Leka Vieira vs Roxanne Modafferi ADCC 2005 Grappling Match

Leka Vieira vs Roxanne Modafferi ADCC 2005 Grappling Match 🙏🙏PLEASE BE KIND & SUBSCRIBE to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/riccardoammendoliabjj Alessandra Vieira, commonly known as Leka Vieira, is one of the most important figures in the history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, being the first female black belt World Champion of the sport (1999). A true pioneer in this sport/martial art, Leka took women’s grappling to a higher level by raising mainstream awareness to that division, paving the way for the new generations to flourish. Vieira is also unanimously recognized as the first female to promote another female to black belt in Jiu Jitsu (Cindy Omatsu). Roxanne Modafferi is of Italian and Lithuanian descent.[9] Modafferi's training began in Taekwondo at the age of 13 in Pennsylvania, moving on to Mark Lawler's Kenpō Karate in the high school.[10] She then began attending the Dalton Judo Club in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her description of that experience was: "I thought I was all cool doing Karate, like the movie stars, but then in Judo I learned what it was like to fly." She trained for three years to gain a brown belt in the style, and then graduated from Lenox Memorial High School.[8] Before leaving home to study at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a fellow brown belt brought Modafferi to a Royce Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu association in Adams, Massachusetts, where she trained intensively for three months #lekavieira #oldschoolbjj #adcc