BJJ News

Fight 2 Win's 315-Event American Run — and Why It Took 11 Years to Book Brazil

Jun 02, 2026 · brazil, event-preview

When Fight 2 Win announced its May 23, 2026 event in São Paulo, it marked a quiet milestone that had been staring at the submission grappling world for over a decade: the promotion had just held its 316th show ever, and for the first time in eleven years, it wasn't in North America. Event 315 was so

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Gordon Ryan Said He Was 'Retired.' Then He Kept Showing Up to the Mat—and the Camera Caught Him

Jun 02, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news

About three weeks after Gordon Ryan posted his retirement announcement, footage started circulating that told a different story entirely. The timeline is worth unpacking, because it matters.

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F2W Finally Left North America. After 316 Shows, It Took Brazil to Do It.

Jun 02, 2026 · brazil, f2w

Fight to Win hit a historic milestone — not because of what happened, but because of where it happened. Three hundred and sixteen shows.

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Owen Jones Calls Out Mikey Musumeci: 'He Doesn't Deserve to Be the Face of the Sport'

Jun 02, 2026 · adcc-2024, callout

Owen Jones said it on The Charles Eoghan Experience podcast last summer, and nobody really answered him. "I just don't like that they're trying to make him the face of the sport.

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Khamzat Chimaev Lost His Middleweight Belt and Decided Light Heavyweight Was the Answer

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev

Khamzat Chimaev experienced something he hadn't tasted before in his professional career: a loss. And not just any loss—a split decision defeat to Sean Strickland, a 4-to-1 underdog, at UFC 328 in Newark.

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Erich Munis Lost His Own Weight Class At Brasileiros Then Won The 14-Man Absolute The Same Day

Jun 02, 2026 · absolute, brasileiros-2026

When the dust settled on the IBJJF Brasileiros, one result sat in the data that nobody quite knew what to do with: the men's super heavy black belt final that Erich Munis lost, followed immediately—same day, same venue—by the absolute title that he won. The super heavy final came down to something m

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Paddy Pimblett Made a Content Creator Physically Vomit in Sparring — There Is Video

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, content-creator

When this went down recently—back on May 13th—it seemed like the kind of gym story that would die the moment the session ended. British TikToker Dean Alex showed up to Next Generation MMA in Liverpool to spar Paddy Pimblett.

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The Death of Medet Zheenaliev — Kyrgyzstan Fighter Who Drowned Saving Four Teenage Girls

Jun 01, 2026 · community, kyrgyzstan

When the news came through about what happened at Lake Issyk-Kul, it moved quietly through the grappling world—the kind of story that doesn't trend, doesn't get a thousand takes, but lands differently on people who understand what combat sports actually asks of the body and mind. Medet Zheenaliev we

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