BJJ News–Page 25

Fight 2 Win 316 São Paulo Success — F2W's First Brazilian Event Signals Geographic Expansion Beyond North America

Jun 26, 2026 · brazil, competition-results

Fight 2 Win pulled off something that would have sounded absurd a decade ago: it brought professional submission grappling back to Brazil as a foreign import. Not as an innovation from the birthplace of jiu-jitsu, but as a product manufactured in North America and re-exported to its source.

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Marcus Buchecha Says He's Done Competing in BJJ — The Most Decorated Gi Champion of His Generation Is Out

Jun 26, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results

Marcus Buchecha Almeida announced he was done competing in gi jiu-jitsu. Not retired from teaching.

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ESPN Announced a Gracie Family Documentary — But Which Story Gets Told?

Jun 26, 2026 · bjj-culture, combat-sports

ESPN announced plans for a Gracie family documentary. This is a big deal for a sport built on the myth of the Gracie family — the way jiu-jitsu was invented by them, perfected by them, exported to the world by them, and now they're the guys in charge of defining what jiu-jitsu is and where it's goin

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Jordan Burroughs Signs With RAF, Immediately Calls Out Makhachev and Tsarukyan

Jun 26, 2026 · competition-results, grappling

Jordan Burroughs signed with RAF and immediately called out two UFC lightweights by name. Not as a stepping stone.

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Philip Rowe: 'There's No One Elite' in UFC BJJ — The Competition Is Not At World Level

Jun 26, 2026 · competition, competition-results

Philip Rowe, the UFC welterweight who actually knows what a leg lock is supposed to look like, went on The Casuals MMA and said something that made everyone uncomfortable because it was completely accurate: "There's no one elite in UFC BJJ. There's no one elite around." The statement was worth cons

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B-Team Jiu-Jitsu Returns: Craig Jones Delivers Zero Details

Jun 26, 2026 · announcement, b-team-jiu-jitsu

Craig Jones just announced that B-Team Jiu-Jitsu is returning. You know what B-Team is.

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Marcus Buchecha Retires With 13 World Titles — Also 0-2-1 in MMA, So He's Taking Both Sports at Once

Jun 25, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results

Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida announced he was retiring from competition. The statement was clean: "I think that my mission was fulfilled in the sport." And technically, he was right.

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PGF Doubles Season 10 — Expansion Gamble Raises Saturation Questions

Jun 25, 2026 · business, competition-results

Professional Grappling Federation announced Season 10 with a significant expansion: eight teams instead of four, two matches per week instead of one, and forty-plus elite grapplers on rotation. The stated goal was to increase match volume to maintain competitive intensity.

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