After a couple of weeks of steadily revealing the pieces that make up the larger puzzle of the ADXC 4, the organization has now unveiled one of the tournament’s greatest mysteries. Joining the show on May 18th, the UFC fighters Benoit Saint Denis and Marc Diakiese will enter the merciless ADXC cage and lead the Grappling Main Event at the Dojo de Paris, in France. Nicknamed “God of War”, Benoit Saint Denis will have the advantage of fighting in his homeland on his ADXC debut. A French MMA athlete with 13 victories to his name, nine of those coming via submission, Benoit has both the skills and ..read more

With May 18th looming on the horizon, the ADXC 4 is steadily unveiling the line-up that will take over the Dojo de Paris, in France. With almost daily reveals, the organization is back again today to give yet another glimpse of the action that fight fans will be able to witness on its first European venture: Stevie Ray and Ibrahima Mane take their places in the Main Card with a Grappling bout in the Middleweight division. Hailing from Scotland, Steven Ray makes his debut in the ADXC. A former UFC and PFL athlete with 25 victories to his name, Steven is a certified expert when it comes to mixed ..read more

MMA legend Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson has just been promoted to black belt in BJJ by Bibiano Fernandes and Yan McCane after spending quite some time dedicating himself to achieving the goal. Johnson has been one of the most well-rounded professional MMA fighters in the world for quite some time and he’s regarded by many as one of the greatest to ever to do it. It makes sense too, considering the fact that he has more UFC title-defenses than any other fighter in history and he immediately added a ONE Championship flyweight world title to his collection when he moved there. Although he cl ..read more

Kody Steele just improved his professional MMA record to 6-0 at Cage Fury Fighting Championship 89 on April 21st, 2024 and he may just be getting a call from the UFC in the near future. It couldn’t come at a better time either, as Steele won his sixth professional fight on the night of his 29th birthday and he’s been working hard to deliver results on the regional MMA circuit for over two years now. Steele has been very popular in the grappling world for quite some time thanks to his exciting style and he decided to make the transition to MMA all the way back in 2021, when he had his first ama ..read more

PFL 3 took place on April 29th, 2024 and there was one fight in particular that delivered some results that might be of interest to grappling fans. Goiti Yamauchi and Neiman Gracie are both fantastic MMA grapplers and they were always going to put on a show thanks to their exciting styles. They were both making their PFL debut in this opening round match of the welterweight edition of the promotion’s 2024 season. Not only were they eager to get off to a good start competing in a brand new cage, but there was plenty of history coming into the fight too. Yamauchi actually already beat Gracie all ..read more

Rener Gracie has become known for his famous Gracie Breakdown videos over the years, and he just released one to explain why Charles Oliveira wasn’t able to finish his two submission attempts against Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300. Although he might be a controversial figure in the BJJ community for a number of different reasons, Rener Gracie’s knowledge of grappling is not in dispute. He’s already spent more time on the mats than the majority of BJJ black belts will over their entire life and he registered wins over some incredible grapplers during his short-lived competitive career. Both Charles ..read more

Jeff Glover has just stepped in on short notice to compete against UFC legend Urijah Faber in a Combat Jiu-Jitsu match at A1 Combat 21 on May 25th, 2024. Faber is actually the promoter who operates A1 Combat and he’s decided to make an appearance on their upcoming event, although he’s staying firmly retired from professional MMA and was set for a grappling match with openhanded strikes instead. He was originally supposed to be facing his old rival Jeff Curran in a rematch at the event, but Curran has had to withdraw from the CJJ match due to undisclosed circumstances. That might have been the ..read more

UFC 300 took place on April 13th, 2024 and the results saw both Bo Nickal and Kayla Harrison win their fights by submission, alongside a number of other fantastic fights. They weren’t the only ones to register impressive wins though and in fact, the first fight of the night ended in submission when Dieveson Figueiredo managed to lock up a rear-naked choke against Cody Garbrandt. There was several more fun fights that included a pair of exciting knockout wins before Kayla Harrison made her UFC debut against Holly Holm. There was a lot of attention surrounding the elite Judoka, as she’s been one ..read more

Alex Pereira has just been promoted to BJJ black belt by his coaches in the cage immediately after his stunning knockout win in the main event of UFC 300 on April 13th, 2024. Pereira was facing off against Jamahal Hill in the first defense of his light-heavyweight world championship and it was unlikely there was ever going to be much grappling seeing as neither man has a submission win on their professional MMA record. There was plenty of high-level grappling throughout the UFC 300 card anyway though, with several submission finishes and tons of exchanges on the ground. It was just as well tha ..read more

Jena Bishop just put on a fantastic performance in her promotional debut against Chelsea Hackett at PFL 1 on April 4th, 2024, locking up a beautiful armbar in the very first round. It wasn’t too much of a surprise considering that Bishop is an incredible grappler who has already won an IBJJF No Gi World Championship, and she was undefeated in her MMA career so far. Hackett was coming into the fight with a 3-1-1 professional MMA record but she had already won in her PFL debut, so she was a great choice of opponent for Bishop in her first fight for the promotion. Bishop quickly racked up 4 wins ..read more