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Ulpiano Malachias, Gracie Barra 5th Degree and One of Brazil's Most Beloved BJJ Figures, Has Passed Away

Ulpiano Malachias, Gracie Barra 5th Degree and One of Brazil's Most Beloved BJJ Figures, Has Passed Away

May 21, 2026 · coaches, community
The mats in Houston are quieter today. Professor Ulpiano Malachias, a 5th-degree black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr.
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Gordon Ryan's New Gym Sold $20,000 Lifetime Memberships — Limited to Five People — While He's Retired

Gordon Ryan's New Gym Sold $20,000 Lifetime Memberships — Limited to Five People — While He's Retired

May 20, 2026 · gordon-ryan, gym-business
When you're the most dominant no-gi grappler of your generation but take an indefinite competition hiatus, what's your next move? If you're Gordon Ryan, you launch a gym with $20,000 lifetime memberships — and limit them to five people.
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Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha Are Nine Days From Grand Slam Immortality — With USADA Testing Standing Between Them and the Trophy

Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha Are Nine Days From Grand Slam Immortality — With USADA Testing Standing Between Them and the Trophy

May 20, 2026 · athlete-news, competition
When you're nine days from becoming one of the greatest competitors in the history of jiu-jitsu, the math is simple. Secure the Grand Slam.
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RAF 9 Is Eleven Days Out — Gable Steveson Debuts, Covington Faces Weidman, and Five UFC Names Are on One Card

RAF 9 Is Eleven Days Out — Gable Steveson Debuts, Covington Faces Weidman, and Five UFC Names Are on One Card

May 20, 2026 · chris-weidman, colby-covington
When you hear 'wrestling promotion,' your brain probably pictures a dusty college field house, a single table of volunteers, and a guy with a clipboard arguing about weight classes. RAF 9 on May 30 in Arlington, Texas is not that.
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Mason Fowler Couldn't Defend His SUG Title Last Friday — His UFC BJJ Contract Made Him the First Concrete Casualty of the Exclusivity Policy

Mason Fowler Couldn't Defend His SUG Title Last Friday — His UFC BJJ Contract Made Him the First Concrete Casualty of the Exclusivity Policy

May 20, 2026 · athlete-news, exclusivity
When the UFC announced its BJJ exclusivity contracts earlier this year, the grappling community mostly reacted with shrugged shoulders and wait-and-see energy. It sounded like corporate fine print — the kind of clause that exists in documents nobody reads until someone's already in trouble.
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UFC BJJ 9 Is June 4 — Nicky Rod vs. Roosevelt Sousa and Ffion Davies Return Are the Headline

UFC BJJ 9 Is June 4 — Nicky Rod vs. Roosevelt Sousa and Ffion Davies Return Are the Headline

May 20, 2026 · competition, competition-results
When UFC decided to get into the grappling event business, a lot of practitioners had questions. Like: will these be real grappling matches, or just celebrities awkwardly pummeling each other while Dana White grins at a production monitor?
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Larry Wheels Has a 660-Pound Bench. He Got Tapped By a 135-Pound Bantamweight Who Is Also Significantly Less Strong.

Larry Wheels Has a 660-Pound Bench. He Got Tapped By a 135-Pound Bantamweight Who Is Also Significantly Less Strong.

May 20, 2026 · cobey-fehr, grappling
You already know how this ends. You knew the second you read the headline, because if you've trained jiu-jitsu for more than six months, you've lived a version of this.
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ADCC's Ticket-Sales Crisis Has a Number: 1,724 Sold, 9,351 Empty, 4 Per Day

ADCC's Ticket-Sales Crisis Has a Number: 1,724 Sold, 9,351 Empty, 4 Per Day

May 20, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
That's the current sales pace for ADCC 2026, booked for September 12–13 at TAURON Arena Kraków, a venue with 14,941 available seats. BJJ World scraped live ticket availability data across 22 active sales sections of the arena and published the count: 1,724 sold, 9,351 still available in those sectio
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