Jadyson "Little Wanderlei" Costa - Fighter Profile

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Jadyson “Little Wanderlei” Costa began his martial arts career with Karate, Boxing and Muay Thai... MMA was the natural progression. Costa was dubbed “Little Wanderlei” because his fighting style resembled that of Wanderlei Silva.

Jadyson Costa describes his first MMA fights as “street” fights, with no rules and no gloves. Costa soon progressed to the big stage and has fought in organisations across the globe, including the legendary Japanese promotion – Pride. Costa has also trained with some of the biggest names in MMA, including Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio Shogun Rua.

After a series of losses, Jadyson Costa moved to South Africa to fight and teach. The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt soon found a home in the EFC and showcased his incredible grappling skills to win his first two fights via submission. This earned Little Wanderlei a welterweight title shot against Dallas Jakobi at EFC 13.

Jadyson Costa stats

Nickname: Little Wanderlei
Age: 31
Height: 5’9” (175cm)
Weight: 78 Kg
Weight division: Welterweight
Stance: Orthadox
Hometown: Cape Town, South Africa
Fight team: African Top Team
Twitter profile: N/A

Jadyson Costa fight stats

EFC Stats – 2 wins, 0 losses
All time stats – 12 wins, 12 losses

Jadyson Costa EFC fights

Opponent	Result	Method	Event
James Rennie	Win	Submission (Rear-naked Choke)	EFC Africa 11
Wade Henderson	Win	Submission (Kimura)	EFC Africa 10

Jadyson Costa Fighting Achievements

Fought in Pride in Japan

Jadyson Costa Ranks Achieved

Jadyson Costa has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

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