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Mikey Musumeci Is Abandoning His Leg Locks to Train Like a Dagestani — Before the Title Defense He Already Has

Mikey Musumeci Is Abandoning His Leg Locks to Train Like a Dagestani — Before the Title Defense He Already Has

Jun 05, 2026 · dagestani-wrestling, kevin-dantzler
Mikey Musumeci won the UFC BJJ bantamweight title by footlocking Shay Montague in round two. He'd prefer you forgot that.
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Security Camera Footage Shows BJJ Black Belt Assaulting His Wife — Released on R$1,621 Bail the Same Day

Security Camera Footage Shows BJJ Black Belt Assaulting His Wife — Released on R$1,621 Bail the Same Day

Jun 05, 2026 · accountability, brazil-legal-system
Last week, a BJJ black belt in Brazil's northeastern region assaulted his wife, captured on security camera. He was released on R$1,621 bail within hours—approximately $324 USD.
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Academy Responds to Member Concerns About Training Environment by Hiring Organizational Development Consultant Who Described BJJ As 'A Grappling Form of Karate'

Academy Responds to Member Concerns About Training Environment by Hiring Organizational Development Consultant Who Described BJJ As 'A Grappling Form of Karate'

Jun 05, 2026 · accountability, atos
Somewhere out there, a BJJ gym owner is writing a check to an organizational development consultant who has never set foot on a mat. The consultant has a master's degree, a LinkedIn with 4,000 connections, and a very thorough intake questionnaire.
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Jeremy Glick Tried to Stop a Hijacked Plane With His Hands. The US Judo Association Just Made Him a 10th-Degree Black Belt.

Jeremy Glick Tried to Stop a Hijacked Plane With His Hands. The US Judo Association Just Made Him a 10th-Degree Black Belt.

Jun 05, 2026 · bjj-vs-mma, community
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Jeremy Glick called his wife Lyz from a payphone in the back of United Flight 93. He told her the plane had been hijacked.
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How China Built BJJ Into Its School System—And What That Means for Everyone Else

How China Built BJJ Into Its School System—And What That Means for Everyone Else

Jun 05, 2026 · china, community
The grappling world got a reminder of something uncomfortable: when a country with 1.4 billion people decides to systematize a sport, the rest of us should probably pay attention. Somewhere in Shanghai, a seven-year-old was getting graded on guard retention.
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When Basilio's Surgery Forced a 9-Day Scramble for Moura's Title Defense

When Basilio's Surgery Forced a 9-Day Scramble for Moura's Title Defense

Jun 04, 2026 · bianca-basilio, cassia-moura
The Women's Bantamweight Title fight at UFC BJJ 8 went through one final upheaval—and it said something uncomfortable about the state of women's elite grappling that nobody really wanted to admit out loud. That was the window Sabrina Gondim had between accepting a title shot and actually stepping in
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BJJ 6th-Degree Black Belt Chokes Out Racist Aggressor at Steamer Lane Surf Break — Goes Viral in Two Communities

BJJ 6th-Degree Black Belt Chokes Out Racist Aggressor at Steamer Lane Surf Break — Goes Viral in Two Communities

Jun 04, 2026 · black-belt, community
He didn't throw a single punch. Sandro Santiago — 6th-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, Santa Cruz gym founder — had a racist aggressor swing at him on the beach at Steamer Lane.
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BJJ's Abuse Crisis Is Now Being Analyzed in Academic Media — The Sport Marketed As Safer Than Striking Gets Its First Mainstream Institutional Autopsy

BJJ's Abuse Crisis Is Now Being Analyzed in Academic Media — The Sport Marketed As Safer Than Striking Gets Its First Mainstream Institutional Autopsy

Jun 03, 2026 · abuse, academic
The pitch was always the same. You want self-defense without turning your brain to pudding?
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