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Craig Jones's B-Team Resort Play Is Exactly Where Elite Grappling Was Always Heading

Craig Jones's B-Team Resort Play Is Exactly Where Elite Grappling Was Always Heading

Craig Jones gave the first official tour of B-Team Jiu-Jitsu's new Zamaya Resort property in Tulum, Mexico, on September 17, and somewhere in a garage in Des Moines a guy named Todd just realized his entire business model has been wrong for twelve years. It's not even technically a training camp in
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Mikey Musumeci MMA Debut: Only 3 Weeks of Striking Training

Mikey Musumeci MMA Debut: Only 3 Weeks of Striking Training

Here's a timeline that should make you laugh and/or deeply concerned: On July 13, 2026, Mikey Musumeci announced his MMA debut target for late September 2026 at 125 pounds. The same month he's scheduled to defend his UFC BJJ 11 grappling title at the same weight class.
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Josh Saunders: BJJ's Accountability Crisis

Josh Saunders: BJJ's Accountability Crisis

Accountability in combat sports moves slowly, if at all. So when Reddit users uncovered Nazi imagery in Josh Saunders' social media activity in early July 2025, the Australian ADCC veteran's response time matched the sport's institutional pace: nowhere fast.
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Craig Jones vs Gordon Ryan: Pre-ADCC Camp Rivalry

Craig Jones vs Gordon Ryan: Pre-ADCC Camp Rivalry

Actually, it's worse than that. Jones didn't cancel—he's accelerating a September camp in Mexico because Gordon Ryan's running a closed-door session in Budapest three days before ADCC.
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Gordon Ryan Sent Kron Gracie a Contract. Kron's Response Was: Keep Danaher Home.

Gordon Ryan Sent Kron Gracie a Contract. Kron's Response Was: Keep Danaher Home.

Kron Gracie went after Gordon Ryan on social media—which, fine, normal grappling drama. But the real target wasn't Ryan.
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Tyron Woodley Says He'll 'Beat Chimaev Like a Drum' at RAF Moscow — Then Reality Showed Up

Tyron Woodley Says He'll 'Beat Chimaev Like a Drum' at RAF Moscow — Then Reality Showed Up

On August 22, 2026, Tyron Woodley did something he hadn't done in seven years: he won a fight. At RAF 12, the former UFC Welterweight Champion stopped Joaquin Buckley, snapping a losing streak that had lasted since his UFC 228 victory over Darren Till in September 2018.
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Wrestler Offers $1,000 to Anyone Who Can Take Down Islam Makhachev in Open Mat: 'Cage Control Doesn't Exist Here'

Wrestler Offers $1,000 to Anyone Who Can Take Down Islam Makhachev in Open Mat: 'Cage Control Doesn't Exist Here'

Georgio Poullas, the wrestler behind the viral "$1,000 Take Me Down" challenge series, did something on August 31 that nobody in combat sports usually does: he talked himself out of his own trash talk before anyone could argue with him. Speaking to BJJEE, Poullas said he would "run [Islam Makhachev]
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Ben Kovacs on Craig Jones and the Grappling Pay Ratchet

Ben Kovacs on Craig Jones and the Grappling Pay Ratchet

Ben Kovacs sits at the intersection of two things most people in grappling try not to think about simultaneously: money and honesty. As the general manager of FloGrappling and founder of the Guardian Jiu-Jitsu Foundation, he's the guy who has to explain why elite athletes are getting paid what they'
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