BJJ News — ufc

Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Compete for UAE at the Olympics in Wrestling — The UFC Champion Is Looking Beyond the Belt He Hasn't Defended Yet

Khamzat Chimaev Wants to Compete for UAE at the Olympics in Wrestling — The UFC Champion Is Looking Beyond the Belt He Hasn't Defended Yet

Chimaev fights for the first time as UFC middleweight champion this Saturday. His coach announced Olympic plans on Wednesday.
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RAF 9 Just Added The Reigning UFC Bantamweight Champion vs Frankie Edgar — Five UFC Names On One May 30 Wrestling Card

RAF 9 Just Added The Reigning UFC Bantamweight Champion vs Frankie Edgar — Five UFC Names On One May 30 Wrestling Card

Real American Freestyle had three UFC names on the May 30 card already: Gable Steveson making his RAF debut against former UFC heavyweight Alexandr Romanov, Colby Covington against former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, and Arman Tsarukyan against Keelon Jimison at 175. Then on April 18, at
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Three-Time NCAA Champion Announces White House Card Fight, Then Mentions He Hasn't Actually Signed The Contract Yet

Three-Time NCAA Champion Announces White House Card Fight, Then Mentions He Hasn't Actually Signed The Contract Yet

Bo Nickal committed to fighting on the most high-profile UFC card ever booked, then mentioned in public that he hasn't actually signed the contract. The card is UFC Freedom 250.
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Gilbert Burns Wants A BJJ Comeback. The Sport He's Coming Back To Didn't Exist When He Left.

Gilbert Burns Wants A BJJ Comeback. The Sport He's Coming Back To Didn't Exist When He Left.

That's how long Gilbert Burns spent retired before he started hinting at coming back. Saturday night at UFC Winnipeg, he took his gloves off in the cage.
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UFC Puts a Cage on the White House Lawn for Trump's 80th Birthday — Jon Jones Wasn't Invited and Retired Over It

UFC Puts a Cage on the White House Lawn for Trump's 80th Birthday — Jon Jones Wasn't Invited and Retired Over It

There's an Octagon going on the South Lawn of the White House. That sentence is real.
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Buchecha's Original UFC Vegas 116 Opponent Pulled Out. The UFC Found A Light Heavyweight. His Record Is Still 0-1-1.

Buchecha's Original UFC Vegas 116 Opponent Pulled Out. The UFC Found A Light Heavyweight. His Record Is Still 0-1-1.

When the UFC originally booked Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida vs. Max Gimenis for UFC Vegas 116 on April 25, the pitch almost wrote itself.
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Today Has Six Major Grappling Events On Three Continents. The Community Has Already Decided It's Bored.

Today Has Six Major Grappling Events On Three Continents. The Community Has Already Decided It's Bored.

Six major grappling events are running today. By tonight, somebody you know will be on a podcast explaining that jiu-jitsu doesn't promote itself.
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Rorion Gracie Created The UFC As A Jiu-Jitsu Infomercial, Sold It For $1M — It's Now Worth $12 Billion

Rorion Gracie Created The UFC As A Jiu-Jitsu Infomercial, Sold It For $1M — It's Now Worth $12 Billion

That's what Rorion Gracie walked away from. Robert Drysdale laid it out on the Jiu-Jitsu Revolution podcasthttps://bjjdoc.com/2026/04/12/adcc-veteran-questions-if-gracies-ever-believed-in-mma-as-a-sport-they-sold-ufc-the-first-chance-they-got/ last week, and the numbers are the kind that keep you aw
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