CJI 3 Cancelled | No-Gi Weekly May 25–31
CJI 3 cancelled, ADCC Krakow locked, Kade Ruotolo out of June 26 title defense, Fabricio Andrey vs Owen Jones takes the slot. The week of May 25–31 in no-gi grappling.
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CJI 3 cancelled, ADCC Krakow locked, Kade Ruotolo out of June 26 title defense, Fabricio Andrey vs Owen Jones takes the slot. The week of May 25–31 in no-gi grappling.
UFC BJJ 9 lands at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Thursday, June 4, 2026, and it brings the strongest top-to-bottom card the young promotion has put together. Mason Fowler defends his light heavyweight title against IBJJF No-Gi World Champion Devhonte Johnson in the main event, two-time UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns makes…
Mikey Musumeci tapped Kevin Dantzler with a heel hook at 2:15 of Round 1 at UFC BJJ 8 — fighting through a staph infection. 5 lessons from the no-gi finish.
Kade Ruotolo’s injury reshuffled ONE Fight Night 44 — Andrey vs Owen Jones now headlines the no-gi side. Five truths the matchup hides.
UFC BJJ just buried the Craig Jones Invitational. On May 27, 2026, Craig Jones killed CJI 3 with a single Reddit reply: “cancelled. Decided to keep the money.” Eighteen months earlier the Australian black belt had thrown a million-dollar prize purse at the no-gi world to embarrass ADCC. Now he’s walking away — and the…
Sarah Galvao earned her first ADCC 2026 invite at the West Coast Trials. Here’s why the 19-year-old Atos black belt is a real threat in Krakow.
Two major cards in one weekend — Netflix’s MVP MMA 1 and ONE Championship in Bangkok — gave MMA fans more than they bargained for. Here’s what went down. MVP MMA 1 — May 16 (Netflix, Intuit Dome, Los Angeles) Jake Paul’s promotion put on a stacked card and mostly delivered. Ronda Rousey def. Gina…
Another packed week in no-gi land. Kade Ruotolo turned in his most violent MMA finish yet, Diogo “Baby Shark” Reis proved his flyweight dominance travels up weight classes, Dorian Olivarez cemented himself as the future of WNO lightweight, Craig Jones’s $10 million CJI 2.5 announcement kept the community on fire, and F2W 315 in LA…
ADCC 2026 invite list pulled, ticket sales crawl at 4 per day, Gordon Ryan calls Krakow a waste of time, Kade Ruotolo readies biggest MMA test, and B-Team pivots to MMA after Craig Jones split. Your no-gi weekly roundup for May 4-10, 2026.
Chael Sonnen brings back Submission Underground, UFC BJJ 8 locks Musumeci vs Dantzler, ADCC West Coast Trials aftermath, Gordon Ryan retirement fallout, and Progress drops its 2026 ranked rashguard line. Your no-gi week in full.