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Andrew Wiltse Opens New Academy, Launches YouTube Channel, Posts Public Apology to Craig Jones

Andrew Wiltse Opens New Academy, Launches YouTube Channel, Posts Public Apology to Craig Jones

Jun 25, 2026 · andrew-wiltse, comeback
Andrew Wiltse didn't ease back into BJJ. He came back with a public apology, a YouTube channel, and a gym in Nebraska, and he did those things in roughly that order.
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Kayla Harrison Is Back Training After Neck Surgery — The UFC Women's Bantamweight Champ Who Called Rousey a Liar Is Now Targeting a Return

Kayla Harrison Is Back Training After Neck Surgery — The UFC Women's Bantamweight Champ Who Called Rousey a Liar Is Now Targeting a Return

Jun 15, 2026 · amanda-nunes, comeback
Kayla Harrison was two weeks out from defending her UFC women's bantamweight title when the UFC flew her to New York and doctors gave her two options: have neck surgery immediately, or risk paralysis. That was late January.
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Ben Askren Returns to Fighting After Lung Transplant

Ben Askren Returns to Fighting After Lung Transplant

Jun 12, 2026 · ben-askren, comeback
Ben Askren is coming back to fighting less than a year after a double lung transplant. We live in a sport where fighters pop anti-inflammatories before morning open mat like vitamins.
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Ben Askren's New Lungs, Old Habits

Ben Askren's New Lungs, Old Habits

Jun 08, 2026 · ben-askren, comeback
Ben Askren got new lungs. And his first instinct is to go back to wrestling.
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Gina Carano Lost 100 Pounds to Fight Ronda Rousey on Netflix

Gina Carano Lost 100 Pounds to Fight Ronda Rousey on Netflix

Jun 01, 2026 · comeback, gina-carano
When this went down back in mid-May 2026, it felt like the kind of celebrity MMA nostalgia card that shouldn't have worked—two former champions separated from active competition by roughly a decade, fighting on Netflix under Jake Paul's MVP banner. But what made the whole thing slightly less disposa
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Ffion Davies Returns to UFC BJJ 9 After Title Loss

Ffion Davies Returns to UFC BJJ 9 After Title Loss

May 29, 2026 · bjj, comeback
When you lose a championship, the standard play is to disappear for a while. Cry into your açaí bowl.
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Gilbert Burns Returns to Grappling at UFC BJJ 9 vs. Monteiro

Gilbert Burns Returns to Grappling at UFC BJJ 9 vs. Monteiro

May 27, 2026 · bjj, comeback
When you're Gilbert 'Durinho' Burns, a UFC welterweight contender fresh out of a grueling war, what's a guy to do with some downtime? Apparently, you don't take a vacation.
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Vegas Has Rousey at -650. Netflix Is Calling It Her Comeback. One of These Framings Is Wrong.

Vegas Has Rousey at -650. Netflix Is Calling It Her Comeback. One of These Framings Is Wrong.

May 09, 2026 · comeback, gina-carano
A -650 betting line is not a comeback fight. When sportsbooks open you at -650, they're saying you have roughly an 87% chance of winning.
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