BJJ News

ADCC Removed Its Public Invite List After Fans Found a Fugitive, a Nazi-Salute Account, and a Post-Cardiac Competitor on the Bracket

Jun 16, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

ADCC operates on the honor system. You trust that the organization vetting the world's best submission grapplers for its marquee event has done some kind of basic due diligence before emailing out invitations.

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When ADCC Invited Josh Saunders Despite CJI's Public Exclusion on Character Grounds

Jun 16, 2026 · accountability, adcc

When ADCC released its invite list for the year's championship event, Josh Saunders landed in the +99 kg bracket at what remains the most prestigious submission grappling competition on earth. It should have been a straightforward achievement story: a former professional rugby league player turned b

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Jay Rodriguez Is Showing Up At Open Mats Again — Community Photographers Have Started Identifying Him On Sight

Jun 16, 2026 · b-team, bjj-safety

The defense was always architectural. He's not there during public hours.

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Felipe Costa Boils 'How To Get Good At BJJ' Down To One Rule: First In — Roll Until The Lights Go Off

Jun 16, 2026 · blue-belt-syndrome, felipe-costa

That's the whole formula. Felipe Costa, the guy who won an IBJJF World Championship at black belt without ever winning gold at any lower belt, was asked how to get good at BJJ.

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ADCC Invited Josh Saunders to Worlds — The Same Man Who Performs Nazi Salutes on Video

Jun 16, 2026 · accountability, adcc

It landed like a grenade that nobody wanted to pick up. Back on May 3rd, BJJDoc announced that ADCC had extended invitations to several competitors for the 2026 World Championship, and tucked into that list was Josh Saunders, slotted into the Men's +99kg division.

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Tom DeBlass Said 'Don't Be That Guy' About Messaging Women — His Actual Argument Was About Consistency, Not Silence

Jun 16, 2026 · community, gym-culture

Tom DeBlass posted an Instagram Reel about messaging women after class, and it did what these videos always do: split the room. Half the BJJ community nodded along, half felt defensive, and almost everyone missed what he was actually arguing.

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Brazilian BJJ Coach Arrested After Surveillance Footage Showed Him Choking His Wife — Out On R$1,621 Bail Same Day

Jun 16, 2026 · brazilian-bjj, craig-jones

Something happened in the suburbs around Curitiba that should have shocked the Brazilian jiu-jitsu world but instead felt, to anyone paying attention, almost routine. That's roughly $300 American—somewhere between a Shoyoroll preorder and a one-day seminar fee.

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Gianni Grippo Is Back in ADCC — First Invite in 11 Years, Won Trials at 34 With Zero Conceded Points

Jun 16, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

Nobody scored on Gianni Grippo at ADCC West Coast Trials. Seven matches, five submissions, zero points conceded across the entire -66kg bracket.

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