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…
Craig Jones didn’t just start a new grappling event. He detonated a bomb under the entire professional jiu-jitsu establishment, forced a reckoning with athlete pay, and single-handedly proved that combat sports entertainment and elite-level grappling don’t have to be mutually exclusive. The Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) burst onto the scene in 2024 and immediately reshaped…
克雷格瓊斯邀請賽 (CJI) 的宣佈為摔角界帶來了震動，該賽事由著名降服摔角手克雷格瓊斯 (Craig Jones) 發起。這不僅僅是另一場比賽；這是對公認的降服式摔角之王——ADCC 世界錦標賽的直接挑戰。瓊斯長期醞釀的不滿：瓊斯決定創造克雷格瓊斯邀請賽…
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