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MMA and Jiu-Jitsu
What happens to grappling when strikes, gloves and a cage are added.
MMA and Jiu-Jitsu
What the early UFC tournaments actually demonstrated
The events are cited as proof that grappling beats striking. Read the format the way you would read any other experiment and the claim they support is much narrower, and more durable, than the one they are used for.
4 August 2026 · Guard Theory editorial · 4 sources
MMA and Jiu-Jitsu
Why sport jiu-jitsu does not transfer directly to MMA
Not a question about who would beat whom. A question about which constraints changed between the two activities, and what each change does to the value of a position.
4 August 2026 · Guard Theory editorial · 8 sources
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Influential Figures
- Rickson Gracie
He took the family's claim to Japan in the mid-1990s and won there, and the 400-fight record repeated in his name is the best-known unverifiable number in the sport.
- Royce Gracie
On one night in Denver in 1993 he won three fights in a total of under five minutes of mat time, in front of a paying audience and a camera, and the argument about whether grappling mattered changed for good.