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Josefine Modig

A week after winning her pro MMA debut, the former Swedish national-team fighter took the 2023 ADCC European trials title at 55 kg.

Biography

Josefine Modig is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who came to grappling through Muay Thai and MMA, and who fought amateur MMA for the Swedish national team before turning professional. In September 2023, a week after winning her professional MMA debut, she took the women's 55 kg title at the ADCC Europe, Middle East and Africa trials in Warsaw. She has since won medals at IBJJF European and World Championships at brown and black belt, with and without the gi. Muay Thai first By her own account to the Swedish outlet MMAnytt, Kalmar was above all the place where she found martial arts. She started with Muay Thai and moved into MMA soon afterward. Wrestling and grappling were completely new to her, and about two months later she took up jiu-jitsu to improve her ground game; her sponsor Kingz gives January 2018 as the month she began. Jiu-jitsu was her first contact with wrestling, she has said, and she fell in love with it. In the same Kingz profile she says that every body has a jiu-jitsu game that suits it. For her, that is the knee cut pass, which she says always came easily because her knees are very flexible when rotating inward. Amateur MMA In amateur MMA she competed at strawweight, 52.2 kg, and the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) lists Sweden as her country. Her first IMMAF event, the 2021 Senior World Cup in Prague, ended in gold. After beating Marketa Urbanova in the quarterfinal, she knocked out Ireland's Caitlyn Hadfield in the first round of the semifinal and then beat her Swedish teammate Nina Back, whom IMMAF called the most decorated member of the team, on a unanimous decision. IMMAF's report described Modig collapsing to the floor in celebration before the two embraced, and called her one of its quickest rising prospects. At the 2021 IMMAF World Championships she beat Janika Antinmaa and Altynay Mergenbay, then lost the strawweight final to Aieza Ramos Bertolso and took silver. She had planned to turn professional in August 2022 but pushed the move back to December, and competed at the IMMAF European Championships in Italy in between. She told IMMAF that she saw her opening bout there, against Poland's two-time European champion Magdalena Czaban, as the real final, because both of them trained full time as if they were already professionals. Czaban won that quarterfinal. In the same interview Modig said that progress was what mattered most to her: she never liked to stand still, always had something specific to work on rather than repeating the same session, and regarded fighting as the career she was building her life around. Her Kingz profile puts it in similar terms. She loves to compete and to win, she says there, but the journey matters more to her: meeting new training partners around the world, and the sense of progress when something suddenly falls into place. Turning professional In October 2022 she told Frontkick she was done with amateur MMA. The three-minute rounds, she said, were over before she had time to find her distance and read an opponent. She wanted five-minute rounds, and to fight without shin guards and big gloves so that, as a grappler who loved ground-and-pound, she could use more of her grappling. Her aim was not the UFC as such but to become as good as she could, and she joked that she had no plan B. The debut was booked for Wolf Fight Promotion 5 in Kalmar in December 2022, but her opponent withdrew at short notice. She fought a grappling match at strawweight instead, against Astrid Vikgren, and lost a close, hard contest on a unanimous decision. Before the event she told MMAnytt that few people she knew in Kalmar had ever seen her compete. She had prepared at Wulfing Academy, a grappling club in Haugesund, Norway, run by the Norwegian BJJ champion Tommy Langaker. She had trained there a lot, she said; the training was good, many women trained there, which she missed in Kalmar, and they had worked a lot on wrestling from the feet. Jiu-jitsu ran alongside all of this. In the same MMAnytt article, which reported that she had won Swedish championship gold in BJJ in 2021, she said she loved BJJ with all her heart and would keep competing, that she was already entered for the European Championship in January, and that she believed she had a real chance to go far in the sport. At the IBJJF European Championship that January she took silver in the purple-belt light-featherweight division, behind Lauren Hanako Sognefest, and in June she added a purple-belt bronze at the World Championship. Kingz lists her as Swedish champion in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The professional debut finally came on 9 September 2023 at Fight Club Rush 17 in Uppsala, in an undercard bout against Nina Back, who was also making her debut. After an exchange of punches Modig took the fight to the ground, moved behind her opponent and won with a rear-naked choke in the first round. According to Frontkick, it was her first MMA fight since September 2022. She told the site afterward that she had been very nervous and had wondered whether she still knew how to do MMA, and she said she actually feels less pressure in MMA than in grappling. The fight followed her game plan exactly: find angles with her boxing, take Back down, and expect her to turn away under pressure on the ground. She had no plans to fight MMA again in 2023 and wanted a proper camp first. Kingz describes her as having concentrated mainly on jiu-jitsu in recent years. Autumn 2023 After the debut, Frontkick reported that she was about to travel to Poland for the ADCC trials, would then compete at the Swedish BJJ championships in Malmö, and would finish the year at the European and World No-Gi Championships. At the ADCC trials in Warsaw, the weekend after her debut, competing as a brown belt for Wulfing Academy, she won the women's 55 kg division with two submissions and a decision. She beat Cara Du-Plessis on a decision in the quarterfinal. In the semifinal she met Magdalena Czaban again and won with an armbar, and in the final she finished Anna Berg with a rear-naked choke. On Instagram she wrote that she had come without expectations, mainly to coach and watch her teammates, and called it an honor to contest an all-Swedish final. In her Kingz profile she names the trials gold as the greatest win of her career so far. The event was the first to use ADCC's new women's weight classes, but the invitations to the ADCC World Championship went only to the men's divisions. Two IBJJF no-gi championships closed the year. At the European No-Gi Championship in Rome she won the brown-belt featherweight division in three matches: 7-0 on points, then by toe hold and by rear-naked choke. At the World No-Gi Championship in Las Vegas in December she won her first three matches, 23-0 on points, by armbar and by rear-naked choke, before Mona Maree Bailey caught her in a triangle in the final. She wrote that she hated to end the year with a loss, but she had wanted a tougher bracket and got one. 2024 and 2025 Her IBJJF entries from 2023 through 2026 list her team as CheckMat, which Kingz also gives as her current team. At the 2024 European No-Gi Championship she was second at brown belt, again behind Mona Maree Bailey, and at the European Championship in January 2025 she took brown-belt bronze in the gi. When Polaris picked her for Team Europe at Polaris 32, she told Frontkick in April 2025 that as the smallest competitor she might take a beating, but that she hoped to show her jiu-jitsu on a big stage and was honored that Polaris thought she deserved the place. The event, in Swansea, Wales, on 28 June, was the first women's edition of Polaris Squads, a team contest between Europe and North America, and Jitsmagazine named her among several members of the European team who had won ADCC trials. An all-women card mattered, in her view: good athletes are good athletes, but women are fewer in the sport and get less space, and it is important for young people and women to see women on the stage. When Frontkick reached her she was in the United States with a large group of Swedes, training for the World Championship. Sweden measures up well internationally, she said, and jiu-jitsu is the same language everywhere, but no-gi is less widespread in Sweden, where the rest of the world is further ahead. At that World Championship, in June, she took another brown-belt bronze in the gi. Polaris 32 was run as one continuous team contest against a time limit. Alanis Santiago submitted Modig with a kimura at the start of the second half, and North America won 11-10. In Wales before the event she also spoke to Frontkick about the launch of UFC BJJ. The grappling world, she said, was working to bring MMA fans to the sport, with rules and mats increasingly made for viewers, and more viewers would make careers more secure and encourage more athletes to commit to it. At the 2025 ADCC trials in Warsaw she took bronze at 55 kg, behind Ana Mayordomo and Ashley Bendle. The women's results there counted only for seeding, as the women's places at ADCC 2026 were to be decided at a second trials event. Black belt By November 2025 she was competing at black belt. At the European No-Gi Championship in Rome she beat Giulia Angiolini 2-0 on points and lost the semifinal to Mayssa Bastos by rear-naked choke. At the World No-Gi Championship in Las Vegas she beat Brenda Larissa on a decision before Ashlee Funegra submitted her with an armbar in the semifinal. Both events ended with light-featherweight bronze. She met Funegra again in the final of the 2026 European Championship in Lisbon, in the gi, after winning her quarterfinal against Yasmin Castro and her semifinal against Eonju Im, both 6-4 on points. Funegra finished the final with a choke from the back, and Modig took silver. At the 2026 World Championship she reached the black-belt quarterfinals, where she lost to Andressa Guirau.

Sources for this profile

  • IMMAF athlete database entry 'Josefine Modig', match list.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2022 IMMAF European Championships she lost her quarter-final at strawweight to Magdalena Czaban.

      Where in the source: Matches table, 2022 European Championships block, quarter-final row

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    • In the IMMAF amateur MMA database she is listed as a female strawweight (52.2 kg) with Sweden as her country.

      Where in the source: Athlete data table beside the portrait: 'Country: Sweden'

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    • She won gold at strawweight at the 2021 IMMAF Senior World Cup in Prague, beating Marketa Urbanova in the quarter-final, Caitlyn Hadfield in the semi-final and Nina Back in the final.

      Where in the source: Medal list (first line, World Cup Prague gold) and the World Cup Prague block of the Matches table

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    • At the 2021 IMMAF World Championships she took silver at strawweight, beating Janika Antinmaa and Altynay Mergenbay before losing the final to Aieza Ramos Bertolso.

      Where in the source: Medal list (second line, World silver) and the 2021 World Championships block of the Matches table

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  • IBJJF, official results, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2025 (final result dated 25 January 2025).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2025 IBJJF European Championship (gi) she took bronze in the women's adult brown-belt light-featherweight division, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Brown / Light Feather (53.50kg)', place 3

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  • IBJJF, official results, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2024 (final result dated 22 October 2024).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2024 IBJJF European No-Gi Championship she was second in the women's adult brown-belt featherweight division, again behind Mona Maree Bailey, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Brown / Feather (56.50kg)', place 2

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  • Kingz, athlete page 'Josefine Modig' (undated sponsor biography).(opens in a new tab)

    • She began in martial arts with Muay Thai and moved into MMA soon after; having never done any wrestling or grappling, she took up Brazilian jiu-jitsu about two months later to improve her ground game, and has said this was her first encounter with wrestling and that she fell in love with it.

      Where in the source: Athlete page, second paragraph on how she started (Muay Thai, then MMA, then jiu-jitsu): 'two months later'

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    • Kingz's fact panel gives January 2018 as the month she started jiu-jitsu.

      Where in the source: Fact panel below the product carousel, line on when she started jiu-jitsu

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    • She has fought a number of amateur Muay Thai and MMA bouts and won her professional MMA debut in 2023, but in recent years has concentrated mainly on her jiu-jitsu career.

      Where in the source: Third paragraph, and the accomplishments list line on her MMA pro debut

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    • Kingz lists her as a three-time Swedish champion, in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

      Where in the source: Accomplishments list: '3x Swedish Champion'

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    • In the Kingz profile she names her 2023 ADCC European Trials gold as the greatest victory of her career so far.

      Where in the source: Fact panel below the product carousel, line on her greatest victory

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    • In the Kingz profile she says she loves competing and winning but values the journey more: training with different people in different parts of the world, and the feeling of progress when something suddenly clicks.

      Where in the source: Third paragraph, her quoted comment: 'love the journey more'

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    • She believes every body has a jiu-jitsu game that suits it; for her it is the knee cut pass, which she says came easily because her knees rotate inward very flexibly. She names drive and obsession as what everyone has in common.

      Where in the source: Closing paragraph after the fact panel: 'knee cut pass'

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    • Kingz's fact panel gives Checkmat as her current team.

      Where in the source: Fact panel below the product carousel, current-team line

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  • MMAnytt, Erik Hansson, 'Josefine Modig gör karriär i två sporter: "Bra chans att ta mig långt"', 12 December 2022.(opens in a new tab)

    • In December 2022 the Swedish outlet MMAnytt described her as a Swedish MMA talent and BJJ champion, aged 25, who was pursuing careers in both sports and had combined her BJJ training with MMA training in recent months.

      Where in the source: Article by Erik Hansson, 12 December 2022, opening paragraph and third paragraph

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    • Before Wolf Fight Promotion 5 she told MMAnytt that she was not born in Kalmar but had lived there for some time, and that Kalmar was above all where she found martial arts; she said few people she knew there had seen her compete.

      Where in the source: Second paragraph, her quote to MMAnytt before Wolf Fight Promotion 5 (Kalmar)

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    • She was meant to make her professional MMA debut at Wolf Fight Promotion 5 in Kalmar in December 2022, but her opponent withdrew at short notice; she instead faced Astrid Vikgren in a grappling match at strawweight and lost a close, hard match on a unanimous decision.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph, and results list 'Stråvikt (grappling)' line

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    • Her martial arts base was BJJ, and she prepared for Wolf Fight Promotion 5 at Wulfing Academy in Norway, the club run by Norwegian BJJ champion Tommy Langaker; she said she had trained there a lot, that the training was good, that many women train there, something she missed in Kalmar, and that they had worked a lot on stand-up wrestling.

      Where in the source: Third and fourth paragraphs (Wulfing Academy, Tommy Langaker; her comment on training there)

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    • MMAnytt reported that she won Swedish championship (SM) gold in BJJ in 2021 and was preparing for the European Championship in Paris early the following year; she said she loved BJJ with all her heart, would keep competing, was already entered for the January Europeans and believed she had a real chance to go far in the sport.

      Where in the source: Third paragraph ('SM-guld i BJJ', 2021) and fifth paragraph, her quote on the January Europeans

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  • Frontkick.online, Tobias L., 'Josefine Modig hyllar UFC:s nya storsatsning: "Får in MMA-fans till grappling"', 27 June 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • In June 2025 Frontkick described her as a Swedish rising star who had won several prestigious titles in recent years and established herself among Europe's leading grapplers with a busy schedule of competitions around the world.

      Where in the source: Article by Tobias L., 27 June 2025, intro and section 'Josefine Modig är en av Europas främsta grapplers'

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    • Talking to Frontkick about the launch of UFC BJJ, she said the grappling world was working to bring MMA fans to grappling, that rules and mats were increasingly made for viewers, and that more viewers would make careers more secure and encourage more athletes to commit to the sport; she added that she lives in Norway and knows Davis Asare, who took part in the UFC BJJ series.

      Where in the source: Her quotes after the intro, and after the paragraph on 'UFC BJJ: Road to the Title'

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    • At the time of the June 2025 interview she was in Wales representing Team Europe at the Polaris team event, due to face Team North America that Saturday, and said it was a great honour and a lot of fun to spend several days getting to know her teammates before competing as a team.

      Where in the source: Final section, paragraph on Wales and Team Europe, and her quote

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  • Wulfing Academy, home page (wulfingacademy.no).(opens in a new tab)

    • Wulfing Academy is a grappling academy in Haugesund, Norway, whose main coach and co-owner is Tommy Lilleskog Langaker.

      Where in the source: Home page, paragraph under 'World Class Grappling' and the contact block (Haugesund address)

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  • IMMAF, 'IMMAF Founder member Sweden back with talented new generation', 15 October 2021.(opens in a new tab)

    • IMMAF reported that at the 2021 World Cup in Prague, her first IMMAF event, she knocked out Ireland's Caitlyn Hadfield in the first round of the semi-final and then beat her Swedish team-mate Nina Back, the most decorated member of the Swedish team, on a unanimous decision to take strawweight gold, collapsing to the floor in celebration before embracing Back; IMMAF called her one of its quickest rising prospects.

      Where in the source: Article of 15 October 2021, paragraphs on the strawweight final: 'Swedish team-mates'

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  • IMMAF, Caoilte de Barra, 'Josefine Modig Sees Magdalena Czaban Bout as a Final Ahead of Day 3', 28 September 2022.(opens in a new tab)

    • Before the 2022 IMMAF European Championships in Italy, IMMAF described her as one of its top strawweight prospects and the breakout star of the 2021 World Cup; she said she had postponed turning professional from August to December, and saw her opening bout against Poland's two-time European champion Magdalena Czaban as the real final because both trained full-time like professionals.

      Where in the source: Article by Caoilte de Barra, 28 September 2022, paragraphs on her pro plans and the Czaban bout: 'I see it as the final'

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    • She told IMMAF that progress mattered most to her: she never likes to stand still, always has something specific she is working on rather than repeating the same training, and regards fighting as the career she is building her life around.

      Where in the source: Closing quotes of the same article: 'most important for me is progress'

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  • Frontkick.online, Tobias L., 'Josefine Modig interview – Turns pro with no Plan B: "It better work out"', 28 October 2022.(opens in a new tab)

    • She told Frontkick she was done with amateur MMA and its three-minute rounds, which left no time to find distance and read an opponent, and looked forward to five-minute rounds and fighting without shin guards and big gloves, so that as a grappler who loves ground-and-pound she could use more of her grappling. She said her goal was not the UFC as such but to become as good as possible, and joked that she had no plan B.

      Where in the source: Her quotes in the body of the same article, including the section heading 'Josefine Modig has no plan B'

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  • Frontkick.online, Tobias L., 'Josefine Modig puts on massive performance, submits Nina Back in the first round', 9 September 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • She made her professional MMA debut on the undercard of Fight Club Rush 17 in Uppsala on 9 September 2023 against fellow debutant Nina Back, took the fight to the ground after an exchange of punches, took Back's back and won by rear-naked choke in the first round. It was her second win in the promotion, after beating Janika Antinmaa at Fight Club Rush 12 in May 2022.

      Where in the source: Fight report by Tobias L., 9 September 2023, paragraphs on the fight and 'Long-awaited pro debut'

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  • Frontkick.online, Tobias L., 'Josefine Modig talks pro MMA debut: "I really f**king love to fight"', 12 September 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • Speaking to Frontkick after her debut, her first MMA fight since September 2022 according to the article, she said she had been very nervous and, after so long out of the cage, wondered whether she still knew how to do MMA; that she actually feels less pressure in MMA than in grappling; and that the fight went exactly to her game plan: find angles with her boxing, take Back down, and expect Back to turn away under pressure on the ground. She had no plans to fight MMA again in 2023 and wanted a proper camp first.

      Where in the source: Interview by Tobias L., 12 September 2023, her quotes and section 'Josefine Modig will focus on grappling'

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    • In September 2023 Frontkick reported that she was about to travel to Poland for the ADCC trials, would then compete at the Swedish BJJ Championships in Malmö, and would end the year at the European and World No-Gi Championships.

      Where in the source: Section 'Josefine Modig will focus on grappling', paragraph on her autumn schedule

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  • Frontkick.online, Tobias L., 'After pro MMA debut – Josefine Modig wins gold at ADCC in Poland', 18 September 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • Frontkick reported that she arrived at the 2023 ADCC trials in Poland a week after her MMA debut and beat, among others, IMMAF world champion Magdalena Czaban; in an Instagram post it quoted, she wrote that she came with no expectations, mainly to coach and watch her team-mates, won two matches by submission and one on decision, and called it an honour to contest an all-Swedish final against Anna Berg.

      Where in the source: Article by Tobias L., 18 September 2023, body and section 'Josefine fought a fellow Swede in the finals': 'an all swedish final'

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  • Frontkick.online, Tobias L., 'Combat sports sensation Josefine Modig is the new European No-Gi champion', 1 November 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • In an Instagram post quoted by Frontkick after the 2023 European No-Gi Championship in Rome, she wrote that she had three matches in the brown-belt featherweight division, winning the first 7-0 on points, the second by toe hold and the third by rear-naked choke, keeping up her run of no points conceded in 2023.

      Where in the source: Article by Tobias L., 1 November 2023, her quoted Instagram post

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  • Frontkick.online, Tobias L., 'Josefine Modig wins silver in No-Gi Worlds in Las Vegas: "I hate to end the year on a loss"', 8 December 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2023 World No-Gi Championship in Las Vegas she won her first three matches, the first 23-0, then by armbar and rear-naked choke, before being caught in a triangle in the final; she wrote that she hated to end the year on a loss but had wanted a tougher bracket and got one. Frontkick added that before turning pro she had fought for the Swedish national MMA team.

      Where in the source: Article by Tobias L., 8 December 2023, opening paragraphs, her quoted post and section 'Josefine Modig made her pro MMA debut'

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  • Frontkick.online, Matias, 'Josefine Modig uttagen till historiska Polaris-galan: "Jag är hedrad!"', 22 April 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • When selected for Team Europe at Polaris 32 in Swansea, she told Frontkick it was a great opportunity, that as the smallest competitor she might take a beating but hoped to show her jiu-jitsu on the big stage, and that she was honoured Polaris thought she deserved the place. She said an all-women Squads card mattered for the sport: good athletes are good athletes, women are fewer and get less space, and it is important for young people and women to see them on stage.

      Where in the source: Article by Matias, 22 April 2025, her quotes after the selection and under 'Duktiga utövare är duktiga utövare'

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    • She said Sweden measures up well internationally and that jiu-jitsu is the same language everywhere, but that no-gi is less widespread in Sweden, where the rest of the world is further ahead; at the time she was in the United States with a large group of Swedes and training for the World Championship.

      Where in the source: Same article, answer on how Sweden compares internationally, and closing quote on her plans

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'ADCC European Trials, New Blood Steals The Show As Chen And Jones Take Out The Big Dogs', September 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • Competing as a brown belt for Wulfing Academy under the Norwegian code NOR, she won the women's 55 kg division at the ADCC Europe, Middle East and Africa Trials in Warsaw in September 2023, one of three brown belts among that event's trial winners.

      Where in the source: Winners list '2023 ADCC 1st European Trials Winners': '55KG – Josefine Modig (Wulfing Academy, NOR)'; intro names three brown belts

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    • Her path to the 2023 ADCC European trials title: a decision over Cara Du-Plessis in the quarter-final, an armbar against Magdalena Czaban in the semi-final and a rear-naked choke against Anna Berg in the final.

      Where in the source: Section '55 Kilogram Division / Female', quarter-final, semi-final and final lines

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  • Jitsmagazine, 'ADCC European, Middle-Eastern, And African Trials 2023 Full Results And Review', 17 September 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • Jitsmagazine's results for the ADCC European, Middle-Eastern and African Trials, held in September 2023, list Josefine Modig first in the women's under-55 kg division, ahead of Anna Berg and Ashley Bendle.

      Where in the source: 'Women's Divisions', 'Under 55kg' list, first line

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    • That 2023 trials event was the first to use ADCC's new women's weight classes, but it offered no ADCC World Championship invitations to the women's winners; the invitations handed out went to the men's divisions.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph, on the new women's divisions: 'no invites available for them'

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  • MMA Mania, Anton Tabuena, '2 CJI vets earn ADCC 2026 invites after winning ADCC EMEA Trials', 7 September 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2025 ADCC European, Middle East and African Trials in Warsaw she took bronze in the women's 55 kg division, behind Ana Mayordomo and Ashley Bendle; the women's results at that event counted only for seeding, since the women's slots for ADCC 2026 were to be awarded at the second EMEA trials.

      Where in the source: Paragraph on the women's divisions, and 'Women's 55 kg (no invites yet)' result list

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  • Jitsmagazine, Kathrine Burne, 'Full Lineup Announced For North America vs Europe At Polaris 32: Women's Squads', 8 May 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • In May 2025 Jitsmagazine reported her selection for the European team at Polaris 32 on 28 June 2025, the promotion's first women's Squads event against North America, naming her among several team members who had won ADCC trials.

      Where in the source: Article by Kathrine Burne, 8 May 2025, paragraph on the European squad: 'Sweden's Josefine Modig'

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  • Jitsmagazine, 'Polaris 32: Female Squads Full Live Results And Highlights', 28 June 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • At Polaris 32 on 28 June 2025, the first women's Polaris Squads match, played as a continuous team format against a time limit, she lost her match for Europe to Alanis Santiago by kimura at the start of the second half; North America won the team contest 11-10.

      Where in the source: Results list, first line after 'North America leads Europe 5-4 at Half-Time'; final line of the squads results

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  • IBJJF, official results, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023 (final result dated 29 January 2023).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2023 IBJJF European Championship (gi) she placed second in the women's adult purple-belt light-featherweight division, behind Lauren Hanako Sognefest, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Purple / Light Feather (53.50kg)', place 2

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  • IBJJF, official results, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023 (final result dated 4 June 2023).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2023 IBJJF World Championship (gi) she took bronze in the women's adult purple-belt light-featherweight division, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Purple / Light Feather (118.00lb)', place 3

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  • IBJJF, official results, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2023 (final result dated 29 October 2023).(opens in a new tab)

    • She won the women's adult brown-belt featherweight division at the 2023 IBJJF European No-Gi Championship, registered for CheckMat, ahead of Alicja Irena Stypulkowska.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Brown / Feather (56.50kg)', place 1

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  • IBJJF, official results, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2023 (final result dated 9 December 2023).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2023 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship she finished second in the women's adult brown-belt featherweight division, behind Mona Maree Bailey, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Brown / Feather (125.00lb)', place 2

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  • IBJJF, official results, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2025 (final result dated 1 June 2025).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2025 IBJJF World Championship (gi) she took bronze in the women's adult brown-belt light-featherweight division, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Brown / Light Feather (118.00lb)', place 3

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  • IBJJF, official results, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2025 (final result dated 2 November 2025).(opens in a new tab)

    • Competing at black belt, she took bronze in the women's adult light-featherweight division at the 2025 IBJJF European No-Gi Championship, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (51.50kg)', place 3

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  • IBJJF, official results, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2025 (final result dated 13 December 2025).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2025 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship she took bronze in the women's adult black-belt light-featherweight division, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (114.00lb)', place 3

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  • IBJJF, official results, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2026 (final result dated 29 January 2026).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2026 IBJJF European Championship (gi) she won silver in the women's adult black-belt light-featherweight division, behind Ashlee Funegra, registered for CheckMat.

      Where in the source: Category 'Female / Adult / Black / Light Feather (53.50kg)', place 2

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  • BJJ Heroes, '2026 IBJJF European Championship Results', January 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2026 IBJJF European Championship in Lisbon she beat Yasmin Castro 6-4 on points in the quarter-final and Eonju Im 6-4 in the semi-final before Ashlee Funegra submitted her with a choke from the back in the light-featherweight final.

      Where in the source: Section 'Light-Featherweight, Female', 4F, SF and F lines

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'IBJJF World Championship 2026 Results', June 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2026 IBJJF World Championship she reached the black-belt light-featherweight quarter-finals, where she lost to Andressa Guirau.

      Where in the source: Section 'Female, Light Featherweight', quarter-final (4F) lines

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'IBJJF 2025 European NoGi Championship Results', November 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • In her black-belt run at the 2025 IBJJF European No-Gi Championship in Rome she beat Giulia Angiolini 2-0 on points in the quarter-final and lost the semi-final to Mayssa Bastos by rear-naked choke.

      Where in the source: Section 'Female, Light-Feather (4 matches)', 4F and SF lines

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'IBJJF 2025 World No-Gi Championship Results', December 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2025 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship in Las Vegas she beat Brenda Larissa on a decision in the black-belt light-featherweight quarter-final and lost the semi-final to Ashlee Funegra by armbar.

      Where in the source: Section 'Female, Light-Feather', 4F and SF lines

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