The 30th IBJJF World Championship in Long Beach delivered a milestone-packed event. Gabrieli Pessanha became the most decorated female competitor in Mundials history, Diego Pato retired as the most titled light featherweight ever, and the adult black belt division produced 115 submission finishes across 335 matches.
Gordon Ryan and at least seven other past titleholders are sitting out this cycle, leaving three weight classes without a returning champion and putting all the weight on a new absolute superfight between Kaynan Duarte and Yuri Simoes.
The qualification pipeline for the most prestigious submission grappling event on the planet is nearly complete. Here is where the 2026 ADCC World Championship field stands right now, and what Las Vegas grapplers should know heading into the final stretch.
Two late roster changes are reshaping the Krakow lineup: a wanted competitor has quietly been dropped, and a double gold medalist is leaving to chase a UFC BJJ title instead. Here's what changed, why it matters, and what it says about how seriously grappling now polices itself.
On September 12 and 13, the world's best submission grapplers gather at Tauron Arena in Krakow for the most anticipated ADCC World Championship in recent memory. Here is everything you need to know before the brackets unfold.
The no-gi qualifier happening this Saturday feeds directly into the Krakow World Championships. Here is the full breakdown for competitors and fans.
The 2026 ADCC Youth World Championship lands in Austin on August 9 with well over 200 invited grapplers, and five of them train at one Las Vegas gym. Here's what the event actually looks like, and why the local pipeline matters.
After 17 years at Auckland's City Kickboxing and four consecutive UFC losses, Israel Adesanya has gone solo. His reasoning touches a tension every serious grappler and fighter eventually confronts.
The short-notice main event we previewed is in the books. Magomed Ankalaev needed five rounds and a patient string of takedowns to stop Bogdan Guskov at UFC Abu Dhabi, and the grappling details matter more than the highlight reel suggests.
A dislocated timeline, a new opponent from Uzbekistan, and a former champion trying to rebuild his stock at UFC Abu Dhabi. Here's why this main-event scramble is worth watching, and what it teaches about training for whatever camp actually throws at you.
Two submissions most practitioners have only ever seen in competition footage showed up inside the Octagon within weeks of each other in 2026, and the grappling community is paying close attention.
A UFC featherweight called out the world's top no-gi grappler and the champion accepted. Here is what the match means for jiu-jitsu and why Las Vegas is paying attention.
In jiu-jitsu and in plumbing, the basics done flawlessly win every time. We salute a Las Vegas family that mastered the fundamentals.
Zamaya, a roughly 300-guest training resort under construction outside Tulum, Mexico, is set to become B Team's new home base this fall. The blueprint behind it says a lot about what actually makes a jiu-jitsu program work, jungle resort or neighborhood gym.
A podcast debate over how Mikey Musumeci built his physique without lifting is splitting the grappling world, and it raises a question every Las Vegas BJJ student eventually asks: do I actually need to hit the weight room?
UFC Fight Night in Oklahoma City delivered a five-round striking clinic in the main event and a fast rear-naked choke lower on the card, two very different lessons for anyone training grappling near Las Vegas.
Dricus du Plessis skipped an easy rebound fight and picked a career wrestler for his comeback instead, and the takedown-defense numbers explain exactly why.
Jiu-jitsu builds discipline and a serious approach to self-defense. We found a Las Vegas business cut from the same cloth.
The teenage grappling prodigy controlled a bigger opponent for ten straight minutes in Bangkok, and her next targets, a ONE title shot and the ADCC absolute bracket, are worth watching if you train BJJ or no-gi near Las Vegas.
Islam Makhachev puts his 170-pound belt on the line versus Ian Machado Garry when UFC 330 lands August 15. Here's what the takedown and submission stats behind his 16-fight streak mean for anyone rolling near Las Vegas.
Ronda Rousey's longtime judo coach says too many grapplers hoard techniques without ever connecting them, a habit that shows up on the mats at every level, including right here in Las Vegas.
Two former UFC champions will meet in a pure freestyle wrestling match in Moscow on September 5, and for grapplers the real story is what Chimaev's background says about why he can move between disciplines so easily.
The former IBJJF world champion makes her first title defense against submission specialist Gillian Robertson at UFC 330 in Philadelphia, a matchup built almost entirely on grappling credentials.
The most decorated grappler of his generation says he threw a real punch for the first time this month while prepping an MMA debut out of a Las Vegas fight gym, a move that says a lot about where jiu-jitsu is headed.
A Polish grappler nobody picked as the favorite finished two of his three matches and then out-pointed the defending champion, and the whole bracket doubles as a leg lock and armbar clinic worth studying on the mats.
One of European grappling's most respected promotions brings its Welterweight Grand Prix to FloGrappling on July 11, alongside a vacant bantamweight title match between Sarah Galvao and Zara Di Tofano.
Jiu jitsu is rough on the body, and yes, on the skin. Mat burn, breakouts, sun from outdoor rolls. Here's a recovery spot we think the grappling community should know about.
The former two-division KSW champion signed with the UFC this week and will headline a five-round lightweight main card against veteran Dan Hooker on September 5, a rare launch for any newcomer to the promotion.
On the mats we plan for the worst-case scramble. Off the mats, every grappler should have a tow number on call. Here's ours.
Trained hard, rolled with new partners, survived the seminar. Here's where the team unwinds.
UFC 329 is confirmed for July 11, 2026 in Las Vegas, bringing the world's premier MMA organization back to the desert for a summer numbered event. Here is what the local BJJ and combat sports community should know before fight week arrives.
Max Holloway needed barely a minute to end Conor McGregor's comeback at T-Mobile Arena, and the rest of the UFC 329 card matched the drama with submissions, knockouts and a surprise weight-class debut.
Serbia's first UFC card produced twelve finishes in fourteen fights, and four of them came by tap. Here's what the guillotines and rear-naked chokes at UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez mean for anyone training near Las Vegas.
Three belts are on the line when UFC BJJ 10 lands at Meta APEX on August 20, and a reigning ADCC double gold medalist is skipping her own world championship to be on the card.
September 24 brings a stacked UFC BJJ card back to Las Vegas, headlined by Mikey Musumeci taking on UFC featherweight Bryce Mitchell and a light heavyweight title rematch between Mason Fowler and Nicky Rodriguez.
More than doubling its 2025 schedule, UFC BJJ is turning submission grappling into a serious spectator sport with real prize money - and the ripple effects are showing up in gyms across Las Vegas.
UFC BJJ 9 delivered a sharp night of submission wrestling at the Meta Apex on June 4. Mason Fowler defended the light heavyweight title with a first-round rear naked choke, Gilbert Burns made a memorable UFC BJJ debut in under sixty seconds, and CJI champion Nick Rodriguez continued building the case for his place near the top of any heavyweight conversation.
For the first time since launching its professional grappling brand, UFC BJJ is opening competition to athletes of all ages and skill levels. The first event is set for August 22 in Las Vegas, with three more planned before year end.
Nine bouts are official for the August 8 card at Meta Apex in Enterprise, a lightweight clash between a former KSW champion and a red-hot finisher that should matter to anyone training ground game near Las Vegas.
A 92-second calf slicer in Abu Dhabi pushed Valter Walker to five straight UFC finishes by submission, matching a mark set by BJJ black belt Demian Maia, and it is a reminder of how much leg attacks have changed the sport.
As professional submission grappling reaches new heights of mainstream visibility, a growing wave of adults is discovering that BJJ offers something no other fitness activity does: a martial art that rewards intelligence and technique over raw athleticism.
William Tackett won his way into the ADCC bracket twice, then decided the payout math no longer made sense and relocated his whole career to Las Vegas for steadier paid grappling. His reasoning says a lot about where competitive jiu-jitsu money actually is right now.