Beatriz Mesquita
Ten world titles, then an unbeaten run in MMA
- Born
- April 7, 1991, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Nationality
Brazil- Height
- 157 cm (5′2″)
- Style
- Technical closed-guard player
- Weight
- Lightweight, Open class, ADCC -60 kg, Bantamweight (MMA)
- Active
- 2010–present
- Status
- Active · age 35
The record
Professional MMA record per UFC.com and Wikipedia (the other win came by disqualification). BJJ Heroes publishes no grappling win-loss record for her.
10× IBJJF World Champion, 1× ADCC
The story
eatriz 'Bia' Mesquita started jiu-jitsu at five in Rio de Janeiro, also trained judo, wrestling and swimming as a child, and at ten was sent to train with Leticia Ribeiro. She collected world titles through the colored belts and, as a black belt, won the IBJJF lightweight world championship eight times between 2012 and 2021, plus the absolute in 2013 and 2014. Her ten black-belt world titles are tied for the most by any woman. She also won ADCC gold at 60 kg in 2017, the 2018 No-Gi World title in her weight and the absolute, and ADCC absolute silver in 2024. That same year she turned to MMA, won the LFA bantamweight title in 2025 and signed with the UFC, where she was still unbeaten, at 8-0 overall, as of mid-2026.
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- IBJJF World champion ×10 (lightweight 2012-2016, 2018, 2019, 2021; open class 2013, 2014)
- ADCC champion 2017 (-60 kg)
- IBJJF No-Gi World champion 2018 (weight and absolute)
- LFA women's bantamweight champion (2025)
- IBJJF Hall of Fame
- UFC Performance of the Night (2025 debut)
Defining matches
- 2011LOSSvs Gabi Garcia (points, IBJJF Worlds open-class final)
- 2017WINvs Bianca Basílio (ADCC -60 kg final)
- 2019WINvs Ffion Davies (10-2 on points, Abu Dhabi World Pro final)
- 2025WINvs Irina Alekseeva (rear-naked choke, UFC debut)
- 2026WINvs Melissa Mullins (armbar, UFC Fight Night)
Borrow Bia's closed-guard control: break posture with collar and sleeve grips, angle your hips off to one side, and hit the scissor or hip-bump sweep the moment the opponent tries to stand or posts a hand.
1948–1982
