The list of names for the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2016 is now out! Take a look below at the black belts signed up to compete in one of the biggest tournaments of the year. 

The list below is provisional and subject to change. For example, a number of those qualified have since changed teams and the list needs to be updated to reflect this. Also, many athletes qualified at a weight class outside of their own, so we would expect to see many of them switch. 

Male Black Belts

+94kg 
Karol Dzieniszewski / Berserkers Team
Antonio Henriques Junior / Roger Gracie Academy Italy
Gabriel Lyrio Lucas / Checkmat International
Raphael Souza / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Daniel Leal Baia / Gracie Humaita
Jonathan Satava / Alliance Marcelo Garcia
Alexander Trans / Gfteam
Victor Hugo Silva / Gfteam
Dany Gerard / Atos Jiu Jitsu
Marcus Vinicius Almeida / Checkmat International
Christopher Bowe / Gracie Barra Birmingham
Otavio Nalati / Guigo Jiu Jitsu
Roberto Abreu Filho / Fight Sports
Gustavo Dias Elias / Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu
Pablo Yuri Aragão / Ricardo Vieira Jiu Jitsu
Mahamed Santos Silva / Team Nogueira

94kg 
Diogo Araujo / Soul Fighters
Diego Da Herzog / Renzo Gracie 
Jackson Santos / Checkmat 
Rafael Lovato Jr. / Lovato Jiu-Jitsu
Leonardo Isidro Iturralde / Alliance 
Keenan Cornelius / Atos Jiu Jitsu 
Maksymilian Wisniewski / Zenith BJJ Poland
Erberth Santos Mesquita / Guigo Jiu Jitsu 
Felipe Carsalade Pena / Gracie Barra BH
Nalmir Oliveira Guimarães / Gfteam
Rodolpho Bomfim / UAEJJ Team 

85kg 
Luiz Felipe Santos / Gfteam
Viking Wong / Gfteam
Alberto Gonzalez Ortiz / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Patrick Gaudio / Gfteam
Arturo Salas Espies / Mathias Ribeiro Team
Youngam Noh / Jiu Jitsu Lab
Igor Basilio Sousa / UAEJJ Team
Gustavo Ramos Campos / Guetho Jiu-Jitsu
Bruno Almeida Alves / Gracie Barra Crows Nest
Gabriel Procopio Fonseca / Brazilian Top Team (RN)
Leandro Lo Nascimento / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Vinicius De Nascimento / P360 Academia De Jiu Jitsu
Claudio Calasans / Atos Jiu Jitsu

77kg 
Luan De Alves / Nova União (Ivan Lima)
Sebastien Andre Lecocq / Le Cercle Tissier
Gabriel Rollo Pontes / Checkmat International
Cedric Akakpovi / Akamat
Carlos Vinicius Almeida / Air Force Air Defance Club
Tiago Bravo / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Adriano Pereira Araujo / Game Fight Manimal BJJ International
Kevin Javier Mahecha / American Top Team 
Marcos Costa / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall 
Samuel Gibson / Carlson Gracie London
Tyler Warren Bishop / Gracie Humaita
Jhonny Loureiro Souza / Alliance Mario Reis
William Dias / Nova Uniao Aus 
Lachlan Giles / Maromba Acadamia Australia 
Lee Mathew Ting / Dominance Will-Machado
Lucas Alves Lepri / Alliance 
Akira Hosokawa / Carpe Diem
Ross Nicholls / Roger Gracie Academy
Ian De Toro / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Felipe Cesar Silva / Barbosa Jiu-Jitsu
César Miyahira / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Caio Almeida Silva / Ryan Gracie
Rodrigo Caporal / Atos Jiu Jitsu - Andre Galvao
Rafael Naves Carvalho / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain 

69kg
Isaque Alberto Paiva / Saikoo
Paulo Miyao / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Brian Mahecha / American Top Team
Jefferson Cordeiro / Military Program - PS
Raphael Cadena / Nova Barra BJJ Brazil
Marcio Andre Junior / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Island
Samuel Hertzog Canquerino / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Sergio Calderón / Associacion Aranha
Abdallah Hibar Nabas / Team Mirza
Murat Besnek / Maromba Acadamia Australia
Rafael Machado Mansur / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Gianni Paul Grippo / Alliance Marcelo Garcia
Victor De Matos / Zenith (Dublin) 

62kg
Wellington Ribeiro Lima, Military Program - PS
Jose Tiago, Pslpb Cicero Costha
Tomoyuki Hashimoto, Carpe Diem Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 
Wanki Chae, John Frankl BJJ

Female Combined Brown-Black 

+70kg 
Samantha Cook / Chico Mendes Jiu Jitsu
Fernanda Mazzelli / Striker Jiu Jitsu
Jonna Konivuori / Alliance Bahrain 
Nayara Sousa Plesa / Centro Esportivo Irmãos Felix De Jiu-Jitsu
Heather Raftery / Atos Jiu Jitsu
Joaquina Bonfim Neta / Academia Gracie Barra Pernambuco
Monique Elias / Alliance Mario Reis
Tayane Porfírio / Alliance 

62kg 
Luiza Monteiro Costa / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Bianca Barbosa Basilio / Ryan Gracie
Jena Rae Bishop / Gracie Humaita
Katia Guimaraes Pina / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Nadia Maria Melo / Gfteam
Luciana Lemes Kusaka / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Island
Jessica Cristina Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Leoni Jane Munslow / BJJ School 
Jess Fraser / Dominance Will-Machado
Priscilla Assuncao Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Michelle Nicolini / Ricardo Vieira Jiu Jitsu
Hope Douglass / Mybjj Team
Beatriz Oliveira Mesquita / Gracie Humaita
Déborah Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center

55kg 
Anna Kavoura / Rio Grappling Club
Isabel Alfaro Arreaga / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Flavia Guimaraes Quintareli / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Clarissa Lacerda / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Ariadne De Oliveira / Mestre Wilson
Aline De Coelho / Centro Esportivo Irmãos Felix De Jiu-Jitsu
Jessica De Henriques / Game Fight Manimal Bjj International
Amal Amjahid / C.E.N.S. Academy
Liwia Gluchowska / Maromba Acadamia Australia
Mackenzie Lynne Dern / Gracie Humaita