Gym Owner's Harsh Feedback Philosophy Backfires as Students Quit
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Mario Lopez Earns Brown Belt as Galvao Seeks Redemption
Mario Lopez earned his brown belt the way most serious grapplers do: by showing up, putting in years of work, and winning a major tournament. The IBJJF Master North American Championship doesn't hand out medals for showing up early.
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Ffion Davies Returns to UFC BJJ 9 After Title Loss
When you lose a championship, the standard play is to disappear for a while. Cry into your açaí bowl.
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Renato Moicano's YouTube MMA Event Draws 600K Views
When you cut out the middleman, you get the product without the filter. That's the pitch Renato Moicano just proved—and then immediately disproved.
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Tainan Dalpra & Gabi Pessanha Chase IBJJF Grand Slam at Worlds 2026
When you're the last two athletes standing in a four-tournament gauntlet, the Grand Slam stops being a hypothetical achievement and becomes a very real, very exhausting reality. That's where Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha find themselves one week out from IBJJF Worlds 2026 in Los Angeles.
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Fowler vs. Johnson II: UFC BJJ Rematch Under Controversial Rules
That's how long Mason Fowler and Devhonte Johnson have been waiting for a do-over, and on June 4, 2026, they're finally getting one. Except it's not really a do-over.
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Roosevelt Sousa Banned by USADA, UFC BJJ Books Title Fight
There is a specific kind of cognitive dissonance that happens when you watch a sport announce, with total confidence, that it has solved a problem—and then immediately creates the exact problem it just solved. Roosevelt Sousa knows that feeling now.
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Mario Lopez, 52, Won an IBJJF Title Yesterday and Got a Brown Belt on the Podium
When you picture someone walking into the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach for the IBJJF Master International North American Championship, submitting their opponent in the lightweight division, and then getting promoted to brown belt on the podium — you probably don't picture A.C. Mario Lopez, 52, did e
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