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ADCC Silently Removes Izaak Michell From 2026 Worlds

ADCC Silently Removes Izaak Michell From 2026 Worlds

ADCC removed Izaak Michell from the 2026 Worlds roster. You found out because his name vanished from the bracket.
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Izaak Michell — Who Has an Active Felony Warrant — Was Booked to Fight Francisco Lo at ONE Fight Night 33 in Bangkok

Izaak Michell — Who Has an Active Felony Warrant — Was Booked to Fight Francisco Lo at ONE Fight Night 33 in Bangkok

Izaak Michell was booked for ONE Fight Night 33 in Bangkok on July 11, 2026, to face Francisco Lo in a welterweight submission grappling match at Lumpinee Stadium. The matchup itself read like a reasonable test: two grapplers still searching for their first ONE Championship victories, both with legi
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Craig Jones Has Responded to More BJJ Abuse Cases This Year Than Every Governing Body Combined

Craig Jones Has Responded to More BJJ Abuse Cases This Year Than Every Governing Body Combined

Craig Jones holds no official position in this sport. He runs an event that lost $800,000.
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ADCC Removed Its Public Invite List After Fans Found a Fugitive, a Nazi-Salute Account, and a Post-Cardiac Competitor on the Bracket

ADCC Removed Its Public Invite List After Fans Found a Fugitive, a Nazi-Salute Account, and a Post-Cardiac Competitor on the Bracket

ADCC operates on the honor system. You trust that the organization vetting the world's best submission grapplers for its marquee event has done some kind of basic due diligence before emailing out invitations.
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Back in May, ADCC's Krakow Problem Got Worse: A Look at What the Organization Left Unsaid

Back in May, ADCC's Krakow Problem Got Worse: A Look at What the Organization Left Unsaid

When this went down recently—specifically on May 9th, 2026—ADCC faced a choice. The organization could have made a statement.
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Izaak Michell Is On The Leaked ADCC 2026 Invite List — Active Felony Warrant Did Not Cost Him The Slot

Izaak Michell Is On The Leaked ADCC 2026 Invite List — Active Felony Warrant Did Not Cost Him The Slot

Izaak Michell qualified for ADCC 2026 the honest way. He won the Asia & Oceania Trials at 77 kilograms in December 2025.
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ADCC 2026 Was a Ticket Fiasco and Everyone Saw It Coming

ADCC 2026 Was a Ticket Fiasco and Everyone Saw It Coming

When the dust settled on ADCC's qualification cycle for the September event in Poland, one number told the entire story: four tickets per day. That was the sales velocity for what's supposed to be the biggest submission grappling event on the planet, scheduled for September 12-13 at Tauron Arena Kra
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Second Arrest Warrant Issued for Izaak Michell as Australian Media Tracks Him Down Living in a Van

Second Arrest Warrant Issued for Izaak Michell as Australian Media Tracks Him Down Living in a Van

There are now two active arrest warrants for Izaak Michell in the state of Texas. The first, out of Hays County, charges sexual assault — a second-degree felony carrying two to twenty years. The second,...
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