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With the championship only a couple of weeks away, it’s a perfect time to look back at the athletes who have made their mark on the tournament over the years.

Here’s a look at past World Master IBJJF champions and the names to know heading into the 2026 championship.

2012 

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Marcelo da Silva Pereira
• Light-Feather: Robson Moura Fonseca
• Feather: Eduardo Ramos da Silva
• Light: Vitor de Souza Ribeiro
• Middle: Adriano Ferreira de Araujo e Silva Barbosa
• Medium-Heavy: Matthew Kevin Jubera
• Heavy: Roberto Camargo de Alencar
• Super-Heavy: Alexandre Couceiro Ribeiro
• Ultra-Heavy: Gustavo dos Santos Pires
• Open Class: Alexandre Couceiro Ribeiro

Female Black Belt Champions: No female black belt divisions/results listed.

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Daniel V. Alvarez Jr.
• Feather: Gustavo Dantas
• Light: André Luis Monroy Ushirobira
• Middle: Cássio Rios Werneck
• Medium-Heavy: Marcelo Santos Azevedo
• Heavy: Erik Wanderley Jabbur
• Super-Heavy: Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho
• Ultra-Heavy: Luigi Emile Mondelli
• Open Class: Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho

Female Black Belt Champions: No female black belt divisions/results listed.

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Marcelo Pache Saldanha Ferreira
• Feather: Renato Sampaio Tavares Filho
• Light: Andre Luiz Leite
• Middle: Alexandre Paiva Genovesi
• Medium-Heavy: Carlos Alberto Terrinha
• Heavy: Luiz Eduardo Rocha de Faria
• Super-Heavy: Christopher John Hammell
• Ultra-Heavy: Stephen Vincent Hall
• Open Class: Luiz Eduardo Rocha de Faria

Female Black Belt Champions: No female black belt divisions/results listed.

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Scott Leslie Dewitt
• Light: Michio Grubbs
• Middle: Matthias Meister
• Medium-Heavy: Evaldo Correa Lima
• Heavy: Amilcar Cipili
• Super-Heavy: Eugênio Fuentes Estrada
• Ultra-Heavy: Michon Alden Neal
• Open Class: Wellington Leal Dias

Female Black Belt Champions: No female black belt divisions/results listed.

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Miles C. Moffit
• Feather: Rommel Dunbar
• Middle: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: James Richard Boran
• Open Class: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez

Female Black Belt Champions: No female black belt divisions/results listed.

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Heavy: Derek Kazuo Nakagawa
• Open Class: Derek Kazuo Nakagawa

Female Black Belt Champions: No female black belt divisions/results listed.

2013 

Master 1/ Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Fabbio Passos de Alencar
• Light-Feather: Daniel Beleza G. de Andrade
• Feather: Denilson de Carvalho Pimenta
• Light: Marcos Alejandro Torregrosa
• Middle: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Medium-Heavy: Rodrigo Pinheiro Breves
• Heavy: Flavio Alves de Almeida
• Super-Heavy: Bruno Bastos Cruz
• Ultra-Heavy: Marcio Carvalho Corleta
• Open Class: Ricardo Bastos Cruz

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Abby Brooke Malone
• Open Class: Abby Brooke Malone

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Marcus Adriano Sousa de Oliveira
• Light-Feather: Gabriel Willcox Furley
• Feather: Marcelo Melgaço dos Santos
• Light: Alex Sander Mucceda Leite
• Middle: Gustavo Muggiati
• Medium-Heavy: Lúcio Charlytow N. F. Segundo
• Heavy: Erik Wanderley Jabbur
• Super-Heavy: Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho
• Ultra-Heavy: Carlos Jose Melo
• Open Class: Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 2.

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Shoji Masada
• Light-Feather: Luiz Claudio Gonçalves Augusto
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Jackson McVicker
• Middle: Eduardo Carrasco
• Medium-Heavy: Luiz Eduardo Rocha de Faria
• Heavy: Givanildo Santana do Nascimento
• Super-Heavy: Ricardo Miller Ribeiro
• Ultra-Heavy: Fabiano Andre Scherner
• Open Class: Fabiano Andre Scherner

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 3.

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Wellington Leal Dias
• Light: Adimilson da Rosa Brites
• Middle: Nelson Couto Monteiro Jr.
• Medium-Heavy: Paul Leon Nava
• Heavy: Ailson Henrique Brites
• Super-Heavy: Adrien Roberto Domingues
• Ultra-Heavy: Raul W. Montolfo
• Open Class: Adimilson da Rosa Brites

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Heavy: Luciana Tavares Dias

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Rommel Dunbar
• Light: Paulo Alberto C. Elsimaani
• Middle: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: Jeffrey Thomas Galiotto
• Super-Heavy: Stephen Kamphuis
• Ultra-Heavy: Kenneth Richard Geist
• Open Class: Stephen Kamphuis

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 5.

Master 6/ Male Black Belt Champions

• Heavy: James Richard Boran
• Ultra-Heavy: Randy Keith Cox
• Open Class: James Richard Boran

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 6.

2014 

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: James Brandon Mullins
• Light-Feather: Daniel Beleza G. de Andrade
• Feather: Denilson de Carvalho Pimenta
• Light: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Middle: Bruno Almeida Alves
• Medium-Heavy: Victor Del Corso Bomfim
• Heavy: Wancler Oliveira Costa Santos
• Super-Heavy: João Francisco de Moraes Assis
• Ultra-Heavy: Abraham J. Marte Messina
• Open Class: Abraham J. Marte Messina

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Adila Pereira da Silva Souto
• Light: Sophia J Drysdale
• Medium-Heavy: Leanna M Dittrich
• Open Class: Leanna M Dittrich

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Daniel V. Alvarez Jr.
• Feather: Marcelo Melgaço dos Santos
• Light: Alexandre Concieiro Pimentel
• Middle: Rodrigo Antonio Garcia da Silva
• Medium-Heavy: Fabio Alexandre Pinheiro Barbosa
• Heavy: Alexandre Silva Pinheiro da Costa
• Super-Heavy: Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho
• Ultra-Heavy: Ranieri Paiva de Albuquerque
• Open Class: Roberto Godoi

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Shiho Yaginuma
• Light: Josephine Masiello
• Medium-Heavy: Jennifer L. Russell
• Heavy: Luciana Tavares Dias
• Open Class: Luciana Tavares Dias

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Edison Kagohara
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Jackson McVicker
• Middle: André Luis Monroy Ushirobira
• Medium-Heavy: Emerson Alves de Gusmão
• Heavy: Richard Martin
• Super-Heavy: Ricardo Miller Ribeiro
• Ultra-Heavy: Christopher J Haraszti
• Open Class: Richard Martin

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions listed.

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Luiz Sergio Branco Corrêa
• Feather: Wellington Leal Dias
• Light: Adimilson da Rosa Brites
• Middle: Joel T. Gingery
• Medium-Heavy: Paul Leon Nava
• Heavy: Roberto Traven
• Super-Heavy: Maurice Duane Geyen
• Ultra-Heavy: Adrien Roberto Domingues
• Open Class: Wellington Leal Dias

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Felicia Oh
• Open Class: Sue Ellen Ausman
• Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions
• Feather: Kevin Dean Brown
• Light: Anthony Thomas Byron Lange
• Middle: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez
• Medium-Heavy: Van Dyck Oliveira
• Heavy: Niall Gordon Yamane
• Super-Heavy: Thomas A. Reusing
• Ultra-Heavy: Kenneth Richard Geist
• Open Class: Stephen Kamphuis

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions listed.

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Julio Cesar Fernandez Nunes
• Light: Bryan Jun Nakagawa
• Middle: M. Patrick Worley
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Open Class: Brian Edward Beauchamp

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions listed.

2015 Masters IBJJF Edition

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Takahito Yoshioka
• Light-Feather: Daniel Beleza G. de Andrade
• Feather: Denilson de Carvalho Pimenta
• Light: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Middle: Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Guimarães
• Medium-Heavy: Victor Del Corso Bomfim
• Heavy: Alberto Ramos de Araujo Oliveira
• Super-Heavy: Gustavo dos Santos Pires
• Ultra-Heavy: Luiz Felipe de Oliveira
• Open Class: Paulo Tarcisio Pessoa Jardim

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Laurence Cousin Fouillat
• Light: Sarah Johnel Black
• Middle: Rosamond Elin Snow
• Medium-Heavy: Leanna M Dittrich
• Super-Heavy: Jill Marie Baker
• Open Class: Leanna M Dittrich

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Gabriel Willcox Furley
• Feather: Carlos Lemos Junior
• Light: Rogerio de Cristo Filho
• Middle: Rodrigo Antonio Garcia da Silva
• Medium-Heavy: Jorge Britto Lima Filho
• Heavy: Lincoln Jeferson Pereira
• Super-Heavy: Tiago Pereira Almeida
• Ultra-Heavy: James Eric Foster
• Open Class: Ranieri Paiva de Albuquerque

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 2 in the 2015 results.

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Makoto Sawada
• Light-Feather: Marcio Frank de Oliveira Barbosa
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Suyan Lopes Queiroz
• Middle: Cássio Rios Werneck
• Medium-Heavy: Edson Jorge da Silva
• Heavy: Charles Faria Correa
• Super-Heavy: Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho
• Ultra-Heavy: Fabiano Andre Scherner
• Open Class: Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Heavy: Misty Victoria Shearer
• Open Class: Misty Victoria Shearer

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Yoshihiro Fujita
• Feather: Wellington Leal Dias
• Light: Adimilson da Rosa Brites
• Middle: Joel T. Gingery
• Medium-Heavy: Paul Leon Nava
• Heavy: Roberto Traven
• Super-Heavy: Ricardo Miller Ribeiro
• Ultra-Heavy: Christopher J Haraszti
• Open Class: Wellington Leal Dias

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 4 in the 2015 results.

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Scott Leslie Dewitt
• Light: Christopher Bard Haueter
• Middle: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: Takeshi Shinkawa
• Super-Heavy: John E Bailey
• Open Class: Brian Edward Beauchamp

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 5 in the 2015 results.

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Rommel Dunbar
• Light: Bryan Jun Nakagawa
• Middle: Gregg M. Toyama
• Medium-Heavy: Robert John Plaszcz
• Heavy: Michael James Atkin
• Super-Heavy: Stephen Kamphuis
• Open Class: Stephen Kamphuis

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 6 in the 2015 results.

2016 

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Raul Gomes
• Light-Feather: Pablo da Silva Santos
• Feather: Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho
• Light: Marcelo França Mafra
• Middle: Bruno Almeida Alves
• Medium-Heavy: Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira
• Heavy: Rômulo Claudio Barral
• Super-Heavy: Rafael Lovato Jr.
• Ultra-Heavy: Vinicius de Magalhães
• Open Class: Rafael Lovato Jr.

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Tassia Vanessa Ferreira
• Light: Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges
• Middle: Shanti A. D. Abelha
• Medium-Heavy: Olga Lyashevska
• Super-Heavy: Rachel Leigh Demara
• Open Class: Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Marcelo da Silva Pereira
• Light-Feather: Gabriel Willcox Furley
• Feather: Denilson de Carvalho Pimenta
• Light: Vitor de Souza Ribeiro
• Middle: Alex Martins do Nascimento
• Medium-Heavy: Antônio Sérgio Zimmermann Cardoso
• Heavy: Flavio Alves de Almeida
• Super-Heavy: Tiago Pereira Almeida
• Ultra-Heavy: Viktor de Araujo K. Doria
• Open Class: Flavio Alves de Almeida

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Sofia Rosa Amarante
• Feather: Melissa Rosales Haueter
• Light: Gegi E Van de Walker
• Middle: Kristine D. Felts
• Medium-Heavy: Leticia Seguetto Tanabe Lalli
• Open Class: Gegi E Van de Walker

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Makoto Sawada
• Light-Feather: Ichiro Kaneko
• Feather: Kazuhiro Inoue
• Light: Fabricio Medeiros
• Middle: Cássio Rios Werneck
• Medium-Heavy: Marcus Vinícius de Souza Bello
• Heavy: Saulo Mendonça Ribeiro Filho
• Super-Heavy: Roberto Godoi
• Ultra-Heavy: Marcio Carvalho Corleta
• Open Class: Roberto Godoi

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Cynthia Dyann Hales
• Middle: Jennifer Lynn Whitcomb
• Open Class: Jennifer Lynn Whitcomb

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Marcelo Pache Saldanha Ferreira
• Feather: Renato Sampaio Tavares Filho
• Light: Jason Paul Culbreth
• Middle: Kevin P. Menard
• Medium-Heavy: Luiz Eduardo Rocha de Faria
• Heavy: Robert Steven Judson
• Super-Heavy: Christopher E. Howe
• Ultra-Heavy: Harold Oliver Jones Jr.
• Open Class: Carlos Alberto Terrinha

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Middle: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Super-Heavy: Misty Victoria Shearer
• Open Class: Sonya M. B. Plavcan

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Luiz Sergio Branco Corrêa
• Feather: Wellington Leal Dias
• Light: Ricardo Guimarães
• Middle: Joel T. Gingery
• Medium-Heavy: Alex Da Silva
• Heavy: Milton Regis de Almeida
• Super-Heavy: Kelly Don Rundle
• Ultra-Heavy: Alexander Matthew Todorovich
• Open Class: Wellington Leal Dias

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 5 in the 2016 results.

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Robert Laszlo Joó
• Feather: Kouichi Kamitanida
• Light: Sean P. Burke
• Middle: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: Niall Gordon Yamane
• Super-Heavy: Stephen Kamphuis
• Ultra-Heavy: Kenneth Richard Geist
• Open Class: Brian Edward Beauchamp

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 6 in the 2016 results

2017

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Milton Carlos Bastos P. do Nascimento
• Light-Feather: Pablo da Silva Santos
• Feather: Diego Bispo Conceição
• Light: Bruno Pereira Pires
• Middle: Clark Rouson Gracie
• Medium-Heavy: Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira
• Heavy: Matthew Kevin Jubera
• Super-Heavy: Rafael Lovato Jr.
• Ultra-Heavy: James Richard Puopolo
• Open Class: Rafael Lovato Jr.

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Ariane Pereira Guarnier
• Light: Jena Rae Bishop
• Middle: Amanda Loewen
• Medium-Heavy: Leah Roseanne Taylor
• Super-Heavy: Jennifer A. Case
• Open Class: Jena Rae Bishop

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Leandro Lopes Escobar
• Light-Feather: Gustavo Adolfo Fonseca Jr.
• Feather: Samuel Braga Olivar da Cruz
• Light: Marcos Alejandro Torregrosa
• Middle: Denis Mitchel Batista Pinto
• Medium-Heavy: Gustavo Ramos Campos
• Heavy: Omar Sabha
• Super-Heavy: Diego Pereira de Santana
• Ultra-Heavy: Carlos Jose Melo
• Open Class: Gustavo Ramos Campos

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Bernadette Grace Bishop de Been
• Feather: Kristen Marie Davidson
• Light: Kelley Rene Perotti
• Middle: Leanna M Dittrich
• Super-Heavy: Luana Beatriz Gomes Fiquene
• Open Class: Luana Beatriz Gomes Fiquene

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Ayumu Shioda
• Light-Feather: Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior
• Feather: Daniel V. Alvarez Jr.
• Light: Wagnney Fabiano S. dos Santos
• Middle: Cássio Rios Werneck
• Medium-Heavy: Marcos Escobar Saad
• Heavy: Cristiano Santos Lazzarini
• Super-Heavy: Anthony Lamar Scales
• Ultra-Heavy: Fabiano Andre Scherner
• Open Class: Viktor de Araujo K. Doria

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Cynthia Dyann Hales
• Medium-Heavy: Jennifer Lynn Whitcomb
• Heavy: Leah Rae Mancillas
• Open Class: Leticia Seguetto Tanabe Lalli

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Yoshihiro Fujita
• Light-Feather: Alessandro Cirone Nagaishi
• Feather: Renato Sampaio Tavares Filho
• Light: Andre Luiz Leite
• Middle: Kevin P. Menard
• Medium-Heavy: Carlos Alberto Terrinha
• Heavy: Sérgio Ávila
• Super-Heavy: David Rothwell
• Ultra-Heavy: Luiz Henrique Velloso Saldanha
• Open Class: Niels Sondergaard Burgess

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Super-Heavy: Karla Hipolito de Albuquerque
• Open Class: Karla Hipolito de Albuquerque

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Henry Chan
• Feather: Wellington Leal Dias
• Light: Ricardo Guimarães
• Middle: Joel T. Gingery
• Medium-Heavy: Louis Jungwook Choi
• Heavy: Evaldo Correa Lima
• Super-Heavy: José Mário Sperry
• Ultra-Heavy: Luis Roberto de Moraes Duarte
• Open Class: Wellington Leal Dias

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 5 in the 2017 results.

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Lucas Lemi P. Orge
• Feather: Kouichi Kamitanida
• Light: Sean P. Burke
• Middle: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: Gay Elgin Cobham
• Super-Heavy: Brian Carl Germain
• Ultra-Heavy: Clayton Ferreira de Almeida
• Open Class: Wandro Jose Soares Ribeiro

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 6 in the 2017 results.

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Kenneth Wayne Cameron
• Feather: Stan Mabry
• Light: Roberto Diniz Vinagre
• Middle: James Allan Nations
• Medium-Heavy: Bradley Francis Thompson
• Heavy: Paul Lloyd Davies
• Super-Heavy: John Parker Lapp
• Open Class: Paul Lloyd Davies

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 7 in the 2017 results.

2018 

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Ivaniel Cavalcante de Oliveira
• Light-Feather: José Tiago da Silva Barros
• Feather: Diego Bispo Conceição
• Light: Jacob Williams
• Middle: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Medium-Heavy: Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira
• Heavy: Nivaldo de Oliveira Lima
• Super-Heavy: Marcus Vinícius Moraes dos Santos
• Ultra-Heavy: Marcelo Florêncio Nunes
• Open Class: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Kristina Sofia Puruganan Barlaan
• Feather: Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges
• Light: Fabiana Alves Borges
• Middle: Shanti A. D. Abelha
• Medium-Heavy: Claudia Fernanda Onofre Valim
• Heavy: Talita Andrea Nogueira
• Super-Heavy: Fabiana Pereira Santos
• Open Class: Claudia Fernanda Onofre Valim

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Bruno Cesar Gomes da Silva Moreno
• Light-Feather: Samuel Braga Olivar da Cruz
• Feather: Daisuke Nakamura
• Light: Francisco Daniel Pires Tavares
• Middle: Leonardo Souza Melo
• Medium-Heavy: Gustavo Ramos Campos
• Heavy: Flavio Alves de Almeida
• Super-Heavy: Felipe Perez Simão
• Ultra-Heavy: Roberto de Abreu Filho
• Open Class: Gustavo Ramos Campos

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Sofia Rosa Amarante
• Feather: Yasmine Clarisa Wilson
• Light: Kelley Rene Perotti
• Middle: Emily R. Kwok
• Medium-Heavy: Marília da Conceição Farias Alves Vieira
• Super-Heavy: Anna Carolina Luz Tavares
• Open Class: Tammy M Griego

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Luis Ignacio Reyes
• Light-Feather: Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat
• Feather: Carlos Lemos Junior
• Light: Fabricio Medeiros
• Middle: Marcelo Santos Azevedo
• Medium-Heavy: Antônio Sérgio Zimmermann Cardoso
• Heavy: Cristiano Santos Lazzarini
• Super-Heavy: Raul Francisco Jimenez Trivino
• Ultra-Heavy: James Eric Foster
• Open Class: Ronaldo Milanesi M. Chaves

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Bernadette Grace Bishop de Been
• Feather: Silvia Vasconcelos Mondelli
• Medium-Heavy: Jennifer Lynn Whitcomb
• Heavy: Leticia Seguetto Tanabe Lalli
• Open Class: Leticia Seguetto Tanabe Lalli

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Michael Aviado
• Light-Feather: Renato Sampaio Tavares Filho
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Jackson McVicker
• Middle: Andre Luiz Leite
• Medium-Heavy: Emerson Alves de Gusmão
• Heavy: Givanildo Santana do Nascimento
• Super-Heavy: Stephen Vincent Hall
• Ultra-Heavy: Fabiano Andre Scherner
• Open Class: Anthony Jason Perosh

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Tanya Jan Baker de Been
• Light: Kat Harrison
• Middle: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Heavy: Luciana Tavares Dias
• Super-Heavy: Misty Victoria Shearer
• Open Class: Misty Victoria Shearer

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Kelly Gerald Johnson
• Feather: Wellington Leal Dias
• Light: Ricardo Guimarães
• Middle: Nelson Couto Monteiro Jr.
• Medium-Heavy: Sina Hadad
• Heavy: Luiz Eduardo Rocha de Faria
• Super-Heavy: Milton Regis de Almeida
• Ultra-Heavy: José Mário Sperry
• Open Class: Luiz Eduardo Rocha de Faria

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Felicia Oh
• Open Class: Felicia Oh

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Fumio Nakajima
• Feather: Kouichi Kamitanida
• Light: Perry Ronald Bateson
• Middle: Richard Young
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: Brian Carl Germain
• Super-Heavy: Kelly Don Rundle
• Ultra-Heavy: John David Barrera
• Open Class: John David Barrera

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Solange das Neves Russi de Lima
• Open Class: Solange das Neves Russi de Lima

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: David Sammet
• Feather: Igor Dominguez Andrade
• Light: M. Patrick Worley
• Middle: Daniel Ward Schnurrenberger
• Medium-Heavy: Anton Vrhovec
• Heavy: James Curtis Lee
• Super-Heavy: John Parker Lapp
• Ultra-Heavy: Jay Hunsucker
• Open Class: Luiz Humberto de Queiroz Guerra

2019

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Washington Luis do M. Lima
• Light-Feather: Gabriel Afonso dos Santos Moraes
• Feather: José Tiago da Silva Barros
• Light: Breno Henrique Abreu Bittencourt
• Middle: Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira
• Medium-Heavy: Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco
• Heavy: Nick Schrock
• Super-Heavy: Igor Silva
• Ultra-Heavy: Gustavo Dias Elias
• Open Class: Gustavo Dias Elias

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Kristina Sofia Puruganan Barlaan
• Feather: Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges
• Light: Nicole Sullivan
• Middle: Chelsah Lyons
• Medium-Heavy: Claudia Fernanda Onofre Valim
• Super-Heavy: Fabiana Pereira Santos
• Open Class: Talita Andrea Nogueira

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Bruno Cesar Gomes da Silva Moreno
• Light-Feather: Lúcio Flavio Mattos de Oliveira
• Feather: Denilson de Carvalho Pimenta
• Light: Diego Bispo Conceição
• Middle: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Medium-Heavy: Luis Carlos Marques Damasceno
• Heavy: Roberto Camargo de Alencar
• Super-Heavy: Felipe Perez Simão
• Ultra-Heavy: Gabriel Gonzaga Santos Nogueira
• Open Class: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Shiho Yaginuma
• Light-Feather: Sofia Rosa Amarante
• Feather: Laurence Cousin Fouillat
• Light: April Parks
• Middle: Sarah Johnel Black
• Medium-Heavy: Victoria Hudson Boudreaux
• Heavy: Leah Roseanne Taylor
• Super-Heavy: Cherine Fons
• Open Class: Sarah Johnel Black

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Andre Luiz Cecilio Roriz Pontes
• Light-Feather: Márcio Roberto Pereira Carvalho
• Feather: Vugner Amador da Silva
• Light: Cássio Rios Werneck
• Middle: Adriano Ferreira de Araujo e Silva
• Medium-Heavy: Fabio Leopoldo e Silva Neto
• Heavy: Cristiano Santos Lazzarini
• Super-Heavy: Viktor de Araujo K. Doria
• Ultra-Heavy: James Eric Foster
• Open Class: Delson Heleno Raimundo

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Melinda Fausto
• Feather: Sandra Inacio de Melo
• Light: Patrícia de Oliveira Lage
• Middle: Jennifer Lynn Whitcomb
• Heavy: Francisca Sofía Florás Guerraty
• Super-Heavy: Luana Beatriz Gomes Fiquene
• Open Class: Leticia Seguetto Tanabe Lalli

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Yoshihiro Fujita
• Light-Feather: Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Jackson McVicker
• Middle: André Luis Monroy Ushirobira
• Medium-Heavy: Danilo Manoel Felippe
• Heavy: Matt Jason Baker
• Super-Heavy: Stephen Vincent Hall
• Ultra-Heavy: Luiz Henrique Velloso Saldanha
• Open Class: André Luis Monroy Ushirobira

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Kelly Beech
• Middle: Judyann Lee Burgess
• Heavy: Misty Victoria Shearer
• Super-Heavy: Karla Hipolito de Albuquerque
• Open Class: Karla Hipolito de Albuquerque

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Yuji Takakura
• Light-Feather: José Manuel Varela Sanchez
• Feather: Renato Sampaio Tavares Filho
• Light: Marco Antonio Barbosa
• Middle: Joel T. Gingery
• Medium-Heavy: Paul Leon Nava
• Heavy: Luiz Eduardo Rocha de Faria
• Super-Heavy: Adrien Roberto Domingues
• Ultra-Heavy: Harold Oliver Jones Jr.
• Open Class: Marco Antonio Barbosa

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Felicia Oh
• Medium-Heavy: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Open Class: Sonya M. B. Plavcan

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Gil Abigail Bosque Vicente Jr.
• Feather: Kouichi Kamitanida
• Light: Raphael Schmitz
• Middle: Robert George Marvin
• Medium-Heavy: Benett S. Guerriero
• Heavy: Brian Carl Germain
• Super-Heavy: Gokor Grigor Chivichyan
• Ultra-Heavy: John David Barrera
• Open Class: John David Barrera

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Andrea Muccini
• Open Class: Solange das Neves Russi de Lima

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Kenneth Wayne Cameron
• Feather: Glenn C. Jarrell
• Light: M. Patrick Worley
• Middle: Bruce L. Singer
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: Joseph Edgar Paradis Jr.
• Super-Heavy: Marco Antonio Araujo Pena
• Ultra-Heavy: Jay Hunsucker
• Open Class: Brian Edward Beauchamp

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 7 in the 2019 results.

2020

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Washington Luis do M. Lima
• Light-Feather: João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues
• Feather: Ítalo Silva Lins de Albuquerque
• Light: Gilson Nunes De Oliveira Neto
• Middle: Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira
• Medium-Heavy: Sergio Raimundo Rios da Silva
• Heavy: Abraao Amorim Magalhaes
• Super-Heavy: Rafael Lovato Jr.
• Ultra-Heavy: Ricardo Ferreira Evangelista
• Open Class: Gregor de Carvalho Rangel Gracie

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Kristina Sofia Puruganan Barlaan
• Light: Natasha Aileen Quiza
• Middle: Luanna Alzuguir Marton Moraes
• Medium-Heavy: Maria Malyjasiak
• Heavy: Tara Giovanna White
• Super-Heavy: Mayara Monteiro Custódio
• Open Class: Maria Malyjasiak

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Luis Felipe Ninja de Moraes Pinto
• Feather: Denilson de Carvalho Pimenta
• Light: Denis Mitchel Batista Pinto
• Middle: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Medium-Heavy: Joshua Roy Hinger
• Heavy: Wancler Oliveira Costa Santos
• Super-Heavy: Alexandro Ceconi de Souza
• Ultra-Heavy: Bruno Bastos Cruz
• Open Class: Joshua Roy Hinger

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Georgina Staley
• Middle: Ana Paula Cardoso do Nascimento
• Medium-Heavy: Laura Ann Heiman Martins
• Super-Heavy: Jennifer A. Case
• Open Class: Jennifer A. Case

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Rodrigo Lima Mendanha
• Light-Feather: Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior
• Feather: Michael dela Cruz Lansang
• Light: Alexandre Concieiro Pimentel
• Middle: Natanael Meira de Carvalho
• Medium-Heavy: Guilherme Ramos Campos
• Heavy: Roger Dias Coelho
• Super-Heavy: Alexandre Fernandes Dantas
• Ultra-Heavy: Chad Fields
• Open Class: Viktor de Araujo K. Doria

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Claudia Cardona
• Middle: Rachel Noelle Morrison
• Open Class: Rachel Noelle Morrison

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Alessandro Cirone Nagaishi
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Jackson McVicker
• Middle: Marcio J. Silva
• Medium-Heavy: Randy Nash
• Heavy: Marcelo Herz Antunes
• Super-Heavy: Roberto Godoi
• Ultra-Heavy: Carlos Eduardo de Araujo Farias
• Open Class: Roberto Godoi

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Amy Konopka
• Super-Heavy: Samantha Freitas
• Open Class: Roberta Quinones

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Marcus Vinicius Nesse
• Feather: Kelly Gerald Johnson
• Light: Wellington Leal Dias
• Middle: Joel T. Gingery
• Medium-Heavy: Carlos Alberto Terrinha
• Heavy: Frederick Joseph Ramie
• Super-Heavy: Christopher J Haraszti
• Ultra-Heavy: Wade Rome
• Open Class: Wellington Leal Dias

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light: Kelly Beech
• Medium-Heavy: Jeane Anne Saari-Ruiz
• Open Class: Kelly Beech

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light: Kouichi Kamitanida
• Middle: Kevin Ray Butler
• Medium-Heavy: Ken Berman Burns
• Heavy: Joseph M. Harbin
• Super-Heavy: Pound Lamb
• Ultra-Heavy: John David Barrera
• Open Class: John David Barrera

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions listed.

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Kenneth Wayne Cameron
• Feather: Igor Dominguez Andrade
• Light: Sean P. Burke
• Middle: Bruce L. Singer
• Heavy: Kenneth Marshall Gabrielson
• Super-Heavy: Brian Carl Germain
• Ultra-Heavy: James C. Singeltary
• Open Class: Brian Carl Germain

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions listed.

2021

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues
• Light-Feather: Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao
• Feather: Felipe Linhares Arruda
• Light: Igor Mocaiber Peralva de Mello
• Middle: Jaime Soares Canuto
• Medium-Heavy: Gregor de Carvalho Rangel Gracie
• Heavy: Dominique L. Bell
• Super-Heavy: Leonardo Pires Nogueira
• Ultra-Heavy: Gustavo Dias Elias
• Open Class: Leonardo Pires Nogueira

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Patrícia Maria N. Fontes dos Santos
• Feather: Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges
• Light: Renata Marinho Moreira
• Middle: Melissa Stricker Cueto
• Medium-Heavy: Akeela Jovon Al-Hameed
• Heavy: Maria Malgorzata Malyjasiak
• Super-Heavy: Mayara Monteiro Custódio
• Open Class: Melissa Stricker Cueto

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Juan Lopes da Silva
• Light-Feather: Italo Ferreira de Lima Nunes
• Feather: Joe H Chiaki-Frederick Scovel
• Light: Diego Bispo Conceição
• Middle: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Medium-Heavy: Leonardo de Paiva Machado de Santana
• Heavy: Rafael Azevedo Lang
• Super-Heavy: Cássio Francis da Silva
• Ultra-Heavy: Roberto de Abreu Filho
• Open Class: Roberto de Abreu Filho

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Rita Lynne Dealba
• Feather: Mariana Azevedo
• Light: Mylene Ramos Engle
• Middle: Ana Paula Cardoso do Nascimento
• Medium-Heavy: Veronica Eugenia Mota
• Heavy: Sarah Gail Rice
• Super-Heavy: Talita Andrea Nogueira Rezende
• Open Class: Talita Andrea Nogueira Rezende

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Andre Luiz Cecilio Roriz Pontes
• Light-Feather: Sergio Alexandre Lourenço Capella Junior
• Feather: Ahmad Kabalan
• Light: Rodrigo Alexandre da Rosa
• Middle: Rogerio Yoski Suto
• Medium-Heavy: Eduardo Santoro de Camargo
• Heavy: Regis Calixto de Lima
• Super-Heavy: Luke Harris
• Ultra-Heavy: Marcos Vinicius Oliveira
• Open Class: Fabio Leopoldo e Silva Neto

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Sofia Rosa Amarante
• Feather: Rachel Karen Banes
• Light: Patrícia de Oliveira Lage
• Middle: Jennifer Lynn Whitcomb
• Medium-Heavy: Marion Elizabeth Reneau-Perez
• Super-Heavy: Jill Marie Baker
• Open Class: Marion Elizabeth Reneau-Perez

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Luis Ignacio Reyes
• Light-Feather: Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Suyan Lopes Queiroz
• Middle: Cássio Rios Werneck
• Medium-Heavy: Marcus Vinícius de Souza Bello
• Heavy: Thomas Joseph Cronin Jr.
• Super-Heavy: Roberto Godoi
• Ultra-Heavy: Fabiano Andre Scherner
• Open Class: Roberto Godoi

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Quincy J Torres
• Light: Cynthia Dyann Hales
• Heavy: Samantha B. Freitas
• Super-Heavy: Melissa R Lohsen
• Open Class: Samantha B. Freitas

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Yoshihiro Fujita
• Light-Feather: Marcelo Pache Saldanha Ferreira
• Feather: Sami Muhi Eddin Mohammad Al-Jamal
• Light: Carl Warren G. Sims
• Middle: Marco Aurélio Ress
• Medium-Heavy: Jeffie Jackson Horn Jr.
• Heavy: Carlos Alberto Terrinha
• Super-Heavy: Christopher E. Howe
• Ultra-Heavy: Tom Edward Hammonds III
• Open Class: Paulo R. de Castro

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Felicia Oh
• Light: Julie R. R. Litman
• Middle: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Open Class: Sonya M. B. Plavcan

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Dulciney Matos de Lima
• Feather: Kelly Gerald Johnson
• Light: Wellington Leal Dias
• Middle: Joel T. Gingery
• Medium-Heavy: Andre L Campos
• Heavy: Scott R. Roffers
• Super-Heavy: Milton Regis de Almeida
• Ultra-Heavy: Renier Nuno
• Open Class: Wellington Leal Dias

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Cynthia A. Fink
• Light: Kimberly A. Blake
• Open Class: Cynthia A. Fink

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Gil A. Bosque Vicente Jr.
• Feather: Ronaldo Delibero
• Light: Perry Ronald Bateson
• Middle: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: William Henry Clarke
• Super-Heavy: Brian Carl Germain
• Ultra-Heavy: James Craig Singeltary
• Open Class: Brian Carl Germain

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 7 in the 2021 results.

2022

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Osamah Ali Ali Almarwai
• Light-Feather: João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao
• Feather: Felipe Linhares Arruda
• Light: Pedro Fernandes Farias
• Middle: Jaime Soares Canuto
• Medium-Heavy: Sergio Raimundo Rios da Silva
• Heavy: Gabriel Salles Muniz Almeida
• Super-Heavy: Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira
• Ultra-Heavy: Klidson Farias de Abreu
• Open Class: Jhonny Loureiro Sigallis Souza

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Amber R Rymarz-Freitas
• Light-Feather: Ann Marie Wright
• Feather: Tracey R. Goodell
• Light: Luciane dos Santos Silva
• Middle: Victoria Maciel Antelante
• Medium-Heavy: Elizabeth Katherine Mitrovic
• Heavy: Melissa Stricker Cueto
• Super-Heavy: Emilly Alves Silva
• Open Class: Melissa Stricker Cueto

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Rafael Freitas
• Light-Feather: Rene Eduardo Lopez
• Feather: Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho
• Light: Diego Bispo Conceição
• Middle: Piter Frank Almeida Silva
• Medium-Heavy: Joshua Roy Hinger
• Heavy: Diogo Sampaio Araujo
• Super-Heavy: David Vieira da Silva
• Ultra-Heavy: Cássio Francis da Silva
• Open Class: Piter Frank Almeida Silva

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Mariana Azevedo
• Light: Erica Alicia Santana
• Middle: Heather Nanatte Woods
• Medium-Heavy: Amanda R Clifton
• Heavy: Amanda Magda de Oliveira
• Super-Heavy: Jennifer A. Case
• Open Class: Jennifer A. Case

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Bruno Cesar Gomes da Silva Moreno
• Light-Feather: Douglas Rufino da Silva
• Feather: Marcelo dos Santos Motta
• Light: Vitor de Souza Ribeiro
• Middle: Alexandre Concieiro Pimentel
• Medium-Heavy: Jorge Santiago Rodrigues
• Heavy: Gustavo Ramos Campos
• Super-Heavy: Paulo José Pinto
• Ultra-Heavy: Renato Rodrigues de Andrade
• Open Class: Gustavo Ramos Campos

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Sofia Rosa Amarante
• Feather: Patricia Alvares Pacheco
• Light: Milla Katriina Bahia
• Middle: Emily R. Kwok
• Medium-Heavy: Marion Elizabeth Reneau-Perez
• Heavy: Sarah Gail Rice
• Super-Heavy: Danuza Blanco Pitanga
• Open Class: Marion Elizabeth Reneau-Perez

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Makoto Sawada
• Light-Feather: Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Fabricio Medeiros
• Middle: Jose Carlos Hissa
• Medium-Heavy: Régis da Silveira Lebre
• Heavy: Scott Duwayne Huston
• Super-Heavy: Roberto Godoi
• Ultra-Heavy: Timothy Stuart Rennick
• Open Class: Roberto Godoi

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Melinda Paguia Fausto
• Feather: Stefanie Teresa Wallace
• Light: Cynthia Dyann Hales
• Middle: Jennifer Lynn Whitcomb
• Heavy: Samantha B. Freitas
• Super-Heavy: Heather R. Hart
• Open Class: Samantha B. Freitas

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Yoshihiro Fujita
• Light-Feather: Renato Sampaio Tavares Filho
• Feather: Alessandro Cirone Nagaishi
• Light: Alexandre Teixeira Araujo
• Middle: Marco Aurélio Ress
• Medium-Heavy: Rogério Camargo Leite
• Heavy: Sérgio Ávila
• Super-Heavy: Christopher E. Howe
• Ultra-Heavy: James Peter Mastrobattista
• Open Class: Marco Aurelio Buchaim Regos

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Leslie J. Gardineer
• Light: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Middle: Jaqueline de Fatima Lima
• Open Class: Sonya M. B. Plavcan

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Daniel A. Medalie
• Feather: Kelly Gerald Johnson
• Light: Wellington Leal Dias
• Middle: Souleymane Dicko
• Medium-Heavy: Paul Joseph Moriarty
• Heavy: Scott R. Roffers
• Super-Heavy: Adrien Roberto Domingues
• Ultra-Heavy: Renier Nuno
• Open Class: Adrien Roberto Domingues

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Sue Ellen Ausman
• Light: Cynthia A. Fink
• Heavy: Jeane Anne Saari-Ruiz
• Open Class: Jeane Anne Saari-Ruiz

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Pablo Luis Arroyo
• Feather: Ronaldo Delibero
• Light: Perry Ronald Bateson
• Middle: Gustavo Guadalupe Enriquez
• Medium-Heavy: Joseph Thompson
• Heavy: Brian Carl Germain
• Super-Heavy: Gay Elgin Cobham
• Ultra-Heavy: Philip G. Rinaldi
• Open Class: Kouichi Kamitanida

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

• Heavy: Betty W. Broadhurst
• Open Class: Betty W. Broadhurst

2023

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Cícero Lívio Ribeiro S. Paiva
• Light-Feather: Hiago George Santos Silva
• Feather: José Tiago da Silva Barros
• Light: Michael Remigio Liera Jr.
• Middle: Igor Matosinho de Paiva
• Medium-Heavy: Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho
• Heavy: Fernando Vieira Bonfante Milioli
• Super-Heavy: Rafael Lovato Jr.
• Ultra-Heavy: Guilherme Wilson dos S. Cordiviola
• Open Class: Max Santos Gimenis

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Serena Gabrielli
• Light-Feather: Ann Kneib
• Feather: Ariadne de Oliveira
• Light: Nathalie Wan Soares Veras
• Middle: Bruna Driely Ricalde Maciel
• Medium-Heavy: Elizabeth Katherine Mitrovic
• Heavy: Maria Malyjasiak
• Super-Heavy: Jessica da Silva Oliveira
• Open Class: Emilly Alves Silva

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Justin Masaichi Ordinario
• Light-Feather: Ivaniel Cavalcante de Oliveira
• Feather: Leon Braz Amancio
• Light: Erick Vinicius Raposo
• Middle: Piter Frank Almeida Silva
• Medium-Heavy: Fábio de Assunção Pulita
• Heavy: Diego da Silveira Herzog
• Super-Heavy: Vitor Moscon Schlosser
• Ultra-Heavy: Ricardo Ferreira Evangelista
• Open Class: Luciano de Macedo Bernert

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Mariangel D. French
• Feather: Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges
• Light: Mylene Ramos Manalo
• Middle: Leslie Mclea
• Medium-Heavy: Stephanie Lynn Williamson
• Heavy: Silvia Scomparin
• Super-Heavy: Jennifer A. Case
• Open Class: Jennifer A. Case

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Bruno Cesar Gomes da Silva Moreno
• Light-Feather: Douglas Rufino da Silva
• Feather: Marcelo dos Santos Silva
• Light: Marcos Alejandro Torregrosa
• Middle: Joshua Roy Hinger
• Medium-Heavy: William Porter V. Durkee
• Heavy: Felipe Ribeiro Souza Fogolin
• Super-Heavy: David Vieira da Silva
• Ultra-Heavy: Gabriel Gonzaga Santos Nogueira
• Open Class: Joshua Roy Hinger

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Saori Shibamoto
• Feather: Laurence Cousin Fouillat
• Light: Kari M Summers
• Middle: Elizabeth Jane Exell
• Medium-Heavy: Daniela Alzira da Silva Arouca
• Heavy: Sarah Gail Rice
• Super-Heavy: Danuza Blanco Pitanga
• Open Class: Danuza Blanco Pitanga

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Mauro Henrique Ayres Junior
• Light-Feather: Ichiro Kaneko
• Feather: Gabriel Willcox Furley
• Light: Hirokazu Takamoto
• Middle: Cássio Rios Werneck
• Medium-Heavy: Humberto Carrilho Santos
• Heavy: Marcelo Santos Azevedo
• Super-Heavy: Luke Harris
• Ultra-Heavy: Dierley de Almeida Rodrigues
• Open Class: Roberto Godoi

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Chen Yen Hsu
• Feather: Bianca Andrade Barreto
• Light: Patrícia de Oliveira Lage
• Middle: Marci Zavala
• Medium-Heavy: Dow Berarducci
• Heavy: Marion Elizabeth Reneau-Perez
• Super-Heavy: Ginger K. Hines
• Open Class: Marion Elizabeth Reneau-Perez

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Michael Aviado
• Light-Feather: Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Jackson McVicker
• Middle: Rodrigo Medeiros
• Medium-Heavy: Dailton Alves Vildal
• Heavy: Givanildo Santana do Nascimento
• Super-Heavy: Christopher E. Howe
• Ultra-Heavy: Jeffrey Owen Travis Lutter
• Open Class: Aaron Michael Ard

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Sue Ellen Ausman
• Feather: Kathryn Hubble
• Light: Joan DeAgro
• Middle: Sandra Spijker
• Super-Heavy: Melissa Lohsen
• Open Class: Melissa Lohsen

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Gerson Lopes Sanginitto
• Feather: Joseph Clemens Kracht
• Light: Wellington Leal Dias
• Middle: Souleymane Dicko
• Medium-Heavy: Leonardo Siena Pizzichi
• Heavy: Scott Roffers
• Super-Heavy: Adrien Roberto Domingues
• Ultra-Heavy: Jeffrey Curtis Russell
• Open Class: Adrien Roberto Domingues

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Kristin M. Sommer
• Heavy: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Open Class: Sonya M. B. Plavcan

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Dulciney Matos de Lima
• Feather: Ronaldo Delibero
• Light: Perry Ronald Bateson
• Middle: Richard Young
• Medium-Heavy: Brian Edward Beauchamp
• Heavy: Gregory Anthony Lopez
• Super-Heavy: Alexander Jan Davis
• Ultra-Heavy: David Eugene Brown
• Open Class: Gabriel John Austin

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

• Middle: Cynthia A Fink
• Open Class: Cynthia A Fink

2024

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao
• Light-Feather: Carlos Alberto Oliveira da Silva
• Feather: Thiago Augusto Araujo Macedo
• Light: Felipe Linhares Arruda
• Middle: Jaime Soares Canuto
• Medium-Heavy: Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho
• Heavy: Fábio Angnes Alano
• Super-Heavy: Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira
• Ultra-Heavy: Marcus Vinicius Gabriel Oliveira
• Open Class: Wilson Bueno de Moraes Júnior

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Pechrada Kacie Tan
• Light-Feather: Ann Marie Kneib
• Feather: Larissa Campos Carvalho
• Light: Luciane dos Santos Silva
• Middle: Lunna Tallen Vieira da Silva
• Medium-Heavy: Luciana Mota Castelo Branco
• Heavy: Melissa Stricker Cueto
• Super-Heavy: Tayane Porfírio de Araújo
• Open Class: Carina Curvelo Santi

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Juan Lopes da Silva
• Light-Feather: Ivaniel Cavalcante de Oliveira
• Feather: Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho
• Light: Marcelo França Mafra
• Middle: Piter Frank Almeida Silva
• Medium-Heavy: Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco
• Heavy: Otavio Ferreira de Sousa
• Super-Heavy: Filipe Luiz dos Reis Carmona
• Ultra-Heavy: Ricardo Ferreira Evangelista
• Open Class: Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Serena Gabrielli
• Light-Feather: Karla Vanessa Shellhammer
• Feather: Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges
• Light: Celeste Rushell Cronin
• Middle: Violeta Sokolova Angelova
• Medium-Heavy: Jessica Lyn Cherman Goltsman
• Heavy: Cleidiane Ferreira
• Super-Heavy: Jennifer A. Case
• Open Class: Jennifer A. Case

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Raul Gomes
• Light-Feather: Douglas Rufino da Silva
• Feather: Gabriel Afonso dos Santos Moraes
• Light: Francisco Daniel Tavares
• Middle: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Medium-Heavy: Rodrigo Benedito Caporal
• Heavy: Felipe Ribeiro Souza Fogolin
• Super-Heavy: David Vieira da Silva
• Ultra-Heavy: Christopher J Roberson
• Open Class: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Sofia Rosa Amarante
• Feather: Patricia Alvares Pacheco
• Light: Victoria Hudson Trueb
• Middle: April L. Parks
• Medium-Heavy: Rita Cosette Hicks
• Heavy: Simone de Abreu Pinheiro
• Super-Heavy: Danuza Blanco Pitanga
• Open Class: Simone de Abreu Pinheiro

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Daniel Carvalho da S. Rego
• Light-Feather: Sandro Ribeiro Santiago
• Feather: Ram Ananda
• Light: Leonardo Souza Melo
• Middle: Alexandre Concieiro Pimentel
• Medium-Heavy: Fabio Rocha Rosa
• Heavy: Lucio Sergio dos Santos
• Super-Heavy: Jose Marcio Winkler
• Ultra-Heavy: Gilmar Silva de Oliveira
• Open Class: Leonardo Gergis F. Leite

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Rachna Eav Grunkemeier
• Light-Feather: Yi Liu-Williams
• Feather: Sabrina Marcos Savi
• Light: Jennisin Dominique Rosania Montemayor de Grimaldo
• Middle: Casey A. OBrien
• Medium-Heavy: Jill Marie Baker
• Heavy: Samantha B. Freitas
• Super-Heavy: Ginger K. Hines
• Open Class: Ginger K. Hines

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Frank Anthony Curreri
• Light-Feather: Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat
• Feather: Alexandre C. Freitas
• Light: Jackson McVicker
• Middle: Marcelo Pereira Dourado
• Medium-Heavy: Jaime Gomez Pardo
• Heavy: Eric Joseph Anthony Walts
• Super-Heavy: Trevor Prangley
• Ultra-Heavy: James Peter Mastrobattista
• Open Class: Silvio de Macedo Amaral

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Leslie J. Gardineer
• Feather: Bianca Andrade Barreto
• Light: Charmarie L Salazar
• Middle: Jaqueline de Fatima Lima
• Heavy: Lisa Suzanne Tanguay
• Super-Heavy: Melissa Lohsen
• Open Class: Dympna Helen Doherty

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Jeremias Cassemiro Alves Silva
• Light-Feather: Michael Martin Westcott
• Feather: Renato Sampaio Tavares Filho
• Light: Wellington Leal Dias
• Middle: Souleymane Dicko
• Medium-Heavy: Raymond G. Trammell Jr
• Heavy: Timothy Stephen Church
• Super-Heavy: Paulo R. Castro
• Ultra-Heavy: Adrien Roberto Domingues
• Open Class: Brian William Lewis

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Wai Ping Cheung
• Light: Juliana Flores-Casaus
• Medium-Heavy: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Heavy: Joan DeAgro
• Super-Heavy: Kris Ellyn Pilgrim
• Open Class: Sonya M. B. Plavcan

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Pablo Luis Arroyo
• Feather: Vinicius Campelo Silveira
• Light: Perry Ronald Bateson
• Middle: Richard Young
• Medium-Heavy: Daniel Thomas Lathrop
• Heavy: Gokor Chivichyan
• Super-Heavy: Alexander Jan Davis
• Ultra-Heavy: Gay Elgin Cobham
• Open Class: Carlos Aldair Medeiros dos Santos

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

• Middle: Kimberly A. Blake
• Open Class: Kimberly A. Blake

2025

Master 1/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao
• Light-Feather: Carlos Alberto Oliveira da Silva
• Feather: Hiago George Santos Silva
• Light: Murilo Guimarães do Amaral
• Middle: Jackson Nagai Hatchwell Junior
• Medium-Heavy: José Matheus Macedo de Lira Luna
• Heavy: Faris Dean Benlamkadem
• Super-Heavy: Fábio Angnes Alano
• Ultra-Heavy: Rodrigo Martins Ribeiro da Silva
• Open Class: Wilson Bueno de Moraes Júnior

Master 1/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Rawanna R Dasilva
• Light-Feather: Patrícia Maria N. Fontes dos Santos
• Feather: Emily Rosalynn Nicholson
• Light: Ffion Eira Davies
• Middle: Vedha Clemente Toscano
• Medium-Heavy: Elizabeth Katherine Mitrovic
• Heavy: Melissa Stricker Cueto
• Super-Heavy: Tayane Porfírio de Araújo
• Open Class: Tayane Porfírio de Araújo

Master 2/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Juan Lopes da Silva
• Light-Feather: Jussier Da Silva Vieira
• Feather: Silvio Duran de Barros Saraiva
• Light: Chairo Olimpio Ivo C. Albuquerque de Vargas
• Middle: Caio Gregorio Cipriano
• Medium-Heavy: Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco
• Heavy: Sergio Raimundo Rios da Silva
• Super-Heavy: Rafael Lovato Jr.
• Ultra-Heavy: Michael Brandon Egley
• Open Class: Renato Guimaraes Cardoso

Master 2/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Serena Gabrielli
• Light-Feather: Diosana Frigo
• Feather: Mariane Moreira Santos
• Light: Sarah Rose Block
• Middle: Cíntia Camargo da Fontoura Honorato
• Medium-Heavy: Grace Kelly Ferla
• Heavy: Kimberle Ann Cratsenberg
• Super-Heavy: Jennifer A. Case
• Open Class: Jennifer A. Case

Master 3/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Fabbio Passos de Alencar
• Light-Feather: Douglas Rufino da Silva
• Feather: Bruno Cardoso Barbosa
• Light: Lee M. Ting
• Middle: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa
• Medium-Heavy: Rodrigo Benedito Caporal
• Heavy: Ahmed Yosan Richard Thomas White
• Super-Heavy: Victor Hugo Vasconcelos Nascimento
• Ultra-Heavy: Alex Aparecido Soares
• Open Class: Rafael Monteiro Barbosa

Master 3/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Naiomi Anaiansi Matthews Martín
• Feather: Melissa Anne Bentley
• Light: Lauriane Clarice dos Santos Mendes
• Middle: Vanessa Sue Waltz
• Medium-Heavy: Laura Heiman Martins
• Heavy: Sabrina Colleen Felker
• Super-Heavy: Beth Anne Slavinskas
• Open Class: Patricia Rodrigues de Souza

Master 4/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Rodrigo de Pinho Borges
• Light-Feather: Kohei Nishibayashi
• Feather: Marcelo dos Santos Silva
• Light: Carlos Eduardo de S. Vieira
• Middle: Alexandre Concieiro Pimentel
• Medium-Heavy: Fabio Leopoldo e Silva Neto
• Heavy: Marcelo Eduardo Moreira de Brito
• Super-Heavy: Leonardo Gergis F. Leite
• Ultra-Heavy: Wesley dos Santos
• Open Class: Adriano Ferreira de Araujo e Silva

Master 4/Female Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Wendy Christina Mukai
• Light-Feather: Mitomo Moriwaki
• Feather: Jan Misao Combs
• Light: Jennisin Dominique R. M. de Grimaldo
• Middle: Casey A. OBrien
• Medium-Heavy: Shavonne Denise Guthrie
• Heavy: Marion Elizabeth Reneau
• Super-Heavy: Melissa K Silva
• Open Class: Rachel Andrea Overbaugh

Master 5/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Makoto Sawada
• Light-Feather: Marcus Vinicius Barros Norat
• Feather: Cleito Soares de Resende
• Light: Suyan Lopes Queiroz
• Middle: Cássio Rios Werneck
• Medium-Heavy: Marcelo Santos Azevedo
• Heavy: Ishmael Trent Draper
• Super-Heavy: Roberto Godoi
• Ultra-Heavy: Timothy Stuart Rennick
• Open Class: Roberto Godoi

Master 5/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Giselle Marie Arross
• Feather: Sandra Inacio de Melo
• Light: Heather Ann Wajer
• Middle: Elena Marie Seiple
• Medium-Heavy: Wendy Sue Kuhn
• Heavy: Claudia Bomtempo
• Super-Heavy: Samantha B. Freitas
• Open Class: Heather Ann Wajer

Master 6/Male Black Belt Champions

• Rooster: Yoshihiro Fujita
• Light-Feather: Michael Martin Westcott
• Feather: Renato Tavares Filho
• Light: Wellington Leal Dias
• Middle: Devin Andrew Dallaire
• Medium-Heavy: Muofunanya Ifekandu David Onuma
• Heavy: Brian William Lewis
• Super-Heavy: Sean Douglas Starn
• Ultra-Heavy: James Peter Mastrobattista
• Open Class: Joseph Clemens Kracht

Master 6/Female Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Wai Ping Cheung
• Light: Juliana Flores-Casaus
• Middle: Sonya M. B. Plavcan
• Super-Heavy: Yvonne Morken
• Open Class: Sonya M. B. Plavcan

Master 7/Male Black Belt Champions

• Light-Feather: Richard Jan Byrne
• Feather: Raphael Charles P. Schmitz
• Light: Celso de Castro Vieira Brito
• Middle: John Joseph Connors
• Medium-Heavy: Daniel Thomas Lathrop
• Heavy: Julio Cesar Pereira
• Super-Heavy: Brian Carl Germain
• Ultra-Heavy: Terry Don Stephens
• Open Class: Wagner Mendes Mota

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

• Feather: Marylin Renee Jensen
• Middle: Maria Isabel de Souza Lima Di Pilla
• Open Class: Marylin Renee Jensen

Master 7/Female Black Belt Champions

No female black belt divisions are listed for Master 7 in the 2018 results

How To Watch IBJJF World Masters 2026

The 2026 World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship will be streamed live on FloGrappling and the FloSports App.

Archives of each match, highlights, news, results and more will be available here on FloGrappling.

When Is The 2026 World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship?

The 2026 World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship is Sept. 3-5, 2026.

Competition begins Thursday, Sept. 3 and continues through Saturday, Sept. 5.

Where Is World Masters IBJJF 2026?

World Masters 2026 will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Halls W1-W3, at 300 Convention Center Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada.

World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2026 Pre-Schedule

IBJJF has released a preliminary schedule for the 2026 World Master Championship. The final schedule will be released Sept. 2.

Thursday, Sept. 3

• Black Belt Master 1 and Master 2
• Brown Belt Master 1 through Master 7

Friday, Sept. 4

• Black Belt Master 3 through Master 7
• Blue Belt Master 1 through Master 7
• Purple Belt Master 1 through Master 7
• Brown Belt Master 1 through Master 7

Saturday, Sept. 5

• Blue Belt Master 1 through Master 7
• Purple Belt Master 1 through Master 7

The schedule is subject to change. The final division times will be published by IBJJF on Sept. 2.

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