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DAKAR — Judo at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games ended Tuesday, with Clarisse Vallim of Brazil winning the women's 78 kg title and Tajus Babaicenko of Lithuania taking the men's 100 kg gold, according to the International Judo Federation. The day-two golds had gone to Germany's Reinhold at 63 kg, Slovenia's Cebulj at 81 kg and Kazakhstan's Supygaliyeva at 52 kg, with silvers for India, Iran and Portugal. Day one produced Azerbaijani and Turkish golds. It also gave Jordan its first Olympic-stage judo medal, a silver for Houda Wshah. Matar Diop won bronze at 66 kg, the host nation Senegal's first medal of the Games in any sport. The IJF said the officiating team was gender-balanced for the first time at an international event. IOC President Kirsty Coventry visited on day two.

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. — AJ Agazarm, the 2014 IBJJF World No-Gi black belt champion and 2017 ADCC silver medalist, faces a public accusation from a former student that he groomed her. BJJ outlets reported it this week, following his Sept. 22 arrest on suspicion of residential burglary in Ventura County, California. Sheriff's records show he was booked that evening, posted $50,000 bail and was released the next day. The Ventura County District Attorney has filed no charges. The 24-year-old woman says she dated Agazarm from May 2023 to December 2025, beginning when she was 19 and he was 35. She also alleges abuse, which is her claim and has not been tested in court. She says hidden-camera footage shows a masked intruder, and that the property was her family home. A temporary restraining order was issued Sept. 28. Gracie Barra says it ended its affiliation with Agazarm in July 2026, before the arrest.

SYDNEY — The UFC has built out its Feb. 6 Fight Night in Sydney. Australian lightweight Quillan Salkilld, 26, headlines against Benoit Saint-Denis in a five-round fight. Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker co-headlines against light heavyweight Bogdan Guskov. Whittaker, 35, fights in his hometown for the first time since 2014. He is coming off a third-round TKO of Nikita Krylov in his light heavyweight debut in July. Guskov, 34, has finished all 18 of his pro wins. He is coming off a fifth-round TKO loss to Magomed Ankalaev. Salkilld is unbeaten in the UFC and recently submitted Mateusz Gamrot. Saint-Denis is coming off a submission loss to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 329. The card also includes the Road to UFC featherweight and bantamweight finals.

INCHEON, South Korea — Michel Pereira will face In Soo Hwang on Dec. 19 at ZFN 5 in Incheon, South Korea. The promotion belongs to Chan Sung Jung, known as the Korean Zombie, and the card streams on UFC Fight Pass. Pereira, 33, left the UFC with a 10-6 record. He had lost four of his last five fights there. His final UFC bout was a decision loss to Shara Magomedov, in which Magomedov repeatedly grabbed his hair and referee Herb Dean took no points. Pereira has argued the result was compromised. Hwang is 9-2, with seven knockouts among his nine wins, and was on last year's Contender Series. Separately, Edson Barboza, who retired after 33 UFC fights, has booked a return to combat sports three months after retiring. The rules allow strikes.