Kirkcaldy’s Cora Tervet wins fourth British title at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open event in Manchester

Tervit, who was representing Gracie Barra Fife, won the four-minute under-14 bout on points to delight her proud dad Jamie.

"It was a good match,” he said. “Imogen’s won the European title the last two years and Cora had to go up an age group to fight her as she’s a year older.

"That’s four times Cora has entered a British title fight and four times she’s won it, which is impressive.

"In past years the British Open has also been held in Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry.”

The previous weekend, Cora had travelled to Liverpool to fight for an MMA European title against the far more experienced Jazzy Tyson of Liverpool Combat Academy, whose current overall record reads 6-1 in MMA and 10-1 in kickboxing.

“We got stitched up there,” Jamie said. “Experience wise it was a bit of a mismatch, but not talent wise.

"Cora won the first round and the second round could have gone either way.

“She got submitted in the third but the girl she was up against has had 20 fights and we hadn’t realised that, we thought it was a fair match. Cora had only made her debut the week before, so at least it was good experience for her.

"Trying to beat a Scouser in Liverpool was always going to be a big task!

"The parents and coaches of Jazzy were straight over afterwards saying she was so good that she couldn’t get a match, but Cora was the toughest fight she’d had yet.

"I think they had been a wee bit worried that Cora was going to take the win.”

Cora’s recent fights have represented the start of a busy summer of action for her.

The Braveheart MMA (Kirkcaldy) member will contest the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) English Open Championships grappling event in Coventry on June 22, before starring at the BJJ Junior World Championships in Wolverhampton on July 13 and14.Following that, Cora will contest her third MMA fight at the Badmofo MMA promotions show in Barnsley on July 21.And then it's the IBJJF International Championship in Las Vegas on August 31.