Adele Fornarino
"Daddy"
Cuts the cage, changes levels, drowns opponents in control time.
Fight Plan: Adele Fornarino
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Size disadvantage in open weight classes despite technical prowess
- Heavy reliance on lower-body submissions can sometimes lead to vulnerability in leg-weave passing
- Drill takedown defense and cage-wall scrambles
- Set traps for the overhand — chin has been tested
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
- Underhook battles and posture work off the back
Fighter fingerprint
Six-axis profile — the shape tells you the style at a glance.
Fight IQ and Cardio are the standout edges; opponents should expect their game plan to lean on these. Finishing is the lowest axis — exploit it.
- Aggression0
- Cardio92
- Wrestling85
- Fight IQ95
- Distance Control67
- Finishing0
Prep for camp: Adele Fornarino
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Aggressively hunts for upper-body limb isolations from guard
- Utilizes technical leg entanglement entries to setup straight ankle locks
- High-pace guard passing that transitions into back-taking sequences
- Drill reactive sprawls — bait the shot off your right hand
- Match their pace through round 2, then turn the screws in 3
- Set the overhand trap — chin has cracked under clean shots
- Posture and frame drills off bottom — never give up the back
- Mix unscripted looks in sparring — they thrive on patterns
- Southpaw pressure striker
- Chain-wrestling D1 partner
- Black-belt grappler comfortable on bottom
- Marathon partner — 5x5 hard rounds, no rest
See it on film
Every read above should be verifiable. Jump straight to the footage on the platforms that host it legally — official channels first, archive sites second.
Clinch work, level changes, control time
Last 3 performances, full rounds and post-fight breakdowns
Coaches: official clip embeds per fighter are coming next — for now, deep links open searches pre-filtered to Adele Fornarino.
How Adele has changed
Trend lines across the last three years of tape.
Synthesized from recent fight tape · refresh to recompute
Stylistic neighbors
Closest matches across attributes, finish profile, and discipline — useful for sparring partner selection.
Status / Injuries
No recent major injuries reported.
Checked 6/21/2026
Recent Form
- W2024-08-18vs Multiple (Absolute Division)Tournament Win · RFinal · ADCC World Championship
- W2024-08-17vs Multiple (-55kg Division)Tournament Win · RFinal · ADCC World Championship
- L2023-12-09vs Multiple (-56.5kg)Points/Decision · RFinal · IBJJF World Championship NOGI
- W2023-11-01vs MultipleTournament Win · RFinal · IBJJF Pan Championship NOGI
- W2023-01-01vs MultipleTournament Win · RFinal · IBJJF European Championship NOGI
Attribute Profile
Scouting Summary
Adele Fornarino is a historic Australian grappler known for being the first Australian to achieve double gold at the ADCC World Championships. She is a highly technical submission specialist with a focus on armbars and ankle locks, currently ranked among the top pound-for-pound female no-gi grapplers globally.
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Aggressively hunts for upper-body limb isolations from guard
- Utilizes technical leg entanglement entries to setup straight ankle locks
- High-pace guard passing that transitions into back-taking sequences
- Excels in the absolute division by utilizing speed and technical leverage against larger opponents
Signature Moves
- Straight Ankle Lock
- Armbar
- Triangle Choke
- Rear Naked Choke
Weaknesses
- Size disadvantage in open weight classes despite technical prowess
- Heavy reliance on lower-body submissions can sometimes lead to vulnerability in leg-weave passing