BJJ News–Page 21

Bryce Mitchell Said BJJ Professors Were Teaching 'Gayness' — Also Refused to Watch Musumeci

Jul 01, 2026 · bryce-mitchell, butt-scoot

UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell aired strong opinions about jiu-jitsu this week on his podcast, ArkanSanity, and in Reddit AMAs, continuing a line of criticism he'd repeated since February. Mitchell's take: some Brazilian jiu-jitsu professors were "teaching gayness." The specific target was butt sc

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UFC Flyweight Tracy Cortez Submits Streamer N3on Twice in Clip That Hit 2.5 Million Views

Jul 01, 2026 · competition-results, grappling

You know that moment at the gym when a white belt confidently announces they're gonna take down the brown belt? You don't even need to finish your water bottle before you know how this ends.

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Jacob Rodriguez Returns Amid Accountability Questions

Jul 01, 2026 · accountability, bjj-culture

Jacob Rodriguez is competing again. The 2024 ADCC silver medalist announced his return to sanctioned grappling competition on July 24, 2026, at Pit Submission Series—his first official match in 17 months.

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Max Holloway Earned Black Belt From Charles Oliveira

Jul 01, 2026 · black-belt, charles-oliveira

Max Holloway's career took an interesting turn at UFC 326 when Charles Oliveira submitted him. Most fighters would dust that off and move on.

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Mica Galvão's Double Gold Return at New Jersey Open

Jul 01, 2026 · absolute, athlete-news

Mica Galvão didn't issue a statement. He didn't do the podcast circuit or the carefully-calibrated reemergence.

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CBJJ No-Gi Nationals 2026: Elisabeth Clay, Tarik Hopstock, Pawel Jaworski Competed — Results Still Pending

Jul 01, 2026 · cbjj, championship

Brazil's elite no-gi grapplers showed up to Ginásio Poliesportivo José Correa in Barueri, São Paulo, to settle the CBJJ Brazilian No-Gi National Championship for the first time on FloGrappling. Elisabeth Clay, Tarik Hopstock, Pawel Jaworski, Tainan Dalpra—names the community actually cares about.

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Dustin Poirier Told Atlanta Airport Cops 'Go Ahead and Arrest Me' — So They Did

Jul 01, 2026 · athlete-behavior, competition-results

On Sunday, June 21, 2026, at 4:50 p.m., Dustin Poirier—two-time UFC lightweight champion, millionaire, and a man whose entire professional identity is built on controlled violence and composure—decided that the appropriate response to being denied boarding on a commercial flight was to yell profanit

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Ruslan Abdulaev Beat Kaynan Duarte Twice and He's Coming to Krakow — ADCC's Heavyweight Division Just Got a New Favorite

Jun 30, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

Most of the grappling world couldn't pick Ruslan Abdulaev out of a lineup six months ago. That's no longer true.

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