Polaris 33: South America vs. Asia and Oceania is a grappling event to take place on September 13, 2025 at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, England, United Kingdom.
Fight Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Owen Livesey vs. Tommy Langaker 205 lbs 93 kg PPJJI Championship
Ross Nicholls vs. Paul Redmond 176 lbs 80 kg
Sam Gibson vs. Jack Tyley 176 lbs 80 kg
Yaseen Moris vs. Isa Rahman 154 lbs 70 kg
Injana Goodman vs. Gamila Kanew 143 lbs 65 kg
Ollie Webb vs. Christian Ozbek 176 lbs 80 kg
Preliminary Card
Tom Grealish vs. Hugo Dvorecky 161 lbs 73 kg
Andy Roberts vs. Jamie Scott 176 lbs 85 kg
Jacob Gkatzoflias vs. Amir Marouani 176 lbs 80 kg
Thomas Clifford vs. Adam Tani 165 lbs 75 kg
Julia Livesey vs. Hayley Carter 150 lbs 68 kg
James Whiston vs. Chris Otokito 185 lbs 84 kg
Announced bouts
Pia Hagen vs. Tara Thornton 64.5 kg
South America Squad
Romao Carvalha
Gabriel Souza
Jean Luca Maltese
Charles Negromonte
Samuel Nagai
Jorge Gabriel
Asia and Oceania Squad
Tommy Yip
Kenta Iwamoto
Lucas Kanard
Kit Dale
Igor Tanabe
Hejraat Rashid
Background
Polaris returns on September 13th for Polaris 33 Squads! South America vs Asia & Oceania.
The full lineup of six elite grapplers representing team Asia and Oceania at the Polaris Squads Intercontinental Championship 2025 have now been announced. It was always going to be tough to put together a top team from that area of the world, just because the sport is so much less popular there. The Polaris matchmakers have done excellent work though, as it looks like they’re going to be a real threat in the tournament. The problem is that their opening round match is going to be against South America at Polaris 33 on September 13th, and that’s the continent that actually has the biggest talent pool of Jiu-Jitsu competitors to choose from.
The first man announced for the team was Kit Dale, who has actually competed for Polaris before around ten years ago. He isn’t the only Australian in the team either, as Lucas Kanard will be making his Polaris debut as a member of the team. The other four competitors all hail from Asia rather than Oceania, and they’re all going to be just as dangerous as Dale and Kanard. Kenta Iwamoto is probably the biggest threat, but Igor Tanabe is a very well-rounded grappler who could take anyone out. Rounding out the lineup is Tommy Yip and Hejraat Rashid; who might not be as well-known as their teammates are both capable of springing some surprises.
The team will be focusing on their preparation for Polaris 33 on September 13th of course, but they’ll likely have one eye on the final as well. There’s no date confirmed for it yet but it will be before the end of the year, and they already know who their opponents will be if they make it there. Europe beat North America by a decent margin back at Polaris 31 at the beginning of the year and although there might be a few changes, most of the competitors will likely remain the same. Asia and Oceania will have to get through South America first though, and they can’t afford to look past them too much.
Also in the main event of the night, ADCC trials and nogi world champion, Tommy Langaker, is moving up to light heavyweight to fight for the vacant title.
Tommy has had some huge wins for Polaris over the years and on September 13th, he will be looking to end Livesey's streak and take the title back to Norway.
Owen Livesey has established himself as one of Polaris' biggest stars and has taken out BJJ world champs and MMA legends in the process. Livesey's goal since joining Polaris has been to make it to the title and he will get that opportunity at Polaris 33.
Can Livesey beat Langaker?
