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Helena Crevar Defended Her Polaris Lightweight Title Against Amanda Pamela Nicole — Here's How It Went Down

Jun 11, 2026 · amanda-pamela-nicole, athlete-news

When Helena Crevar stepped onto the Polaris 37 mat to defend her lightweight championship against Amanda Pamela Nicole, she was still 18 years old and already holding two major belts. By June 1st, the dust had settled on what turned out to be one of the more interesting title defenses in the women's

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RAF 10: Will Chimaev vs Danis Actually Happen?

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, ben-askren

Louis on Friday, and if you squint at the card hard enough, it looks legitimate. Khamzat Chimaev vs Dillon Danis headlines.

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When Yuri Simoes Got the Biggest Grappling Offer of His Career—Then Announced an MMA Return the Same Week

Jun 11, 2026 · adcc-2026, athlete-news

Yuri Simoes managed to pull off a scheduling contradiction that left the grappling world scratching its head. On May 10th, ADCC officially confirmed he would headline the 2026 World Championship in Krakow, Poland in a superfight against Kaynan Duarte for the vacant heavyweight title.

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Chimaev vs. Danis at RAF 10: Grappling Breakdown

Jun 11, 2026 · allstars, athlete-news

RAF 10 takes place Saturday night in St. Louis, and if you've been following the sport casually, you probably know Khamzat Chimaev is fighting Dillon Danis.

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When a BJJ World Champion Named Herself

Jun 11, 2026 · alliance, athlete-news

Brenda Larissa did something the sport of jiu-jitsu wasn't particularly set up to handle: she recorded twenty minutes of testimony, published it under her own name, and described what she said was fourteen years of abuse at the hands of Melqui Galvão, an Alliance black belt, founder of BJJ College i

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When ADCC's Kraków Ticket Disaster Became a Case Study in Self-Sabotage

Jun 11, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026

When ADCC's ticket sales numbers finally became impossible to ignore, the math told a story that no amount of spin could fix. The numbers were bleak enough that they deserved a second look — and they still are.

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When Mica Galvão Dissolved BJJ College And Launched MJJ — A 21-Year-Old Forced To Rebuild After His Arrested Father's Charges

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-college

When the fallout from Melqui Galvão's arrest was still fresh enough to sting, his 21-year-old son Mica posted a clean graphic to Instagram and ended a 15-year project in two paragraphs. BJJ College, the team his father had built from the ground up, the team that had produced Mica himself, the team c

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When Mica Galvão's Rebranding Lasted Exactly 96 Hours

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-college

Something happened at BJJ College that crystallized one of grappling's most persistent structural problems in real time. That's how long Mika Jiu-Jitsu lasted before it was put on indefinite hold.

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