Prior to her championship campaign, Aguilar of Deftac-Ribeiro Jiu-jitsu Philippines defeated UAE’s Maria El Halabi, 6-0, in the semifinals to advance to the finals. READ:
At five years old, Aleia Aielle Aguilar has just followed the footsteps of her father Alvin Aguilar after becoming the Philippines’ youngest world champion in jiu-jitsu.Aguilar conquered the 2022 Abu Dhabi World Jiu-Jitsu Championships with a big victory over finals’ counterpart Gabriela Vercosa of Brazil over the weekend at the Jiu-jitsu Arena, Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates.
“I’m beyond happy that my baby girl is now the Philippines’ youngest world champion. We will continue to work hard to bring honor to our country,” the elder Aguilar, the president and the founder of longest Filipino MMA promotions Universal Reality Combat Championship, said.Prior to her championship campaign, Aguilar of Deftac-Ribeiro Jiu-jitsu Philippines defeated UAE’s Maria El Halabi, 6-0, in the semifinals to advance to the finals.
Her mother watched Aguilar’s match from afar, saying her finals opponent just tapped out after Aielle applied a heavy sprawl and her rival didn’t want to continue the fight.“She was born into jiu-jitsu. I was bringing her with me to training after giving birth to her when she was as young as three weeks old. Every training day, competition day, she grew up with jiu-jitsu in her life and it eventually became her dream to compete,” Masuda said.
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