BJJ News — wrestling

Mikey Musumeci Is Training Wrestling and Boxing for an MMA Debut — The Butt-Scoot Champion Is Tired of Being Called a Wimp

Mikey Musumeci Is Training Wrestling and Boxing for an MMA Debut — The Butt-Scoot Champion Is Tired of Being Called a Wimp

Mikey Musumeci has five BJJ world titles. He's the current UFC BJJ Bantamweight Champion.
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Schultz Claims Gracie Family Blocked ADCC And Destroyed Tapes

Schultz Claims Gracie Family Blocked ADCC And Destroyed Tapes

Mark Schultz doesn't do jiu-jitsu. The 1984 Olympic wrestling gold medalist is a wrestler — a sport that makes BJJ look like tai chi in a sensory deprivation tank.
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Ben Askren Returns to Fighting After Lung Transplant

Ben Askren Returns to Fighting After Lung Transplant

Ben Askren is coming back to fighting less than a year after a double lung transplant. We live in a sport where fighters pop anti-inflammatories before morning open mat like vitamins.
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Joe Rogan Warned Chimaev About Wrestling After the Title Loss — He Was Already Booked Anyway

Joe Rogan Warned Chimaev About Wrestling After the Title Loss — He Was Already Booked Anyway

Joe Rogan went on his podcast and spelled out a specific injury concern about Khamzat Chimaev's decision to compete in freestyle wrestling just six weeks after losing the UFC middleweight title. By the time Rogan finished naming that concern, Chimaev was already locked in for RAF 10 on June 13 in St
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RAF 10: Will Chimaev vs Danis Actually Happen?

RAF 10: Will Chimaev vs Danis Actually Happen?

Louis on Friday, and if you squint at the card hard enough, it looks legitimate. Khamzat Chimaev vs Dillon Danis headlines.
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Chimaev vs. Danis at RAF 10: Grappling Breakdown

Chimaev vs. Danis at RAF 10: Grappling Breakdown

RAF 10 takes place Saturday night in St. Louis, and if you've been following the sport casually, you probably know Khamzat Chimaev is fighting Dillon Danis.
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Rafael Lovato Jr. Won Freestyle Wrestling at 42 — Proof That Grappling Lineage Never Expires

Rafael Lovato Jr. Won Freestyle Wrestling at 42 — Proof That Grappling Lineage Never Expires

just won the Freestyle Wrestling US Open at 42 years old. Not as a comeback story.
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When the UFC Booked Gable Steveson vs. 'The Snack Panther' — and Nobody Knew Whether to Laugh Yet

When the UFC Booked Gable Steveson vs. 'The Snack Panther' — and Nobody Knew Whether to Laugh Yet

When Gable Steveson's long-anticipated UFC debut finally materialized, the promotion did something that felt almost too perfectly absurd to be real. They matched the youngest super-heavyweight Olympic gold medalist in history against a guy whose official fight nickname is "The Snack Panther." Fiftee
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