BJJ News

John Danaher on His Two Favorite Types of Students: 'Polar Opposites'

Jun 02, 2026 · athlete-news, business

John Danaher sat down with BJJEE on May 30 and described his two favorite types of students as "polar opposites": total beginners learning fundamentals and advanced athletes refining nuances. That wasn't a hot take—that was just smart coaching.

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Fabricio Andrey Chose Alliance Over Mica's New Team — Mica's New Team Didn't Last 72 Hours

Jun 02, 2026 · alliance-jiu-jitsu, athlete-news

Three years ago, Fabricio Andrey left. Not with a manifesto.

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Joe Rogan Said Chimaev Has Been Winning Because He Hasn't Wrestled Anyone — Burns And Usman Were The Real Tests

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, gilbert-burns

Joe Rogan spent part of episode 2487 of his podcast, released April 22 with Action Bronson, explaining that Khamzat Chimaev was, in fact, a freak. Then he spent the rest of it explaining why we didn't actually know how big a freak yet.

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GSP On Rolling With Prime Danaher: 'There Was Nothing I Could Do'

Jun 02, 2026 · athlete-news, georges-st-pierre

"Nothing I could do." That's how Georges St-Pierre, three-time UFC welterweight champion, Hall of Famer, BJJ black belt under John Danaher, describes what it was like to roll with his own coach in his prime. Not "tough rolls." Not "we had good rounds." Nothing he could do.

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The Brasileiro Sold Out At 8,000 Entries: How Two AOJ Teammates Nearly Made Back-To-Back Grand Slams Real

Jun 02, 2026 · aoj, athlete-news

Something genuinely rare happened in jiu-jitsu: the IBJJF's oldest major championship hit a ceiling nobody had seen before. The Brasileiro — ten days of competition across every belt level from kids to black belt — sold out at exactly 8,000 registered competitors.

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Khamzat Chimaev's $200K Wrestling Bounty Met Reality—And Lost

Jun 02, 2026 · arman-tsarukyan, bo-nickal

Khamzat Chimaev made headlines that seemed to sum up everything wrong and right about the crossover fever gripping combat sports. On April 18, the reigning UFC middleweight champion (15-0) signed with Real American Freestyle, posted a $200,000 bounty for any Olympic wrestling champion willing to spa

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Ed O'Neill Has Been Training BJJ Under Rorion Gracie for 40 Years. His Answer to Why People Quit Is Three Words.

Jun 02, 2026 · belt-progression, black-belt

Ed O'Neill started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1991. He had one of the highest-rated sitcoms on American television.

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Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Doesn't Work' — Rickson Reportedly Stopped Speaking to Him For Years Over It

Jun 02, 2026 · bjj-philosophy, competition-results

Kron Gracie walked into a training session, tried the move his father told him to use, and his training partner snatched his leg and kicked back. The move was a front kick.

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