With less than a year competing among the jiu-jitsu elite at black belt, Dream Art rising star Carlos Henrique is set to make his Tezos WNO debut on the preliminary undercard of Tezos WNO 19: Nicholas Meregali vs Kaynan Durate, scheduled for August 10, in Austin, TX.

Though Troy Russell has been active on superfight stages across Texas and Oklahoma since 2017, the Lovato black belt’s breakout moment within professional jiu-jitsu was unequivocally at Tezos WNO 18 in May 2023. In beating middleweight journeyman Austin Oranday via heel hook from a leglock shootout, Russell did more than punctuate his Tezos WNO debut with an exciting submission victory; he punched his ticket to the biggest opportunity of his career so far, a Tezos WNO main card appearance against rising star, Andrew Tackett.