Fight 2 Win 87

F2W 87: Baby Vieira, Shebaro, & More To Light Up Dallas

F2W 87: Baby Vieira, Shebaro, & More To Light Up Dallas

Fight 2 Win is heading back to Dallas for the fourth time this weekend, and they're brining something extra special for the fans.

Sep 26, 2018 by Chase Smith
F2W 87: Baby Vieira, Shebaro, & More To Light Up Dallas

Fight 2 Win is heading back to Dallas for the fourth time this weekend, and they're brining something extra special for the fans.  We'll see World Champions, future stars, and legneds of the sport going head to head in submission only super fights.

Watch Fight 2 Win 87 LIVE on FloGrappling Sep. 28 5:30pm CST

Main Event: Chelsah Lyons (Marcelo Garcia) vs Ana Carolina Vieira (GF Team)

The main event at F2W 87 is pure fire: World champion Ana Carolina Veiria will challenge  Marcelo Garcia black belt Chelsah Lysons for the no-gi lightweight title. Vieira has been on a break from competition since winning worlds back in June, and we’re interested in how she fares in no-gi competition. 

Based in Dallas, Lyons is undefeated at F2W and has racked up six wins against competitors like Tara white, Monique Ricardo, and Brittney Elkin. 


Alan Shebaro (Shebaro Jiu-Jitsu) vs Alexandro Ceconi (Revolution Dojo/ Ceconi/Kmkz)

Alexandre Ceconi is a 2x Brazilian National champion, 2010 World Pro Champion and 2009 bronze Worlds Medalist.  Though things didn’t go his way last weekend at King of Mats Ceconi is wasting no time jumping right back into competition at F2W.

Waiting for Alexandro on the Fight 2 Win stage is Alan Shebaro, a Carlos Machado black belt and director of the We-Defy Foundation, an organization that exists to ‘improve the lives of mentally and physically disabled combat veterans' through jiu-jitsu and physical training. Shebaro has a successful record competing at F2W and is a proponent of strong fundamentals and crushing pressure. 

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Samuel Nagai(Checkmat) vs Michael Salazar (Soul Fighters)

Samuel Nagai x shocked jiu-jitsu fans around the globe when he took out  Guthierry Barbosa, Italo Moura, and AOJ star Johnathan Alves in his gold medal run in the adult purple belt lightweight division at the 2018 World Championships. 

Watch Samuel Nagai's Road To Gold At Worlds

Nagai has since been promoted to brown belt, and greeting him at the new rank is is Michael Salazar fighting out of Soul Fighters. Salazar has seen plenty of success of the F2W stage, and a win over Nagai will propel him to the top of the brown belt prospects.