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Nicky Ryan Explains Why He Doesn’t Plan To Compete In The IBJJF – Ever

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October 23, 2026

Nicky Ryan has never entered an IBJJF event and does not plan to. His reasoning is business-minded – as for competitors, he says, the financial model does not work: I’ve always been kind of against doing IBJJF. I’ve never done a single one of their events… I always thought it was f*cked that you could […]

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