PGF Season 9 Playoffs: Kings Crowned, Tonight’s Bracket Guide
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PGF Season 9 Playoffs: Kings Crowned, Tonight’s Bracket Guide

PGF Season 9 came down to the wire, and tonight it all gets decided. The Las Vegas Kings claimed the regular season title. Jett Thompson enters as the No. 1 seed. And eight athletes now battle in Las Vegas for the PGF championship in a single-elimination bracket that took five weeks of submission-only warfare to…

Mikey Musumeci vs Arman Tsarukyan UFC BJJ superfight announcement
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Mikey Musumeci vs Arman Tsarukyan: UFC BJJ’s 5 Biggest Questions

The Mikey Musumeci vs Arman Tsarukyan matchup is now the biggest story in submission grappling. Claudia Gadelha, UFC BJJ’s head of jiu-jitsu strategy, confirmed at the UFC BJJ 7 post-event press conference on April 2, 2026, that Tsarukyan has agreed to face the UFC BJJ bantamweight champion. If this fight actually materializes — and the…

Heel Hook BJJ: How to Attack and Defend

Heel Hook BJJ: How to Attack and Defend

Few submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu carry the same mystique—or the same fear factor—as the heel hook. A twisting leg attack that targets the knee’s ligaments through rotational force on the heel, it has gone from being a banned and misunderstood technique to the most talked-about submission in competitive grappling. The heel hook didn’t just earn…

Jayden Groner of the Colorado Wolverines during his historic PGF Season 9 Week 4 performance in Las Vegas
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PGF Season 9 Week 4 Recap: Jayden Groner’s 3-Sub Night Shocks Las Vegas

On the night of March 27, 2026, Jayden Groner walked into the PGF Season 9 Week 4 card in Las Vegas with just three points to his name and nothing but a long shot at the playoffs. He left with something the Professional Grappling Federation hadn’t seen since Season 1 — a three-submission night with…

WNO 32 Announces Lightweight Grand Prix for Vacant Title

WNO 32 Announces Lightweight Grand Prix for Vacant Title

Who’s Number One is back, and this time the stakes couldn’t be higher. WNO 32, scheduled for March 31, 2026, in Austin, Texas, will feature a four-man lightweight grand prix that brings together some of the most dangerous grapplers in the 155-pound division. The winner earns a direct path to a title shot against reigning…

Joe Pyfer UFC: 7 Brutal Facts About Bodybagz Before Seattle
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Joe Pyfer UFC: 7 Brutal Facts About Bodybagz Before Seattle

Joe Pyfer UFC career is built on one foundation: finishing fights in spectacular fashion. The 29-year-old Philadelphia middleweight, nicknamed “Bodybagz,” steps into the biggest fight of his professional life on March 28, 2026, when he headlines UFC Fight Night 271 in Seattle against former two-time champion Israel Adesanya — and everything he has done in…

Craig Jones CJI 3 $10 million prize pool Craig Jones Invitational no-gi BJJ grappling
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CJI 3: Craig Jones Drops $10 Million Prize Bomb

Craig Jones has just sent shockwaves through the Brazilian jiu-jitsu community by announcing a staggering $10 million prize pool for CJI 3, the next iteration of his Craig Jones Invitational tournament. This astronomical figure completely dwarfs any prize money in grappling history and positions CJI 3 as the most lucrative submission grappling tournament ever conceived….