BJJ News

RAF 10: Will Chimaev vs Danis Actually Happen?

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, ben-askren

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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When Yuri Simoes Got the Biggest Grappling Offer of His Career—Then Announced an MMA Return the Same Week

Jun 11, 2026 · adcc-2026, athlete-news

Yuri Simoes managed to pull off a scheduling contradiction that left the grappling world scratching its head. On May 10th, ADCC officially confirmed he would headline the 2026 World Championship in Krakow, Poland in a superfight against Kaynan Duarte for the vacant heavyweight title.

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Garry Tonon Finally Free: Nine Years Later, ONE Championship's Matching Rights Clause Is Gone

Jun 11, 2026 · competition-results, contract

When ONE Championship quietly released Garry Tonon alongside four other fighters, the immediate reaction was predictable—financial cleanup, roster trimming ahead of a Japan pivot, standard promotion housekeeping. But the real story wasn't the release itself.

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Chimaev vs. Danis at RAF 10: Grappling Breakdown

Jun 11, 2026 · allstars, athlete-news

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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Ryan Hall Said MMA Is 'Better' Than BJJ — But Mighty Mouse Just Proved Why That Argument Misses the Point

Jun 11, 2026 · competition, grappling

When this went down recently—Ryan Hall made the rounds on Matt Serra's podcast on May 29, declaring that MMA is better than Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He's not wrong, exactly.

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When a BJJ World Champion Named Herself

Jun 11, 2026 · alliance, athlete-news

Brenda Larissa did something the sport of jiu-jitsu wasn't particularly set up to handle: she recorded twenty minutes of testimony, published it under her own name, and described what she said was fourteen years of abuse at the hands of Melqui Galvão, an Alliance black belt, founder of BJJ College i

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SUG 30 Went Down With No Pre-Fight Hype. Here's What Actually Happened.

Jun 11, 2026 · chael-sonnen, event-preview

Submission Underground pulled off one of the most audacious promotional non-announcements in grappling history. SUG 30 was scheduled for Saturday, May 18th in Florianópolis, Brazil—and as of Friday evening, May 17th, literally nobody outside the promotion knew who was fighting.

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Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Is Not Working.' The Most Decorated Gracie in History Is Getting Called Out By His Own Son.

Jun 11, 2026 · coaching, competition-results

Rickson Gracie's advice isn't working. The one actually eating punches inside the UFC cage.

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