Fight 2 Win 149 was originally headlined by an exciting clash of styles between Keenan Cornelius and Gabriel Almeida, until Cornelius was forced out of the fight due to a back injury and replaced by a very game Manuel Ribamar. While the worm-guard king himself couldn’t attend, Legion Jiu-Jitsu came away with a phenomenal seven wins out of eight fights, including Conner DeAngelis and Sloan Clymer who both took home a shiny championship belt. In the main event, Manuel Ribamar was no doubt coming in confident after having beaten Almeida in all three of their previous matches, including one just last year under the very same promotion.
Ribamar immediately pulled guard but Almeida was far more aggressive than their previous meetings and pulled his opponent into a loose 50/50 with the added control over his lapel. Almeida then returned to his feet and engaged with Ribamar’s guard briefly, before both men decided to disengage and reset from standing. Ribamar sat back to guard briefly but decided to return to standing shortly after, this time it was Almeida who jumped to closed guard, opening it as he fell back. Ribamar used the momentary gap in his opponent’s guard to fight hard for a pass, although Almeida fought back to his feet again. Almeida jumped guard again and the pair nearly fell off the mat while Ribamar was working to pass, so the referee reset them to standing. Ribamar got the final guard-pull in and Almeida frantically worked to pass, but couldn’t manage to complete it as the time ran out.
In an incredibly close match, Almeida was awarded the decision victory and earned redemption against the man he’d so far been unable to beat. Elsewhere on the card, Edwin “Junny” Ocasio and Luiza Monteiro both won titles with Ocasio taking a hard-fought split decision over Lucas Pinheiro while Monteiro dominated Jena Bishop in under three minutes, finishing with a collar choke. There was also a record-breaking 11-second submission that came courtesy of Max Danrely, the fastest there has ever been in a F2W black belt match. A slick response to his opponent sitting to guard, it seems like Danrely might be one to watch in future.
Fight 2 Win 149 Full Results
Gabriel Almeida defeats Manuel Ribamar via Decision
Edwin “Junny” Ocasio defeats Lucas Pinheiro via Split Decision
Ocasio Becomes Black Belt No Gi Bantamweight Champion
Luiza Monteiro defeats Jena Bishop via Choke
Monteiro Becomes Black Belt GI Featherweight Champion
Max Danrley defeats Mauricio Fernandes via Armbar SOTN
Cliff Sabroe defeats Sean Joseph via Split Decision
Jeff Hammond defeats Eric Board via Armbar
Joao Costa defeats Jean Petric via Split Decision
Gilvan Gomes defeats Kevin Williams via Split Decision FOTN
Diego Santana Do Espírito Santo defeats Erick Raposo via Split Decision
Cody Hoffstatter defeats Frank Rosenthal via Split Decision
Brown Belts
Darin Conner DeAngelis defeats Tyler Murrah via Choke
DeAngelis Becomes Brown Belt Light-Heavyweight Gi Champion
Cameron Mellott defeats Eric Naples via Decision
Mellott Becomes Brown Belt No Gi Flyweight Champion
Sloan Clymer defeats Emil Fischer via Decision
Clymer Becomes Brown Belt No Gi Light-Heavyweight Champion
Guilherme Bacha Guedes defeats Breylor Grout via Split Decision FOTN
Dominick Williams defeats Nader Tannir via Choke
Austin Fraley defeats Jaccob Charles via Armbar
Zach Cothren defeats Guilherme Monteiro via Decision
Michael Egley defeats Leandro Nascimento via Clover Leaf SOTN
David Weintraub defeats Cameron Adair via Rear Naked Choke
Purple Belts
Ramiro Leon defeats Jordan Marshall via Triangle Choke SOTN
Jacob Kassama defeats Jerry DeAmond via Choke
Jess Bermudez defeats Rhodes Faraday via Decision FOTN
Alexandru Marculescu defeats Jaedon Nobles via Heel Hook
Kyle Hodgdon defeats Aric Mercado via Decision
Noah Villemarette defeats Christopher Soto via Decision
Juno Lucero defeats Carson Steicher via Decision
Gabriel Aguiar Costa defeats Hemerson Neris de Souza via Decision
Zach Wolivar defeats Austyn McNeil via Decision
Stephanie Williamson defeats Yasmim Coutinho via Decision
Christian Johnson deefats Leroy Brown via Decision
Blue Belts
Lorenzo Ledesma defeats Guillaume Prada via Decision FOTN
Joshua Rodriguez defeats Oliver Smith via Slam
Anthony Williams defeats Alejandro Felix via Guillotine
Skylar Idell defeats Marie Eliza Cordero via Rear Naked Choke
Nick Carlucci defeats Manuel Bernard Mejia via Choke SOTN
Chase Main defeats Mitchell Cupp via Heel Hook
Hamza Al-Saad defeats Gray Ramirez via Kneebar
Teens
Kevin Ditto defeats Sean Rubchinuk via Kimura FOTN
Owen Sabroe defeats Brayden Wolfe via Ankle Lock SOTN
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