Maria Malyjasiak

Career Maria Malyjasiak was born on 2 March 1989 in Gdańsk, Poland. In 2011 she won a Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) tournament, the UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro Trials, with only two months of training. Malyjasiak then left Judo to focus on BJJ. She returned to the promotion at Fight 2 Win 165 on February 27, 2021 to defend her title against Elisabeth Clay in the main event. Malyjasiak was submitted with a kneebar and lost the belt. Malyjasiak returned against ADCC world champion Hannette Staack at Fight 2 Win 168 on March 27, 2021 and defeated her by decision. She then fought Kendall Reusing in the co-main event of Fight 2 Win 177 on July 18, 2021 and won the match by submission.

2023 Malyjasiak competed in the IBJJF European Championship 2023 where she won gold at medium-heavyweight and a bronze medal in the absolute division. On March 26, 2023 she competed in the IBJJF Pan Championship 2023 and won a bronze medal in the absolute division. Malyjasiak then competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu on May 7, 2023 and won gold in the medium-heavyweight division.

Malyjasiak competed in the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship on June 3 and 4, winning a silver medal at medium-heavyweight. Malyjasiak competed at the IBJJF Master World Championship on September 2, 2023, where she won the master 1 heavyweight division. She then competed at the IBJJF No-Gi World Championship 2023, where she won bronze medals in both the heavyweight and absolute divisions.

Malyjasiak was ranked No. 4 in the heavyweight 2022-2023 IBJJF Gi Ranking and No. 9 in the overall Gi Ranking.

2024-2025 Malyjasiak won a bronze medal in the medium-heavyweight division of the IBJJF European Championship on January 27, 2024.

Malyjasiak competed in the Over 65kg division of the ADCC European, Middle-Eastern, and African Trials 2024. She won a bronze medal.

Malyjasiak won a bronze medal in the absolute division of the IBJJF World Championship 2024 on June 1, 2024.

She then won a silver medal in the heavyweight division of the IBJJF Pan Championship 2025 and a bronze medal in the absolute division.

Championships and accomplishments Main Achievements (as black belt): IBJJF Pan Champion (2018 / 2022) IBJJF Pan No-Gi Champion (2018 / 2021) IBJJF European Open Champion (2023) F2W Middleweight Champion (2021 ) F2W Welterweight Champion (2020) 2nd place IBJJF World Championship (2018) 2nd place IBJJF World No-Gi Championship (2018 / 2021) 2nd place ADCC World Championship +60 kg (2013 ) 2nd place UAEJJF grand Slam Miami (2020 ) 3rd place IBJJF World Championship (2021) 3rd place IBJJF World No-Gi Championship (2017 / 2021) 3rd place IBJJF World Championship (2023 ) 3rd place IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship (2021) 3rd place UAEJJF NA Continental Pro Championship (2018)

Main Achievements (in coloured Belts): ) U17 Poland National Judo Champion (2005) 5th place Olympic Hopes U17 International (2005)

Instructor lineage Carlos Gracie > Helio Gracie > Rolls Gracie > Romero Cavalcanti > Leo Vieira > Robert Drysdale > Abmar Barbosa > Maria Malyjasiak