Gabrielle McComb Lima (born 3 October 1997), also known as Gabi McComb,[3] is a Brazilian submission grappler and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor. McComb is a multiple times World and Pan-American champion, in both Gi and No-Gi. She is the 2021 Black Belt Featherweight World Champion.
Career
Gabrielle McComb Lima was born on 3 October 1997 in Manaus, Brazil. From the age of 8, she started training Jiu-Jitsu alongside her sister Andrea. As a blue belt she won the 2014 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the Absolute division, winning silver in her weight class, followed by gold at the Pan-American Championship in 2015. That same year, she was promoted to purple belt by her sister Andrea McComb. As a purple belt, she won the 2015 Pan-American Championship followed by double gold at the CBJJ Brazilian Nationals and double gold at the 2015 South American Championship. The following year, she won double gold at the 2016 World Championship after defeating Andressa Cintra, the middleweight world champion.[4] Subsequent wins included the Absolute division at the Pan Championship after beating Heloisa Ferreira in the final,[5] and double gold at the American Nationals. She was then approached by legendary black belt Leticia Ribeiro and Fabrício Camões who offered her to join Gracie Humaitá South Bay academy.[1] As a brown belt, she became the 2017 World No-Gi Champion also winning the Pans Championship in her weight division and in absolute.[6]
Black belt career
2018-2022
In June 2018, McComb was promoted to black belt by her coaches. That same year, she won the Pan-American No-GI Championship and the AJP Grand Slam LA World Tour. In 2019, she came in third at the world championship and won the Pan-American two years in a row (2019, 2020). In 2021, McComb changed team and started training at Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQ in San Diego, California.[7] That year, she won two medals at the 2021 World No-GI Championship, silver in the featherweight division and bronze in the Absolute. McComb then won silver at the 2021 Pans and gold at the 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship after defeating Bianca Basilio in the featherweight final.[2]
2023-2024
She then competed at the IBJJF No-Gi World Championship 2023, where she won a gold medal in the middleweight division and a silver medal in the absolute division.[8] McComb competed at the second ADCC South American Trials 2024 on March 9, 2024, where she won a silver medal at under 65kg.[9]
McComb faced Raquel Pa'aluhi at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 8 on October 10, 2024.[10] She lost the match by submission. [11]
She was invited to compete in the lightweight division of IBJJF: The Crown 2024 on November 18, 2024. She beat Vitoria Vieira and lost to Brianna Ste-Marie, before defeating Cassia Moura to win a bronze medal.[12]
