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Tainan Dalpra and Mica Galvão Have Never Competed at the Same IBJJF Major — The Sport's Two Best Active Gi Competitors Keep Missing Each Other

Jun 24, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news

Dalpra has three world titles. Galvão has the Super Grand Slam.

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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

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, brasileiros

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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Three Weeks Out From Worlds, Two Athletes Are Still Alive on the Grand Slam. One Has Never Won It.

Jun 03, 2026 · athlete-news, brasileiros

The 2026 IBJJF Grand Slam is down to two people. That's the state of things three weeks before Worlds.

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Three Athletes Walked Into Brasileiros Black Belt Finals With A Grand Slam On The Line — Pato, Dalpra, Pessanha Needed One More Gold

Jun 03, 2026 · athlete-news, brasileiros-2026

Three athletes walked into Ginásio Poliesportivo José Correa with the same résumé. Won Worlds in May 2025.

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The Brasileiro Sold Out At 8,000 Entries: How Two AOJ Teammates Nearly Made Back-To-Back Grand Slams Real

Jun 02, 2026 · aoj, athlete-news

Something genuinely rare happened in jiu-jitsu: the IBJJF's oldest major championship hit a ceiling nobody had seen before. The Brasileiro — ten days of competition across every belt level from kids to black belt — sold out at exactly 8,000 registered competitors.

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Rerisson Gabriel Ended Diego Pato's Nine-Title Streak and Killed His Grand Slam Chase at Brasileiros

Jun 01, 2026 · alliance, athlete-news

Back in late April, Diego "Pato" Oliveira walked into Barueri carrying a streak so absurd it had stopped being a conversation starter and become something closer to accepted fact. Nine consecutive IBJJF major titles.

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Tainan Dalpra & Gabi Pessanha Chase IBJJF Grand Slam at Worlds 2026

May 29, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj

When you're the last two athletes standing in a four-tournament gauntlet, the Grand Slam stops being a hypothetical achievement and becomes a very real, very exhausting reality. That's where Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha find themselves one week out from IBJJF Worlds 2026 in Los Angeles.

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Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha Are Nine Days From Grand Slam Immortality — With USADA Testing Standing Between Them and the Trophy

May 20, 2026 · athlete-news, competition

When you're nine days from becoming one of the greatest competitors in the history of jiu-jitsu, the math is simple. Secure the Grand Slam.

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