Rivalry · 5 recorded meetings

Gabrieli Pessanha vs Yara Nascimento

Head-to-head record

Gabrieli

Yara

Gabrieli

Yara

2019 → 2022, oldest first

Did you know?

Across 5 recorded meetings, Gabrieli Pessanha leads Yara Nascimento 4 to 1.
None of the 5 meetings ended by submission. All were decided by points or advantages.
Nascimento's only recorded win over Pessanha came at the 2021 Continental Pro South America final, on points.
Pessanha finishes 50% of her wins by submission, while Nascimento finishes 67% of hers, yet the submission never showed up when they faced each other.
Pessanha carries a 95% win rate over 148 recorded matches, compared to Nascimento's 82% over 22.

The rivalry

Gabrieli Pessanha and Yara Nascimento have met 5 times on record, and Pessanha holds a 4 to 1 edge. Their first recorded meeting came at the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Rio De Janeiro in the semi-finals, and the rivalry ran mostly through gi competition, with one no-gi meeting in the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London final.

What stands out is that none of these matches ended in a submission. Every meeting was decided by points or advantages. Pessanha took her four wins on points three times and by advantage once. Nascimento's single win came on points in the 2021 Continental Pro South America final, which is the one time she solved the matchup.

The broader records point in the same direction. Pessanha carries a 95% win rate across 141 wins and 7 losses on record, and finishes half her wins by submission, with the Straight Ankle Lock her most frequent finish at 16. Nascimento sits at an 82% win rate over 18 wins and 4 losses, with a higher 67% submission rate on her wins. Against each other, though, the finishes never came, and Pessanha's ability to control the scoreboard decided most of the meetings.