Alejandra Boixader

Alejandra Boixader's school days in 2019 were followed by training with her father, Ray, at Ferran i Clua in Valldoreix and in Barcelona. She told TOT Sant Cugat that competing gave her freedom, while BJJ brought confidence and organization. Ray said his daughter demanded much of him. A planned Las Vegas trip became an August spent training in California and Nevada around a youth competition, documented in the newspaper's September follow-up. When lockdown interrupted normal training in 2020, the family put a mat at home. Ray described three daily sessions: BJJ-related yoga on waking, conditioning with bodyweight or household objects, then movement sequences and four or five rounds. The afternoon work had specific problems to solve, such as getting past an opponent's guard or defending a position. By October 2023, Boixader described training as the preparation that allowed her to show what she could do in competition. Her motivation included her own future and continued improvement. She also valued being someone younger athletes could look up to: their interest gave her another reason to keep developing. The written introduction to Baransu's November 2023 podcast episode placed her in California, training with the Mendes brothers while studying at home. It described a daily life organized around both education and the mat. She told AS she started BJJ at four, learning from Ray and AOJ. Training was her choice, with an adult BJJ world title still a goal. She also described knee surgery and a year's rehabilitation. She told ABC in January 2026 that knee surgery had prompted her to take MMA seriously. She began with boxing, added kickboxing and then complete MMA classes, keeping wrestling and groundwork. Initial caution about striking gave way to greater comfort. In Spain, Ray was her main coach at MMA Barcelona. She acknowledged difficulties in being both daughter and athlete, but felt their time together had brought them closer. She treated competition pressure positively and hoped ultimately to fight in the UFC. Her 2026 IBJJF European title came in the gi, the traditional competition uniform: Female Juvenile 1 Blue Medium Heavy, representing AOJ. Spain's federation reported that her February MMA debut brought Youth B 62 kg gold at the IMMAF Europeans in Belgrade, with three wins by arm lock. A March ABC report placed her at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. There she was working on the connection between grappling and striking as she developed her MMA game, supported by Ray and her management team. BJJ competition continued alongside that work. At the 2026 IBJJF Worlds, she represented AOJ in Female Juvenile 1 Blue, winning Medium Heavy and taking bronze in Open Class Heavy. In August, ABC reported that the Spanish athlete had won Youth B 62 kg gold at the IMMAF Youth Worlds in Abu Dhabi.