, and Brazil Had Plenty to Say

SUG 30 Happened in Florianopolis — Chael Returned, Mason Fowler Stayed Home, and Brazil Had Plenty to Say

Submission Underground finally came back from the dead. SUG 30 went down on May 17 in Florianopolis, Brazil — a comeback event that felt equal parts inevitable and bizarre when you stopped to think about the full context.
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Mikey Musumeci Announced He Was Going Full Dagestani—Then Finished His Title Defense the Same Way He Always Does

Mikey Musumeci Announced He Was Going Full Dagestani—Then Finished His Title Defense the Same Way He Always Does

Mikey Musumeci made one of the stranger career announcements in recent grappling history. Sixteen days before his title defense against Kevin Dantzler on May 16th, the world's most dominant leg locker went on record saying he was essentially retiring from leg locks.
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UFC BJJ Welterweight Champion Caught Biting Opponent On Camera — Response: 'That's What You Get For The Oil Check'

UFC BJJ Welterweight Champion Caught Biting Opponent On Camera — Response: 'That's What You Get For The Oil Check'

Andrew Tackett bit a man on camera, laughed about it, and kept his UFC BJJ welterweight title. That was the whole story.
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Mikey Musumeci Is Abandoning His Leg Locks to Train Like a Dagestani — Before the Title Defense He Already Has

Mikey Musumeci Is Abandoning His Leg Locks to Train Like a Dagestani — Before the Title Defense He Already Has

Mikey Musumeci won the UFC BJJ bantamweight title by footlocking Shay Montague in round two. He'd prefer you forgot that.
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When Basilio's Surgery Forced a 9-Day Scramble for Moura's Title Defense

When Basilio's Surgery Forced a 9-Day Scramble for Moura's Title Defense

The Women's Bantamweight Title fight at UFC BJJ 8 went through one final upheaval—and it said something uncomfortable about the state of women's elite grappling that nobody really wanted to admit out loud. That was the window Sabrina Gondim had between accepting a title shot and actually stepping in
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