Armbar No-Gi: 7 Setups That Force the Tap in 2026
Seven no-gi armbar setups elite grapplers actually finish in 2026, from the closed guard hip-up to belly-down juji-gatame, plus the mistakes that get the arm yanked out.
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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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Mikey Musumeci Heel Hook: 5 UFC BJJ 8 No-Gi Lessons
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.
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UFC BJJ Crushes CJI 3: 5 Bold Truths About No-Gi 2026
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…
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Kade Ruotolo Goes 4-0 in MMA, Baby Shark Proves He’s Unbeatable | No-Gi Weekly May 11-17, 2026
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…
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Submission Underground Returns As No-Gi Goes Global | No-Gi Weekly April 28-May 4 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.
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WNO 32 Results: Olivarez Crowned, Youth GP Debuts, UFC BJJ News
The WNO 32 results are in, and the no-gi grappling world has a new lightweight king. On March 31, 2026, Who’s Number One returned to Austin, Texas with a stacked card headlined by a four-man lightweight grand prix, the promotion’s first-ever youth bracket, and a loaded super fight slate that delivered finishes, upsets, and one…
