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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

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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Brazilian Deputy Reveals Melqui Galvão Called Former Students From Prison to Pressure Testimony Changes

Jun 07, 2026 · abuse, accountability

Brazilian state Deputy Alessandra Campêlo made a public revelation that shifted understanding of the Melqui Galvão case from institutional crisis into something darker: active, ongoing obstruction from inside a jail cell. Galvão had been locked up in a Manaus facility for roughly two weeks when, acc

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BJJ's Abuse Crisis Is Now Being Analyzed in Academic Media — The Sport Marketed As Safer Than Striking Gets Its First Mainstream Institutional Autopsy

Jun 03, 2026 · abuse, academic

The pitch was always the same. You want self-defense without turning your brain to pudding?

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Fabricio Andrey's Title Shot and the Team He Left Behind in 2023

Jun 03, 2026 · athlete-news, fabricio-andrey

When Fabricio Andrey landed his ONE Championship Lightweight Submission Grappling title shot against Kade Ruotolo, the narrative practically wrote itself. A 26-year-old Brazilian grappler with three IBJJF World titles was about to fight for gold—but the real story sat in the background, quietly resh

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Mica Galvao Closed BJJ College And Launched Mika Jiu-Jitsu — Diogo Reis Already Out, Andrey Still 'Evaluating'

Jun 02, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-college

Something genuinely chaotic unfolded in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Mica Galvao started the week employed by his father's organization.

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Melqui Galvao Allegedly Kept Intimidating Witnesses From Inside Prison

Jun 02, 2026 · accountability, athlete-misconduct

Brazilian state deputy Alessandra Campêlo made allegations that transformed what was already a serious case into something darker and more calculated. When Galvao was arrested on April 28th, the prosecution had something damning: a 13-minute audio recording of him apparently negotiating with a victi

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Mica Galvao Announced His Own Team, Then Shut It Down Before The Gear Was Even Printed

Jun 02, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-college

Here's the complete history of Mika Jiu-Jitsu: announced, then canceled, with no gear to show for it. The window between "I'm starting a team" and "never mind" was about a week.

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