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Olympic Gold Medalist Amit Elor Broke Her Silence On Her Father-In-Law Melqui Galvao — 'Teach Your Sons To Respect Women'

Olympic Gold Medalist Amit Elor Broke Her Silence On Her Father-In-Law Melqui Galvao — 'Teach Your Sons To Respect Women'

Jun 19, 2026 · amit-elor, athlete-news
When Melqui Galvao was arrested in Manaus on charges involving minors, three statements landed inside a 24-hour window. The charge sheet covered statutory rape of a victim under 14, sexual harassment, threats, and unauthorized access to electronic devices.
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How Diogo Reis Left BJJ College, Announced His Departure in 4 Days, and Competed 13 Days Later at a Higher Weight Class

How Diogo Reis Left BJJ College, Announced His Departure in 4 Days, and Competed 13 Days Later at a Higher Weight Class

Jun 19, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu world watched one of its brightest young competitors navigate an impossible situation with a clarity that's rare in professional sports. Diogo Reis, a two-time ADCC champion and current ONE Championship flyweight world champion, found himself connected to one of the most seri
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Craig Jones Has Responded to More BJJ Abuse Cases This Year Than Every Governing Body Combined

Craig Jones Has Responded to More BJJ Abuse Cases This Year Than Every Governing Body Combined

Jun 17, 2026 · abuse, athlete-news
Craig Jones holds no official position in this sport. He runs an event that lost $800,000.
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BJJ World Champion Brenda Larissa Says It Started When She Was 12 — And Her Sister Was Next

BJJ World Champion Brenda Larissa Says It Started When She Was 12 — And Her Sister Was Next

Jun 17, 2026 · abuse, accountability
She said he told her she would have a great future. Brenda Larissa was 12.
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Anthony Bourdain's Secret BJJ Account and the Man Hollywood Never Filmed

Anthony Bourdain's Secret BJJ Account and the Man Hollywood Never Filmed

Jun 16, 2026 · a24, anthony-bourdain
A24 is making a movie about Anthony Bourdain. The film is Tony, directed by Matt Johnson, starring Dominic Sessa as a young Bourdain in a 1976 summer in Provincetown — cooking jobs, drinking, the early outline of a man who would spend the next four decades eating his way across every country that wo
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Black Belt Calls Gym-Branded Gi Mandates 'Outdated And Unamerican' — Names New York Academy That Forces Members To Wear Blue Gis On Saturdays And Buy Their Own Brand

Black Belt Calls Gym-Branded Gi Mandates 'Outdated And Unamerican' — Names New York Academy That Forces Members To Wear Blue Gis On Saturdays And Buy Their Own Brand

Jun 16, 2026 · athlete-news, etiquette
Some gyms make you wear blue on Saturdays. A New York gym (the source didn't name it) enforces this, per a BJJDoc report.
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Active Police Investigator Melqui Galvao Allegedly Used His Badge To Block Misconduct Complaints For Years. A 13-Minute Voice Memo Did Not Care.

Active Police Investigator Melqui Galvao Allegedly Used His Badge To Block Misconduct Complaints For Years. A 13-Minute Voice Memo Did Not Care.

Jun 16, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-safety
Melqui Galvao wasn't coaching as a private citizen. He was an active civil police investigator in the state of Amazonas.
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Aljamain Sterling Out-Grappled A 17-Sub-Streak Featherweight For 50 Minutes—UFC Vegas 116 Was Khabib-School Back Control For Five Rounds

Aljamain Sterling Out-Grappled A 17-Sub-Streak Featherweight For 50 Minutes—UFC Vegas 116 Was Khabib-School Back Control For Five Rounds

Jun 16, 2026 · aljamain-sterling, athlete-news
At UFC Vegas 116 on April 25, Aljamain Sterling won a five-round unanimous decision over Youssef Zalal, 49-45 across all three judges' scorecards. That score is what BJJ looks like when it works perfectly.
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