24 Facts About Ffion Davies

Ffion Davies was born on 18 January 1995 and is a Welsh submission grappler and mixed martial artist.

Ffion Eira Davies was born on 18 January 1995 in Swansea, Wales.

Ffion Davies started playing rugby then switched to judo at the age of 8 starting competing extensively, Davies became a Welsh and British Open judo champion in the junior division and was selected into the Welsh National Judo team.

In 2020, Ffion Davies won double gold at the European Championship in the Lightweight division and in Open Class, beating the Super-Heavyweight Champion Jessica Flowers, becoming the lightest grappler to win the European absolute division.

In early 2022, Ffion Davies started training at Essential Jiu Jitsu, under the coaching of JT Torres.

In June 2022 Ffion Davies won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the Lightweight division, becoming the first Welsh and British black belt jiu-jitsu world champion.

Ffion Davies defeated Giovanna Jara in the opening round before being submitted by the eventual champion Elisabeth Clay in the semi-final.

On March 26,2023, Ffion Davies won a silver medal in the lightweight division of the 2023 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

On 4 June 2023, Ffion Davies won the IBJJF World Championship for the second time, in the lightweight division.

Ffion Davies was booked to defend her WNO flyweight title against Jasmine Rocha at Who's Number One on August 10,2023.

Ffion Davies won the match by unanimous decision and successfully defended the title.

Ffion Davies won both the lightweight and the absolute division at the IBJJF No-Gi World Championship 2023, becoming the first European to win the absolute division and the first to win two gold medals at the same edition of the tournament.

Ffion Davies competed against Luana Pinheiro in the co-main event of ADXC 2 on January 19,2024.

Ffion Davies won the match by submission in the first round.

Ffion Davies was then scheduled to defend her flyweight title against Amanda Alequin at Who's Number One 22 on February 9,2024, but she withdrew from the match due to undisclosed reasons.

Ffion Davies won the match by decision and retained her title.

Ffion Davies then competed in the main event of Subversion 5: Reign against Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths for the promotion's inaugural featherweight title on April 6,2024.

Ffion Davies won the match by submission and became the champion.

Ffion Davies faced Morgan Black in a bantamweight submission grappling match in the co-main event of ADXC 4 on May 18,2024.

Ffion Davies was scheduled to compete in the 2024 ADCC World Championship, but she left in order to compete at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational on August 16 and 17,2024 instead.

Ffion Davies faced Mackenzie Dern in a superfight after Dern left the 2024 ADCC World Championship.

Ffion Davies was scheduled to face Adele Fornarino in the main event of UFC Fight Pass Invitational 10 on March 6,2025.

The match was cancelled when Ffion Davies suffered a shoulder injury in training.

Ffion Davies will serve as the captain for Team Europe in the first female Squads event at Polaris 32 on June 28,2025.