BJJ News

Rafael Lovato Jr. Was 42 and Competing in NAIA Collegiate Wrestling — Not Masters Division, Against Actual 20-Year-Olds

May 07, 2026 · athlete-news, competition-results

was 42 years old, 285 pounds, and standing on a collegiate wrestling mat in Iowa in January. Across from him: a heavyweight from Central Methodist University, born around 2003.

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Taira Has Eight Submission Wins Going Into His First Title Shot — UFC 328 Spent Fight Week Talking About Guns

May 06, 2026 · bjj-in-mma, flyweight

Eight submission wins in the UFC. An 18-1 professional record.

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UFC BJJ Plans 14 Events for 2026 — The Promotion That Launched Free on YouTube Is Building a Full Sport Calendar

May 06, 2026 · competition, dana-white

Dana White confirmed it. MMA Mania reported it.

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Chuck Norris's BJJ Black Belt: First Celebrity Credential In History Nobody Questioned

May 06, 2026 · belt-promotions, celebrity-bjj

March 2026 was, among other things, the month the BJJ community decided to audit every martial arts credential in existence. Senator Markwayne Mullin told a congressional staffer he was a "black belt world champion" who defeated a Gracie at Worlds.

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Chael Sonnen Says Strickland Is 'The UFC's Last Hope' Against Chimaev — He Said It the Same Week Strickland Threatened to Show Up Strapped

May 05, 2026 · chael-sonnen, khamzat-chimaev

Chael Sonnen went on The Ariel Helwani Show on Monday and said the quiet part loud. "Strickland is the last hope," he announced.

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Jay Rod Is Definitely Not Training at Simple Man, Says Gym Where Jay Rod Is Training

May 05, 2026 · accountability, b-team

Jay Rodriguez — the ADCC silver medalist banned from B-Team in May 2025https://bjjdoc.com/2025/05/07/jay-rodriguez-j-rod-makes-a-statement-after-b-team-confirms-he-was-banned/ for predatory behavior toward female teammates — is training at Simple Man Martial Arts. The gym says he's not.

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André Motoca Hid In The UAE Competing At Palm Sports Events While A 15-Year Sexual Assault Sentence And Active Warrant Sat Unserved

May 04, 2026 · andre-motoca, athlete-screening

A 15-year sentence in closed-regime prison is supposed to be the part of the legal process where the person serving it… serves it. André Luís Siqueira Pinheiro, the Brazilian black belt better known on tournament brackets as André Motoca, has spent the past 14 months on the international jiu-jitsu c

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Daniel Gracie Black Belt vs Knockout Artist At UFC 328 — Buckley Says The Loser Is Getting Cut

May 03, 2026 · bjj-in-mma, daniel-gracie

One of these guys gets cut on May 9. That's the line Joaquin Buckley dropped to MMA Junkie's Mike Bohn ahead of UFC 328: the loser of his welterweight bout with Sean Brady "is getting cut"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEKpy4oxj-0 from the UFC roster.

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