BJJ News

When Mackenzie Dern's Father Won Brasileiros Gold at 58 — Megaton Dias Took Master 7 Lightweight As João Miyao Claimed Master 1

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, brasileiros

A quiet milestone slipped past the main narrative of what the IBJJF circuit was building toward. On May 1, when the masters block of the 2026 Brasileiros rolled through Barueri, Wellington "Megaton" Dias—who had just turned 58 the previous October—stepped onto the mat and won Master 7 Lightweight go

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Thug Trials 3 and the Lovato Jr.-Rocha Match That Finally Happened

Jun 11, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

pulled off something that had been floating around the grappling community's wishlist for years. On May 11th, three days after competing at a NAIA collegiate wrestling meet against athletes who were in middle school when he was winning ADCC titles, the 42-year-old showed up in Doral, Florida, rear n

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Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Encourage Strategy Over Fighting — 'It's So Easy to Lose'

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, competition

"Nobody actually wants to fight." That's Mikey Musumeci on IBJJF competition. Not a disgruntled blue belt venting after losing on advantages at a regional.

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Jungle Fight 149: When Matheus Araujo Held the RNC Past the Tap—and Why His Excuse About His Late Mother Still Didn't Make It Okay

Jun 11, 2026 · brazil, competition

When this went down on April 25 at São Paulo's Ginásio do Ibirapuera, it seemed like a straightforward submission gone wrong. Matheus "The Monster" Araujo caught Anderson Nascimento in a rear-naked choke inside three minutes of Round 1 at Jungle Fight 149.

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When Mica Galvao Killed Mika Jiu-Jitsu Before It Started — 'Became Completely Unviable'

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-college

Mica Galvao made a decision, then unmade it just as quickly. The gap between announcement and reversal was so compressed that Mika Jiu-Jitsu never even got a proper logo.

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Chael Sonnen Reveals His Complete UFC PED Protocol

Jun 11, 2026 · chael-sonnen, combat-sports

Chael Sonnen did something remarkable on his recent podcast: he didn't apologize for using performance-enhancing drugs during his UFC career. Instead, he documented exactly what he took, how much, and when he took it—described with the casual certainty of someone ordering off a menu.

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Bryce Mitchell's 8-Second Arm-Triangle at UFC Fight Night

Jun 11, 2026 · arm-triangle, bryce-mitchell

That's all Bryce Mitchell needed to remind the combat sports world why we stare at our phones at 1 a.m. on a Tuesday waiting for preliminary fight results.

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Steveson Shuts Down DC's Warning on Jones Coaching

Jun 10, 2026 · coaching, competition-results

Gable Steveson thinks Jon Jones is perfect. Not "good." Not "great." Not "an underrated technical mind." Perfect.

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