Is Mayra Bueno Silva a Black Belt in BJJ?

Mayra Bueno Silva is all set to go up against Macy Chiasson at UFC 303. The two will butt heads with a similar record at hand, with an attempt to inch closer to a title shot opportunity. Meanwhile, Silva will try to get back into her winning ways after squandering the opportunity to become the bantamweight champion in her last fight.

Bueno Silva has been with the UFC since 2018. The 32-year-old is a brilliant striker and an accomplished Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu user. She has a good chance of out-striking Macy Chiasson or grappling her to a submission. But how good is she really?

Mayra Bueno Silva’s BJJ belt

Mayra Bueno Silva can grapple and she can grapple like a beast. Out of her total 15 professional matches, she’s won seven via submission. Her BJJ skills have been on display multiple times.

Her last win against Lina Länsberg came off a kneebar submission. Before that, she submitted Stephanie Egger with an armbar. She’s infamously choked out great fighters with interesting chokes and it all comes from her BJJ experience.

She is currently, a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. However, it did not help her enough against Holly Holm with the match famously going to a no-contest. Certainly, she’s not going to want a similar result when she’s competing for the belt.

The bantamweight title was left vacant when the former champion Amanda Nunes retired. Nunes put on a brilliant show as the champion herself. And before her Holm fight, Bueno Silva showed certainty that she’s just as much championship material as anyone else, but could not win the title against Raquel Pennington at UFC 297. But her mindset remains to be elite.

Bueno Silva has the champion mindset

Before going up against Holly Holm, Bueno Silva appeared for an interview where she detailed how she was sure she was going to knock out Holm. In fact, she could already see the bantamweight title around her waist. “. . . I’m the next champion. I am the next Women’s Bantamweight Champion.” 

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She was also certain she was right on the brink of knocking out her opponent. However, she couldn’t quite clinch the win. Now, she’s up for another challenge this weekend at UFC 303. Mayra Bueno Silva would attempt to get her hands on a title shot. But can she do it? It remains to be seen.

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