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Roosevelt Sousa Banned 3 Years for Meldonium

Roosevelt Sousa Banned 3 Years for Meldonium

Jun 27, 2026 · makhachev, meldonium
Roosevelt Sousa's career just got put in a submission hold with no referee to call the tap. On January 15, 2026, the UFC's anti-doping partner USADA handed down a three-year suspension to Sousa, a UFC contract grappler and title contender in UFC's BJJ division.
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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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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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Roosevelt Sousa Banned by USADA, UFC BJJ Books Title Fight

Roosevelt Sousa Banned by USADA, UFC BJJ Books Title Fight

May 29, 2026 · bjj, combat-sports-regulation
There is a specific kind of cognitive dissonance that happens when you watch a sport announce, with total confidence, that it has solved a problem—and then immediately creates the exact problem it just solved. Roosevelt Sousa knows that feeling now.
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Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha Are Nine Days From Grand Slam Immortality — With USADA Testing Standing Between Them and the Trophy

Tainan Dalpra and Gabi Pessanha Are Nine Days From Grand Slam Immortality — With USADA Testing Standing Between Them and the Trophy

May 20, 2026 · athlete-news, competition
When you're nine days from becoming one of the greatest competitors in the history of jiu-jitsu, the math is simple. Secure the Grand Slam.
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UFC BJJ Booked a Man Serving a 3-Year USADA Ban as Their June Title Contender

UFC BJJ Booked a Man Serving a 3-Year USADA Ban as Their June Title Contender

May 18, 2026 · anti-doping, doping
Roosevelt De Sousa had a December to remember. On December 13, 2025, he won the IBJJF gi world title in the ultra-heavyweight division.
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IBJJF Worlds Is in 12 Days — And This Is the First Time USADA Will Test at the Venue

IBJJF Worlds Is in 12 Days — And This Is the First Time USADA Will Test at the Venue

May 17, 2026 · anti-doping, competition
USADA is going to Worlds. The 2026 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship runs May 28–31 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
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Fight Sports Tops BJJ's PED Suspension Scorecard With Five. Alliance, Gracie Barra, And Atos Round Out The Standings Nobody Asked For.

Fight Sports Tops BJJ's PED Suspension Scorecard With Five. Alliance, Gracie Barra, And Atos Round Out The Standings Nobody Asked For.

May 12, 2026 · alliance, anti-doping
Counting was the whole novelty. BJJEE published a piece this week titled "The Dirty Scorecard: Which BJJ Teams Have The Most PED Violations?" and somewhere between the headline and the math, the sport finally got a leaderboard nobody volunteered for.
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