It seems to be something we’re going to have to get used to moving forward, or at least for the foreseeable future, but yet again someone scheduled to be at a UFC event has tested positive for Coronavirus, although this time it’s a cornerman, Mike Brown. MMA Fighting broke the
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According to a report from MMA Junkie, Gilbert Burns has tested positive for Coronavirus and has been forced to withdraw from his title fight opposite Kamaru Usman that was slated for UFC 251. It seems as though this is going to be something to be expected for UFC events moving
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It’s a sad day for the grappling/MMA community today. News has just come out that Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, has sadly passed away due to coronavirus. Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov faced some severe health issues a while back. Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father was diagnosed with COVID-19 on the 20th of June. Today
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UFC 249 has been hit by Coronavirus again. After first being forced to cancel three events in a row, Dana White was adamant that the event would go ahead as originally planned, with the same main event that we have all been waiting for, Khabib Nurmagomedov v Tony Ferguson. Then
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The IBJJF was one of the first major grappling organisations to announce that they would be suspending all future events due to the recent Coronavirus pandemic and they have now revealed on Facebook that they’re willing to extend any paid up membership. Their reaction to suspend events came after ADCC
Read moreThe living legend and the frontrunner for the title of greatest BJJ competitor of all time, Roger Gracie, has recently come out of the other side of a battle with Coronavirus and he’s decided to share exactly what it was like with his fans. This isn’t the first time he’s
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Roger Gracie has thankfully recovered from a run-in with Coronavirus and the frontrunner for greatest BJJ competitor of all time has revealed in an interview with Combate that having the disease was definitely not a comfortable experience. The former UFC fighter and multiple-time IBJJF World Champion apparently experienced both a
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With the spread of the Coronavirus most of us in the US, on the west coast at least, are unable to go to class and train in groups due to various levels of lockdown measures. Jiujitsu is unlike most arts such as most striking and weapons arts. It requires a
Read moreNick “The Tooth” Gullo, the popular figure in both MMA and BJJ has just announced that he has tested positive for Coronavirus. Not just this, but the man known to many hardcore UFC fans has also given us an insight on what it’s like living with the virus. His insight
Read moreBJJ legend and owner of BJJ Fanatics, Bernardo Faria, has offered a free code for a digital download of one of his instructional sets to help anyone who finds themselves unable to train as a result of the Coronavirus. Many BJJ events have now been cancelled as a result of
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