There are quite a few top notch BJJ organizations currently running shows, but this award won\u2019t necessarily reflect the biggest or best promotion overall, and we will instead highlight which had the most impactful year in 2025.<\/p>\n
Polaris has been running pro BJJ events for over a decade now, and while many in the US may still (literally?) sleep on this European promotion, they have a clear case for collectively putting on the most entertaining grappling cards in the past year.<\/p>\n Much like CJI, Polaris focused more on team grappling in 2025, but their trademark \u201cSquads\u201d format arguably produced more entertainment with rules that tried to eliminate the common draws and stalling seen in Quintet\/CJI style cards. After running through the gauntlet throughout the year, Team Europe ended up winning the Polaris Squads tournament <\/a>last November, with a stacked roster led by the likes of Mateusz Szczecinski and Jozef Chen.<\/p>\n Outside of those stacked tournaments, Polaris\u2019 super-fights also had a good balance that featured some of the top pound-for-pound champions in the world like Ffion Davies, Helena Crevar, and emerging talent around Europe.<\/p>\n Apart from all those fun cards, Polaris also moved from UFC Fight Pass to FloGrappling in 2025, which has big ramifications on the professional BJJ landscape<\/a>. Polaris had a pretty great 2025, but we will quickly see the fruits of that new partnership in 2026, as they\u2019re set to have a Polaris vs. WNO Squads event<\/a> at the end of January.<\/p>\n CJI only holds one event per year, but it was still massive enough to land in this spot on the list.<\/p>\n CJI 2 may not have reached the heights of their inaugural card in terms of impact and entertainment, but it was still by far the best and highest paying<\/a> event<\/a> of the year. CJI\u2019s first two cards have already done so much for BJJ and its athletes, and sustaining their annual presence will only further cement their place among the most important promotions in the sport.<\/p>\n That being said, this is an award that solely looks at an organizations\u2019 overall efforts in 2025. So while CJI 2 easily earned our award for Best BJJ Event of 2025<\/a>, the top spot for promotion of the year belongs to a different organization \u2014 one that Craig Jones has been openly beefing with for months<\/a>.<\/p>\n Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/p>\n 1. Promotion of the Year: UFC BJJ<\/p>\n 2025 kicked off the UFC BJJ rebrand and marked the MMA world leader\u2019s bigger investment and far more serious entry into the sport<\/a>. Borrowing key elements from CJI 1<\/a>, UFC BJJ built a good product and used that UFC marketing machine to expose current champions like Mikey Musumeci and Andrew Tackett to new audiences.<\/p>\n While it\u2019s fair to question their methods, controversial contracts<\/a> and their end goals<\/a>, seeing that their MMA arm arguably abused that monopsony power for years<\/a>, UFC BJJ isn\u2019t in a position to do that yet in jiu-jitsu.<\/p>\n If anything, it\u2019s FloGrappling \u2014 with ADCC, IBJJF, WNO, and now both CJI and Polaris <\/a>\u2014 that currently holds majority of the power in the sport, making UFC BJJ\u2019s entry a welcome addition and another great option for professional grapplers.<\/p>\n We still don\u2019t know how much more they\u2019ll invest in BJJ to sign more top level talent to complement Musumeci and Tackett and to rival FloGrappling. That said, competition is always good for the athletes, as having more options and more organizations battling for their services will only improve purses.<\/p>\n They\u2019re certainly not perfect, but UFC BJJ made huge waves with their four events in 2025, which nets them our BJJ Promotion of the Year award. Much like how CJI 1<\/a> completely disrupted<\/a> the sport and accelerated the growth of BJJ\u2019s fanbase in 2024, UFC BJJ\u2019s entry in 2025 provided a similar catalyst that drew more eyeballs to jiu-jitsu.<\/p>\n MMA Mania\u2019s 2025 BJJ Awards:<\/p>\n For the latest Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) and grappling-related news click here<\/a>. For additional grappling content, follow @BJJBeat on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Polaris](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/polaris_logo_mobile.png\"\/){kind=logo}
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