Mayssa Bastos is a Brazilian black belt from Niterói and a six-time IBJJF World champion at roosterweight. Known as "Pequena Notável" (the remarkable little one), she won IBJJF World gi titles every year it was held from 2021 to 2025 after her first in 2019. She has added several No-Gi World titles and the ONE Championship atomweight submission grappling belt.
Background and lineage
Bastos did judo as a child with her older brother and began jiu-jitsu at 12 at GFTeam in Maricá under Jair Court. She won juvenile World, European and Pan titles at blue belt in 2014 and more world titles at purple and brown belt. Júlio César Pereira promoted her to black belt on 4 June 2018. Her lineage runs through Monir Salomão and Oswaldo Fadda to Luiz França. After a period at Unity Jiu Jitsu in New York, she joined the Mendes brothers' Art of Jiu Jitsu in May 2023.
Competition highlights
- IBJJF World Championship (gi): black belt gold in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Her first came on advantages after a 6–6 final with Rikako Yuasa, and in 2025 she won the final 13–0.
- IBJJF World No-Gi: champion in 2018 and 2021. BJJ Heroes adds 2023 and 2024, while Wikipedia lists 2019 and 2022 instead.
- Other IBJJF: Pan titles in 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2024 (Wikipedia also lists 2022) and European titles in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2025.
- ONE Championship: atomweight submission grappling world champion in 2024, beating Danielle Kelly for the title and again in a rematch.
- Other: the WNO title in 2021, an EBI strawweight title, and several Abu Dhabi World Pro and Grand Slam wins.
Style and signature techniques
BJJ Heroes lists the berimbolo as her favourite technique, and her finishes show where it leads. Of her 75 submission wins on BJJ Heroes, 39 are chokes from back control and 8 more are rear naked chokes. The berimbolo is an inverting entry from De La Riva guard that is built to take the back, which fits that finishing pattern. She has also finished with the tarikoplata.
Notable matches
- Rikako Yuasa, Worlds 2019: her first black belt world title.
- Jessica Caroline, Worlds 2021: a back choke in the final.
- Danielle Kelly, ONE Fight Night 24 and 26 (2024): a decision win for the ONE title, with a $50,000 bonus, and a second win in the rematch.
- ADCC: she lost to Adele Fornarino at under 55 kg in 2024. In 2026 she moved up to −60 kg, lost the semi-final to Anna Rodrigues and lost the bronze match to Ana Mayordomo by guillotine, her only recorded submission loss on BJJ Heroes.