Kade Ruotolo Out vs Andrey | No-Gi Weekly June 8–14, 2026

The week that kicked off ADCC’s 90-day final approach delivered a headline upset off the mat, a one-sided squads result in Dublin, a final-trials field that just got serious, and two no-gi gear drops grapplers were waiting for. Here’s everything that mattered between June 8 and June 14, 2026, plus what to watch as the no-gi calendar barrels into ADCC Worlds.

Kade Ruotolo Pulls Out of June 26 Title Defense vs Fabricio Andrey

The biggest no-gi storyline of the week unfolded inside a Bangkok fight hotel. Kade Ruotolo, ONE Championship’s lightweight submission grappling world champion, woke up the morning after his second-round TKO win over Hiroyuki Tetsuka at The Inner Circle with his right hand and forearm in a cast. The injury, sustained during that MMA crossover win, shelved his scheduled June 26 grappling title defense against Fabricio “Hokage” Andrey at Lumpinee Stadium.

Ruotolo told reporters he was hopeful the hand could clear inside two weeks. ONE’s matchmakers didn’t wait. Andrey now faces British promotional newcomer Owen Jones in a featherweight submission grappling bout at ONE Fight Night 44 on June 27 — same Lumpinee venue, completely different stakes. The Brazilian had spent months calling for the Ruotolo title shot. He gets a tune-up against an unknown instead, and the lightweight belt stays on Ruotolo’s shelf until the rebooking.

For the no-gi fan calendar, this is a soft reschedule rather than a cancellation, but the ripple effects matter. Ruotolo’s pivot toward MMA crossover bouts has been the loudest subplot of the year for ONE’s grappling division, and every grappling-only date he misses tightens the question of whether the lightweight strap moves before he does. Andrey, for his part, remains the most obvious mandatory challenger when the title finally comes back online.

Polaris 37: Polaris Crush BJJ Stars 20-10 in Dublin Squads Battle

Saturday June 6 at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Polaris ran their squads format back against the BJJ Stars roster and ended the night with a 20-10 scoreline. The Brazilian promotion came in with Henrique “Ceconi” Cardoso, Julio Martins and Ruan Alvarenga; Polaris answered with Taylor Pearman, Pawel Jaworski and a deep European bench. Pearman and Jaworski emerged as the two highest scorers of the night, racking up a combined eight points across decisions and submissions.

Lucas Kanard set the tone in the opener with a Z-lock finish on Martins, then followed it with an upset decision over Ceconi. The biggest single result of the card came in the women’s lightweight title match: heel hook specialist Helena Crevar defended against Amanda Pamela Nicole and put her away with a second-round rear-naked choke. Last-minute replacement Callen O’Mahoney also stole headlines by submitting ADCC veteran Ruan Alvarenga with a triangle armbar from the bottom.

The squads result keeps Polaris as the standing champions of the cross-promotional format, and the European bench depth on display in Dublin is starting to read like a legitimate counter to the U.S./Brazil axis dominating the ADCC invite list. Full Polaris 37 results and highlights are on Jitsmagazine.

ADCC 2026 Asia & Oceania Trials Lock In Final Krakow Qualifier (June 21)

The 2026 ADCC Asia & Oceania Trials are the last open-bracket qualifier before Krakow, and the official entries dropped this week. The event runs Saturday June 21 at People First Stadium, 296 Nerang Broadbeach Rd in Carrara, Queensland — Gold Coast hosts the final crack at the World Championship invite list, streamed live on FloGrappling.

Men’s brackets run at -65.9 kg, -76.9 kg, -87.9 kg, -98.9 kg and +99 kg, with women’s divisions at -55 kg, -65 kg and +65 kg. Nadia Frankland, Margot Ciccarelli and Kanae Ikeda lead a deep entry list that could realistically send multiple regional finishers straight into the Tauron Arena field three months later. FloGrappling has the full entries breakdown.

If you’re an Asia-Pacific competitor still chasing an invite — or a fan trying to spot the dark-horse weight class for September — this is the only bracket left that matters before the field is locked.

Helena Crevar Returns to ONE July 17 vs ADCC West Coast Trials Winner

ONE Championship locked in Helena Crevar’s second appearance for The Inner Circle on July 17, and the matchmaking is exactly what the women’s grappling division needed: Crevar opposite Paige Ivette Clymer, the 2026 ADCC West Coast Trials winner, in a ten-minute openweight submission grappling contest streamed from Lumpinee Stadium.

Crevar is 19, holds FloGrappling’s #1 pound-for-pound women’s no-gi ranking, and is the youngest podium placer in ADCC history. Clymer earned her black belt in May 2024 and answered with a West Coast Trials win in May 2026 — pressure passing, intricate guard work and sharp heel hook entries built to break structure. Crevar’s wins are usually decided by who controls the body lock and forces the scramble first, which makes the contrast with Clymer’s pace-and-pressure game the most interesting women’s grappling stylistic matchup booked in 2026.

For no-gi shoppers, the broader picture matters too: ONE’s women’s submission grappling product is finally moving past one-off bookings and into a structured rivalry slate, which is the only way the division ever grows past the four or five names everyone already knows.

ADCC Krakow 90-Day Watch: Tauron Arena, $362K Purse, Final Field Tightening

Counting from June 14, the ADCC World Championship at Tauron Arena Kraków is 90 days out — September 12 through 14. The total prize purse sits at $362,000, with $50,000 each for absolute and superfight winners. It’s the first time Poland has hosted Worlds, and the only major event left in the no-gi calendar this year that organizes the entire pro grappling year around it.

The pre-event narrative still has open seats. East Coast Trials, West Coast Trials, European Trials and South American Trials have all closed; the Asia & Oceania Trials June 21 is the last open bracket. After that, the invite list firms and the gear discussion gets serious: who wears which sponsor’s competition rashguard, who shows up in custom cuts, and which national federation cracks the top-five team standings for the first time. ADCC Combat is the official source for invite-list updates as they drop.

Gear Drops This Week: Hyperfly ’98 Japan + Moya 2026 Flagship No-Gi

Two no-gi rashguard launches landed during the window. Hyperfly’s ’98 Japan rashguard shipped to coincide with the World Cup kickoff on June 11 — vintage soccer kit aesthetic across a sweat-wicking four-way stretch shell with flatlock seams and a soccer-collar finish. It’s a niche aesthetic call, but Hyperfly tends to price these limited-run drops aggressively against more conservative brand catalogs, and the sizing curve is friendlier than most premium European cuts.

Moya Brand’s 2026 Flagship No-Gi collection rolled out the new short-sleeve build with side panels and super-stretch fabric across the full belt-color range — black, white, blue, purple and brown. The pattern leans cleaner and the panel construction sits closer to the torso than Moya’s last-generation cut, which is the kind of small fit upgrade you only notice three months in when the seams aren’t migrating during scrambles.

Neither launch reinvents the rashguard category, but both confirm the direction the 2026 cycle is heading: brands are tightening fit, raising fabric weight slightly, and pricing premium short-sleeve cuts to compete with Hayabusa and Progress. Buyer’s market — pick on cut, not just print.

Looking Ahead: June 21–July 17 No-Gi Watch List

The next four weeks are the busiest stretch of no-gi action before ADCC’s runway clears. Save the dates:

• June 21 — ADCC Asia & Oceania Trials, Gold Coast. Last chance to lock a Krakow invite. Frankland, Ciccarelli and Ikeda headline.
• June 27 — ONE Fight Night 44, Lumpinee Stadium, Bangkok. Fabricio Andrey vs Owen Jones replaces the Ruotolo title defense. Watch how Andrey handles a tune-up booking.
• July 17 — ONE: The Inner Circle, Bangkok. Helena Crevar vs Paige Ivette Clymer, openweight submission grappling. The women’s no-gi matchup of the summer.
• September 12–14 — ADCC World Championship, Tauron Arena Kraków. The reason everything else exists. 90 days out.

For anyone training toward an open mat, a local sub-only, or just keeping the wash cycle ahead of summer humidity, this is the week to reset the gear bag: rotate a second short-sleeve into the rashguard lineup, restock spats, and check your kneepads before the volume picks up. The summer no-gi grind starts now — and the ADCC clock is ticking.