BJJ News

Khamzat Chimaev Lost His Middleweight Belt and Decided Light Heavyweight Was the Answer

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev

Khamzat Chimaev experienced something he hadn't tasted before in his professional career: a loss. And not just any loss—a split decision defeat to Sean Strickland, a 4-to-1 underdog, at UFC 328 in Newark.

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Erich Munis Lost His Own Weight Class At Brasileiros Then Won The 14-Man Absolute The Same Day

Jun 02, 2026 · absolute, brasileiros-2026

When the dust settled on the IBJJF Brasileiros, one result sat in the data that nobody quite knew what to do with: the men's super heavy black belt final that Erich Munis lost, followed immediately—same day, same venue—by the absolute title that he won. The super heavy final came down to something m

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Paddy Pimblett Made a Content Creator Physically Vomit in Sparring — There Is Video

Jun 02, 2026 · competition-results, content-creator

When this went down recently—back on May 13th—it seemed like the kind of gym story that would die the moment the session ended. British TikToker Dean Alex showed up to Next Generation MMA in Liverpool to spar Paddy Pimblett.

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The Death of Medet Zheenaliev — Kyrgyzstan Fighter Who Drowned Saving Four Teenage Girls

Jun 01, 2026 · community, kyrgyzstan

When the news came through about what happened at Lake Issyk-Kul, it moved quietly through the grappling world—the kind of story that doesn't trend, doesn't get a thousand takes, but lands differently on people who understand what combat sports actually asks of the body and mind. Medet Zheenaliev we

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BJJ World Champion Brenda Larissa Named 14 Years of Alleged Abuse by Melqui Galvão

Jun 01, 2026 · abuse-allegations, athlete-news

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu world faced a reckoning it couldn't ignore. The machinery of institutional response had already been set in motion—the IBJJF and CBJJ announced a permanent ban on April 28, the same day police arrested Melqui Galvão in Manaus.

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Brenda Larissa Is the Second Named Competitor On the Record Against Melqui Galvão — and She Kept Competing Through All of It

Jun 01, 2026 · accountability, athlete-news

Brazilian jiu-jitsu had one of those moments where the sport's internal machinery finally breaks down in public. Melqui Galvão was arrested on April 28, and by the next day, both the IBJJF and CBJJ had issued permanent bans.

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Arman Tsarukyan Demanded 3% Of RAF And Rewrote The Playbook

Jun 01, 2026 · ariel-helwani, arman-tsarukyan

Something strange happened on The Ariel Helwani Show. Arman Tsarukyan went on air and negotiated a contract in real time, with no apparent embarrassment, telling the grappling press that Real American Freestyle was "worth 15" before he showed up.

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Strickland's 76% Takedown Defense vs Chimaev's 55% Takedown Success — What The UFC 328 Math Actually Showed

Jun 01, 2026 · grappling, khamzat-chimaev

When UFC 328 went down at the Prudential Center in Newark on May 9, the betting line told one story while the grappling stats told another. Sean Strickland was a +310 underdog at FanDuel heading in.

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