Nathiely de Jesus

BRAZILIAN·NO-GI·GI·PSLPB CICERO COSTHA (FORMERLY)·PEDIGO SUBMISSION FIGHTING (FORMERLY)

Brazilian no-gi competitor and ADCC competitor at +65kg. Game built around forward-pressure passing, knee-cut and leg-drag pass mechanics, and a north-south to mounted submission finishing pattern that converts pin-position advances into limb isolation.

is a Brazilian no-gi competitor whose ADCC appearances at +65kg established her as one of the more pressure-passing-oriented competitors in the weight class. The structural feature of her game that travels across rule sets is forward pressure — the knee-cut and leg-drag pass repertoire, applied with consistent chest-to-chest connection, resolved into north-south or mounted control where her finishing rate concentrates. The pin-to-submission pipeline rather than the guard-to-back pipeline is the part of the record that informs the game analysis.

ADCC +65kg silver (2024) — final loss to Rafaela Guedes after a semifinal win over the defending champion. ADCC competitor in 2019.

WNO and Polaris title-card appearances across the 2020–2024 window.

Submission rate — the bulk of finishing wins occur from north-south, mount, or side control rather than from the back.

Knee-cut and leg-drag as the primary passing pair. De Jesus’ passing repertoire concentrates on the knee-cut and leg-drag, both governed by clear the feet and hold the knee line. The mechanical articulation tracks the canonical form: the hip-to-hip connection through the cut produces the chest-to-chest pin destination, and the leg-drag converts contested-leg exchanges into knee-line control without re-engaging the pass from scratch. See knee-cut pass and leg drag.

"The top player must clear the line of the feet before advancing."

See full invariant page → INV-P02InvariantAdvance to and Hold the Knee Line

"After clearing the feet, the top player must advance to and hold the line of the knees."

See full invariant page → Pinning as the unified continuation of passing. The pin destinations she favours — north-south, mount, side control — are entered through chest-to-chest connection rather than through grip-fighting at the destination. passing is pinning is the load-bearing principle: the pass is treated as a continuation of the connection rather than as a separate phase that ends at the moment the legs are cleared. Once the pin is consolidated, underhooks with chest contact governs the holding state. See top positions.

See full invariant page → INV-PIN01InvariantUnderhooks with Chest Contact Cover the Hips