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Governing Body Blocks Two Blue Belts From Competing Against Each Other At Family Reunion; Cites Exclusive Gym Membership Contracts Both Signed At Same Family Reunion

Governing Body Blocks Two Blue Belts From Competing Against Each Other At Family Reunion; Cites Exclusive Gym Membership Contracts Both Signed At Same Family Reunion

May 14, 2026 · blue-belt, bureaucracy
TRURO, MA — Forty minutes before cousins Dylan Ferraro, 26, and Micah Ferraro, 24, were scheduled to grapple on a tarp in the backyard of 118 Highland Road, the Ferraro family reunion was interrupted by a process server from the North Atlantic Jiu-Jitsu Commission, who handed each cousin a 12-page c
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Danaher Says Go Back to Your First Armbar. The 20-Hour Back System Can Wait.

Danaher Says Go Back to Your First Armbar. The 20-Hour Back System Can Wait.

May 14, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-fanatics
John Danaher quoted Heraclitus to 631,000 Instagram followers on April 14. "You never step in the same river twice," he wrote.
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Matt Serra Says The Best Gyms Don't Push Beginners Into Sparring — An Entire Industry Just Stopped Nodding

Matt Serra Says The Best Gyms Don't Push Beginners Into Sparring — An Entire Industry Just Stopped Nodding

May 13, 2026 · beginner-bjj, bjj-academy
Matt Serra has opinions on what a beginner should look for in a BJJ gym. The 5th-degree black belt, first American to ever earn a Renzo Gracie black belt, UFC Hall of Famer, and one half of the Long Island accent that built modern East Coast jiu-jitsu sat down and explained, in detail, that the best
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Gordon Ryan Doesn't Respect the Superfight He Vacated — Now Questioning Duarte's Right to Hold It

Gordon Ryan Doesn't Respect the Superfight He Vacated — Now Questioning Duarte's Right to Hold It

May 13, 2026 · adcc, adcc-superfight
Gordon Ryan vacated the ADCC Superfight title in February 2026. He's spent the time since explaining why Kaynan Duarte doesn't deserve it.
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ADCC's Answer to 63% Empty Seats Is a 2019 Rematch — Gordon Ryan Already Calling It a Consolation Prize

ADCC's Answer to 63% Empty Seats Is a 2019 Rematch — Gordon Ryan Already Calling It a Consolation Prize

May 13, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
Sixty-three percent of the seats in Tauron Arena are currently empty. That's the actual math.
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Kyra Gracie Says Her Own Family Tried to Block Her From Training — The Gracies Almost Stopped the Gracies

Kyra Gracie Says Her Own Family Tried to Block Her From Training — The Gracies Almost Stopped the Gracies

May 13, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
The Gracie name is jiu-jitsu. It's on the lineage walls, in the textbooks, baked into every gym that traces its roots to Rio.
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Melqui Galvao Is Still Running His Academy — From Prison, Via Phone

Melqui Galvao Is Still Running His Academy — From Prison, Via Phone

May 13, 2026 · accountability, athlete-news
Melqui Galvao was transferred to a São Paulo prison on May 10. Brazilian deputy Alessandra Campêlo went public this week with the claim: Galvao has been making video calls from inside the facility — 20 to 30 minutes at a time — to students connected to his BJJ College project in Manaus.
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Paddy Pimblett Made an Influencer Throw Up During Sparring. The Influencer Is Now a BJJ Convert.

Paddy Pimblett Made an Influencer Throw Up During Sparring. The Influencer Is Now a BJJ Convert.

May 13, 2026 · community, competition-results
At some point between throwing up at the window and getting back on the mat, Dean Alex — British TikToker, chaos content merchant, bearer of the catchphrase "do you not know who I am, kid?" — appears to have had an actual realization. He didn't know who he was dealing with.
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