Haisam Rida returns to WNO and has one of the toughest test of the night at WNO 19. 

Rida, who competed at two WNO events in 2022, faces previous 2023 WNO headliner Felipe Pena on the main card of Tezos WNO: Meregali vs. Duarte on Aug. 10 in Austin at the Palmer Center. 

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Rida competed at Tezos WNO: Ste-Marie vs Bastos and Tezos WNO: Ryan vs Couch in 2022, splitting the matches with a submission win over Elder Cruz and then losing by submission later that year to Luke Griffith. 

Pena, the 2017 ADCC absolute champion, was supposed to face with Gordon Ryan earlier this year, but due to Ryan's illness, faced Nicky Rodriguez instead in the first WNO event of the year. Pena beat Rodriguez. 

Rida and Pena's match is part of a loaded card on Aug, 10. 

The co-main events feature Nicholas Meregali and Kaynan Duarte in a heavyweight bout as well as WNO champion Ffion Davies in a title bout with Jasmine Rocha.  

Tezos WNO 19: Meregali vs. Duarte features a stacked card along with its main event, Nicholas Meregali facing Kaynan Duarte in a heavyweight bout.

Meregali made quick work of Pedro Marinho in the last WNO event in May, but now faces Duarte, the 2022 ADCC World Champion in the light heavyweight division. Duarte won gold in the super-heavyweight division at the 2023 IBJJF European Championships.

Here's what to know about Haisam Rida. 

Haisam Rida Had The Best Submission Of 2022 Against Cyborg

In the first round of the 2022 ADCC World Championships, Rida submitted ADCC legend Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu, with an armbar.

It was named the best submission of the year by FloGrappling. 

FloGrappling's Trey Robinson called the submission "one of the most insane crowd moments I've ever heard."

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Haisam Rida Is An IBJJF Medalist

Rida won the 2020 IBJJF American No-Gi Nationals and was a bronze medalist in the absolute division. 

Haisam Rida Has Traveled The World

Rida is from Ghana but lived much of his live in Tokyo, Japan before moving to Detroit in 2020 where he trained at Assembly Jiu-Jitsu. He now trains at the B-Team in Austin, TX.

What BJJ Belt Is Haisam Rida?

Rida earned his Black Belt in 2018 when Yuki Ishikawa of Carpe Diem team gave him the honor. 

Where Is  Haisam Rida Ranked In BJJ?

Rida, 6-foot-5-inch heavyweight who also competes as a super heavyweight, was the No. 17-ranked heavyweight in the final No-Gi FloGrappling heavyweight rankings.

His opponent, Pena, was No. 11 in the same rankings. 

WNO: Meregali vs. Duarte Full Card

• Main Event: Nicholas Meregali vs Kaynan Duarte | Heavyweight bout
• Co-Main Event: Ffion Davies (c) vs Jasmine Rocha | Flyweight title bout

Main Card:

• Dante Leon vs Ethan Crelinsten | Lightweight title bout
• Felipe Pena vs Haisam Rida | Heavyweight bout
• Nicky Ryan vs Rene Sousa | Welterweight bout
• Andrew Tackett vs Troy Russell | Welterweight Bout

Undercard:

• Sebastian Rodriguez vs  Oliver Taza | Middleweight bout
• Ben Eddy vs Carlos Henrique | Featherweight bout
• Helena Crevar vs Healy Dayan | Featherweight bout
• Achilles Rocha vs JB Bechtloff | Middleweight bout

How To Watch WNO: Nicholas Meregali vs. Kanyan Durate On FloGrappling

The next Tezos WNO event is Aug. 10 in Austin, Texas at the Palmer Events Center. 

The co-main event of Nicholas Meregali vs. Kanan Durate is a no-gi match. The card also includes Felipe Pena, Nicky Ryan and more. Tezos WNO: Meregali vs. Duarte will stream on FloGrappling and the FloSports app. 

Replays of the matches will be available on both platforms.