Gordon is a good example of something I'm talking about in an upcoming article. He is a black belt and a phenomenal grappler, but he has a very limited understanding on virtually every other topic in existence. Yet people think he's "smart" and should be listened to on non-grappling topics.

This is my last Tim Kennedy post. I just want to say: Holy shit, what a psychopathic piece of shit.

Apparently being a "real man", like how former UFC fighter turned manosphere grifter Tim Kennedy wants you to be, does not include being honest. Nor taking care of your kids. From www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

“Kennedy took you for an idiot that would believe anything he told you,” Worlock told me. “Narcissist. You and every American that read his book, he sized you up to be dumb enough to believe him.”

As part of the team of @fightisland.bsky.social staff, I'll be raising money for Tap Cancer Out (a jiu jitsu based charity organizer) on December 13th as part of the Global Grappling Day. More info here: grapplers.win/p/global-gra...

Merab is, simply put, the best grappler in MMA at the moment.

It really is funny how a convicted rapist and a guy who assaults people habitually is somehow someone people think is worth hearing the opinions of.

In the second part of this discussion on curriculum design, I talk about how to make sure your jiu jitsu curriculum is designed around your students' needs. grapplers.win/p/curriculum... #bjj #jiujitsu

The rosters for the first two teams at Quintet 5 have been announced, and they hold a good range of talented jiu jitsu competitors.

Trump Attends Dogfighting Match https://theonion.com/trump-attends-dogfighting-match/

Ariel Helwani thinking he is the real king of media and is more important as a media figure than Howaed Stern is a hilarious trip.

Dana "Keep Politics out of Sports" White was at a memorial service for a racist YouTuber who politicized every aspect of sports because he didn't like athletes having differing views than him, including obsessing over who athletes were dating/marrying because of their personal views as well.

In Australia, they're holding a jiu jitsu & combat jiu jitsu event card in a cage (like with Submission Underground) this weekend. The interesting bit is, this will be aired on a tape delay (2 weeks) on one of the major TV networks.

Disney actin real confident when they live in a world that has uTorrent.

Thank you, Damon. Thank you, Jamie. Thank you Gorillaz 🇵🇸 donate.togetherforpalestine.org/campaigns/to...

Watching the r/grappling subreddit have a meltdown over a @stephankesting.bsky.social post about hanging a lgbtqia+ pride flag outside a jiu jitsu gym to keep homophobes away helps, ironically, illustrate his point about how fragile minded bigots can be. Amazing stuff.

My new favorite rugby club is the South Korean OK Okman RFC based solely off their logo of a carrot man.

The TikTok ban was due to not being able to control information coming out of Gaza. This isn't a conspiracy theory, this is something Anthony Blinken and Mitt Romney said

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

When sports leagues celebrate a man who profited on hate and division, it doesn’t just undercut the myth of unity in sports—it exposes what sports have become in Charlie Kirk’s America. www.sportspolitika.news/p/charlie-ki...

The main event for November 1st's Polaris 34 was announced as Helena Crevar vs Sula-Mae Loewenthal in a rematch for the Women's Featherweight (66kg) title. This is in addition to Team Europe vs Team Asia & Oceania competing in the Polaris Squads World Tournament Finals. #grappling #jiujitsu #bjj

horrified they weren’t quick enough to keep her from spreading this kind of vile hate speech on TV. for those who don’t know, “go birds” is a coded expression of support for the Philadelphia Eagles

I also did a written companion to this discussion on jiu jitsu and curriculum design, which you can find on my site: grapplers.win/p/curriculum...

This perfectly captures what coming up with a thesis feels like.

This was a beautiful sequence by Tanabe at Polaris 33. Sweep to top mount to armbar.

In the Polaris 33 main event, Owen Livesey claims the Polaris LHW title after submitting Tommy Langaker with an arm triangle choke. #grappling #jiujitsu

Team Asia & Oceania get it done with a win over Team South America. It is now Team Europe vs. Team Asia & Oceania for the finals in the Polaris Squads World Tournament. #grappling #jiujitsu

If Maryland were a Pokemon.

Gable Steveson somehow recovering from his horrendous turf toe that forced him to drop out of CJI 2 on a weeks notice, only to then do an MMA fight at LFA this weekend will make for a great sports movie. On Pluto.

this is incredibly well written

Time to break out the chart

Made this as a back up of my written work + extra stuff I wanna write about. open.substack.com/pub/grappler...

getting New Yorkers to boo during the national anthem on September 11th is incredible the most powerful landfill ever born

This Mattie Lubchansky comic seems topical again.

Things that didn't age well

The absolute irony.

SQUADS! SQUADS! SQUADS! SQUADS! SQUADS!

Also let's remember, the UFC decided that despite making 7billion+ USD in the Paramount deal, fighters aren't getting improved pay. sports.yahoo.com/article/ufc-...

I like how nobody thought "gee our guy keeps passing out by trying to make this last minute weight cut enforced by the UFC, maybe we should stop it from going forward." On top of the fact a replacement was already prepared and nobody thought to use them in favor of a recently passed out Ortega.

You mean the UFC's head guy who made a documentary about how great Trump is, despite him not paying the contractors he hires across several decades, isn't paying his bills? SO SHOCKED! www.casino.org/news/dana-wh...

I legitimately cannot remember the last time I used a taxi outside of the US. We have this revolutionary thing called public transit that does not require us to get into a self driving pile of shit that is going to mow down children and then explode into a fireball.

the commercialization of all aspects of our life is a good example of why capitalism sucks.

CJI 2 Day 2 was a bit better than Day 1. However, this was very much a step down from last year's CJI.

The beauty of combat sports.

So CJI2 is in a really dumb position. It's meant to be free and live on YouTube streaming. Then Monday it moves to behind the FloGrappling Paywall. This was to support the event as they were not going to break event in some areas of production. But it negatively impacts international fans.

Vacant strikes again. ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/ufc-cha...

Caring more about what a mayor's level of gun knowledge is, in the wake of their citizens being shot up and killed is genuinely the most insane and assholish thing you could do. Aside from promoting less gun control in the aftermath of two kids being killed. Again.

The official CJI 2 brackets are now out. #jiujitsu #bjj

I feel like a psychologist should watch the Ritchie Torres interview with Adam Friedland, and determine whether Torres is just incredibly dumb about what an ethnic cleansing is, or if he's just a sociopath who will gladly accept blood money to run defense for a genocide. Goddamn this dude sucks.

This is incredibly good and worth watching.