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BJJDuane Ludwig, the sport’s most famous striking coach, earns his BJJ black belt: ‘Jiu-jitsu is the ultimate truth’
The man whose six-second knockout topped the UFC record book for thirteen years, and whose Bang Muay Thai system shaped a generation of champions, just had a black belt tied around his waist by Alberto Crane. Coming from a career knockout artist, his verdict on the mat carries a weight no grappler’s version of the same line ever could.
MMAUFC 330 preview: Two belts in Philadelphia, a champion chasing history, and a challenger thinking about strawberries
The summer closes Saturday with Makhachev one win from the outright UFC streak record, Garry a fight away from the receipt he has been promising since Dublin, and a co-main event that puts the two best grapplers in the strawweight division in the same cage with gold on the line. Philadelphia has waited fifteen years for a championship card. It gets two title fights in one night.
MMAGamrot breaks his silence after the Salkilld loss: ‘You can defeat me in one evening, but you won’t take away my faith’
Two days after the first-round choke that ended his run as the division’s gatekeeper, the Polish veteran posted the kind of statement fighters rarely write: no excuses, no blame, no rewriting of the tape. Just an accounting, and a promise about what comes after the ground.
MMACerminara books her comeback at UFC Edmonton: ‘Mom’s back’
The former flyweight title challenger returns October 17 against Jamey-Lyn Horth, ending a layoff that stretched across pregnancy, birth, and the long road back to fight shape. The record she holds is still hers. The ranking she spent a decade building is not.
MMAGarry answers the fight-week noise before UFC 330: ‘This sport is a pantomime. I couldn’t care less.’
The challenger has heard every version of the criticism on the way to Saturday. His response names the only three people whose opinions made his ledger: a 16-year-old in Dublin, a wife, and a little boy he wants front row when the belt goes on.
WrestlingTsarukyan meets Danis for the inaugural RAF middleweight crossover belt, two weeks after his UFC return
The No. 2 lightweight fights Ruffy in Los Angeles on September 19, then straps a singlet back on October 3 in Las Vegas. Across the mat: a man who is 0-2 in the promotion, booked into a title match anyway, with an MMA fight against Mike Perry to survive first. The modern fight calendar has stopped pretending to be one sport.
MMADitcheva reveals she fought half of PFL New York with broken hands, telling only her cut man
The whisper went to one person in her corner. The scorecards went her way. Ten days later, the unbeaten flyweight is back in splints, facing another layoff, and rereading a decision she made about surgery a year ago. The performance everyone graded on ring rust deserves a new viewing.
UFC Vegas wrap: Salkilld chokes out Gamrot in one round, and the lightweight queue has a new problem
The world’s first standalone UFC GYM Jiu-Jitsu studio opens in Manhattan.
UFC Vegas preview: Gamrot’s top-10 standing meets Salkilld’s momentum, and the fans’ picks disagree with the rankings
BKB books a championship doubleheader for its Mexico debut, with Tijuana’s own Fernandez headlining at home
UFC 331 full card lands: Van-Pantoja II headlines LA’s first numbered card in eight years, Tsarukyan returns against Ruffy
