BJJ News

The Brasileiro Sold Out At 8,000 Entries: How Two AOJ Teammates Nearly Made Back-To-Back Grand Slams Real

Jun 02, 2026 · aoj, athlete-news

Something genuinely rare happened in jiu-jitsu: the IBJJF's oldest major championship hit a ceiling nobody had seen before. The Brasileiro — ten days of competition across every belt level from kids to black belt — sold out at exactly 8,000 registered competitors.

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Khamzat Chimaev's $200K Wrestling Bounty Met Reality—And Lost

Jun 02, 2026 · arman-tsarukyan, bo-nickal

Khamzat Chimaev made headlines that seemed to sum up everything wrong and right about the crossover fever gripping combat sports. On April 18, the reigning UFC middleweight champion (15-0) signed with Real American Freestyle, posted a $200,000 bounty for any Olympic wrestling champion willing to spa

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Ed O'Neill Has Been Training BJJ Under Rorion Gracie for 40 Years. His Answer to Why People Quit Is Three Words.

Jun 02, 2026 · belt-progression, black-belt

Ed O'Neill started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1991. He had one of the highest-rated sitcoms on American television.

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Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Doesn't Work' — Rickson Reportedly Stopped Speaking to Him For Years Over It

Jun 02, 2026 · bjj-philosophy, competition-results

Kron Gracie walked into a training session, tried the move his father told him to use, and his training partner snatched his leg and kicked back. The move was a front kick.

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Fight 2 Win's 315-Event American Run — and Why It Took 11 Years to Book Brazil

Jun 02, 2026 · brazil, event-preview

When Fight 2 Win announced its May 23, 2026 event in São Paulo, it marked a quiet milestone that had been staring at the submission grappling world for over a decade: the promotion had just held its 316th show ever, and for the first time in eleven years, it wasn't in North America. Event 315 was so

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Gordon Ryan Said He Was 'Retired.' Then He Kept Showing Up to the Mat—and the Camera Caught Him

Jun 02, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news

About three weeks after Gordon Ryan posted his retirement announcement, footage started circulating that told a different story entirely. The timeline is worth unpacking, because it matters.

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F2W Finally Left North America. After 316 Shows, It Took Brazil to Do It.

Jun 02, 2026 · brazil, f2w

Fight to Win hit a historic milestone — not because of what happened, but because of where it happened. Three hundred and sixteen shows.

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Owen Jones Calls Out Mikey Musumeci: 'He Doesn't Deserve to Be the Face of the Sport'

Jun 02, 2026 · adcc-2024, callout

Owen Jones said it on The Charles Eoghan Experience podcast last summer, and nobody really answered him. "I just don't like that they're trying to make him the face of the sport.

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