The IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu World Championship is right around the corner, the day-by-day schedule has been released. Competition will take place from May 29 to June 1st, with champions for each belt and weight class being crowned on each day.

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The Black Belts are one of the most highly-anticipated fields, with the most competitors and most enticing competition. While registration for the event is still open, most athletes have already registered, adding excitement to the competition.

Here’s when the black belts will compete and who we know is competing:

When Are The Black Belts Competing? 

While the official schedule has not been released yet, black belt competitions are set to take place on Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1. The final schedule and bracket with match times and opponents will be released on May 27. 

Top-Ranked Athletes At IBJJF Worlds 2025

These are the top-10 black belts in the world, men's and women's. 

Men’s Rankings 

1. Erich Munis dos Santos - Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu
2. Adam Piotr Wardzinski - CheckMat International
3. Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro de Siqueira - Alliance SP
4. Diego Oliveira Batista - AOJ
5. Tainan Dalpra Costa - AOJ
6. Yan Lucas Cordeiro Paiva - Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu
7. Luis Fernando de Oliveira - Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
8. Gutemberg de Jesus Santos Pereira - AOJ
9. Fellipe Andrew Leandro Silva - Alliance San Diego
10. Alexandre Papa Manara - Lotus Club

Women’s Rankings

1. Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho – Infight Jiu-Jitsu
2. Melissa Stricker Cueto – Alliance Inland Empire
3. Larissa Dias de Almeida – Elementum Jiu-Jitsu
4. Amanda Magda de Oliveira – Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
5. Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos – AOJ
6. Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas – Pax Jiu-Jitsu Academy
7. Janaina Maia de Menezes – AOJ
8. Yara Soares do Nascimento – Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
9. Maria Luiza Nunes Pinto – JFC Almeida JJ
10. Sábatha Laís Francisco dos Santos – Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Who’s Competing

Separated by weight class, see who the competitors who have already registered for the world championship are. Registration will close on May 18, so athletes may be added to this list. All black belt competitors are adults.

Male Rooster - 127.00 LB

• Alliance Los Angeles - Frank Cespedes  
• Alliance Los Angeles - Michael Jalen B. Fonacier  
• Alma Fight Gym Homies - Kai Takasugi  
• AOJ - Thalison Vitorino Soares  
• Atos Atlanta BJJ - Everton Celio de Souza Teixeira  
• CheckMat USA - Rodnei Barbosa Gabriel Jr.  
• Fabio Santos BJJ - Samuel David Marquez  
• GF Team California - Carlos Alberto Oliveira da Silva  
• Gracie Barra Arizona - Relter Lima Silva Filho  
• Gracie Barra Capivari SP - Lucas de Souza Castro  
• Humbling Jiu-Jitsu Club - Francisco Jonas B. Andrade  
• Marcio Andre Jiu-Jitsu - Italo Augusto Bonfim Frota  
• Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil - Rodrigo Otavio Ferreira de Oliveira  
• Team MC - Bruno Cordeiro Sena  
• Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy - Mitsuhiro Shinoda  
• Wire Jiu-Jitsu - Seokhyeon Seo  

Male Light-Feather 141.60 LB

• Alliance SP - Carlos José Luiz Junior  
• Alliance SP - Leonardo Mário Pereira Júnior  
• AOJ - Diego Oliveira Batista  
• AOJ - Jordan Vaisman  
• AOJ - Zachary Kaima'alili Kaina-Kokubun  
• Carpe Diem Mita - Shoya Ishiguro  
• Checkmat Dallas - Keiser Girao - Leonardo de Barros Vilela  
• Fight Sports - Pedro Henrique Takadi Cazarre Nakano  
• Gracie Barra Arizona - Mateus Felipe de Souza Porto  
• Gracie Barra Arizona - Roiter Lima Silva Junior  
• Kronos BJJ HQ - Luis Felipe Ninja de Moraes Pinto  
• Melqui Galvão Jiu-Jitsu - Nathannael Jackson Fonseca Fernandes  
• Melqui Galvão Jiu-Jitsu  - Yuri Hendrex Assunção Soares  
• Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu - Brasil - Andrew Amorim Cardoso  
• Team Lloyd Irvin - Malachi James C. Edmond  

Male Feather - 154.60 LB

• A-Force Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Luan Gomes da Silva  
• Alliance Los Angeles - Kennedy Leonardo N Maciel  
• Alliance Marcelo Garcia - Yuta Shimada  
• Alliance SP - Fabricio Andrey Batista Junior  
• AOJ - Cole Anthony Abate  
• AOJ - Guilherme Rodrigues Fernandes  
• Aspire To Inspire - Marco Vinicius Mendes Brito  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - João Pedro Bueno Mendes  
• Barbosa Jiu-Jitsu - Joao Pedro da Rocha  
• CheckMat - Eduardo Granzotto Vidal Lima  
• GFTeam / Orlando Jr - Ademir Barreto de Araújo  
• GFTeam Arkansas - Ismael dos Santos Lima  
• JFC Almeida JJ - Cleber de Sousa Fernandes  
• John Frankl Jiu-Jitsu - Youngseung Cho  
• Melqui Galvão Jiu-Jitsu - Alexssandro Pinto Sodré  
• Melqui Galvão Jiu-Jitsu - Raimundo Diego Pinto Sodre  
• Morselli Jiu-Jitsu Academy - Leandro de Oliveira Lima  
• Outer Heaven - Sebastian Ernesto Serpa  
• Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ - Thiago Augusto Araujo Macedo  
• Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu - Meyram Maquiné Alves  
• Wire Jiu-Jitsu - Minho Yoon  

Male Light Weight -168.00 LB

• Alliance SP - Thiago Robson Saboia Sousa  
• Ares BJJ Diego Bispo Academy - Sandrey Henrique da Silva de Paula  
• Caio Terra Association Brasil - Mateus de Moraes Coelho  
• Carlson Gracie International - Sean Donal Whyte  
• CheckMat International - Karl Joakim Pegers  
• Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - João Gabriel Galvão da Silva  
• Gracie Humaita Phoenix - Wellington Leal Dias  
• Inevat Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Matheus Gabriel Pinheiro Barros  
• Jiu-Jitsu For Life Canada - Michael Robert Francis-Sheehan  
• Lotus Club - Leandro Lima de Souza  
• Mavs - Espen Mathiesen  
• One Way Martial Arts - Intl. - Pedro Leonardo da Silva  
• Outer Heaven - Kevin Javier Mahecha  
• PSLPB Cicero Costha - Vitor Hugo dos Santos Sotini  
• PSLPB Cicero Costha USA  - Fabricio J Barbarotti  
• Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil - Alexandre Joaquim de Jesus  
• Renzo Gracie Ottawa - Ethan Roy Major  
• Secret Kumite in the Woods - Ariel Shacher Tabak  
• Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu - Yan Lucas Cordeiro Paiva  
• Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu - Brasil - Leonardo Souza de Oliveira  
• Six Blades Fort Worth - Team Marra- Gabriel Cardoso Amorim  
• Team Lloyd Irvin - Elijah Amir Dorsey  
• Unity Jiu-Jitsu Brasil - Natan Chueng Freitas  
• Wire Jiu-Jitsu - Jaeyoung Lee  

Male Middleweight - 181.60 LB

• Alliance Porto Alegre - Vinícius do Canto Martins  
• AOJ - Tainan Dalpra Costa  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Rafael Carvalho Silveira T Borges  
• Campeão United Jiu-Jitsu - Wallisson Oliveira Souza  
• CheckMat - Jefferson Alves Goteu  
• CheckMat USA - José Matheus Macedo de Lira Luna  
• Clube Feijão de Jiu-Jitsu - Yuri Gabriel Rodrigues  
• DreamArt - João Pedro Menezes de Barros  
• Equipe Hugo Velasco Jiu-Jitsu - Gabriel Ávila Queiroz Machado  
• JFC Almeida JJ - Elder da Silveira Gomes Júnior  
• Lotus Club - Bruno Bressan Garcia  
• Sigma Jiu-Jitsu - Szilard Sule  
• Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Intl. - Pedro Henrique Maia Costa  
• The Match Champ - Wesley Patrick Possamai  
• Varsity Jiu-Jitsu - Rehan Muttalib  
• ZR Team Association - Guilherme G. B. O. Rocha  

Male Medium-Heavy - 195.00 LB

• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Arthur Dorneles Mariath  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Marcos Vinicius de O. Martins  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Raul Barbosa Basílio  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Ronaldo Pereira de Souza Júnior  
• Blvckout Grappling - Matheus Vetoraci de Menezes  
• Carlson Gracie International - Uanderson Ferreira de Oliveira  
• CheckMat - José Matheus Marchi Peixoto  
• CheckMat USA - Jose Mathias Macedo de Lira Luna  
• DreamArt - Lucas Gualberto Gomes Nascimento  
• DreamArt - Rui Alves Neto  
• Elementum Jiu-Jitsu - Enderson Dias de Almeida  
• Focus Jiu-Jitsu - Davi Vetoraci de Menezes  
• Foundry BJJ - Andre Nascimento dos Santos Gois  
• FPK Apex Jiu-Jitsu - Mikael Rhaillander Teixeira de Arruda  
• Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Gabriel Silva Costa  
• Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Vital Antonio dos Santos Neto  
• Gracie Barra Northridge - Caio Vinicius Lima Santos  
• Gracie Barra Upland - Paulo Henrique Merlin  
• JFC Almeida JJ - Leonardo Teixeira Lara  
• Milioli Jiu Jitsu - Manoel Miguel da Rocha P. Jr.  
• Pedigo Submission Fighting - Clay Landon Mayfield  
• Rodrigo Pinheiro - Carlos Alberto Castro de Araújo Neto  
• Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ - Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho  
• Toronto BJJ - Max Li  
• Unity Jiu-jitsu - Franco Manuel D. Palomino  
• Unity Jiu-jitsu - Matheus Souza Pereira  

Male Super-Heavy - 220.00 LB 

• Alliance Porto Alegre - Gabriel Henrique dos S. Oliveira  
• Brea Jiu-Jitsu - Nolan Patrick Braga Stuart  
• Clube Feijão de Jiu-Jitsu - Luiz Henrique Betta da Silva  
• GF Team - Marcos Carrozzino  
• Logos JJ - Kalum John Klausner  
• Lotus Club USA - Gabriel de Oliveira Haddad Duarte  
• PSLPB Cicero Costha - Guilherme Carmo Cypriano  
• Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu - Brasil - Windson Alves de Oliveira Torres  
• Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu - Erich Munis dos Santos  
• Syd Trinity Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Marcelo Gomide Oliveira  
• Team 6 BJJ - Lucas Jose Alves de Oliveira  

Male Ultra-Heavy

• Alliance Northwest Arkansas - Guilherme Soares Santos  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Helder Jose Rodrigues Júnior  
• Brasa Ohio - Pedro Zapata Jr  
• Cascao Jiu-Jitsu - Roosevelt Pereira Lima de Souza  
• CheckMat International - Kjetil Hope Lydvo  
• Clube Feijão de Jiu-Jitsu - Leon da Silva Mendonça  
• GF Team - Seif-Eddine Houmine  
• Infight JJ - Anderson Kauan Gomes Marinho  
• Lotus Club USA - Alexandre Papa Manara  
• Michel Safi BJJ School - Pedro Lucas Soares Ribeiro  
• Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu - Anderson Munis dos Santos  

Female Rooster - 107.00 LB

• AOJ - Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos  
• Atos Northwest - Amber R Rymarz-Freitas  
• Atos Vitória - Thaís Loureiro Felipe  
• BJJ Revolution Team - International - Mara Ananda Kelly  
• Igloo - Kanae Ikeda  
• Lotus Club - Camila Caroline dos Santos Reis  
• SF Empire Jiu-Jitsu - Melody M. Y. Wong  
• Upper Twelve Jiu-Jitsu - Gabrielle Kari Etzel  

Female Light-Feather 118.00 LB

• All American MMA - Jessica Malley Crane  
• Alliance SP - Brenda Larissa Alves da Silva  
• AOJ - Ana Carolina de Andrade Lima Soares da Silva  
• AOJ - Mia Funegra  
• Atos Austin Jiu Jitsu - Diana Thais de Souza Teixeira  
• Barreto - Andressa Nogueira Tolentino Guirau  
• CheckMat International - Rose-Marie El Sharouni  
• DreamArt - Thaynara Victoria Soares da Silva  
• GFTeam Belton - Amanda Monteiro Canuto  
• Gracie Humaita St. Louis - Ann Marie Wright  
• Marcio Andre Jiu-Jitsu - Yasmyn Castro  
• Pax Jiu-Jitsu Academy - Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas  
• Team Ganbaru - Naiomi Anaiansi Matthews Martín  

Female Feather - 129.00 LB

• Alliance Inland Empire - Laura Riberti Sileci  
• AOJ - Larissa Campos Carvalho  
• AOJ - Margot Ciccarelli  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Elizabeth Joy Liera  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Gabrielle Mc Comb Lima  
• Bruno Bastos BJJ Midland - Cassia Moura Remesar  
• Checkmat Stark - Astrid Agneta C. Scholin  
• Double Five Highland Village - Vitória Damiana Silva de Assis  
• GF Team - Caroline Brunacio Vinhaes  
• JFC Almeida JJ - Maria Luiza Nunes Pinto  
• Roger Gracie Academy - Abbie Marie O'toole  
• Tozi Jiu Jitsu - Gabriela Andrelevicius Pereira  
• Unity Jiu-jitsu - Emilia Nastazja Pakulski  

Female Light - 141.60 LB

• AOJ - Janaina Maia de Menezes  
• Atos Jiu-Jitsu - Mayara Santos de Melo  
• Caio Terra Association Brasil - Jaine da Silva Fragoso  
• CheckMat - Luciane dos Santos Silva  
• CheckMat International - Stéphanie Caroline Delphine Faure  
• GF Team - Vitoria Carolina Araujo Vieira  
• Gracie Barra Georgia - Júlia Maciel de Carvalho  
• Infight JJ - Maria Cláudia Almeida Silva  
• JFC Almeida JJ - Natália Zumba de Souza  
• Kogaion Academy - Beatrice Z Jin  
• Mizu Studio - Brianna Ste-Marie  
• Oshawa BJJ - Janine Lillian Mutton  
• Rilion Gracie Córrego Grande - Victória Loureiro Ulrich  
• Tozi Jiu Jitsu - Stephanie Torres Jangelni  

Female Middle - 152.60 LB

• Ares BJJ - Elisabeth Ann Clay  
• Crazy 88 - Vannessa Nancy Griffin  
• Double Five Highland Village - Deise Leonanjo Assonitis  
• Double Five Highland Village - Gabriele da Silva Schuck  
• DreamArt - Larissa Martins dos Santos  
• ECJJA - Amanda Pamela Nicole Schurtz  
• Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Thalyta Stefhane Lima Silva  
• GF Team - Gisele Constante Menezes Tavares  
• GF Team - Rebeca Ferreira de Lima  
• Gracie Barra Arnold - Sula-Mae Barbara Loewenthal  
• Gregor Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - Giulia Frederica Chen-Dardani  
• Immersion Mixed Martial Arts - Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths  
• Infight JJ - Gabriela de Faria Matos Barreto  
• PSLPB Cicero Costha - Ana Beatriz Souza Brandão  
• Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil - Ana Beatriz Santos Silva  
• Raposo BJJ - Kennedy Paige Franklin  
• Renzo Gracie Austin - Chloé Michelle McNally  
• Unity Jiu-jitsu - Graciele Del Fava de Carvalho  

Female Medium-Heavy - 163.60 LB

• Alliance Greenville - Elizabeth Katherine Mitrovic  
• AOJ - Maria Carolina Barón Vicentini  
• Barreto - Bruna Chater Ramez Farah  
• CheckMat Fight Zone London - Laura Liwia Sieradzan  
• DreamArt - Ingridd Alves de Sousa  
• Evox BJJ - Fernanda Yukari Makiyama Cristo  
• Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Giovanna Xavier Carneiro  
• Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Thamara Ferreira Silva  
• Hilti BJJ Turku - Salla Mari Simola  
• Royal Jiu-Jitsu - Nia Vivienne Blackman  
• Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Intl. - Aurélie Le Vern  

Female Heavy - 175.00 LB

• Abmar Barbosa Association - Maria Malgorzata Malyjasiak  
• Alliance Inland Empire - Melissa Stricker Cueto  
• Canby Jiu-Jitsu - Maria Vitória Gonçalves Ruffatto  
• CheckMat Fight Zone London - Anabel Lopez Beard  
• DreamArt - Izadora Cristina Silva  
• DreamArt - Tamiris Fernanda da Silva  
• Elementum Jiu-Jitsu - Larissa Dias de Almeida  
• Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - Yara Soares do Nascimento  
• Gracie Barra Alabama - Karoline Silva Caramori  

Female Super Heavy

• Active Jiu-Jitsu - Bridgett G Brumbaugh  
• Alliance International - Tayane Porfírio de Araújo  
• Brea Jiu-Jitsu - Michelle Nicole Dunchus  
• CheckMat - Equipe 1 - Mayara Monteiro Custódio  
• GF Team - Isabely Generoso da Silva Lemos  
• Infight JJ - Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho  
• Nova União Parque Olímpico - Maria Victoria Barboza de Santiago  

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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