BJJ News

Garry Tonon Is A Free Agent — Now Form A Line, Because Whoever Signs Him Wins The Year

Apr 27, 2026 · craig-jones-invitational, dds

Garry Tonon is a free agent. Stop reading for a second and let that sit, because the implications are bigger than the press release made them sound.

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UFC BJJ 8 Booked Four Former World Champions — And Forgot Everyone Else Who Actually Earned A Spot

Apr 27, 2026 · athlete-news, catchweight

UFC BJJ 8 has four former world champions on the card. None of them are fighting a challenger.

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Fed Says US Consumer Debt Hit $18.8 Trillion. BJJ Fanatics Released 400 Instructionals And You Watched Twelve.

Apr 27, 2026 · bjj-fanatics, bjj-industry

The Federal Reserve published its Q4 2025 household debt numbers this month, and the line at the top was $18.8 trillion — a record, up $4.6 trillion from 2019. Buried in the agency's H.2 commentary was a short note about subscription-based recurring billing, which the Fed called a fast-growing categ

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UFC BJJ 8 Is Officially A Card. Joao Miyao's Name Is Officially Not On It.

Apr 26, 2026 · cassia-moura, joao-miyao

The UFC BJJ 8 card is finalized. Meta APEX, Las Vegas, May 21.

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Conor McGregor Posts Gi Roll Footage Three Months Out From a UFC 329 Return Dana White Says Is 'Looking Good'

Apr 26, 2026 · bjj-black-belt, conor-mcgregor

Conor McGregor has, once again, been on the mat in a gi. Footage hit Instagram this week: guillotines, grip exchanges, the standard "I am still an athlete" highlight reel timed to a comeback that has been imminent for going on four years now.

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UFC BJJ Is Moving Behind the Paramount+ Paywall — The Free YouTube Era That Fixed the Product Ends Just as People Started Watching

Apr 26, 2026 · accessibility, flograppling

Here's the timeline of UFC BJJ getting its act together, in case you want to know exactly how long the window was. UFC BJJ launched in June 2025 with all the subtlety of a Dana White press conference — big promises, questionable matchmaking, and viewership numbers that made Craig Jones pull up his s

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Two Weeks Before Fighting Khamzat Chimaev, Sean Strickland Begs UFC Not to Sign His Sparring Partner

Apr 26, 2026 · grappling, johnny-eblen

Two weeks out from his middleweight title shot against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328, Sean Strickland's biggest public concern, somehow, is a different fighter. Strickland posted a video this week begging the UFC not to sign Johnny Eblen — the former Bellator middleweight champion, now in PFL, who's be

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Jerry O'Connell Has Figured Out Three Things About BJJ That Half Your Gym Hasn't

Apr 25, 2026 · blue-belt-syndrome, celebrity-bjj

The Sliders guy taps to black belts. He calls himself the worst person in the room.

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