Helena Crevar will now be making the first defense of her lightweight title at Polaris 30 on November 2nd, 2024, as she faces off against Nia Blackman at the event. It’s some excellent matchmaking from the promotion, as these two women are among the top female prospects in the sport. They have built themselves up as professional grapplers on opposite sides of the world, with Crevar being a fearsome teenage competitor in the US and Blackman being one to watch in Europe for quite some time. With that in mind, it’s highly likely that this will be the first of many matches that these two women have against one another.
They actually competed alongside one another earlier this year, as they were both in the stacked roster for ADCC 2024. They both won ADCC Trials at the beginning of 2024 in order to earn their places at the event, but in different weight classes. Crevar won the under 65kg division at the ADCC North American Trials while Blackman won the ADCC European Trials at over 65kg. They had significantly different experiences in their respective debuts though, as Blackman went out in the opening round after facing the eventual champion and Crevar left with a silver medal in a phenomenal performance.
Both Helena Crevar and Nia Blackman have some experience on the Polaris mats in particular too, with Crevar winning the inaugural lightweight title in her first appearance at Polaris 28. Blackman might not have any silverware to show for her time competing at Europe’s biggest grappling promotion, but she was equally impressive on her debut. They both have a reputation as exciting competitors and they will undoubtedly be leaving it all on the mats, delivering plenty of action for the fans in attendance and watching at home. The rest of the card for Polaris 30 is yet to be announced, including the main event that will take place after this title-fight.
Polaris announced the news that Helena Crevar will be defending her lightweight title against Nia Blackman at Polaris 30 in a recent post to their official Instagram account:
