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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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Dana White Banned Dillon Danis From UFC 328. Danis's Response Was to Publish the Full Banned List.

Dana White Banned Dillon Danis From UFC 328. Danis's Response Was to Publish the Full Banned List.

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, banned-list
The most logical response to a lifetime ban is to keep your head down. Maybe stay off social media for a few weeks.
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Gordon Ryan Retired Four Months Ago. He'd Like to Tell You Who the Good UFC Grapplers Are Anyway.

Gordon Ryan Retired Four Months Ago. He'd Like to Tell You Who the Good UFC Grapplers Are Anyway.

Jun 10, 2026 · competition-results, gordon-ryan
Gordon Ryan can't train. His gut — destroyed by years of antibiotics fighting recurring staph infections — won't recover on any timeline he controls.
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Khamzat Chimaev Turned Down Kyle Snyder, Asked For Bo Nickal Instead — And The UFC Already Said No

Khamzat Chimaev Turned Down Kyle Snyder, Asked For Bo Nickal Instead — And The UFC Already Said No

Jun 10, 2026 · bo-nickal, competition-results
Khamzat Chimaev signed with Real American Freestyle, then spent the next month declining the one wrestler in the building he could actually face. His RAF debut was set for RAF 10 on June 13 at Chaifetz Arena in St.
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UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje at the White House

UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje at the White House

Jun 10, 2026 · competition-results, diego-lopes
Professional combat sports stopped being sport and became pure spectacle. UFC Freedom 250 at the White House is the moment that stopped being subtle.
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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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ADCC Worlds Tickets Stuck 63% Empty Four Months Out — How Yuri Simoes vs Kaynan Duarte Quietly Became The Main Event

ADCC Worlds Tickets Stuck 63% Empty Four Months Out — How Yuri Simoes vs Kaynan Duarte Quietly Became The Main Event

Jun 10, 2026 · adcc, adcc-2026
When May rolled around and ticket sales data started leaking, ADCC's Kraków event was already showing signs of serious trouble. When this went down recently—roughly 27 days before the time of writing—the organization found itself in a position that few major combat sports properties ever want to occ
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Buchecha's UFC Collapse: How the BJJ GOAT Went 0-2-1 in Just Three Fights

Buchecha's UFC Collapse: How the BJJ GOAT Went 0-2-1 in Just Three Fights

Jun 10, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-to-mma
Ryan Spann delivered what might be the final punctuation mark on Alexandre "Buchecha" Ribeiro's mixed martial arts experiment. A left hook and straight right in the second round at UFC Vegas 116 sent the 13-time IBJJF World Champion to the canvas, and he didn't beat the count.
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