Polaris 36 took place on March 7th, 2026 and there were 3 title-fights topping off a night full of exciting superfights. Michael Tomlinson and Archer Colaco opened the show with a pair of brutal spinelocks and although most of the preliminary card matches ended in decisions, there was still plenty of highlights. Emily Leyva and Martina Zola had one of the toughest matches of the night, and Mikail Rhaillander got a pretty big upset win over Jean Maltese a bit later on. Then in the final match of the preliminary card, Romao Carvalho scored a decision win over top UK competitor Jack Sear.
Sarah Galvao kicked off the main card by trapping Libby Genge in a triangle choke and submitting her with a kimura from there, right before two of the UK’s most popular grapplers took to the mats. Ross Nicholls beat Sam Gibson by decision and that led on to another decision win, where the former Polaris welterweight champion PJ Barch got the nod over Shane Fishman. That was the final match of the night without a title up for grabs too; with the promotion’s vacant featherweight title being put on the line in the next battle between Owen Jones and Gianni Grippo.
Jones put on one of the best performances of her career and beat Grippp by decision, adding another big name to his resume. Then Kendall Reusing returned for her first match in almost 2 years; but she looked as good as she ever has in submitting Anabel Lopez and defending her openweight title. The final match of the night was the one that was arranged most recently, as Shai Gerena earned the right to challenge Ethan Crelinsten for the lightweight title just two weeks ago. It was always going to be an interesting one because Gerena submitted every opponent in the contenders tournament, but Crelinsten secured the rear-naked choke in the first round to defend his title.
Polaris 36 Full Results
Ethan Crelinsten defeats Shai Gerena via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Crelinsten remains the Polaris lightweight champion
Kendall Reusing defeats Anabel Lopez via Submission – Armbar
Reusing remains the Polaris openweight champion
Owen Jones defeats Gianni Grippo via Decision – Unanimous
Jones becomes the Polaris featherweight champion
PJ Barch defeats Shane Fishman via Decision – Unanimous
Ross Nicholls defeats Sam Gibson via Decision – Unanimous
Sarah Galvao defeats Libby Genge via Submission – Triangle Kimura
Preliminary Card
Romao Carvalho defeats Jack Sear via Decision – Unanimous
Mikael Rhaillander defeats Jean Maltese via Decision – Unanimous
Franck Takoudjou defeats Bruno Jardim via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Dominic Klingher defeats Chase Vaughn via Decision – Unanimous
Emily Leyva defeats Martina Zola via Decision – Split
Nikolas Koretsis defeats Chris Leydendeckers via Decision – Unanimous
Matt Ludlow defeats Nathan Jones via Decision – Unanimous
Joshua Onwordi defeats David Cartwright-Khoza via Decision – Unanimous
Andy Roberts defeats Jota Viklander via Decision – Unanimous
Muhammad Mustafa defeats Harry Powell via Decision – Unanimous
Chloe Roberts defeats Lucie Maximo via Submission – Armbar
Tommy Graelish defeats Cameron Wakeford via Decision – Unanimous
Archer Colaco defeats Asim Hussain via Submission – Scottish Twister
Michael Tomlinson defeats Connor Soper via Submission – Scottish Twister
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