🥋 Is Gordon Ryan 'Quiet Quitting'? 🤫

QUESTION TIME

What Keeps You Up At 2 am?

For those of us who can still jam an earphone through the mangled mess of cauliflower ear that hangs off the side of our head - we like podcasts! 😄

From the true-crime thrillers that keep us company in the car on the way home at night to Eddie Bravo’s stoned rants about Flat Earth Theory on JRE - podcasts are a brilliant way to learn (…and maybe de-learn 😬) while we are on the move.

But it’s not just crime and conspiracies we can get our ears around - there is also stacks of great BJJ content too ✅. In fact, you probably already know this and likely have your own favourite BJJ podcast…

So, this week’s big question ⬇️

The last poll’s results:

Last time we asked you - “Who Did It Better: CJI or ADCC?”

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 💰 - CJI (25)

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🏆 - ADCC (0)

Whoah. 25 to zip 😬. I was expecting CJI to take the W here, but this is a murder! If you guys are a good measure for the BJJ world (which I think you are 😉), ADCC has a bit of work to do before the next round!

We had some great insights from the crowd too. Here’s some of the top analysis from you guys:

WHATS HAPPENING?

This Weeks Tap’s ✋, Nap’s 🥱 & Snap’s

We hear you. Time is money 💰 - you want your BJJ news, but you’ve got sh*t to do 📝 … those training partners won’t tap themselves. Let’s get it 👇

1.) GORDON RYAN IS BEING HUMBLE 🙏: … and has openly said he’s only thinking about two more matches. He’s also thanking his previous opponents, praising them and saying things like, “I hope you all enjoyed the Gordon Ryan era”…. Is this him quietly retiring from the sport before Nicky Rod bills him an invoice for another million? 🤑

Gordon is always one bad burrito away from an early retirement, but despite his terrible tummy, he’s still managed to hit the mats regularly and keep his undefeated record intact. But he’s never been humble or nice about it before -so, what gives?

Maybe, he’s just maturing, and this show of sportsmanship is the hallmark of a man who’s truly developing on a spiritual and emotional level. Or, maybe all of the sexual assault allegations levelled at him by Craig are taking their toll, and he’s had enough of all the shenanigans? → more here.

2.) CJI WAS A SMASH HIT 💥: … no matter how you want to measure it. 

But if you do want to measure it 📏 - the numbers reported straight from the horse’s mouth have it at 3.14 million event viewers from start to finish and over 36 million social impressions 🤯.

It can’t really be compared, but ADCC’s YouTube scored an apparent 270k viewership - however, they only aired their first round and then put the rest behind a paywall. I’m sure their FloGrappling numbers were solid - but I’d be willing to bet most ADCC YouTube viewers had a CJI stream going at the same time as well 😎

The numbers can be slippery, but even if you only use them as a rough guide, it’s safe to say that CJI was a game-changer for the grappling world → more here.

 3.) KADE WON’T PULL GUARD 🙅‍♂️ : … but he will pull out 😏.

In what might be the saddest news for grappling fans this week, the Kade vs Mikey One Championship Match is off with Kade sidelined due to injury #yousaidyouwerentgoingtocry 😔

Our Post CJI depression has largely been managed by learning everything we can from Levi Jones, rewatching the Kade Vs Tackett CJI throwdown, and having this match just over the horizon …

The year is still young …ish and the Ruotolos are savages, so let’s all hold hope this one can be re-booked ASAP → more here.

The Quick Hitters ⚾️

• Australia’s first-ever ADCC Champ! 🔥

• Helena Crevar got a shiny new knife 🔪

• Dive deep on the Lachy Giles & Levi Jones leglock systems 🤓

• Mighty Mouse is a Mighty Human 👌 

• Will we see Jon Jones at competing ADCC 2026? 🧐

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WHAT’S SO FUNNY?

The Meme Open Mat:

It’s a real mess until brown belt, and then you’re on the money 👇…

You like memes huh!? (of course you do). Well, we have bucketloads 🪣 of premium, high-grade OG memes for you to share with your BJJ crew…

LET’S GET TECHNICAL

The Good Option:

Last week, we took a deep dive into the skilful work of Jozef Chen - this week, we are keeping it super simple and actionable with a slick setup from Ricardo Migliarese - aka ‘Animal Black Belt’.

As the nickname implied, Ricardo is a damn animal 🐩 and this little piece of deceptive destruction from the bottom half guard will leave your opponent with nowhere to hide 🫣

Grab a cuppa ☕️ and notepad 📝 👇

The Not-So-Good Option:

The world is never quite as it seems.

What appears to be a harmless piece of travellers’ luggage may actually be a deadly weapon … when you know how to wield it properly, that is.

Thank Helio we have some BJJ skills hey? Going through the airport just got a whole lot scarier knowing these carry-on assassins are on the loose 😬👇

YOU WIN, WE WIN!

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