Ralph Gracie Promotes Bolsonaro’s Son To BJJ Black Belt – Even Though He’s Never Trained
Jul 17, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Ralph Gracie has presented a symbolic black belt to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro… And the gesture has drawn attention largely because Flávio...
Khabib Nurmagomedov Claims His Grappling Is “Better Now Than During UFC Prime”
Jul 16, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Khabib Nurmagomedov says the years widely considered his prime weren’t actually his best. And that his grappling has kept improving since he walked away from the sport. Speaking on the Smol...
Chael Sonnen Says Ben Askren Returning To Competition “Makes Him Uncomfortable”
Jul 16, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Chael Sonnen shared his reaction to Ben Askren’s return to competition in a recent interview… Admitting that news of Askren facing Belal Muhammad didn’t immediately hit him the way...
BJJ Blue Belt Charged With Manslaughter After A 63-Year-Old D*ed Because Of A RNC
Jul 15, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
A 26-year-old Perth doctor and BJJ blue belt is facing a manslaughter charge after a 63-year-old man died during an altercation. Christian Jack Joseph, a junior doctor at Sir Charles Gairdner...
FloGrappling & ONE Championship Announce Landmark Partnership
Jul 15, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
FloGrappling has announced a major new partnership with ONE Championship. The deal carries real weight for the sport, given both organizations feature elite grapplers and command massive audiences....
Merab Dvalishvili Pulls Off Stunning Win vs Henry Cejudo At RAF Georgia
Jul 14, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Merab Dvalishvili isn’t known as a wrestling specialist, but he pulled off a major upset anyway – beating Olympic champion Henry Cejudo in the RAF Georgia main event. The match looked...
Cory Sandhagen Shows Gnarly Hamstring Injury After Kneebar Attempt At UFC 329
Jul 14, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Cory Sandhagen is scheduled for an MRI this week to assess an injury sustained during his UFC 329 loss to Mario Bautista – one severe enough to leave him limping through the final two rounds. The...
Bryce Mitchell Set To Face Mikey Musumeci At UFC BJJ 11
Jul 13, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Bryce Mitchell is stepping back into professional grappling for the toughest challenge he’s faced in the sport – booked to take on Mikey Musumeci at UFC BJJ 11! It marks a significant jump in...
Max Holloway Set to Wrestle Daniel Cormier At A Charity Tournament
Jul 13, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Max Holloway is set to face former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier in a wrestling match, at his first annual Holloway Foundation Golf Tournament. The matchup grew out of a lighthearted...
Craig Jones On CJI 3: “Don’t Expect A Million Dollars Again”
Jul 12, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Massive prize money has been one of the biggest drivers of CJI’s success, giving Craig Jones the leverage to pull in the sport’s biggest names. But based on a recent Q&A answer, that...
Demian Maia Open To Grappling Match vs GSP: “He’s Incredibly Tough”
Jul 11, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Demian Maia isn’t ruling out a return to competition, in either grappling or the UFC. A former title contender at middleweight and welterweight, Maia last fought in the octagon in June 2021,...
Dante Leon Says Mikey Musumeci “Shouldn’t Tell People To Not Lift Weights”
Jul 11, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Dante Leon pushed back directly on Mikey Musumeci’s claim that his physique comes entirely from BJJ, with no weight training involved. Host of the podcast raised Musumeci’s assertion, and...
Dante Leon: “The Best Way To Get Good At Jiu-Jitsu Is Starting In The Gi”
Jul 10, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Dante Leon grew up training Jiu-Jitsu almost entirely in the gi. When he began competing in the mid-2000s, no-gi was barely an afterthought at most academies, with the weekly schedule typically built...
Justin Flores: Most BJJ Practitioners Make The Mistake Of “Move Collecting”
Jul 10, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Justin Flores, a three-time USA Judo national champion who has coached athletes ranging from Ronda Rousey to Keenan Cornelius, says he’s identified a recurring weakness in how BJJ practitioners...
William Tackett Explains Why He’s Skipping ADCC: “The Money Just Doesn’t Add Up”
Jul 09, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
William Tackett, a two-time ADCC Trials champion, is absent from the ADCC World Championships bracket this year… Why? Well, he laid it all out exactly on the FloGrappling Show – the financial...
Rorion Gracie: “There Are Too Many BJJ Black Belts Who Don’t Know How To Teach”
Jul 09, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Rorion Gracie, credited with bringing BJJ from Brazil to the United States and helping launch it through the early UFC, says the sport’s global growth has come with a serious downside… A...
Craig Jones Reveals He Nearly Booked Tom Hardy vs. Mark Zuckerberg for CJI 1
Jul 08, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Craig Jones revealed on The Ariel Helwani Show that he came close to putting together one of the most unlikely celebrity grappling matches imaginable… Tom Hardy against Mark Zuckerberg at Craig...
Dustin Poirier Opens Up On Addiction Problems: “I Need To Stop Gambling”
Jul 08, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Dustin Poirier says he’s financially secure for life following his UFC retirement… But the former lightweight title contender is candid about at least one habit he’s still working...
Gordon Ryan Calls Out Kron Gracie: “We Can Do A Match Anytime”
Jul 07, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Gordon Ryan, despite being retired from competition, appears willing to return for a bet match against Kron Gracie. Gracie won his ADCC title at under 77kg, and while Ryan has previously competed and...
Jacob Rodriguez Set To Face Vagner Rocha In Karate Combat 62 Comeback
Jul 07, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Jacob Rodriguez has an opponent for his return to competition: Vagner Rocha, booked for Karate Combat 62 on July 24th. The two have never grappled each other directly, but their families carry a...
Former Jiu-Jitsu Instructor Arrested On Child Se*ual Assault Charges In Loveland (Denver)
Jul 06, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Loveland police arrested a former BJJ instructor on Friday, following an investigation into multiple allegations of child se*ual assault involving two children he had a caregiving role over....
Craig Jones Tours B Team’s Insane Multi-Million Dollar New Jungle Resort
Jul 05, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Craig Jones just shared an early look at Zamaya, the beautiful training resort set to become B Team’s new home in Mexico’s Mayan jungle. The project is the result of eight years of work...
(WATCH) Grappler Born Without Lower Extremities Zion Clark Dominates Fitness YouTuber
Jul 05, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Zion Clark, a wrestler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt born without lower extremities due to caudal regression syndrome, made quick work of fitness YouTuber Jesse James West in a recent grappling...
(WATCH) MMA Fighter Taps Out 1 Second Into The Fight
Jul 04, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
A Lions Fights event in Manaus, Brazil, produced one of the strangest finishes in recent memory… When the MMA fighter Michel Pantoja tapped out before his fight with Matheus Kokama had really...
