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Grappling Report: Oliver Taza and Yuri Simoes come out on top at F2W 172

Fight 2 Win delivered yet another fantastic event headlined by two physically-imposing heavyweights. This year’s IBJJF no gi Pan-am champion Devhonte Johnson was facing a huge challenge in Yuri Simoes, a two-time ADCC world champion who recently began his professional MMA career. The vast majority of the match was spent with the pair wrestling and a single backtake was the deciding factor when the judges ruled in Simoes’ favor.

The co-main event featured another pair of big names as one of the Danaher Death Squad’s rising stars Oliver Taza took on a veteran black belt in GF Team’s Jaime Canuto.