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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

Jun 11, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
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

Jun 11, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
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 Mica Galvao Killed Mika Jiu-Jitsu Before It Started — 'Became Completely Unviable'

When Mica Galvao Killed Mika Jiu-Jitsu Before It Started — 'Became Completely Unviable'

Jun 11, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-college
Mica Galvao made a decision, then unmade it just as quickly. The gap between announcement and reversal was so compressed that Mika Jiu-Jitsu never even got a proper logo.
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Nicholas Meregali Steps Back From Galvao Plea — 'Many Of Those People Are Also Part Of It'

Nicholas Meregali Steps Back From Galvao Plea — 'Many Of Those People Are Also Part Of It'

Jun 10, 2026 · accountability, athlete-news
Nicholas Meregali — three-time IBJJF World Champion and the loudest name in professional BJJ pressing on the Melqui Galvão case — made a very public plea. On April 28, he posted an Instagram video asking victims to come forward with a specific ask: contact him directly and he'd route them to the det
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When Kade Ruotolo and Diogo Reis Both Fought Through Inflection Points on the Same Bangkok Card

When Kade Ruotolo and Diogo Reis Both Fought Through Inflection Points on the Same Bangkok Card

Jun 10, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
Two ADCC champions shared a ONE Fight Night 43 card in Bangkok. The coincidence seemed minor at the time.
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Diogo Reis's First Fight Without Melqui Galvão's Team — ONE Fight Night 43 Became a Test Nobody Planned

Diogo Reis's First Fight Without Melqui Galvão's Team — ONE Fight Night 43 Became a Test Nobody Planned

Jun 10, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
Diogo Reis stepped onto the mat in Bangkok on May 15 for what should have been a routine title defense. Instead, it became something far more complicated: the first real glimpse of one of submission grappling's brightest talents operating without the institutional scaffolding that built him.
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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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