Jonnatas Gracie To Replace Lo In WNO 24 Title Match With Jacob Couch

After Francisco Lo has had to withdraw with injury, Jonnatas Gracie will step up on 1 week's notice to face Jacob Couch for the 185lb Championship at WNO 24

Jun 13, 2024 by Joe Gilpin

Jonnatas Gracie To Replace Lo In WNO 24 Title Match With Jacob Couch

With only one week until the event, Francisco Lo has been forced to withdraw from his planned middleweight title bout with Jacob Couch. Now, Jonnatas Gracie will step up in his place and face Couch for the belt on June 20th, in Austin, TX. The top-ten ranked middleweight contender is one of the standouts of Atos and a recent invite to the 2024 ADCC World Championships.

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Jacob Couch was originally set to face Francisco Lo in a rematch of their 2023 IBJJF Pan No-Gi match, where Lo won by leg lock. Since then, Couch has dialed in his game and won the ADCC West Coast Trials and beat Sebastian Rodrigues at WNO 22, leading to the title shot. With Lo injured following the IBJJF World Championships, Gracie now steps in to face off for the top prize in the division.

Jonnatas has been very active in no-gi at both 170 and 185lbs recently, picking up wins at ADXC, the UFC Fight Pass Invitiational over Jay Rodriguez and Nicky Ryan, and making the finals of the ADCC South American Trials - and earning himself an invitation to Worlds. This will be his first WNO match since early 2023 when he defeated Oliver Taza.