BJJ News

John Lineker Got Cut By ONE Championship. The Steroids Didn't Even Help.

May 17, 2026 · competition-results, doping

John Lineker tested positive for Metandienone and Tamoxifen after losing to Ben Woolliss at ONE Fight Night 41 in March 2026. Metandienone is Dianabol, an anabolic steroid that's been on the banned list since before most fighters today started training.

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Alice Ardelean Hit the First Capsule Lock in UFC History — She Learned It on TikTok

May 17, 2026 · alice-ardelean, competition-results

On Saturday at UFC Vegas 117, a strawweight prelim turned into a small piece of history. Alice Ardelean submitted Polyana Viana at 4:36 of the second round with a capsule lock, a leg compression submission that had never been finished in a UFC fight.

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UFC BJJ 8 Lost Another Fight to Injury — The Card Is Five Days Away and Already on Its Third Version

May 17, 2026 · bianca-basilio, cassia-moura

The card they announced in April doesn't exist anymore. UFC BJJ 8 is Thursday, May 21 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas.

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Gordon Ryan Posted About Hanging Politicians. Craig Jones Released His Wife's Arrest Footage and Sold the Merch.

May 16, 2026 · athlete-news, beef

Craig Jones just turned Gordon Ryan's wife's arrest into a merch drop. Backstory: Nathalia Santoro, Ryan's wife, was arrested in Texas last October after a high-speed police chase.

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Your Professor Called It Tuesday: The Ecological BJJ Rebrand and Who Actually Invented It

May 16, 2026 · constraint-led, ecological-bjj

In January 2025, someone asked Gui Mendes about ecological training in jiu-jitsu. He's a three-time World Champion who built Art of Jiu Jitsu into one of the best competition academies in the country.

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Tom Hardy's Jiu-Jitsu Coach Confirms: 'He's Getting Close. It's Coming.'

May 16, 2026 · black-belt, brown-belt

Somewhere in England, Tom Hardy is drilling on a Tuesday afternoon while you're reading this. He's been doing it since 2018.

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260-Pound Powerlifter Larry Wheels Cannot Cope With Getting Outgrappled by Lightweight MMA Fighters — And He Can't Believe It

May 16, 2026 · celebrity-crossover, cobey-fehr

I got bitched out." That's Larry Wheels, walking out of Xtreme Couture MMA in Las Vegas after getting submitted by professional fighters who weigh 100 to 125 pounds less than him. He said it into his own camera.

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Guy Ritchie Got His 3rd Degree BJJ Black Belt on a Film Set — Tom Hardy Watched

May 16, 2026 · belt-promotion, celebrity-bjj

Guy Ritchie makes films for a living. Snatch, Lock Stock, two Sherlock Holmes movies, The Gentleman, the King Arthur film everybody forgot they hated until someone rewatched it.

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