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From Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics.

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From Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics. Do you ever wonder if the "grind and bleed" culture at most academies is actually destroying your Jiu-Jitsu longevity? For years, the BJJ industry has sold a dangerous myth: that to get world-class te

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From Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics.

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From Stephan Kesting.

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From Stephan Kesting.

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From FloGrappling. Tap or Chat is LIVE NOW in Austin, Texas where we will see Austin based grapplers put it all on the line in the submission only jiu-jitsu format! But this time, if there's no submission, the chat deci

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From Jiu-Jitsu Magazine. Amanda Bruse talks about potentially signing with UFC BJJ and explains how she feels about exclusive contracts in the sport.

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From Jiu-Jitsu Magazine. Amanda Bruse discusses her upcoming rematch with Jasmine Rocha for the bantamweight title at Main Character Invitational.

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From Jiu-Jitsu Magazine. Amanda Bruse explains why she thinks that cross-training in other Jiu-Jitsu gyms is beneficial for you.

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From Cobrinha BJJ.

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From Cobrinha BJJ.

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From Cobrinha BJJ.

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Saulo wasn't supposed to win. Royler was the most decorated -76kg of his generation. Saulo's pressure top game in the second half of that match changed how a generation thought about half guard. Find a clean rip on YouTube and watch with no audio. The amount of weight transfer is the whole story. Modern players hide it behind grips; Saulo did it with hips alone. What other matches from that era should the algorithm not let die?

Looking for the rawest version of every great match. No commentary, no slow-mo overlays, no hype edits — just the match. Mine: a Russian-language broadcast of Roger Gracie vs Buchecha 2009. Camera is locked, you can hear the timekeeper. It's the clearest read on the chess of that match I've ever found. Drop links + what you love about the cut.

Every Nicky Rod match has the same 30-second window where it looks like he's losing position three times in a row. He isn't. Each apparent collapse is a setup for the next entry. The pattern: bait hip → frame off knee → re-shoot. It's ugly because his frame work is wide and his shots come from compromised angles, but the grip work underneath is clean. If you slow down his ADCC final, count how many times this pattern repeats. Then go look at his match before that. Same shape.

Hot take: WNO has solved the watchability problem competitive no-gi has had since forever. The split-screen rule clarifications, the in-match athlete cam, the bracket framing — it all turns a 20-minute submission grind into something that holds attention. Compare that to ADCC trials footage where the broadcast is genuinely punishing. What does competitive grappling owe production? And is it bad if a match without commentary is now objectively worse than one with it?

I've watched this one maybe 30 times. The thing nobody mentions is how often Mikey is fighting from his knees on purpose. He uses the lower base to bait the underhook every single time. Three moments worth slowing down: 1. 0:38 — fake collar tie, drops to knees 2. 2:11 — knee shield bait into leg drag 3. 5:04 — backstep counter that should be in every flow Anyone teach this stuff at their gym? Curious how it travels.

Watch the second leg drag entry at 4:42. The grip switch is the entire match. Buchecha gives up the underhook for half a second and Gordon never lets him have it back. Most analysis I've seen focuses on the pace. I think the pace is downstream of that one grip moment. Curious what other people see when they slow it down. Drop a timestamp + what you're looking at.