Dante Leon To Face Diego Pato Oliveira At WNO 22 For Lightweight Title
Dante Leon To Face Diego Pato Oliveira At WNO 22 For Lightweight Title
Dante Leon will make his first 155lb title defense against 145lb champion Diego "Pato" Oliveira at WNO 22 in Costa Mesa, CA on Feb. 9.
Two of the top pound-for-pound grapplers on Earth will face off when Dante Leon defends his 155lb championship against 145lb champion Diego "Pato" Oliveira on Feb. 9 at WNO 22 in Costa Mesa, CA. This will mark Dante's first title defense and Pato will be aiming to become a WNO two-division champion with the victory.
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Dante Leon had a stellar 2023 that saw him win the WNO 155lb championship with a submission victory over Ethan Crelinsten, help captain Team Modolfo to AIGA gold, and win No-Gi Pans all the way up at super-heavyweight. The PSF powerhouse is currently the No.1 ranked 155lb grappler on Earth and No.4 pound-for-pound.
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His opponent, Diego "Pato", had a pretty incredible 2023 himself. Pato won IBJJF world titles in both gi and no-gi, medaled at the Crown, and won the WNO featherweight championship with a submission over Diogo "Baby Shark" Reis. 2023 was the year of the duck and he has his sights set on becoming WNO's first champ-champ with a win here.
WNO 22 Full Card
- Men's Heavyweight Match - Nick Rodriguez vs Victor Hugo
- WNO Men's Welterweight Championship - Mica Galvão vs Kenta Iwamoto
- WNO Women's Flyweight Championship - Ffion Davies vs Amanda "Tubby" Alequin
- WNO Men's Lightweight Championship - Dante Leon vs Diego "Pato" Oliveira
- Men's Middleweight Match - Jacob "The Hillbilly Hammer" Couch vs Sebastian Rodriguez
- Men's Middleweight Match - Tainan Dalpra vs Oliver Taza
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