In his first competitive match in 263 days, Gordon Ryan returned to the WNO mats to submit Australian ADCC Trials winner Josh Saunders via outside heel hook in the main event in Austin, TX.

Ryan defeated Saunders slightly past the halfway mark of the scheduled 15-minute match, scoring the tap at 8 minutes 33 seconds of the bout. Ryan nearly finished the match in the opening seconds, locking up a heel hook after pulling guard at the start, but Saunders got away.

Ryan showed some of his guard game and his passing, but did not hold dominant position for long, and instead, slipped back into a leg entanglement where he put an end to the match.

This marked the first scheduled 15-minute bout in Ryan's WNO tenure. The rest of his nine WNO matches have been scheduled for 30 minutes or more; but each of them has ended in submission. The heel hook victory at WNO 24 is the quickest victory of his WNO career.

Watch the full match here.

Diego Pato submits Fabricio Andrey to retain featherweight title

Diego Pato remains a two division WNO champion with a submission victory in his first featherweight title defense, taking out Fabricio Andrey with a rear naked choke after suffering some early pressure.

Pato took Andrey's back ten minutes into the bout, and locked the choke in two minutes later. Before Pato's late flurry, Andrey had several impressive chances, passing Pato's resilient guard, though he couldn't mount sufficient offense from a dominant position.

Pato is now on a three-win streak at WNO. He defeated Diogo Reis to win the featherweight title, submitted Dante Leon to win the lightweight title, then submitted Andrey to retain the featherweight belt.

Watch the full match here.

Jonnatas Gracie poured the pressure on to defeat Jacob Couch for middleweight belt

Atos representative Jonnatas Gracie is now the WNO middleweight champion, picking up the vacant belt after defeating Jacob Couch with a steady stream of passing pressure.

Gracie, now 2-0 on WNO, forced halfguard near the halfway point of the match, and built top pressure through that position. In the closing minutes, he secured mount and began to stretch Couch out from that position.

Watch the full match here.

Tainan Dalpra defeats Jacob Rodriguez in back and forth match

AOJ's Tainan Dalpra is now 3-0 on WNO, overcoming his biggest test to date in Jacob Rodriguez. Rodriguez put Dalpra to the test, scoring an quick takedown early, and moving well from the top. Rodriguez passed Dalpra to mount in the first half of the match.

But when Dalpra escaped, he surged, sweeping to top then taking the back, where he rode out the end of the match.

Watch the full match here.

More highlights from WNO 24

Victor Hugo put on a dominant display against Javier Zaruski, throwing up several submission attempts before taking the back and clinically working to a rear naked choke submission.

Jozef Chen defeated Elijah Dorsey via rear naked choke to move to 2-0 with two submissions. Chen hit an early takedown, then applied his unique passing style to slide to mount before taking the back.

Ethan Crelinsten overwhelmed Deandre Corbe with pressure from top position. He outpaced Corbe from the start, then climbed to the back, where he hunted for submission until time expired.

Adele Fornarino won a decision victory over Ana Rodrigues in a cagey match. Fornarino is now 2-0 on WNO.

B-Team athletes scored a clean sweep in the WNO 24 prelims. Declan Moody submitted Felipe Costa from the back to win his WNO debut. Ally Wolski submitted Nathalia Santoro via armbar. Jordan Holy defeated Andrew DeGraff by decision in a leglock shootout. Taylor Hishaw defeated Lauren Sears with a display of top pressure and guard passing.

In total, six of the 12 matches on the WNO 24 card ended in submission. Four of the six submissions were rear naked chokes.

WNO History: Here's Every Who's Number One

Here is every WNO event ever with match replays, news and results

• WNO 24: Ryan vs Saunders
• WNO 23: Meregali vs Rocha
• WNO 22: Rodriguez vs. Hugo 
• WNO 21: Marinho vs. Lovato 
• WNO 20: Night of Champions
• WNO 19: Meregali vs. Duarte
• WNO 18: Meregali vs. Marinho
• WNO 17: Pena vs. Rodriguez
• WNO 16: Ste-Marie vs Bastos
• WNO 15: Gordon Ryan vs Felipe Pena
• WNO 14: Who's Next Finale
• WNO 13:  Gordon vs. Couch 
• WNO 12: Craig Jones vs. Pedro Marinho 
• WNO 11: WNO Championship
• WNO 10: Jones vs. Ruotolo
• WNO 9: Jones vs. Pena
• WNO 8: Rafael Lovato Jr. vs. Gilbert Burns
• WNO 7: Gordon vs. Vagner
• WNO 6: Craig Jones vs. Ronaldo Junior
• WNO 5: Kaynan Duarte vs. Rodolfo Vieira
• WNO 4: Gordon Ryan vs. Matheus Diniz
• WNO 3: Gary Tonon vs. Dante Leon
• WNO 2: Gordon Ryan vs. Kyle Boehm 
• WNO 1: Who's No. 1

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