Gordon Ryan recently spoke about steroids and PEDs in grappling and how USADA testing would change the sport. Steroids and PEDs remain a hot topic in professional grappling. Recently, Gordon Ryan – the sport’s most widely known active competitor – spoke frankly about PEDs and drug testing in grappling. Ryan
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ONE submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo spoke about why he and his brother want an end to steroids in BJJ. Reigning 77kg ADCC champion and ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo refuses to remain silent on issues that matter to him the most. Now just one day
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Mikey Musumeci posts proof on Instagram, that he is amongst the top-level jiu jitsu athletes who don’t take performance enhancing drugs (PED’s). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is known for being pretty relaxed towards PED’s, due to the fact it isn’t strictly regulated in the sport, and despite the sport growing – it
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The two-time ADCC silver medalist recently took a blood test to prove his status as a steroid-free competitor.
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“Cyborg” Abreu and Vagner Rocha are among the five competitors to accept a three-year ban from IBJJF competition.
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Gordon Ryan has agreed to pay to randomly drug test Nick Rodriguez. The animosity between former Danaher Death Squad teammates Nick Rodriguez and Gordon Ryan has been mounting over the past few days, spurred on by recent comments Rodriguez made about Ryan’s steroid use. While Ryan essentially admits to using
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Nick Rodriguez recently spoke about Gordon Ryan’s use of steroids. Former teammates turned rivals Nick Rodriguez and Gordon Ryan are waging a war of words. In December 2022, the two top no-gi competitors squared off in an EBI-rules match at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 3 – a rematch of
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ADCC veteran Jay Rodriguez spoke to Grappling Insider about the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in jiu-jitsu and submission grappling. Few athletes have seen a quicker rise to the top of submission grappling than Jacob (Jay) Rodriguez. Following the path laid out by his older brother, two-time ADCC silver
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On Thursday, USADA and the IBJJF announced that 2021 IBJJF absolute world champion Felipe Pena has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and, as a result, has accepted a one-year period of ineligibility from IBJJF compeition. Consistent with the organization’s rules, the IBJJF has stripped Pena of his 2021 Worlds
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Caio Terra has long been an advocate for a PED and steroid-free sport. Now ten years after he made a speech condemning the use of steroids in Brazilian-jiu jitsu, he does not see much progress toward a clean sport. In a recent Instagram post, Terra looked back on the speech
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