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Melqui Galvao's Former Teammates Discouraged Victims From Reporting — 'You're Going to Destroy the Team'

Melqui Galvao's Former Teammates Discouraged Victims From Reporting — 'You're Going to Destroy the Team'

Jul 03, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-college
Brazilian Deputy Alessandra Campêlo revealed a disturbing dimension to the criminal case against jiu-jitsu instructor Melqui Galvao: even while detained in a Manaus prison on sexual abuse charges, he was allegedly orchestrating an intimidation campaign against alleged victims, pressuring witnesses t
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Enoque Galvão Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges — Police Say He Smuggled Phone Into Jail to Pressure Witnesses

Enoque Galvão Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges — Police Say He Smuggled Phone Into Jail to Pressure Witnesses

Jun 23, 2026 · bjj, bjj-college
The legal troubles of the Galvão family deepened significantly when Enoque Galvão, brother of jiu-jitsu coach Melqui Galvão, was arrested on sexual assault charges strikingly similar to those already facing his sibling. The arrest marked another dark chapter in what had become an uncomfortable saga
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When a BJJ World Champion Named Herself

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

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

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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Diogo Reis's Return to Competition After Leaving Fight Sports Manaus

Diogo Reis's Return to Competition After Leaving Fight Sports Manaus

Jun 11, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
When Diogo Reis stepped into the ONE Championship cage for Fight Night 43 on May 15, he was doing something that looked routine on the surface but carried weight underneath it. He was defending his ONE flyweight submission grappling championship against Yuki Takahashi.
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When Mica Galvao Killed Mika Jiu-Jitsu Before It Started — 'Became Completely Unviable'

When Mica Galvao Killed Mika Jiu-Jitsu Before It Started — 'Became Completely Unviable'

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-college
Mica Galvao made a decision, then unmade it just as quickly. The gap between announcement and reversal was so compressed that Mika Jiu-Jitsu never even got a proper logo.
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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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