Kendall Reusing is an American jiu-jitsu black belt who competes for Gracie Barra in heavyweight and openweight divisions. Her Instagram follows competition, training and commentary work.

Background

Reusing was born on 29 October 1997 in Dana Point, California. Her father, Tom Reusing, competed in jiu-jitsu and is listed as her coach. She trained in judo and jiu-jitsu as a child and became an accomplished freestyle wrestler. She won the 2015 California state high school title and four US national high school titles, and wrestled for Team USA at Cadet and Junior level. After a year wrestling at Simon Fraser University in Canada, she returned to jiu-jitsu full time in 2016. She was promoted to black belt in 2019, after winning double gold at the 2018 No-Gi Worlds as a brown belt.

Competition highlights

• IBJJF World No-Gi: black belt gold in 2019 (plus open-weight silver) and super-heavyweight gold again in 2023.
• Polaris: inaugural women's openweight champion in 2021. She defended the title in 2022 and retained it in 2023.
• ADCC: North American trials winner (60 kg+) in 2021. At ADCC 2022 she hurt her knee in the semi-final, lost by retirement and had to forfeit the bronze-medal match. She took bronze at over 65 kg in 2024.
• 2024: USA Grappling World Team Trials winner and UWW No-Gi Grappling world champion, both under 90 kg.
• Colored belts: No-Gi Worlds titles at blue (2016) and brown (2018) belt, and IBJJF Worlds gold at purple (2017).

Notable matches

Her wins include a 2022 decision over Ffion Davies and a points win over Amy Campo at ADCC 2024. Rafaela Guedes beat her in the 2021 Who's Number One final and by submission in the 2024 ADCC semi-final. Beatriz Mesquita submitted her in the 2024 ADCC absolute.

Content

Besides competing, Reusing worked as a FloSports commentator at the 2021 Worlds. Her wrestling base links to our single-leg takedown and double-leg takedown pages. Follower counts are curated snapshots, not live data.