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FloGrappling GM: CJI Was 'A Hugely Painful Time' — And the Pay Ratchet It Set Has Permanently Changed Grappling Economics

Aug 31, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

When Ben Kovacs, FloGrappling's general manager and founder of the Guardian Jiu-Jitsu Foundation, sat down on the Jits and Giggles podcast, he didn't mince words. The 2024 Craig Jones Invitational was "a hugely painful time." Not just for Craig.

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$972 ADCC Mat-Side Tickets Are Wrecking Marriages

Aug 31, 2026 · adcc, competition-results

Blue belt, maybe purple. Makes decent money—$60K, $80K, whatever.

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Mitchell Negotiates Musumeci at UFC BJJ 11—Still Underdog

Aug 31, 2026 · bryce-mitchell, guard-pull

Bryce Mitchell did something we don't see very often in combat sports: he looked at his opponent's entire gameplan and said, "Actually, can you not do that?" And Mikey Musumeci, the UFC BJJ Bantamweight Champion, apparently said yes. Here's what happened.

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When a Blue Belt Tries Whiteboard Teaching for Jiu-Jitsu

Aug 31, 2026 · blue-belt, gym-culture

Paul Wentworth, 44, has trained jiu-jitsu for eleven years across three separate periods—started, quit, came back, quit, came back again. On Tuesday evening, he brought a whiteboard to his rolling class.

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Song Yadong Escaped Umar's Half Guard With a Slick Deep Half — Then Knocked Him Cold in R2 at UFC Shanghai

Aug 31, 2026 · bantamweight-title-talk, competition-results

Umar Nurmagomedov walked into the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center on August 29, 2026, as the betting favorite, the undefeated hype train, the obvious next UFC Bantamweight title challenger. He had Khabib's last name and his gym's grappling pedigree.

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Mikey Musumeci's MMA Debut: Separating Fact From Hype

Aug 30, 2026 · bjj, competition-results

If you've scrolled through combat sports news in the last two weeks, you've seen it: Mikey Musumeci is doing MMA. Mikey Musumeci threw his first punch on July 13.

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The Stalker Who Tracked Danielle Kelly to Kingsway

Aug 30, 2026 · athlete-news, community-safety

If you're a serial online harasser contemplating whether to escalate to real-world stalking, here's a pro tip: Danielle Kelly trains at Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu in Austin, Texas. Not because you should show up—quite the opposite.

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Ashton Kutcher's 15-Year Black Belt

Aug 30, 2026 · ashton-kutcher, black-belt

Here's what everyone saw: Ashton Kutcher on The Tonight Show in January 2026, doing a textbook sweep while Jimmy Fallon laughed and the audience applauded for thirty seconds. Quick demo, quick joke (Kutcher said Machado gave him the belt "out of pity" for his age), quick pivot to whatever celebrity

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