ADCC promoter declares war on IBJJF after they tried to undermine event
There’s been a lot of talk about ADCC overtaking IBJJF competitions in terms of prestige. Just in the last couple of weeks, Gordon Ryan and B Team separately discussed how…
Category: BJJ ruleset discussions
Mica Galvao wants to keep competing in the Gi despite Nogi BJJ rising in popularity
Mica Galvao is one of the youngest men to get promoted to the rank of BJJ black belt. With the emergence of Gordon Ryan, Brazil’s dominance is starting to waiver.…
Trator Ferreira grapples Haisam Rida to a controversial ending
There’s been a lot of talk about prestigious BJJ competitions but there’s a growing industry of small promotions that bootstrap their events. One such event is Grapple in the temple.…
Gordon Ryan: IBJJF is slipping quickly Into irrelevance in terms of prestige
Several days ago we reported on an interesting conversation between ADCC silver medalist Nick Rordiguez and his co-hosts. They speculated that winning ADCC trials has become more prestigious than IBJJF…
ADCC prospect gets DQed from IBJJF Europeans over novice ankle lock mistake
ADCC 2022 had plenty of surprises. One of the biggest was the elimination of longtime favorite, Garry Tonon, in the first round. Tonon was eliminated by a rising Irish grappler…
Chael Sonnen: Renzo Gracie said that BJJ can’t beat Khabib, that changes the game
Khabib Nurmagomedov recently announced he would be taking a step back from his coaching duties and will no longer travel to corner members of his team. Nurmagomedov was one of…
Has winning ADCC trials become harder and more rewarding than winning Black belt worlds?
For the longest time, the marquee competition in the world of Jiu-Jitsu were the IBJJF World Championships. With the ADCC happening every two years, the community comprised of practitioners was…
John Danaher explains why ‘no time limit’ is the purest BJJ ruleset
John Danaher is an esteemed BJJ coach with a background in academia. While Danaher has never competed due to health issues he’s suffering from, he’s widely considered one of the…