As the IBJJF Pan Championship approaches, we want to shine some light on the sport’s most accomplished colored belt competitors — athletes who make up the next generation of stars in jiu-jitsu. Featuring a deep field of reigning colored belt world champions, established names, and emerging talents all building to black belt, this year’s tournament promises high-level action across every division. Here we highlight the top colored belt athletes to watch at Pans.

The 2026 IBJJF Pan Championship begins March 24th, with black belts taking the mats March 28th. Every match will be streaming live exclusively on FloGrappling, with action in the juvenile, adult, and masters divisions.

Brown Belt

Men's Rooster

• Vitor Crizel
• Alex Osorio

Men's Light-Feather

• Felipe Goulart
• Igor Moreira
• João Alves
• Luan Martiniano
• Marcelo Bernardo
• Tal Pistiner

Men's Feather

• Alex Vasquez
• Felipe Leonardo
• Gabriel Nascimento
• Kai Amarante
• Malcolm Teruel
• Ivo Kagel

Men's Light

• Youness Bennouali
• Bernardo Gatti
• Andre Cruz
• Willian Arimura
• Aron Hernandez
• Enzo Yamasaki
• Guy Vacarro

Men's Middle

• Rafael Gamba
• Emerson Victor
• Jesiah Tubby
• Caleb Nascimento
• Dominic Manno
• Joao Trindade
• Luan Veras
• Emerson Feitosa
• Caio Carreira

Men's Medium-Heavy

• Marcio Italo
• Rogerio Drews
• Enzo Lopes
• Gui Nascimento

Men's Heavy

• Tanino Kauan
• Joao Venancio
• Matheus Paulo
• Lucas Bonis

Men's Super Heavy

• Luiz Benigno
• Nata Tenca
• Blake Brown

Men's Ultra-Heavy

• Adrian Roberto

Women's Light-Feather

• Emily Leyva
• Michal Baly

Women's Feather

• Janette Gloger
• Libby Genge
• Tarciane Santos
• Kellen Arraes
• Isabella Fortes
• Gabrielle Baptista

Women's Light

• Nikolett Kiss
• Karina Lagrana
• Jadeya Reber
• Eliza Nascimento
• Julianna Wong
• Agnes McKervey

Women's Middle

• Luana Soares
• Iris Feliz

Women's Medium-Heavy

• Livia Barasine
• Lauriane Afonso

Women's Heavy

• Hazel Butcher-Salazar
• Hannah Robinson

Women's Super-Heavy

• Maireed Rowland-Coman

Purple Belt

Men's Rooster

• Ricardo Yoshito
• Eiki Suzuki

Men's Light-Feather

• Ethan Wong
• Ivan Valencia
• Michael Costa

Men's Feather

• Fernando Paiva
• Gabriel Matos

Men's Light

• Kellyson Carlos
• Damiano Grillo
• Jorge Fernandes

Men's Middle

• Lucas Yan
• Moussa Kadi
• Jake Holman
• Jared Wade

Men's Medium-Heavy

• Gustavo Berti
• Abdullah Nada
• Mateus Cardoso
• Elliot Alwes

Men's Heavy

• Freddy Lele
• Italo Poli
• Dione Munis

Men's Super Heavy

• Denys Budzynski

Women's Rooster

• Maria Eduarda

Women's Light-Feather

• Natalee Funegra
• Kaitlyn Schmidt

Women's Feather

• Alexa Herse
• Giada Pedretti
• Isis Maciel

Women's Light

• Mia Perdomo
• Pairin Sullivan
• Austyn Sonnier
• Hanna Hepworth

Women's Middle

• India Risby
• Faith Howard

Women's Medium-Heavy

• Bia Alves Venancio
• Raven Norris

Women's Heavy

• Natasha Dillon

Women's Super-Heavy

• Agatha Nigro

Juvenile Blue Belts

Men's Rooster

• Andrew Nguyen

Men's Light-Feather

• Angelus Franca
• Arthur Ramalho

Men's Feather

• JP Tran
• Ozaki Yujiro
• Gabriel Moura

Men's Light

• Asafe Alves
• Roi Shtoff
• Kai McKinney
• Ale Borges
• Mickey Whelan
• Rai Bertolazo

Men's Middle

• Kaua Diogo
• Joao Pedro Figueiredo
• Kaua Gomes

Men's Medium-Heavy

• Vertti Puurtinen

Men's Heavy

• Isaque Lima

Men's Super Heavy

• Zain Chaudhry

Women's Feather

• Verona Pesce
• Kimberly Vallejo

Women's Light

• Kendra Vega
• Nina Jacob

Women's Middle

• Maya Padilla
• Ana Bispo

Women's Medium-Heavy

• Agatha Azevedo

Women's Heavy

• Destiny Beer
• Rafaela Silva

Women's Super-Heavy

• Mazzie Hetzel

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