BJJ News

GrappleDB Counted Every BJJ Instructional Ever Made. The Numbers Are Brutal.

Apr 13, 2026 · ai-cover-art, athlete-news

GrappleDB just did something nobody in the instructional market wanted: they counted. The database — 3,393 titles, 1,228 instructors, 5,800 hours of footage — tells a story that starts as a gold rush and ends as a clearance rack.

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Jon Jones Retires Again, Walks It Back in Under 24 Hours, and Nobody Is Surprised

Apr 12, 2026 · competition-results, dana-white

Jon Jones retired this week. On April 10, in an interview with Red Corner MMA, the 38-year-old former heavyweight champion declared himself done.

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Gable Steveson Says Jon Jones Is the Perfect Coach, Ignoring Everything We Know About Jon Jones

Apr 12, 2026 · coaching, competition-results

Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones haven't fought since 2018, and they still can't stop throwing shots at each other. The latest battlefield?

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Gable Steveson Finally Signs With the UFC. It Only Took an Olympic Gold, 3 First-Round KOs, and a Detour Through WWE.

Apr 12, 2026 · alexandr-romanov, chris-weidman

Gable Steveson has signed a multi-match deal with Real American Freestyle. He will headline RAF 09 on May 30 at College Park Center in Arlington, Texashttps://sports.yahoo.com/wrestling/breaking-news/article/gable-steveson-signs-with-raf-on-multi-match-deal-debut-set-for-raf-9-170805373.html, stream

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Jon Jones Road Rage Video Goes Viral: 'I Am Proud of Myself' for Not Getting Physical

Apr 12, 2026 · competition-results, gable-steveson

Jon Jones wants you to know he's growing as a person. On Saturday, a 19-year-old Albuquerque driver named Bryan Beltran posted footage — filmed through Meta Glasses, because of course — showing Jones confronting him in a parking lot near Central Avenue and Eubank.

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CJI Now Exists Outside Every Structure in Grappling. The Community Has Seen This Before.

Apr 11, 2026 · cji, craig-jones

Here's the math on the Craig Jones Invitational. CJI 1, August 2024: two million in prizes, free YouTube stream, over 100,000 concurrent viewershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CraigJonesInvitational, half a million raised for charity.

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Atos Insider Goes on Offense: '27 Cameras, No Investigation, No Charges'

Apr 11, 2026 · andre-galvao, atos

The Atos defense has entered a new phase. For about two months after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against Andre Galvao in early 2026 — prompting an exodus of elite athletes including Kaynan Duarte, Lucas Barbosa, Andy Murasaki, Josh Hinger, and Gustavo Batista — the public posture from

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Luke Rockhold Says None of Modern BJJ Works in MMA. His Co-Host Dismantled the Argument in Real Time.

Apr 11, 2026 · anti-wrestling, bjj-in-mma

Luke Rockhold won a UFC middleweight title with some of the best offensive jiu-jitsu in MMA history. He won a blue belt silver medal at Pan Amshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LukeRockhold and a purple belt gold at Worlds before he ever stepped in the cage.

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