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Mikey Musumeci Is Defending His UFC BJJ Title After Training With Umar and Ditching the Leg Locks. He's Never Been More Interesting.

Mikey Musumeci Is Defending His UFC BJJ Title After Training With Umar and Ditching the Leg Locks. He's Never Been More Interesting.

May 21, 2026 · bantamweight, competition-results
The man they called a butt scooter is about to defend a UFC title. Mikey Musumeci — five-time IBJJF world champion, the best pure jiu-jitsu player at 125 pounds, and the human being specifically targeted by the UFC BJJ no-butt-scooting rule that the promotion quietly abandoned once they realized the
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Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Make Attacking Jiu-Jitsu a Liability — Two Weeks Before His UFC BJJ Title Defense

Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Make Attacking Jiu-Jitsu a Liability — Two Weeks Before His UFC BJJ Title Defense

May 21, 2026 · competition-results, ibjjf
When you're two weeks out from defending a UFC BJJ title under submission-only rules, but can't resist taking shots at the IBJJF's points system, you know you're dealing with Mikey Musumeci. The five-time IBJJF world champion turned UFC BJJ titleholder has never been shy about his disdain for the fe
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Roosevelt Sousa Has a 3-Year IBJJF Ban for Meldonium. He's Still Challenging For The UFC BJJ Title.

Roosevelt Sousa Has a 3-Year IBJJF Ban for Meldonium. He's Still Challenging For The UFC BJJ Title.

May 21, 2026 · bjj-competition, competition-results
When Roosevelt Sousa steps onto the mats for UFC's inaugural BJJ championship next month, he'll be doing so under a cloud of controversy that perfectly encapsulates the fractured state of competitive grappling governance. The Brazilian heavyweight is currently serving a 3-year IBJJF suspension for t
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Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Punish Attacking. Drysdale Says Without IBJJF We'd Have 12-Year-Old Black Belts. Both Are Right.

Musumeci Says IBJJF Rules Punish Attacking. Drysdale Says Without IBJJF We'd Have 12-Year-Old Black Belts. Both Are Right.

May 19, 2026 · athlete-news, belt-standards
The uncomfortable part is that both being right at the same time is the actual problem. Mikey Musumeci and Robert Drysdale made opposite-sounding arguments about IBJJF in the same week.
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Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Punishes You For Actually Fighting — He Should Know, He Won Under Both Systems

Mikey Musumeci Says IBJJF Punishes You For Actually Fighting — He Should Know, He Won Under Both Systems

May 19, 2026 · brasileiro, competition
Mikey Musumeci has five IBJJF world titles. He's the first American to win multiple black belt world championships at IBJJF Worlds.
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IBJJF Worlds Is in 12 Days — And This Is the First Time USADA Will Test at the Venue

IBJJF Worlds Is in 12 Days — And This Is the First Time USADA Will Test at the Venue

May 17, 2026 · anti-doping, competition
USADA is going to Worlds. The 2026 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship runs May 28–31 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
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BJJ Now Has An Anti-Doping Medal Table: Fight Sports 5, Alliance 4, Gracie Barra 3, Atos 2

BJJ Now Has An Anti-Doping Medal Table: Fight Sports 5, Alliance 4, Gracie Barra 3, Atos 2

May 14, 2026 · alliance, anti-doping
Five anti-doping violations: Cyborg, Porfirio, De Sousa, Rocha, and most recently Mica Galvão. Alliance sits second with four (Nogueira, Tayane Porfirio, Andrew, Gabi Garcia).
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Melqui Galvao Is Still Running His Academy — From Prison, Via Phone

Melqui Galvao Is Still Running His Academy — From Prison, Via Phone

May 13, 2026 · accountability, athlete-news
Melqui Galvao was transferred to a São Paulo prison on May 10. Brazilian deputy Alessandra Campêlo went public this week with the claim: Galvao has been making video calls from inside the facility — 20 to 30 minutes at a time — to students connected to his BJJ College project in Manaus.
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