The Polaris 17 undercard is growing quickly as three more matches between talented up-and-coming grapplers have been added. First up is a match between two exciting women making their Polaris debut, Nia Blackman and Abbie O’Toole. Blackman is a BJJ blue belt fighting out of Checkmat who recently won the IBJJF European Open at her belt level, while O’Toole is a Roger Gracie Academy purple belt who previously took UFC competitor Molly McCann to a decision, narrowly losing in the judge’s eyes.
Later on in the evening Nathan Kay, brown belt under Ross Nicholls at London Grapple, will be facing off against Max Corteggiano, a black belt travelling all the way from Paris to compete on the Polaris stage. The final new prelim added to Polaris 17 will see one of the toughest competitors on the UK scene make his return, Elements Martial Arts instructor and black belt Yousuf Nabi. He will be meeting Daniel Pacan, a recently-promoted black belt under the legendary competitor Jeff ‘Ippon’ Lawson who will no doubt be eager to impress on his first Polaris appearance.
