Every year, the IBJJF No-Gi Pan Championship acts as a proving ground for elite grapplers to test their skills against a deep field of elite talent. The 2025 edition is notable for its return to New York, the first time since the Pandemic that a major IBJJF championship has been in the Big Apple.

In this article, I walk you through the most notable entries for all the black belt divisions. Matches kick off October 3rd, streaming exclusively on FloGrappling.

Rankings according to 

Men’s Rooster

• #2 Lucas Castro
• #3 Chris Tran
• #6 John Stapleton
• #8 Osamah Ali Almarwai
• #14 Denis Beenan

Men’s Light-Feather

• #2 Junny Ocasio
• #11 Kevin Dantzler
• #13 Valor Boyer
• Vinicius Inacio
• Leo Martins

Men’s Feather

• Zach Kaina
• Cleber Sousa
• Marco Mendes
• Ismael Santos
• Sebastian Serpa
• Kyvann Gonzalez
• Emilio Hernandez
• Cam Mellott
• Filipe Valentim

Men’s Light

• #13 Max Hanson
• Gianni Grippo
• João Assonitis
• Julián Espinosa
• Miguel Campos
• CJ Murdock
• Kevin Mahecha
• Jed Hue
• David Stoilescu

Men’s Middle

• Natan Chueng
• Thiago Saboia
• Natan Sap
• Eduardo Avalar
• Saul Viayra
• Matheus Moraes

Men’s Medium-Heavy

• #9 Wallisson Oliveira
• #11 Jacob Couch
• Jon Blank
• David Garmo
• João Menezes
• Pawel Jaworski
• Logan Smith
• Maxim Cote

Men’s Heavy

• #5 pound-for-pound Dante Leon
• Jose Jurema
• Sean Yadimarco
• Javier Barter

Men’s Super-Heavy

• #8 Elder Cruz
• Vinicius Ferreira
• Patrick Gaudio
• Thomas Bracher

Men’s Ultra-Heavy

• #8 Lucas Montalvão
• #9 Roosevelt Sousa
• #12 Devhonte Johnson
• Anderson Kauan
• Jose Inacio
• Mansur Makhmakhov
• Hudson Taylor

Women’s Rooster

• #2 Mariana Rolszt
• #7 Faye Cherrier
• #9 Mara Kelly

Women’s Light-Feather

• #2 Mayssa Bastos
• #12 Kathleen Egan
• Erika Machado

Women’s Feather

• #13 Ana Mayordomo
• #12 Amanda Canuto
• Thaynara Victoria
• Natasha Druggan
• Emily Nicholson

Women’s Light

• #6 Amanda Bruse
• #7 Julia Maele
• #8 Jaine Fragoso
• Maria Claudia
• #12 Beatrice Jin
• Caroline Brunacio

Women’s Middle

• #1 Helena Crevar
• #2 Sarah Galvão
• #8 Nadia Frankland
• #14 Sula-Mae Loewenthal
• Injana Goodman
• Rosa Walsh
• Gamila Kanew

Women’s Medium-Heavy

• #13 Nia Blackman
• #11 Caitlin Huggins
• #3 Salla Simola
• Fernanda Cristo

Women’s Heavy

• Yara Soares
• #10 Maria Ruffatto
• Erin Harpe
• #15 Maria Malyjasiak
• Leticia Teixeira

Women’s Super-Heavy

• #1 Gabi Pessanha
• #8 Paige Ivette Clymer
• Maria Barboza

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