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Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Is Not Working.' The Most Decorated Gracie in History Is Getting Called Out By His Own Son.

Kron Gracie Says His Father's MMA Advice 'Is Not Working.' The Most Decorated Gracie in History Is Getting Called Out By His Own Son.

Rickson Gracie's advice isn't working. The one actually eating punches inside the UFC cage.
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When ADCC's Kraków Ticket Disaster Became a Case Study in Self-Sabotage

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

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 Demetrius Johnson Called It Quits on IBJJF Masters — 'My Life Doesn't Change If I Win Or Lose'

When Demetrius Johnson Called It Quits on IBJJF Masters — 'My Life Doesn't Change If I Win Or Lose'

Demetrius Johnson dropped one of the most honest sentences anyone's said about competing in a gi tournament, and it's worth revisiting now that the dust has settled. "My life doesn't change if I win or lose." He meant every word of it, and the reasoning behind that statement revealed something uncom
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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

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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Gabriel Bonfim Defeats Belal Muhammad 50-45

Gabriel Bonfim Defeats Belal Muhammad 50-45

Gabriel Bonfim didn't just beat Belal Muhammad on June 6 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas. All three rounds, all three judges: 50-45, 50-45, 50-45.
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How Mica Galvao Named His New Team After Himself—While Walking Away From One Named After His Father

How Mica Galvao Named His New Team After Himself—While Walking Away From One Named After His Father

The jiu-jitsu world watched something rare unfold: a clean organizational break, executed without the usual corporate apologies or half-measures. When Micael "Mica" Galvão announced he was leaving Melqui Galvão Jiu-Jitsu and launching Mika Jiu-Jitsu, the move wasn't just a name change.
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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

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 Mackenzie Dern's Father Won Brasileiros Gold at 58 — Megaton Dias Took Master 7 Lightweight As João Miyao Claimed Master 1

When Mackenzie Dern's Father Won Brasileiros Gold at 58 — Megaton Dias Took Master 7 Lightweight As João Miyao Claimed Master 1

A quiet milestone slipped past the main narrative of what the IBJJF circuit was building toward. On May 1, when the masters block of the 2026 Brasileiros rolled through Barueri, Wellington "Megaton" Dias—who had just turned 58 the previous October—stepped onto the mat and won Master 7 Lightweight go
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