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Garry Tonon Returns To MMA For Shamil Gasanov Rematch

1 day ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

Garry Tonon will be making his return to MMA for the first time in over a year, and he’ll be doing so for a rematch with Shamil Gasanov. The fight has just been booked for ONE Fight Night 34 on August 1st, 2025 and it will have big implications for the ONE Championship featherweight title-picture.
UFC BJJ: Road To The Title Grappling Show Launches With Mikey Musumeci And Rerisson Gabriel

1 day ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

The moment has finally come for the UFC to unveil it’s grappling reality show and the debut episode of UFC BJJ: Road To The Title will premier on June 16th, 2025. The show will feature two teams of elite grapplers across both the lightweight and welterweight divisions, as they fight to become the promotion’s inaugural champions in their respective weight classes.
10th Planet Withdraw From AIGA Champions League Final 2025

6 days ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

The AIGA Champions League Final 2025 had just suffered a huge blow, as 10th Planet have had to withdraw from the event after more than half of their team suffered injuries. 10th Planet are one of the largest affiliations in the world and they were originally going to be bringing a fantastic team of big-name competitors, so they will be sorely missed. Looking on the bright side, the tournament still has several stacked teams featuring multiple IBJJF and ADCC world champions.
Demetrious Johnson Shares His Thoughts On The Ruotolo Brothers In MMA

1 week ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

Demetrious Johnson is one of the greatest MMA fighters in the history of the sport, and he’s recently shared his thoughts on the Ruotolo brothers making the transition to it. Not only does Johnson have some great insight as an MMA legend, but he also has firsthand knowledge of their skills after training Jiu-Jitsu with them recently. Both of the brothers are grappling prodigies and their MMA debuts have been hotly-anticipated for quite some time, with Kade making the leap first early in 2024.
Troubling Details Emerge Surrounding BJ Penn Arrest As His Mother Files Restraining Order

1 week ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

Further details have emerged about the recent arrest of BJ Penn after his mother, Lorraine Shin, has filed a restraining order against him. The news has gone from bad to worse for Penn, who has been sharing troubling posts on social media for quite some time now.
Leandro Lo Trial Has Been Delayed Once Again

2 weeks ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

Henrique Otavio Oliveira Velozo is accused of killing BJJ legend Leandro Lo and despite the amount of time that has passed since his death, Velozo’s trial has been delayed again. Lo was shot and killed in a nightclub in Sao Paulo, Brazil back on August 7th, 2022 and almost three years have passed since then without much in the way of updates. The shooting occurred after an argument that escalated into a physical altercation, where Lo reportedly had Velozo restrained.
ATOS Confirmed For CJI 2, Felipe Pena Named As First Competitor

2 weeks ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

ATOS have just become the latest team confirmed for the second Craig Jones Invitational (CJI 2) and they have also revealed that their first competitor will be their wildcard option, Felipe Pena. He will be taking up their heaviest position available on the roster, as Pena is their over 99kg entrant. This also means that the lineup of CJI 2 teams is almost complete, as ATOS is the 7th team to be announced and there is only position remaining.
UFC Fight Pass Invitational Announces New Rules And Format Similar To CJI

2 weeks ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

The UFC Fight Pass Invitational have just announced some pretty big changes to their rules and the format of their matches, taking a surprisingly similar approach to the one that the Craig Jones Invitational pioneered. Unfortunately for fans of uninterrupted action, they won’t be using a pit structure like CJI, and the similarities are confined to the actual match and judging instead.
Craig Jones Shatters Framed ADCC Poster At FloGrappling Headquarters

3 weeks ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

Craig Jones has just shared his latest comedic video to social media, where he walked straight into the FloGrappling headquarters and shattered a framed ADCC poster hanging on their wall. The poster is actually from ADCC 2022 and as an added layer to the joke, Jones points directly at the side of the poster that features his former teammate and current rival Gordon Ryan.
Tom Hardy Reveals Why He Competes In BJJ

3 weeks ago | jitsmagazine.com | Phil Jones

Tom Hardy is probably the most famous person that actively competes in BJJ and he explained why he chose to take that leap in a recent interview with Esquire. There are many celebrity BJJ practitioners around the world of course, but very few of them ever test themselves in competition. It’s not hard to see why, as the majority of people training BJJ don’t actually compete and there’s even greater pressure on those with a certain level of fame.