Aielle Aguilar now a 2-time world champ

By The Manila Times

Nov 06, 2023 12:05 am

IT WAS last year when Filipino jiu-jitsu Aleia Aielle Aguilar became the country's first ever youngest world champion in the combat sports her family is known for.

Then on Thursday, the six-year-old daughter of Alvin Aguilar — the founding father of Filipino mixed martial arts — and Maybelline Masuda retained her crown to clinch her second consecutive world title in the 2023 Abu Dhabi World Festival Jiu-Jitsu Championships at the Mubadala Arena in United Arab Emirates.

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