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….
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…
Step inside any UFC octagon on any given fight night and you’ll notice a pattern. The fighters who control where the action happens are almost always the ones who get their hands raised. Wrestling has become the single most valuable martial art in mixed martial arts, and the numbers back it up in ways that…
Zabit himself posted a training video on Instagram with the caption: “6 years have passed, but my hands are still reaching for it.” Why Grappling Instead of MMA? The shift to grappling makes sense for several reasons. First, submission grappling is less physically demanding than MMA—no strikes to absorb, no weight cuts to the extreme…
UFC BJJ has crowned its first wave of champions, and the promotion is building momentum heading into 2026. If you’ve been following since the launch last year, here’s what’s happened since—and what’s coming next. The Champions Are Set Six months into UFC BJJ’s existence, the championship picture is taking shape. Here’s who holds gold: Lightweight:…
巴西柔術中的 50/50 姿勢提出了一個獨特的挑戰，即兩位練習者都有同等的降服機會。這篇文章探討了 50/50 位置的動態、所涉及的風險以及 Aoki Lock 和 Woj Lock 等技術，強調了知識、速度和安全在實踐中的重要性。巴西柔術（BJJ）是…
安德森·席爾瓦 (Anderson Silva) 與查爾·索南 (Chael Sonnen) 之間的 UFC 中量級冠軍爭奪戰（UFC 117，2010 年 8 月 7 日）被譽為體育史上最偉大的複出之一。儘管比賽的大部分時間席爾瓦都處於劣勢，但他還是在最後一刻憑藉三角絞技取得了勝利，展現了他的韌性和技巧。這場比賽通常被認為…
克雷格瓊斯邀請賽 (CJI) 這項開創性的摔角錦標賽於 2024 年 8 月 18 日和 19 日舉行，為觀眾帶來了一個令人難忘的高風險週末。 CJI 為每個重量級別設立了高達 $1 百萬的巨額獎金池，吸引了世界頂級摔角選手，為摔角運動愛好者打造了一場不容錯過的賽事。一個充滿統治力和混亂的周末…
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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