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Ed O'Neill On Why Nobody Gets Black Belts: 'They Don't Keep Going to Class'

Ed O'Neill On Why Nobody Gets Black Belts: 'They Don't Keep Going to Class'

Al Bundy has a black belt. Al Bundy sold shoes, watched Psycho Dad, and sat on a couch in a bathrobe for eleven seasons.
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Back in May, ADCC's Krakow Problem Got Worse: A Look at What the Organization Left Unsaid

Back in May, ADCC's Krakow Problem Got Worse: A Look at What the Organization Left Unsaid

When this went down recently—specifically on May 9th, 2026—ADCC faced a choice. The organization could have made a statement.
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Islam Makhachev Says Ian Garry's Wrestling Camp Won't Help — 'Short-Term Training Doesn't Provide Meaningful Improvement'

Islam Makhachev Says Ian Garry's Wrestling Camp Won't Help — 'Short-Term Training Doesn't Provide Meaningful Improvement'

Ian Garry flew to Georgia. Not the state, the country — home of Nox, khinkali, and apparently the only wrestlers on Earth who can prepare an Irishman to take down a Dagestani champion.
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Gamebred Bareknuckle Produced Three RNCs On One Card — Remove The Gloves And Grapplers Just Choke Everyone

Gamebred Bareknuckle Produced Three RNCs On One Card — Remove The Gloves And Grapplers Just Choke Everyone

When Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA ran its return show on Friday the 10th at Ovalo Feria Ganadera in Santo Domingo, something remarkable happened. All three were rear-naked chokes.
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A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Put an Aggressive Surfer in a Hold at Steamer Lane

A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Put an Aggressive Surfer in a Hold at Steamer Lane

Something happened at Steamer Lane that caught the attention of the wider surf and martial arts world — a moment that seemed simple on the surface but revealed something deeper about what training actually means when the stakes stop being theoretical. Sandro Santiago, a sixth-degree black belt and f
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Three Weeks Out From Worlds, Two Athletes Are Still Alive on the Grand Slam. One Has Never Won It.

Three Weeks Out From Worlds, Two Athletes Are Still Alive on the Grand Slam. One Has Never Won It.

The 2026 IBJJF Grand Slam is down to two people. That's the state of things three weeks before Worlds.
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Izaak Michell Is On The Leaked ADCC 2026 Invite List — Active Felony Warrant Did Not Cost Him The Slot

Izaak Michell Is On The Leaked ADCC 2026 Invite List — Active Felony Warrant Did Not Cost Him The Slot

Izaak Michell qualified for ADCC 2026 the honest way. He won the Asia & Oceania Trials at 77 kilograms in December 2025.
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A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Controlled a Surf Bully at Steamer Lane Without Throwing a Single Punch

A Sixth-Degree BJJ Black Belt Controlled a Surf Bully at Steamer Lane Without Throwing a Single Punch

A video dropped that would spend weeks circulating through both surfing and jiu-jitsu communities simultaneously — the kind of rare crossover that only happens when martial arts theory actually collides with reality in a way nobody can argue with. The clip didn't look like most self-defense footage.
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