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Erik Paulson Shares The Reason He Was Pushed Out Of Rickson Gracie’s Academy

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September 23, 2026

Erik Paulson revealed on a recent podcast that he believes he was pushed out of Rickson Gracie’s academy decades ago for reasons different from what he was told at the time. Paulson explained that he had been training with Rickson while also competing as a bare knuckle athlete, an arrangement he says was cleared beforehand: […]

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