BJJ News

Gamebred Bareknuckle Produced Three RNCs On One Card — Remove The Gloves And Grapplers Just Choke Everyone

Jun 03, 2026 · anthony-smith, competition-results

When Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA ran its return show on Friday the 10th at Ovalo Feria Ganadera in Santo Domingo, something remarkable happened. All three were rear-naked chokes.

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A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Put an Aggressive Surfer in a Hold at Steamer Lane

Jun 03, 2026 · bjj-lifestyle, community

Something happened at Steamer Lane that caught the attention of the wider surf and martial arts world — a moment that seemed simple on the surface but revealed something deeper about what training actually means when the stakes stop being theoretical. Sandro Santiago, a sixth-degree black belt and f

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Three Weeks Out From Worlds, Two Athletes Are Still Alive on the Grand Slam. One Has Never Won It.

Jun 03, 2026 · athlete-news, brasileiros

The 2026 IBJJF Grand Slam is down to two people. That's the state of things three weeks before Worlds.

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Izaak Michell Is On The Leaked ADCC 2026 Invite List — Active Felony Warrant Did Not Cost Him The Slot

Jun 03, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

Izaak Michell qualified for ADCC 2026 the honest way. He won the Asia & Oceania Trials at 77 kilograms in December 2025.

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A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Controlled a Surf Bully at Steamer Lane Without Throwing a Single Punch

Jun 03, 2026 · bjj-works, community

A video dropped that would spend weeks circulating through both surfing and jiu-jitsu communities simultaneously — the kind of rare crossover that only happens when martial arts theory actually collides with reality in a way nobody can argue with. The clip didn't look like most self-defense footage.

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Dagestani Mikey Is Real: Musumeci Rewired His Game Before the Title Defense

Jun 03, 2026 · dagestani-mikey, kevin-dantzler

Mikey Musumeci announced he was done pulling guard. Specifically, he announced he was from Dagestan now.

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Craig Jones Called Gordon Ryan a 'Classic Right-Wing Grifter' in Playboy

Jun 03, 2026 · bjj-culture, cji

When Craig Jones's Playboy interview hit the internet and started circulating through the BJJ community, it became clear that something had fundamentally shifted in how the sport's biggest personalities were choosing to speak about each other—and about the sport itself. The piece, which originally r

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Khamzat Chimaev's Wrestling Return Hit a Pothole — How a Knee Injury Derailed RAF 10 vs Danis

Jun 03, 2026 · athlete-news, colby-covington

Khamzat Chimaev's return to wrestling just took a hard hit. The Chechen-Swedish striker was supposed to headline RAF 10 against Dillon Danis in what looked like a redemption narrative — a UFC veteran pivoting back to his roots after years chasing the welterweight title.

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