The Las Vegas native will take on Hawaiian powerhouse Teshya Noelani Alo in a bantamweight submission wrestling match at A Fighting Night 39 on Friday, January 23 in Bangkok, the Lumpinee Stadium in Thailand. The 10-minute battle streams will be broadcast live on Prime Video, with Crevar looking to prove she became the youngest ADCC World Championship podium finisher in history for a reason.
The pair first met three years ago at a no-gi tournament during their colored belt days. Alo’s intricate guard play gave her an edge in a tight match that Crevar lost on a penalty. Fast forward to 2026, and both grabbers have evolved into world-class competitors.
Crevar earned her black belt in June 2025 after ten years on the mats and captured the Polaris 70-Kilogram Championship later that year. Alo brought home four high school state wrestling titles, a FILA Cadet World Championship and multiple national judo titles before transitioning to submission wrestling. Their paths converged again at ONE Championship, where the stakes extend far beyond a colored belt tournament.
“We competed once. I think it was three years ago, so it was before I even moved to Texas,” she said. “It was quite an exciting match. I won the match on a penalty against her, but it was also a much shorter match, I think, five or six minutes. So I’m sure we’ve improved a lot since then. A lot has changed.”
Helena Crevar prepares for the wrestling pressure of Teshya Noelani Alo
Helena Crevar knows what’s coming. Teshya Noelani Alo’s wrestling skills provide constant takedown threats that most grapplers struggle with.
The Island Jiu-Jitsu representative’s explosive throws and powerful top control left an impression in their first meeting. Alo’s background in judo and wrestling gives her advantages that most pure BJJ players do not possess. But Crevar has spent the last several years training at Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu under Gordon Ryan and John Danaher in Austin, Texas, where wrestling integration became a daily focus.
The teen plans to meet Alo’s aggression head-on instead of immediately standing guard as he did three years ago. Her front headlock game and rear bodylock submissions have become weapons in recent months. Single-leg attempts round out her extensive takedown arsenal, all designed to neutralize Alo’s wrestling-heavy approach.
“She can play stand-up really well,” she said. “And from the match I had with her, she was under quite a bit of pressure at the time. Her takedowns are really good, and I’m sure she has some good submissions as well. So I expect her to be a well-rounded fighter overall. I expect a tough match, with both of us going in and trying to attack each other. I definitely believe in my skills the most, so I’m confident I can finish the match with a submission.”
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