Rivalry · 9 recorded meetings

Beatriz Mesquita vs Gabrielle Garcia

Head-to-head record

Beatriz

Gabrielle

Beatriz

Gabrielle

2011 → 2023, oldest first

Did you know?

The head-to-head is 7 to 0 in Gabi Garcia's favor, with no draws across their recorded meetings.
Only 1 of the 7 meetings ended in a finish. That was an Americana Lock in the 2011 IBJJF European Jiu-Jitsu Championships semi-final.
Every recorded meeting between them was in the gi, spread across events from 2011 to 2014.
Across recorded matches Garcia holds an 88% win rate over 72 bouts, while Mesquita holds a 70% win rate over 89 bouts.
Against common opponent Mackenzie Dern, Mesquita is 1-0 on record while Garcia is 4-1.

The rivalry

On record these two met 7 times, and Gabi Garcia won all 7. Every meeting happened in the gi between 2011 and 2014, and most came in finals: the 2011 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship, the 2012 Abu Dhabi World Pro, the 2013 Abu Dhabi World Pro, and the 2014 Abu Dhabi World Pro among them. This was a recurring bracket collision at the top of the women's division rather than a back-and-forth series.

The method column tells you how it went. Five of the 7 were decided on the mat by the referee's tally: points, an advantage in the 2012 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship semi-final, and one scored as other in the 2013 Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship final. The only finish came at the 2011 IBJJF European Jiu-Jitsu Championships semi-final, where Garcia closed it with an Americana Lock. So Beatriz Mesquita was consistently kept from her own offense and beaten more often on control and position than by submission.

The size and division gap frames all of it. Garcia competed in the over 65kg bracket while Mesquita's recorded division is 135 lb, and their head-to-head sat in absolute and heavier formats. Looking wider, Garcia carries an 88% win rate across 72 recorded matches and Mesquita a 70% win rate across 89, so both were elite in their own weight ranges even though the direct series ran one way.