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The Death of Carlson
There's a lot of like two different versions of the events from what I gathered from the outsiders was a little miscommunication. My guess is that Carlson never read that contract either, but he put the hammer down. And it ended one of the most beautiful episodes in history of Jiu Jitsu with like the death of Carlson who really died fairly young,. and it was probably mostly out of grief than anything. He didn't make a dime. He wasn't recognized. Everyone else took the credit. They padded themselves on the back. The guy who did it all, who put his ass on the line his whole life, which Jiu Jitsu died broke. It's just such a sad story.
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