Tainan Dalpra will put his undefeated WNO record on the line when he takes on Rene Sousa at WNO 26. This middleweight tilt will be going down on February 7th in Dalpra's adopted home town of Costa Mesa, CA and streamed exclusively on FloGrappling.

When Tainan Dalpra announced his plans to transition to no-gi competition, it was one of the biggest stories in jiu-jitsu. The two-time IBJJF World Champion had mowed through the gi scene and was left with few challenges as the middleweight king. Since then, he has gone 2-0 in no-gi matches with both coming at WNO.

With only one week until the event, Francisco Lo has been forced to withdraw from his planned middleweight title bout with Jacob Couch. Now, Jonnatas Gracie will step up in his place and face Couch for the belt on June 20th, in Austin, TX. The top-ten ranked middleweight contender is one of the standouts of Atos and a recent invite to the 2024 ADCC World Championships.

An injury has forced a change to WNO's title fight, as Mica Galvao will be unable to defend his welterweight championship. Instead, challenger Tommy Langaker will take on ADCC West Coast Trials champion Andrew Tackett. This match is a meeting between 2024 ADCC Trials champions, with Tommy winning European Trials earlier this year. The two will meet at 185lbs for the short notice bout.

"The Hillbilly Hammer" Jacob Couch will return to the WNO stage in Feb. 9th in Costa Mesa, California when he takes on Unity Jiu-Jitsu's Sebastian Rodriguez. We expect a serious scrap when these two hard-nosed competitors bring their action-packed styles to the mat for 15 minutes of pro middleweight grappling.

Who's Number One continues to bring matchups featuring the most exciting and dynamic grapplers on Earth, as surging Brazilian black belt Francisco Lo takes the relentless William Tackett on May 18th's Tezos WNO 18: Meregali vs Marinho. These are two young grapplers who both have serious accolades and a fan-friendly style that we expect will bring fireworks.

Gabriel Sousa will return to the Tezos WNO mats after a second-place run at the WNO Championship when he faces Keith Krikorian at the top of the free prelims card in Frisco, TX on March 25 for Tezos Who’s Number One: Musumeci vs Martinez presented by Fat Tire.