Lana Stefanac

Lana Stefanac, born on 16 June 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American mixed martial artist, grappler and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and instructor. She began with Muay Thai, started Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2003 after meeting Donald Park, a student of Royler Gracie, won the Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship in her division as a blue belt in 2006, and started MMA that year, retiring undefeated in 2009 with a 6 and 0 professional record. She won silver at the 2007 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships, was promoted to black belt by Randy Bloom in 2009 straight after winning double gold at the world championship, and is a two-time black belt world champion and the first American woman to be world champion in both her weight class and the open class. She won bronze at the 2011 world championship in both categories and then stopped competing to pursue a career in law enforcement.