WNO 21 Highlights: Mica Galvao Submits Kody Steele To Retain WNO Title
WNO 21 Highlights: Mica Galvao Submits Kody Steele To Retain WNO Title
Mica Galvao kept his belt when he beat Kody Steele at WNO 21. After the match it was announced he will face Nicky Ryan at WNO 22.
Mica Galvao found a rear naked choke submission to retain his 170-pound Welterweight WNO title against Kody Steele on Nov. 30 at Tezos WNO 21: Pedro Marinho vs Rafael Lovato Jr Presented by Fat Tire at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas.
Steele avoided several submission attempts before Galvao landed the one that stuck and ended the match.
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Galvao retained his belt moments after teammate Diogo Reis lost his belt in the men's featherweight division. Reis appeared to suffer a knee injury that led to Diego Pato to win the belt.
WATCH: Mica Galvao Takes Kody Steele's Back and Secures the RNC!
After the match, Galvao and Nick Ryan was announced for the first WNO event of 2023, WNO 22 which is slated for February. Ryan won at WNO 20 in August of 2023.
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WNO 21 Card
The complete WNO 21 card is not official, but the main card is as of Oct. 30.
Main Card:
- Pedro Marinho vs Rafael Lovato Jr. - Light heavyweight title bout
- Mica Galvao vs Kody Steele - Welterweight title bout
- Diogo Reis vs Diego Pato Oliveira - Featherweight title bout
- Luke Griffith vs Roosevelt Sousa - Heavyweight bout
- Helena Crevar vs Julia Maele - Featherweight bout
- Tainan Dalpra vs Troy Russell - Middleweight Bout
Undercard
- Dominic Mejia vs Owen Jones - Featherweight bout
- Reese LaFever vs Estevan Martinez - Lightweight bout
- Mia Funegra vs Janice Russell - Strawweight bout
- Nick Mataya vs Ian Butler - Welterweight bout
More WNO 21 News
- Mica Galvão To Defend WNO Championship Against Kody Steele At Tezos WNO 21
- 'Baby Shark' Diogo Reis To Defend WNO Title Against Diego 'Pato' Oliveira
- Tainan Dalpra To Make No-Gi Debut On Tezos WNO 21 Against Troy Russell
- Logan Paul Brought Gordon Ryan With Him To Dillon Danis Weigh-in
Here are the reigning Tezos WNO Champions
- Men's featherweight (145): Diogo Reis
- Men's lightweight (155): Dante Leon
- Men's welterweight (170): Mica Galvao
- Men's middleweight (185): Tye Ruotolo
- Men's light heavyweight (205) Pedro Marinho
- Men's heavyweight (205+) Gordon Ryan
- Women's straw weight (115): Mayssa Bastos
- Women's flyweight (125): Ffion Davies
- Women's bantamweight (135): Beatriz Mesquita
- Women's featherweight (145): Elisabeth Clay
- Women's Heavyweight (145+) Nathiely de Jesus
FloGrappling's Official No-Gi Pound-For-Pound Rankings
- Gordon Ryan New Wave Jiu-Jitsu USA
- Dante Leon Pedigo Submission Fighting CAN
- Diogo Reis Melqui Galvao JJ BRA
- Nicholas Meregali New Wave Jiu-Jitsu BRA
- Tye Ruotolo Atos USA
- Mikey Musumeci Evolve MMA USA
- Kade Ruotolo Atos USA
- Pedro Marinho Gracie Barra BRA
- Mica Galvao Melqui Galvao JJ BRA
- Kaynan Duarte Atos BRA
- Craig Jones B-Team AUS
- Fabricio Andrey Alliance BRA
- Felipe Pena Gracie Barra BRA
- Nick Rodriguez B-Team USA
- Gabriel Sousa Essential BRA
Here are the full FloGrappling rankings.
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