3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (376+ words) Justin Flores, the longtime coach who guided Ronda Rousey through her judo-to-MMA transition and later served as USA Judo’s team coach for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has drawn a detailed comparison between Rousey and current UFC bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison, crediting…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (347+ words) “Your first class in jiu-jitsu was the most important class,” Danaher said. “Everything you need to know for the long term, you learn in your first day.” Danaher kept building on it, laying out exactly what a beginner absorbs in…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (289+ words) Santino Marella has added another glory to a resume that already spans two combat sports and a professional wrestling career that made him a household name. The former WWE Intercontinental and United States Champion took gold at Jiu-Jitsu Con, competing…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (438+ words) Dima Murovanni, one of the sport’s most in-demand coaches, sat down on the Grapple Asia podcast while preparing his athletes for ADCC trials in Bangkok. Among the topics he broke down was the ecological, or constraints-led, approach to teaching jiu-jitsu,…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (396+ words) Rafael Lovato Jr. had already mapped out where he wanted to spend his competitive energy this year, and it wasn’t inside the ADCC bracket. The BJJ star had explained his reasoning plainly just weeks earlier: at 43, he no longer sees…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (420+ words) Mikey Musumeci did not hold back when asked to assess the current state of grappling during a joint appearance with UFC lightweight Bryce Mitchell on the Mighty Cast. Musumeci painted a picture of a sport running on fumes after losing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (402+ words) Rigan Machado, the 9th degree jiu-jitsu red belt and longtime instructor to Hollywood’s elite, addressed criticism of Ashton Kutcher‘s black belt head-on during an appearance on the Jiu-Jitsu Dummies podcast. Machado, who has built a reputation training celebrities out of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (191+ words) A viral video clip captioned “What’s happening to Jiu-Jitsu?” recently provoked a debate. The footage features a four-stripe white belt receiving an unusual promotion: a second white belt featuring a distinct stripe running down its length. The controversy coincides with…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (387+ words) Allan Goes is a seventh-degree coral belt, who earned his black belt from Carlson Gracie at 18 and went on to compete in Pride FC, the UFC and the IFL. Yet he says the sport-focused grappling dominating academies today simply doesn’t…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1798+ words) Adam Wardzinski built one of the most patient careers in jiu-jitsu, spending eight years chasing an IBJJF black belt World title before finally breaking through in 2024. When he won a second consecutive World title in 2025, he did something few champions…...