At ONE Combat Night time 24, Mayssa Bastos earned a call victory over Danielle Kelly to win the ONE atomweight submission grappling world title.
Mayssa Bastos is already essentially the most embellished BJJ competitor of the game’s lightest weight lessons and he or she has now added ONE Championship gold to her trophy case.
On Friday, August 2, within the co-main occasion of ONE Combat Night time 24, the Brazilian scored a aggressive however clear-cut choice win over reigning titleholder Danielle Kelly to say the ONE atomweight submission grappling world title. She is the group’s first-ever Brazilian submission grappling world champion.
Kelly got here out aggressive on the toes, touchdown a number of clubbing collar ties that bordered on strikes, even drawing a warning from referee Herb Dean.
Undeterred, Bastos caught to her recreation plan and commenced attacking from her open guard and largely pressured the American on the defensive by way of the bout’s opening a number of minutes. Bastos employed a kiss of the dragon assault (AKA “inside berimbolo”) to just about take Kelly’s again on a number of events however was by no means capable of safe a clear back-take.
Across the contest’s midpoint, Kelly fell again on a clear inside heel hook try to earn a 1-0 lead in catches.
In response, Bastos turned up her aggression from her guard and began attempting to find leg locks along with chasing the again. With lower than two minutes remaining, Bastos discovered her means right into a deep belly-down heel hook try to earn a catch and even the rating at 1-1.
Each grapplers attacked with frantic aggression within the closing seconds, however neither was in the end capable of rating one other catch.
After 10 minutes of high-paced motion, Bastos was awarded the judges’ choice on the energy of her efficient work from the guard and total aggression.
With the victory, Bastos improved to 2-0 in ONE and handed Kelly her first promotional defeat.
By way of potential contenders, Bastos may look ahead to a direct rematch with Kelly. If that match doesn’t happen, reigning IBJJF no-gi world champion Tammi Musumeci is undefeated in ONE, holds an IBJJF win over former World Title challenger Jessa Khan, and has confirmed she will make the atomweight (115-pound) restrict.
Bastos is subsequent slated to compete within the 55kg division on the 2024 ADCC World Championships, set to go down on August 17-18 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
