BJJ News–Page 42

Kyra Gracie Had to Fight Her Own Family for the Right to Train Jiu-Jitsu

Jun 12, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

The Gracie family has spent a hundred years selling jiu-jitsu as the great equalizer. Technique beats strength.

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Robert Valentin Dedicated a First-Round RNC to His Late Mother — And Nobody in the Arena Was Ready For That Speech

Jun 12, 2026 · competition-results, grappling

Two minutes and twenty-two seconds was all it took. Robert "Robzilla" Valentin dragged Julien Leblanc to the canvas, took his back, and sank in a rear-naked choke so textbook it could be the cover of a BJJ instructional.

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The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Alive Is Going to MMA Because He's 'Tired of Being Called a Wimp'

Jun 12, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-identity

Mikey Musumeci has been called a butt scooter for so long he's started talking about punching people. Not because he believes it.

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Kron Gracie Says Rickson Didn't Speak to Him for Years After His Cub Swanson Fight — The Values Break Inside BJJ's First Family

Jun 12, 2026 · competition-results, cub-swanson

Rickson didn't speak to him. That's the part Kron Gracie just said out loud.

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Russian Men Are Paying $80 to Get Fake Cauliflower Ears Injected — The One Part of BJJ You Actually Cannot Outsource

Jun 12, 2026 · cauliflower-ear, community

Your cauliflower ear took years to earn. In Russia, they're selling a shortcut for six thousand rubles — about $80 a side.

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ADCC Double Champion Has a Hard Time Selling Seminars in Australia — She Says It's 'How Big Their Ego Is'

Jun 12, 2026 · adcc, adele-fornarino

Adele Fornarino is the most accomplished female grappler Australia has ever produced. Two ADCC World titles.

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Song Yadong Just Beat a Grappler Grappling. Then He Lied About It.

Jun 12, 2026 · competition, competition-results

Song Yadong just beat Deiveson Figueiredo—a former UFC flyweight champion, a world-class grappler—via guillotine choke. Then he explained his win like it was an apology.

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Melqui Galvao Allegedly Used Prison Phone to Threaten Former Students Into Changing Testimony

Jun 11, 2026 · coaching, gym-culture

When your defense strategy involves prison payphones and veiled threats, you might be Melqui Galvao. The embattled coach, currently awaiting trial on multiple charges, has allegedly been working the phones from his cell to pressure former students into altering their testimony.

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