Maggie Grindatti

Maggie Grindatti, born Margaret Rose Grindatti on 10 June 1992 in Saco, Maine, is an American grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor. A team athlete since high school, she played Division 1 field hockey at the University of the Pacific, then moved to Hawaii, where her uncle Jay Thompson, an MMA promoter, introduced her to jiu-jitsu; she trained under Robert Drysdale and Egan Inoue and later joined Robert Abreu's Fight Sports academy in Miami. She won world titles at the coloured belt levels in both gi and no-gi, was promoted to black belt by Abreu in December 2019, finished second at the ADCC North American Trials in February 2019, won the 2022 IBJJF European Open and took gold in the absolute at the 2023 Austin Winter International. She opened the Champion Fit gym and later Lira Jiu Jitsu with her husband Luccas Lira.