14-Year-Old Becomes Youngest ADCC Competitor
ADCC just extended a competitor invite to a 14-year-old. Let that sit for a second.
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BJJ News
Is Asking If CJI 3 Is Cancelled — Craig Jones Hasn't Said Anything
Craig Jones has been busy. After Sean Strickland beat Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328 on May 10, Jones got on social media to flag a potential issue: "I'm a camp curse." Strickland asked him to come back.
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Black Belt Resigns From Orlando BJJ After Admin Allegedly Told Him 'It's The Women's Job To Stop Him' Following Multiple Harassment Reports Against An Instructor
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu faced another institutional reckoning—this time in Orlando. On April 24, black belt Louis Eduardo resigned his teaching position at Orlando Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and two days later he went public with exactly why.
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Six Major Grappling Events Competed For Attention On April 18 — And The Community Still Couldn't Watch Them All
April 18, 2026 landed on a Saturday that tested the grappling community's ability to exist in six places at once. The ADCC North American Trials ran at Fairplex Expo Hall in Pomona, California.
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UFC BJJ 8 Finish Rate Hits 62.5% — Community Meanwhile Debates If Dantzler 'Really' Lost
UFC BJJ 8 in Las Vegas on May 21 posted the highest submission-finish rate in the promotion's history. Five out of eight matches ended with someone getting caught and finishing the other person.
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UFC BJJ 10 to ADCC Worlds: Three-Week Crisis
UFC dropped the date for UFC BJJ 10 on August 20, 2026, and nobody said the quiet part out loud yet: that's three weeks before ADCC Worlds. Not eight weeks to recover from a major tournament and rebuild for the next one.
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Andrew Wiltse Arrested After Mental Health Crisis
Andrew Wiltse, the co-founder and face of Absolute MMA, was arrested in June following a mental health crisis. The news landed in the community with an uncomfortable thud.
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Robert Drysdale: 'If Money Is The Ultimate Achievement — How Do You Explain To A 13-Year-Old That Khabib Is Better Than Conor McGregor?'
Robert Drysdale went on the Jiu-Jitsu Revolution podcast and asked what he meant as a rhetorical sigh. "In a world where money is the ultimate achievement in life," he said, "how do you explain to a 13-year-old that being a Khabib is better than being a Conor McGregor?" The line was published Thursd
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