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18-Year-Old Brown Belt Gabrieli Pessanha Wins Upset Against Nathiely De Jesus, Then Wins The World Pro

Following one of the biggest upsets of the event, brown belt Gabrieli Pessanha has become a 2019 World Pro champion.

Pessanha is far from the first brown belt to win one of the women’s combined brown + black belt divisions at the UAEJJF event, but her age (just eighteen years old!) and the fact that she narrowly defeated multiple-time World Champion Nathiely de Jesus on her way to the top of the 90kg division make her victory very noteworthy indeed. In the finals, she got a quick win via armbar against French black belt Claire-France Thevenon, reminding us that it was no fluke that she made it this far in the first place.

Image Source: Averi Clements for Jiu-Jitsu Times

Among her brown belt peers, Pessanha has a more established reputation as a top grappler, which she reinforced with double gold at Pans this year. Now, her win at the World Pro has put a target on her back that’s sure to stay put even when she gets promoted to black belt.

Watch Pessanha vs. Thevenon below:

The post 18-Year-Old Brown Belt Gabrieli Pessanha Wins Upset Against Nathiely De Jesus, Then Wins The World Pro appeared first on Jiu-Jitsu Times.

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