Ikigai Submission Grappling’s blue belt tournament descended into controversy this week when organizer Steven Henshall removed a competitor from the bracket over eligibility violations. The tournament had a clear rule:…
Gordon Ryan has retired from competition entirely. However, he is far from the only champion missing from the 2026 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship lineup. The growing list of absent…
William Tackett is one of the most decorated grapplers in the ADCC Trials system, having won the event twice. Yet as ADCC World Championships approaches, his name is conspicuously absent…
Craig Jones appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show and offered an assessment of the upcoming ADCC, suggesting the event may not carry the weight it once did in the grappling…
Craig Jones has never been short on ideas, but not all of them make it past the drawing board. In a conversation on the Jits and Giggles podcast, the Australian…
The ADCC World Championship 2026 in Kraków, Poland has been dealt a significant blow. Two of the most anticipated names on the roster, Mica Galvao and Giancarlo Bodoni, will not…
Izaak Michell‘s place at the 2026 ADCC World Championships has become one of the most controversial topics in submission grappling. Fans and media outlets spent months wondering whether Michell would…
With the ADCC Asian Trials now complete, the invite discussion has effectively taken over social media. Grapplers are posting emails, screenshots and announcements across Instagram at a pace that suggests…
A controversy unfolded at the ADCC Dallas Open after organizer Mo Jassim revealed during a broadcast that a coach had been caught swapping one athlete in place of another to…
FloGrappling has quietly removed Izaak Michell from its official list of ADCC 2026 competitors, a move that comes amid escalating legal trouble surrounding the Australian jiu-jitsu standout. Michell had previously…
