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Nicholas Meregali Steps Back From Galvao Plea — 'Many Of Those People Are Also Part Of It'

Nicholas Meregali Steps Back From Galvao Plea — 'Many Of Those People Are Also Part Of It'

Jun 10, 2026 · accountability, athlete-news
Nicholas Meregali — three-time IBJJF World Champion and the loudest name in professional BJJ pressing on the Melqui Galvão case — made a very public plea. On April 28, he posted an Instagram video asking victims to come forward with a specific ask: contact him directly and he'd route them to the det
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ADCC Worlds Tickets Stuck 63% Empty Four Months Out — How Yuri Simoes vs Kaynan Duarte Quietly Became The Main Event

ADCC Worlds Tickets Stuck 63% Empty Four Months Out — How Yuri Simoes vs Kaynan Duarte Quietly Became The Main Event

Jun 10, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
When May rolled around and ticket sales data started leaking, ADCC's Kraków event was already showing signs of serious trouble. When this went down recently—roughly 27 days before the time of writing—the organization found itself in a position that few major combat sports properties ever want to occ
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Buchecha's UFC Collapse: How the BJJ GOAT Went 0-2-1 in Just Three Fights

Buchecha's UFC Collapse: How the BJJ GOAT Went 0-2-1 in Just Three Fights

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-to-mma
Ryan Spann delivered what might be the final punctuation mark on Alexandre "Buchecha" Ribeiro's mixed martial arts experiment. A left hook and straight right in the second round at UFC Vegas 116 sent the 13-time IBJJF World Champion to the canvas, and he didn't beat the count.
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When Ngannou Revealed His Son's Death Changed Everything—And Why He Kept Fighting Anyway

When Ngannou Revealed His Son's Death Changed Everything—And Why He Kept Fighting Anyway

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, francis-ngannou
Francis Ngannou stepped into the Netflix spotlight to face Philipe Lins on a card headlined by the Rousey-Carano fight—a matchup that had dominated combat sports conversation for weeks. But if you'd tuned into the DC Show in the days leading up to that fight, you would have heard something that put
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When Kade Ruotolo and Diogo Reis Both Fought Through Inflection Points on the Same Bangkok Card

When Kade Ruotolo and Diogo Reis Both Fought Through Inflection Points on the Same Bangkok Card

Jun 10, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
Two ADCC champions shared a ONE Fight Night 43 card in Bangkok. The coincidence seemed minor at the time.
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Kade Ruotolo's First MMA Knockout Changed the Conversation—Just 6 Weeks Before His Grappling Title Defense

Kade Ruotolo's First MMA Knockout Changed the Conversation—Just 6 Weeks Before His Grappling Title Defense

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, fabricio-andrey
When Kade Ruotolo stepped into the ONE Championship cage in Bangkok, the narrative around him was still settling. But something was noticeably missing from his highlight reel—and when that hole got filled on May 15, it shifted how people were talking about him entirely.
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Diogo Reis's First Fight Without Melqui Galvão's Team — ONE Fight Night 43 Became a Test Nobody Planned

Diogo Reis's First Fight Without Melqui Galvão's Team — ONE Fight Night 43 Became a Test Nobody Planned

Jun 10, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
Diogo Reis stepped onto the mat in Bangkok on May 15 for what should have been a routine title defense. Instead, it became something far more complicated: the first real glimpse of one of submission grappling's brightest talents operating without the institutional scaffolding that built him.
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Buchecha's 'Friendships Over Titles' Message Hit Different After His Second UFC Knockout

Buchecha's 'Friendships Over Titles' Message Hit Different After His Second UFC Knockout

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, buchecha
About a week after Ryan Spann's left hook and straight right sent Marcus Buchecha Almeida to the canvas at UFC Vegas 116, the legendary grappler shared some philosophical reflections on what actually matters in life. "Everything that you build, everything that you conquer as an athlete," he said, "i
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