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Mica Galvao Paused His New Academy Because His Father Made It 'Completely Unviable' — He Still Won't Say His Name

Mica Galvao Paused His New Academy Because His Father Made It 'Completely Unviable' — He Still Won't Say His Name

Jun 12, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-drama
When Mica Galvão announced plans for his own academy in São Paulo, the BJJ world expected another chapter in the young phenom's meteoric rise. Instead, we got a masterclass in how family drama can derail even the most promising ventures.
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Covering Your Opponent's Face as a Grip Break: Technique or Ethics Violation?

Covering Your Opponent's Face as a Grip Break: Technique or Ethics Violation?

Jun 12, 2026 · competition-results, ethics
The first time someone palmed your face on the mat, your reaction wasn't analytical. A hand on the face hits different from an arm drag — it feels personal in a way heel hooks don't, and heel hooks can end your season.
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Kyra Gracie Says Her Family Told Her Women Aren't Supposed to Do Jiu-Jitsu. She Became a 3-Time ADCC Champion.

Kyra Gracie Says Her Family Told Her Women Aren't Supposed to Do Jiu-Jitsu. She Became a 3-Time ADCC Champion.

Jun 12, 2026 · adcc, competition-results
The family that turned jiu-jitsu into a global franchise — the billion-dollar brand built on the premise that anyone can do this, that anyone can learn, that the art belongs to whoever puts in the time — told one of their own women to quit. "Kyra, forget about it.
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Urijah Faber's Tech Fall And The RAF Pay Floor That Actually Checked Out

Urijah Faber's Tech Fall And The RAF Pay Floor That Actually Checked Out

Jun 12, 2026 · arman-tsarukyan, competition-results
Urijah Faber wanted you to know wrestling pays now. He told Ariel Helwani that Real American Freestyle wrestlers can make "as much as a doctor or a lawyer if you have four or five matches in a year." He said that had never been heard of in wrestling, which was why people were going to be tuning in.
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Craig Jones' Training Secret: What Teammates Revealed

Craig Jones' Training Secret: What Teammates Revealed

Jun 12, 2026 · athlete-narrative, craig-jones
Craig Jones built his no-gi reputation on a specific narrative: he was different. While everyone else was in the gym destroying their bodies with traditional strength training, Jones claimed he was just rolling, flowing, outsmarting people through technique and timing.
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Kyra Gracie Had to Fight Her Own Family for the Right to Train Jiu-Jitsu

Kyra Gracie Had to Fight Her Own Family for the Right to Train Jiu-Jitsu

Jun 12, 2026 · adcc, competition-results
The Gracie family has spent a hundred years selling jiu-jitsu as the great equalizer. Technique beats strength.
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Robert Valentin Dedicated a First-Round RNC to His Late Mother — And Nobody in the Arena Was Ready For That Speech

Robert Valentin Dedicated a First-Round RNC to His Late Mother — And Nobody in the Arena Was Ready For That Speech

Jun 12, 2026 · competition-results, grappling
Two minutes and twenty-two seconds was all it took. Robert "Robzilla" Valentin dragged Julien Leblanc to the canvas, took his back, and sank in a rear-naked choke so textbook it could be the cover of a BJJ instructional.
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The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Alive Is Going to MMA Because He's 'Tired of Being Called a Wimp'

The Most Decorated Pure-BJJ Specialist Alive Is Going to MMA Because He's 'Tired of Being Called a Wimp'

Jun 12, 2026 · athlete-news, bjj-identity
Mikey Musumeci has been called a butt scooter for so long he's started talking about punching people. Not because he believes it.
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