BJJ News

Renato Moicano's YouTube MMA Event Draws 600K Views

May 29, 2026 · direct-to-audience, independent-mma

When you cut out the middleman, you get the product without the filter. That's the pitch Renato Moicano just proved—and then immediately disproved.

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Tainan Dalpra & Gabi Pessanha Chase IBJJF Grand Slam at Worlds 2026

May 29, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj

When you're the last two athletes standing in a four-tournament gauntlet, the Grand Slam stops being a hypothetical achievement and becomes a very real, very exhausting reality. That's where Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha find themselves one week out from IBJJF Worlds 2026 in Los Angeles.

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Fowler vs. Johnson II: UFC BJJ Rematch Under Controversial Rules

May 29, 2026 · adcc-trials, bjj-competition

That's how long Mason Fowler and Devhonte Johnson have been waiting for a do-over, and on June 4, 2026, they're finally getting one. Except it's not really a do-over.

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Roosevelt Sousa Banned by USADA, UFC BJJ Books Title Fight

May 29, 2026 · bjj, combat-sports-regulation

There is a specific kind of cognitive dissonance that happens when you watch a sport announce, with total confidence, that it has solved a problem—and then immediately creates the exact problem it just solved. Roosevelt Sousa knows that feeling now.

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Mario Lopez, 52, Won an IBJJF Title Yesterday and Got a Brown Belt on the Podium

May 28, 2026 · brown-belt, celebrity-bjj

When you picture someone walking into the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach for the IBJJF Master International North American Championship, submitting their opponent in the lightweight division, and then getting promoted to brown belt on the podium — you probably don't picture A.C. Mario Lopez, 52, did e

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Danaher Exposes BJJ Coaching Waste: Why Most Gyms Fail Students

May 28, 2026 · athlete-news, atos

When John Danaher says your coach is wasting your time and money, he's not being provocative — he's being precise. And that precision is the problem.

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PGF Season 10 Expands to 8 Teams: Talent or Oversaturation?

May 28, 2026 · bjj, competition

The Professional Grappling Federation is doing what every sports league does when it thinks it's figured out the formula: it's doubling down. Season 10 roster expansion from 4 to 8 teams.

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ADCC Kraków 2026 Struggles with Only 11% Tickets Sold

May 27, 2026 · adcc, bjj

ADCC 2026 in Kraków is supposed to be the crown jewel of the grappling calendar. The athletes you actually care about.

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