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Roosevelt De Sousa's 3-Year Ban For Meldonium—A Substance Banned A Full Decade Prior

Roosevelt De Sousa's 3-Year Ban For Meldonium—A Substance Banned A Full Decade Prior

Jun 10, 2026 · competition-results, doping
The BJJ community got handed a piece of paperwork that nobody particularly wanted to think about too hard. USADA announced that Roosevelt Sousa, the 2025 No-Gi Absolute World Champion, would not compete in an IBJJF event until January 12, 2029.
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Mica Galvao Broke His Silence — Condemned 'Violence Against Women And Children' In General But Did Not Address His Father By Name

Mica Galvao Broke His Silence — Condemned 'Violence Against Women And Children' In General But Did Not Address His Father By Name

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, athlete-statement
When Melqui Galvao turned himself in to Manaus police on a São Paulo arrest warrant referencing alleged sexual crimes against minors, his son Mica posted a statement about seven hours later. The statement was short.
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Melqui Galvão: How A Tenured Police Instructor Allegedly Abused Three Students — One Just 12 — While His Federation Stayed Silent

Melqui Galvão: How A Tenured Police Instructor Allegedly Abused Three Students — One Just 12 — While His Federation Stayed Silent

Jun 10, 2026 · accountability, athlete-news
The headline detail that no story about Melqui Galvão could seem to top was almost absurd in its specificity: the man was on the Amazonas state payroll as a sworn Civil Police investigator with a sub-specialty in teaching other officers personal-defense techniques. That alone would have been darkly
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Livia Barasine Emerges as First Named Competitor on Record in Galvão Case

Livia Barasine Emerges as First Named Competitor on Record in Galvão Case

Jun 07, 2026 · accountability, athlete-news
When Livia Barasine released her statement on May 4, the jiu-jitsu community got its first named adult face attached to the allegations against coach Melqui Galvão. She didn't emerge from anonymity because she'd been hiding.
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Worlds Entry Fee Just Hit $204. Then USADA Showed Up With a Clipboard.

Worlds Entry Fee Just Hit $204. Then USADA Showed Up With a Clipboard.

Jun 07, 2026 · anti-doping, competition
The 2026 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship is coming to Long Beach. The Walter Pyramid will host five days of elite grappling from May 28 to 31.
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UFC Enters Amateur Jiu-Jitsu With Submission-First Rules. The Establishment Is Nervous.

UFC Enters Amateur Jiu-Jitsu With Submission-First Rules. The Establishment Is Nervous.

Jun 07, 2026 · amateur-jiu-jitsu, competition
UFC just did something the IBJJF has been too afraid to do for twenty years: admit that jiu-jitsu competitions suck to watch when they're decided by advantages and stalling. With the launch of UFC BJJ Opens—a new amateur ruleset designed explicitly to reward submissions and eliminate the dead-time t
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BJJ's Amateur Competition Scene Is Quietly Collapsing — and Too Many Promotions Finally Hit a Wall

BJJ's Amateur Competition Scene Is Quietly Collapsing — and Too Many Promotions Finally Hit a Wall

Jun 06, 2026 · adcc, amateur
You drive four hours. Your bracket started with twelve registered competitors.
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When BJJ Had Its Closest Olympic Shot Yet — And Immediately Fractured Into Three Competing Camps

When BJJ Had Its Closest Olympic Shot Yet — And Immediately Fractured Into Three Competing Camps

Jun 05, 2026 · adcc, community
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu community witnessed something genuinely remarkable: the sport's most realistic Olympic pathway in its history, followed almost immediately by complete organizational chaos. The sequence of events that unfolded over just a few weeks — and the three incompatible ruleset framewo
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