It’s been something that Gordon Ryan has been publicly discussing for quite some time now, but the three-time ADCC world champion has been battling a stomach condition for years now. He wasn’t even able to get a diagnosis for years, although he recently found out that his condition was called Gastroparesis and is actually made worse by the amount of meals he has to eat in order to maintain his size with a hectic Jiu-Jitsu schedule.
Now, Ryan has made the difficult decision to step away from competitive Jiu-Jitsu altogether while he attempts to get his health under control.