IBJJF Brasileiro 2025: Women's Middleweight Black Belts To Watch

It's time for the '25 IBJJF Brazilian National Championship. See which female black belts will be competing for the Women’s Middleweight title in Sao Paulo.

Apr 18, 2025 by Matt Cannizzaro

IBJJF Brasileiro 2025: Women's Middleweight Black Belts To Watch

The 2025 edition of the IBJJF Brazilian National Championship, also known as IBJJF Brasileiro, is here, which means thousands of athletes are headed back to Sao Paulo for a week of top-tier jiu-jitsu.

Brasileiro is the third of four Grand Slam events conducted each year by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, and this year’s competition will take place at Ginásio Poliesportivo José Correa (José Correa Multi-Sport Gymnasium) from April 26-May 4.

Competitors are placed into divisions based on their ages and belt colors – white, blue, purple, brown and black – while each category features nine weight classes. Fans can watch all the action live on FloGrappling.

Each category at the event certainly will have its share of drama and storylines, but it traditionally is the top tier, the black belts, garnering much of the attention and discussion.

Since entries for the event already closed, we have a good idea about many of the top competitors for whom to watch out, and that includes a handful of athletes ranked at the top of their respective weight classes in the latest official FloGrappling rankings.

Among the black belts headed to Brazil to compete in the Women’s Middleweight division are five of the top 10 fighters on the latest FloGrappling Female Gi Rankings – No. 2 Larissa Martins (Brazil), No. 5 Gisele Menezes (Brazil), No. 6 Ana Beatriz Silva (Brazil), No. 8 Elisabeth Clay (United States) and No. 9 Vitoria Gabriella (Brazil).

As of April 15, this is the biggest weight class for adult women, with 17 athletes set to fight in this category:

Amanda Hening
Luana Sousa Soares
Renata Bueno Vieira da Silva
Elisabeth Ann Clay
Vitoria Gabriella Nogueira dos Reis
Larissa Martins dos Santos
Kamilla Kelly de Souza
Thalyta Stefhane Lima Silva
Gisele Constante Menezes Tavares
Julia Boscher Seixas Pinto
Rebeca Ferreira de Lima
Vitoria Carolina Araujo Vieira
Gabriela de Faria Matos Barreto
Gessica Soares Maciel de Almeida
Ana Beatriz Souza Brandão
Ana Beatriz Santos Silva
Alexia Souza Arantes

The Women’s Middleweight champion in 2024 was Thalyta Stefhane Lima Silva, while Vitória Carolina Araujo Vieira makes the move up to Middleweight, after winning the Women’s Lightweight title last year.

Who Is Participating In IBJJF Brasileiro 2025?

The complete list of participants (separated by belt color and weight class) can be found here.

About IBJJF Brasileiro

Brasileiro is one of a handful of top-tier events run by the IBJJF, and it first was held in 1996. The first time women participated was 1998, and female champions have been crowned at each edition since 2000.

Through 2012, the prestigious competition was held in Rio de Janeiro, before moving to its current home in Sao Paulo.

How To Watch The IBJJF Brasileiro 2025 Stream

All matches at Brasileiro 2025 will be streamed and archived on FloGrappling and the FloSports app.

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Replays of the matches, highlights, results and news will be available on both platforms.

2025 Brasileiro Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF

IBJJF Brasileiro Jiu Jitsu 2025 Results

Click here to see the results for Brasileiro 2025.

IBJJF Brasileiro Jiu Jitsu 2025 Schedule

The tentative IBJJF Brasileiro 2025 schedule can be found here.

Have You Heard Of The IBJJF Grand Slam?

The IBJJF Grand Slam is a collection of four major gi tournaments throughout the season.

Here’s the schedule for those events:

Here's A Throwback From FloGrappling On YouTube

Here's a full replay of the 2023 IBJJF Brasileiro black belt finals.

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