Michelle Montague had to overcome a pair of leg breaks between 2016 and 2019 before going on to win the 2019 and 2020 IMAAF-WMMAA Tournament championships on the amateur scene. Montague also is a former multi-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu in New Zealand and represented the country in wrestling at the Wrestling World Championships and Commonwealth Games. Montague competed on the PFL Challenger Series twice, submitting Olivia Parker in 2022 and Shaquita Woods in 2023. She then submitted Abigail Montes in a Showcase bout during last year’s PFL Playoffs and most recently submitted Karolina Sobek at Bellator Dublin in June.

 

Marilia Morais started her professional MMA career in 2018 with three straight victories, which saw her score two knockouts and a submission. Morais, a multi-time Muay Thai and kickboxing world champion, then had a five-year layoff from the sport, which included three canceled bouts, before returning in a loss to Rebecca Evans in July 2023.

 

Who will score the win in this women’s featherweight showcase that starts off the action in Hollywood?

 

 

Round 1

 

Montague immediately goes on the attack with a small flurry, pushing Morais’s back to the fence. Montague gets the body lock and scores an easy takedown. Montague works her way into a kimura attempt, potentially thinking about an armbar as well. Montague continues to wrench away on the arm. Montague turns it from a kimura into an armbar. Montague quickly spins her way over to Morais’s back and locks in a rear-naked choke. Morais taps!

 

 

Montague barely breaks a sweat and scores a first-round submission!

 

 

OFFICIAL RESULT

 

Michelle “The Wild One” Montague defeats Marilia Morais by 1st round submission (rear-naked choke, 1:44) in a women’s featherweight showcase bout

  • Montague moves her undefeated career record to 6-0 with her 6th straight submission win by rear-naked choke
  • Montague is an alum of the PFL Challenger Series
  • Montague trains at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida but fights out of Matamata, New Zealand