If you’ve ever rolled with someone who felt impossibly heavy — like they weighed twice their actual body weight — you’ve experienced pressure passing firsthand. It’s that suffocating, demoralizing style of guard passing where your opponent slowly crushes through your defenses, making you feel like you’re trapped under a boulder. Pressure passing is one of…
A violent clash between two Pencak Silat factions in Taiwan left one dead and 16 arrested — all because of an online argument about technique. What does this say about martial arts tribalism?
The guard is the soul of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It’s the position that separates BJJ from every other martial art on the planet. In wrestling, judo, and sambo, ending up on your back means you’re losing — or you’ve already lost. In BJJ, landing on your back with someone in your guard means the real fight…
Full results and recap from Polaris 36 in Croydon, England. Ethan Crelinsten finishes with a rear naked choke, Kendall Reusing taps Anabel Lopez with an armbar, and Owen Jones shocks Gianni Grippo to win the featherweight title by unanimous decision.
The UFC is pushing into submission grappling with exclusive contracts and big prize money. Is this good for BJJ’s growth, or a corporate takeover of a grassroots sport? We examine both sides of the debate.
Gordon Ryan stands alone at the summit of competitive grappling. No other athlete in the history of submission-only competition has achieved the level of sustained, suffocating dominance that Ryan has maintained over the past half-decade. With ADCC double gold medals, a Craig Jones Invitational title, and a competition record that reads like fiction, the question…
Your first year in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is going to be one of the most humbling, frustrating, and rewarding experiences of your life. You’ll get tapped by people half your size, forget everything you learned five minutes after class, and question why you signed up in the first place. Then something clicks — a sweep works,…
Nick “Nicky Rod” Rodriguez, arguably the most bankable star in competitive grappling right now, has officially signed with UFC BJJ. The promotion announced his debut during UFC Mexico on Saturday, confirming he will face two-time IBJJF no-gi world champion Elder Cruz at UFC BJJ 6 on March 12 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas….
UFC 326 lands this Saturday, March 7, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and fight fans are buzzing about the main event: BMF champion Max Holloway defending his title against former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira. But what’s got the MMA and BJJ community talking even more than the fight itself is how Holloway has…
UFC No. 2 lightweight Arman Tsarukyan sparked a massive brawl at RAF 6 after punching Georgio Poullas following their freestyle wrestling match. Here’s the full breakdown of what happened and why.
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