Decorated black belt competitor Elisabeth Clay spoke to Grappling Insider about training through pregnancy and making a quick return to high-level competition. Elisabeth Clay is undeniably one of the top pound-for-pound no-gi grapplers on the planet today. Renowned for her dangerous leg locks and seemingly impassable guard, the Ares BJJ
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Top black belt competitor Elisabeth Clay earned double gold at the 2024 IBJJF No-Gi Pans just two months after giving birth to her first child. Mom strength is a real thing. The 2024 IBJJF No-Gi Pans took place over the weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, and arguably the event’s most
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The 22-year-old defeated both reigning ADCC champions in a career-defining performance.
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Ffion Davies and Elisabeth Clay will be two of eight grapplers competing at Polaris Women’s Grand Prix. On March 11, Europe’s largest grappling promotion, Polaris, will hold its first-ever women’s grand prix. Featuring eight top-level competitors in the 66 kg. division, the winner will take home $20,000. The promotion has
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Fight To Win 186 took place on Friday, October 29 in Dallas, TX. In the main event, Thamara Ferreira picked up an upset win when she submitted fellow elite competitor Elisabeth Clay. Making that submission all the more impressive is the fact that it was a leg lock, Clay’s area
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At Fight To Win 186 on Friday, October 29, no-gi world champion and Fight To Win champion Elisabeth Clay will take on European Open champion Thamara Ferreira for the Fight To Win lightweight no-gi title. The match was announced via the promotion’s Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post
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At the 2021 no-gi Pans, Elisabeth Clay put on what might have been the most dominant performance of not only the weekend, but the entire year so far. Clay secured six submission wins in as many matches to win both her weight and the absolute division, and she did it
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The dust has settled from the 2021 IBJJF no-gi Pans, and Elisabeth Clay is walking away with arguably the best overall performance of the weekend. Clay secured six submissions in as many matches on her way to winning double gold. Per usual, Clay did most of her best work attacking
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On Saturday, February 27, Fight to Win held its second all-female fight night live from Dallas. In the main event of Fight to Win 165, 20-year old phenom Elisabeth Clay won her black belt debut in the gi, submitting Maria Malyjasiak via toehold. With the win, Clay captured the Fight to
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For the second time in as many months, Fight to Win will host an all-women grappling card. In the main event of Fight to Win 165: Female Fight Night 2, Elisabeth Clay will square off with Maria Malyjasiak in a gi match for the Fight to Win welterweight title. Clay
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