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Tainan Dalpra and Mica Galvão Have Never Competed at the Same IBJJF Major — The Sport's Two Best Active Gi Competitors Keep Missing Each Other

Tainan Dalpra and Mica Galvão Have Never Competed at the Same IBJJF Major — The Sport's Two Best Active Gi Competitors Keep Missing Each Other

Jun 24, 2026 · adcc, athlete-news
Dalpra has three world titles. Galvão has the Super Grand Slam.
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Strickland Says He Stood Up to His Abusive Father at 13 — That's the Fight He's Been Having Ever Since

Strickland Says He Stood Up to His Abusive Father at 13 — That's the Fight He's Been Having Ever Since

Jun 16, 2026 · athlete-backstory, khamzat-chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev posted a photo of Sean Strickland alongside his father and wrote: "You can cry that's okay… your father make you a girl." This is the same button Dricus du Plessis pressed at their presser — which is how du Plessis ended up getting rushed. Chimaev either didn't read that story, read
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Chimaev Posted Striking Footage Instead of the Grappling Tape That Was Supposed to Destroy Strickland

Chimaev Posted Striking Footage Instead of the Grappling Tape That Was Supposed to Destroy Strickland

Jun 01, 2026 · chimaev, grappling
About a month before UFC 328 went down in Newark, Khamzat Chimaev made a decision that would haunt the lead-up to his middleweight title shot against Sean Strickland. On a Tuesday four days before the fight, he posted a 26-second sparring clip to social media.
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Sean Strickland Is a Two-Time UFC Middleweight Champion. That Sentence Shouldn't Make Sense.

Sean Strickland Is a Two-Time UFC Middleweight Champion. That Sentence Shouldn't Make Sense.

May 24, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev
Sean Strickland is a two-time UFC middleweight champion. Not because it's hard to believe — it happened, the scorecards are real, the belt is around his waist — but because the entire narrative infrastructure the UFC built over the last two years just collapsed in Newark, New Jersey, and it's worth
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Khamzat Chimaev Just Lost His First Fight. The Narrative Was Always the Problem.

Khamzat Chimaev Just Lost His First Fight. The Narrative Was Always the Problem.

May 10, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev lost a fight last night. It's a short sentence.
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Sean Strickland Is a Two-Time UFC Middleweight Champion. That Sentence Shouldn't Make Sense.

Sean Strickland Is a Two-Time UFC Middleweight Champion. That Sentence Shouldn't Make Sense.

May 10, 2026 · competition-results, khamzat-chimaev
Sean Strickland is the UFC middleweight champion. You can read that twice.
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Strickland Broke His Nose at UFC 328. He Won Anyway.

Strickland Broke His Nose at UFC 328. He Won Anyway.

May 10, 2026 · championship, competition-results
The nose broke somewhere in the middle rounds. You could see it in the blood, the angle of it, the way Strickland blinked and reset.
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