Rafael Mendes Retirement: Brothers Debunk Doping Myth
Rafael Mendes should've been one of the faces of jiu-jitsu for the next decade. Double ADCC champion.
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Karel Pravec: Keep the Olympics Away From Jiu-Jitsu — Rules Will Ruin It
The irony is so obvious it hurts: jiu-jitsu spent thirty years fighting for mainstream recognition—for seats at the table, for media coverage, for the legitimacy that comes with Olympic inclusion. Now that it might actually get there, practitioners are looking at what happened to judo and wondering
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Schultz Claims Gracie Family Blocked ADCC And Destroyed Tapes
Mark Schultz doesn't do jiu-jitsu. The 1984 Olympic wrestling gold medalist is a wrestler — a sport that makes BJJ look like tai chi in a sensory deprivation tank.
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BRAUS Foundation's May 1 Deadline Came and Went—Their Tax Filings Still Show $0 in Merchandise Revenue
The grappling community got a hard lesson in what happens when a charity makes promises it apparently can't keep. The BRAUS Foundation, which has spent years positioning itself as the philanthropic backbone of BJJ, faced serious questions after their own IRS filings revealed something glaring: $0 re
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Tsarukyan's Side-Quest Economy
When Real American Freestyle announced that Tony Ferguson, 42, eight UFC losses deep, hadn't wrestled since junior college, would face the No. 1 UFC lightweight contender at RAF 10 on June 13 at Chaifetz Arena in Saint Louis, it marked another milestone in Arman Tsarukyan's increasingly surreal book
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Gabi Garcia Targeting Historic Fifth ADCC Title at 40 — In a Tournament That Can't Fill Its Arena
Gabi Garcia is going to Kraków this September to win her fifth ADCC title. She has four already — 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019 — all in the Women's +65kg division.
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Andy Murasaki Submitted Every Opponent at Brasileiros — At Worlds He's the Most Dangerous Man Nobody Is Studying
Andrew Tackett called him boring. Then Andy Murasaki went to Brasileiros and submitted everyone.
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Max Holloway Got His BJJ Black Belt the Hard Way — Charles Oliveira Submitted Him Into It. Now He's Fighting McGregor.
When Charles Oliveira armbarred Max Holloway in 2019, nobody expected that seven years later, Holloway would be cashing that receipt against Conor McGregor. But here we are — Holloway just received his BJJ black belt from Rylan Lizares, and the timing couldn't be more poetic.
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