The Best, Most Exciting, Craziest Matches To Watch From 2023 IBJJF Worlds
The Best, Most Exciting, Craziest Matches To Watch From 2023 IBJJF Worlds
A running list of the most exciting matches to watch from all the live action at 2023 IBJJF World Championships.

Keep checking back through the 2023 IBJJF World Championships as we update this list to include the wildest, most exciting bouts going on in the Walter Pyramid. From blue to black belt, grapplers around the world are bringing their best as they try to win an elusive World gold medal.
Erich Munis vs Cassio Felipe Costa, Black Belt Super-Heavyweight Semifinal

Kaynan Duarte vs Gutemberg Pereira, Black Belt Super-Heavyweight Semifinal

Victor Hugo vs Gui Soares, Black Belt Ultra-Heavyweight Semifinal


Tainan Dalpra vs Rolando Samson, Black Belt Middleweight Semifinal


Jansen Gomes vs Tye Ruotolo, Black Belt Middleweight Semifinal

Diogo Reis vs Diego Oliveira, Black Belt Light-Featherweight Semifinal

Sam Nagai vs Isaac Doederlein, Black Belt Featherweight Semifinal

Matheus Spirandelo vs Andy Murasaki, Black Belt Medium-Heavyweight Quarterfinal

Isaque Bahiense vs Manuel Ribamar, Black Belt Medium-Heavyweight Quarterfinal

Manuel Ribamar vs Marcos Vinicius, Black Belt Medium-Heavyweight Qualifier

Adam Wardzinski vs Italo Lima, Black Belt Heavyweight Qualifier

Roberto Jimenez vs Fellipe Andrew, Black Belt Heavyweight Qualifier

Tye Ruotolo vs Tarik Hopstock, Black Belt Middleweight Quarterfinal

Italo Lima vs Pedro Machado, Black Belt Heavyweight Quarterfinal

Takeshiro Yuuki vs Rafael Borges, Purple Belt Open Class Final


Victor Hugo vs Kaynan Duarte, Black Belt Open Class Semifinal

Erich Munis vs Paulo Henrique Merlin, Black Belt Open Class Semifinal


Melissa Cueto vs Gabi Pessanha, Black Belt Open Class Semifinal


Gustavo Batista vs Rafael Paganini, Black Belt Medium-Heavyweight Quarterfinal

Sebastian Rodriguez vs Angelo Clairborne, Black Belt Medium Heavyweight Qualifier

Diogo Reis vs Rene Lopez, Black Belt Light-Feather Quarterfinal

Fellipe Trovo vs Cassio Felipe Costa, Black Belt Super-Heavyweight Quarterfinal

Briana Ste-Marie vs Victoria Vieira, Black Belt Lightweight Quarterfinal


Tainan Dalpra vs Bradley Hill, Black Belt Middleweight Qualifier

Tye Ruotolo vs Tarik Hopstock, Black Belt Middleweight Quarterfinal


Pedro Maia vs Lucas Valente, Black Belt Lightweight Quarterfinal


Isaac Doederlein vs Diego Oliveira, Black Belt Featherweight Quarterfinal

Margot Ciccarelli vs Ana Rodrigues, Black Belt Featherweight Semifinal


Raquel Canuto vs Thamara Ferreira Silva, Black Belt Middleweight Quarterfinal

Lucas Valente vs Bruno Garcia, Black Belt Lightweight Qualifier


Espen Mathiesen vs Megaton Dias, Black Belt Lightweight Qualifier

Isaac Doederlein vs Danilo Soares, Black Belt Featherweight Quarterfinal

Malachi Edmond vs Cleber Sousa, Black Belt Light-Featherweight Quarterfinal


Mayssa Bastos vs Mariana Rolszt, Black Belt Roosterweight Semifinal

JT Torres vs Natan Cheung, Black Belt Lightweight Qualifier


Osvaldo Moizinho vs Diego Sodre, Black Belt Featherweight Qualifier

Thalison Soares vs Cory Walker, Black Belt Roosterweight Quarterfinal


Malachi Edmond vs Zach Kaina, Black Belt Light-Featherweight Qualifier

Victor Hugo vs Luis Fernando de Oliveira, Black Belt Open Class Quarterfinal


Danilo Soares vs Thiago Brito, Black Belt Featherweight Qualifier

Elisabeth Clay vs Luciana Mota, Black Belt Open Class Qualifier

Austin Baker vs Thomas Bracher, Black Belt Open Class Qualifier

Lucas Barbosa vs Cleyton Flores, Black Belt Open Class Qualifier

Elisabeth Clay vs Amy Campo, Black Belt Open Class Quarterfinal

Kaynan Duarte vs Elder Cruz, Black Belt Open Class Qualifier

Rayron Gracie vs Gabriel Brod, Brown Belt Open Class Final
Rayron earned his absolute championship with Roger and Kyra in the crowd in a last-minute exchange in this entertaining final

Shay Montague vs Everton Celio, Brown Belt Roosterweight Finals
Shay Montague was able to pull out victory in the world finals with this INSANE back take

Cole Abate vs Oilson Alvim Jr, Brown Belt
Abate had one of his closest matches of the day in this back and forth bout with Alvim Jr

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Vitor Crizel vs Washington Ferreira, Blue Belt Roosterweight Final
In an early Alliance/DreamArt final, Crizel pulls away late for the victory

Chayse Diekema vs Beatriz Santos Silva, Brown Belt Lightweight Qualifier
Diekema, the favorite at lightweight brown belt, had to work in this early round match against Beatriz Santos Silva

Nadia Frankland vs Beatrice Jin, Brown Belt Lightweight Qualifier



Robson de Freitas Chaves vs Rayron Gracie, Brown Belt Super-Heavyweight Semifinal
Robson showed some beautiful classic game in the closing moments of his super-heavyweight semifinal

Alex Osorio Mendes vs Lucas Gabriel Gonzalez, Blue Belt Juvenile 2 Roosterweight Semifinal
The juvenile blue belts showed skills beyond their age in this entertaining bout between medalists

Romulo Rocha vs Warlisson Ferreira de Miranda, Purple Belt Lightweight Qualifier
Romulo Rocha, one of the purple belts to watch, showed why with an early nasty finish from the back

Xavier Oliveira vs Yago Matias, Juvenile 2 Blue Belt Featherweight Semifinal

Helena Crevar vs Aurora Terry, Juvenile 1 Blue Belt Heavyweight Semifinal
Helena poured on points early and kept her onslaught going for a submission victory.

Julianna Wong vs Lillian Marchand, Juvenile 2 Blue Belt Heavyweight
In a match between 2023 Pan/Euro/Brasileiro champions, one athlete left no doubt with a submission victory for World gold

Kleber Alves vs Lukas Pessoa, Purple Belt Roosterweight Final
