Rivalry · 5 recorded meetings

Claire-France Thévenon vs Gabrieli Pessanha

Head-to-head record

Claire-France

Gabrieli

Claire-France

Gabrieli

2019 → 2023, oldest first

Did you know?

Pessanha won all 5 recorded meetings, and every one of them came by submission.
4 of the 5 matches were finals, including bouts at the 2019 and 2021 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
Pessanha holds a 95% win rate over 148 recorded matches, while Thévenon sits at 21% over 28 recorded matches.
Pessanha is the first person to win the IBJJF No-Gi Double Grand Slam, reported November 3, 2025.
As of November 11, 2025, Pessanha was scheduled to make her professional no-gi circuit debut at WNO 31 on December 5, 2025, against Paige Ivette.

The rivalry

Gabrieli Pessanha leads this series 5-0 over Claire-France Thévenon, and every meeting ended by submission. Four of the five came in a final, spread across events from 2019 through 2023, so this was a fixture at the business end of the bracket rather than a one-off. The only recorded finish with a named method was a Rear Naked Choke in the 2023 European Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship final.

The broader records point in the same direction. Pessanha carries a 95% win rate across 148 recorded matches, with a submission on 50% of her wins. Thévenon sits at a 21% win rate over 28 recorded matches, with submissions accounting for 33% of her 6 wins. That gap in finishing pressure is the story of the head-to-head.

The common-opponent picture reinforces the pattern. Against shared names like Yara Nascimento, Izadora Cristina Silva, and Nathiely De Jesus, Pessanha went a combined 11-2 while Thévenon went 0-4. Only against Marta Szarecka did Thévenon manage a win among these shared foes, going 1-1.