Black Belt Stars Shine Bright At IBJJF Brasileiros On Saturday
Black Belt Stars Shine Bright At IBJJF Brasileiros On Saturday
The action in São Paulo reached a fever pitch Saturday when the adult black belts finally took the mats at 2025 IBJJF Brasileiros.
The anticipation in São Paulo reached a fever pitch Saturday when the adult black belts finally took the mats at the 2025 IBJJF Brasileiros and they delivered with awesome action all day long.
The action will continue streaming live on FloGrappling on Sunday, May 4 with four athletes still vying for double gold and tons of elite matchups to look forward to.
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All the matches tomorrow, including the men's quarters, men's semifinals, and all the finals, are begin at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Saturday Recap: Black Belt Stars Shine Bright IBJJF Brasileiros 2025
In the open class, it was the land of the giants with athletes from heaviest weights navigating their way to the finals.
Erich Munis will take on Marcus Ribeiro in a rematch from the 2024 Crown finals (which Munis won by submission) and Gabi Pessanha faces Yara Soares in another rematch between the two.
Munis and Pessanha carry all submissions into day two.
Meyram Alves was also a huge factor in the men's open, making it all the way to the quarters before falling to Marcus. Unfortunately, he then had to withdraw from the feather bracket as well.
Yara Soares picked up two big wins to make the open and heavy finals, beating world champion Melissa Cueto in close bouts.
Gabi Pessanha, for her own credit, again faced Tayane Porfirio after their controversial match last week at BJJ Stars 15. This time, no controversy as Gabi picked up the clean submission win.
The women's finals are set and we have another stacked round of action for everyone when those matches get going tomorrow.
The European and Pan finals were all incredible this season so don't miss it.
Gabi of course did her thing, submitting her way into two more major finals and looks like her generally unstoppable self. Speaking of unstoppable, Mayssa spent about 45 seconds on the mat on her way to the finals today. She's got Atos's Thaís Loureiro tomorrow and continues to prove why she's probably already the best women's rooster ever. Still, she was upset at Pans so Thaís certainly has something to build off of.
Cassia Moura has a chance to win her first gi major title, as the 19 year old phenom beat Maria Luiza in a rematch of their controversial Pans final. Cassia will face world medalist Margot Ciccarelli tomorrow - whoever wins that match is the likely favorite for the Pyramid (considering Ana and Tata won't be there this year).
The top two women's lightweights in the world will meet again tomorrow when Brianna Ste-Marie takes on Janaina Maia. They met at the Crown last year with BSM winning in an impressive show but Maia has looked better than ever this year and is undefeated in 2025. Back to back one seeds fell at middle and medium-heavy when Rebeca Lima beat Thalyta Lima and Giovanna Carniero beat Ingridd Alves.
Rebeca Lima will face Lis Clay in the finals after Elisabeth beat Vitoria Vieira and then Gisele Tavares back-to-back. She was really excited after beating Tavares in a rematch from Pans and a gold medal would cap off this comeback weekend for Clay.
The finals will be (rankings according to FloGrappling's official rankings):
- Rooster - #1 Mayssa Bastos vs #6 Thaís Loureiro
- Light-Feather - #5 Jessica Caroline vs #8 Brenda Larissa
- Feather - #3 Margot Ciccarelli vs #5 Cassia Moura
- Light - #1 Brianna Ste-Marie vs #2 Janaina Maia
- Middle - #8 Elisabeth Clay vs Rebeca Lima
- Medium-Heavy - #6 Aurélie Le Vern vs #5 Maria Carolina Vicentini
- Heavy - #1 Tamiris Silva vs Yara Soares
- Super-Heavy - #1 Gabi Pessanha vs #3 Tayane Porfirio
By and large the men's divisions (which only went up to the quarters) were a lot of the biggest names getting in an early match and often winning in impressive submission.
There were several key upsets in the early rounds of men's action, including:
- Kleber Barboza beating European champion Yuri Hendrex
- Lucas Maquine beating Espen Mathiesen
- Arley Pacheco beating Rafael Borges
- Angelo Claiborne beating Gabriel 'Maranho' Costa
- Pablo Campos beating European champion Windson Torres
- Felipe Augusto beating European double gold medalist Luis Cantereira in both the weight and the open
The men's quarters are set tomorrow and feature a lot of critical bouts.
Those matches will be:
- Men's Rooster
- Yuri Silva vs #9 Welerson Goncalves
- Rhuan Victor vs Aniel Bonifacio
- #14 Oziel Santos vs Weslei Costa
- Rodrigo Otavio vs Thiago Taborda
- Men's Light-Feather
- Matheus Ondi vs #1 Diego Pato
- Roiter Lima vs Jonathan Santos
- #11 Shoya Ishiguro vs #13 Anderson Delfino
- Nathannael Jackson vs Kleber Barboza
- Men's Feather
- #7 Cole Abate vs #5 Diego Sodre
- #4 Alex Sodre vs Cleber Sousa
- #11 Isaac Doederlein vs Luan Gomes
- Artur dos Santos Oliveira vs Guiliano Francesco Spera
- Men's Light
- Alessandro Botelho vs #4 Luiz Paulo
- Vitor Hugo dos Santos vs #7 Lucas Protasio
- Leandro Lima de Souza vs #15 Julio Arantes
- Sandrey Silva vs Guilherme Alves de Silva
- Men's Middle
- #1 Tainan Dalpra vs #12 Gabriel Galvão
- Yuri Rodrigues vs #9 Vinicius Martins
- #10 Elijah Dorsey vs Tarik Hopstock
- Jefferson Goteu vs Arley Pacheco
- Men's Medium-Heavy
- #10 Matheus Vetoraci vs Gabriel Brod
- #2 Jansen Gomes vs Vital Neto
- #7 Uanderson Ferreira vs Angelo Claiborne
- Servio Tulio vs #6 Davi Vetoraci
- Men's Heavy
- #10 Rider Zuchi vs #8 Leo Ferreira
- #7 Vinicius Liberati vs #4 Roberto Jimenez
- #1 Adam Wardzinski vs Gregor Gracie
- #3 Pedro Machado vs Hygor Brito
- Men's Super-Heavy
- #2 Erich Munis vs Leandro Santos
- Nico Maglicic vs Elioenai Braz
- Pablo Campos Raimundo vs Lucas Jose Alves de Oliveira
- #6 Nolan Stuart vs Eldeson Santino da Silva
- Men's Ultra-Heavy
- #6 Marcus Ribeiro vs Pedro Elias
- Kjetil Lydvo vs Sean Goolsby
- #4 Gui Soares vs Pedro Lucas
- Felipe Augusto vs Leon Mendonça
Notable No-Shows
- Diogo Reis
- Meyram Alves (from weight class)
- Zach Kaina
- Anderson Munis
- Shelby Murphey
- Nia Blackman
How To Watch IBJJF Brasileiro 2025
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IBJJF Brasileiro Jiu Jitsu 2025 Schedule
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:
- The European Championships – Jan. 17-25
- The Pan Championships – March 19-23
- The Brazilian National Championship – April 26-May 4
- The World Championships – May 28-June 2
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