We now know exactly who is in and who is out as the deadline to sign up for the 2017 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship closed last night and final sign-off on the list took place earlier today.
Take a look at the black belt divisions and see who has made their participation official, and who won't be in action this year.
Read also: IBJJF 2017 Worlds Black Belt Breakdown: Favorites & Underdogs
List updated Friday May 26 to reflect athlete and team corrections.
Take a look at the black belt divisions and see who has made their participation official, and who won't be in action this year.
Read also: IBJJF 2017 Worlds Black Belt Breakdown: Favorites & Underdogs
List updated Friday May 26 to reflect athlete and team corrections.
| IBJJF 2017 World Championship Black Belt Competitors | |
|---|---|
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Rooster | |
| Bruno da Silva Malfacine | Alliance |
| Lucas dos Santos Pinheiro | AMBJJ - Alex Martins Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Takahito Yoshioka | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Caio Terra | Brasa CTA |
| Tomoyuki Hashimoto | Carpe Diem |
| Andrea Verdemare | Flow |
| Jorge Luiz Nakamura | GF Team |
| Vincent Nguyen | GF Team |
| Juan Lopes da Silva | PRM Team |
| Aniel Bonifacio Candido | Qatar BJJ |
| Rodnei Barbosa Gabriel Junior | Qatar BJJ |
| Raul Gomes Marcello | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Javier Gomez | Ares BJJ |
| Total: 13 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Light-Feather | |
| Paulo Roberto Santana e Silva Filho | Alliance USA |
| Carlos Vieira Holanda | Alliance International |
| Thomas Lincoln Correa Lisboa | Alliance International |
| Gabriel Afonso dos Santos Moraes | Alliance |
| Isaac Doederlein | Alliance |
| Ary de Melo Farias | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Tadashi Takashima | Boston BJJ Academy |
| Gabriel Marangoni de Oliveira | Brasa CTA |
| Michael Musumeci Jr. | Brasa CTA |
| Kim Terra | Caio Terra Association |
| Rene Eduardo Lopez | Caio Terra Association |
| Mayko de Araujo Girotto Borges | CheckMat |
| João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao | Cicero Costha Internacional |
| José Tiago da Silva Barros | Cicero Costha Internacional |
| Mathias Jules Jardin | GF Team |
| Washington Luis do M. Lima | GF Team |
| Takuto Kako | Grappling Shoot Boxers |
| Luis Felipe Ninja de Moraes Pinto | Leonardo Peçanha Association |
| Yuta Shimada | Nexusense |
| Hiago George Santos Silva | PSLPB Cicero Costha |
| Samir José Chantre Dahás | Ares BJJ |
| Daniel Beleza G. de Andrade | SAS Team USA |
| Wallace Fernando Santos | Soul Fighters BJJ |
| Hideyuki Yamada | Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy |
| Total: 24 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather | |
| Jeffrey Timothy Cummings | Alliance USA |
| Jonathan Paul Thomas | Alliance USA |
| Caio Rigante Nunes | Alliance International |
| Jason Alexander Gagnon | Alliance Los Angeles |
| Nicollas Welker Amorim Araujo | Alliance Los Angeles |
| Gianni Paul Grippo | Alliance |
| Rubens Charles Maciel | Alliance |
| Leonardo Fernandes Saggioro | Brazilian Top Team Int. |
| Daisuke Shiraki | Carpe Diem Hope |
| Sergio Calderon Gonzalez | Cerdanyola Fight Club |
| Gilson Nunes De Oliveira Neto | CheckMat |
| Michael Thomas Hourigan | Peter de Been JJ |
| Ítalo Silva Lins de Albuquerque | GF Team |
| AJ Agazarm | Gracie Barra |
| Samuel Braga Olivar da Cruz | Gracie Barra |
| Wellington Leal Dias | Gracie Humaita |
| Wanki Chae | John Frankl Jiu Jitsu |
| Christopher M. Kriebel | Nova União |
| Marcio Andre C. Barbosa Junior | Nova União |
| Thiago Augusto Araujo Macedo | Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ |
| Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho | Ares BJJ |
| Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor | Team Lloyd Irvin |
| Silvio Duran de Barros Saraiva | Vitor Shaolin BJJ |
| Eduardo Yezeguiellian Botega | Zenith BJJ |
| Total: 24 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Light | |
| João Paulo de Fatima Alves Ferreira | Alliance USA |
| Johnny Joachin Tama Apolinario | Alliance USA |
| Jhonny Loureiro Sigallis Souza | Alliance International |
| Juan Caio Kamezawa da Silva | Alliance International |
| Fabio Murat Caloi | Alliance SP |
| Lucas Alves Lepri | Alliance |
| Michael Alexandre Langhi | Alliance |
| Kevin Javier Mahecha | American Top Team |
| Andris Auseklis Brunovskis | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Michael Remiglio Liera Jr. | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Caio Almeida Silva | Atos JJ International |
| Roberto Satoshi de Souza | Bull-Terrier Bonsai |
| Masahiro Iwasaki | Carpe Diem |
| Akira Hosokawa | Carpe Diem Hope |
| Gabriel Rollo da Silva Pontes | CheckMat |
| Marcelo França Mafra | CheckMat |
| Thiago Aragão de Abreu | CheckMat USA |
| Francisco Antonio Iturralde Lara | Del Mar Jiu-Jitsu Club |
| Jacob Williams Mackenzie | GF Team |
| Matheus Guilherme da Costa | GF Team |
| Edwin Najmi | Gracie Barra |
| John Rickel | Gracie Barra |
| Yan Lucas Cordeiro Paiva | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Rodrigo Lamounier de Freitas | Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Celso Venicius Alves Pinho Júnior | Ryan Gracie Team |
| Diego Bispo Conceição | Ares BJJ |
| Lucas Benévolo Valle | Start Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Renato Forasieppi Alves Canuto | Zenith BJJ |
| Victor de Matos | Zenith BJJ |
| Total: 29 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle | |
| Lachlan S. Giles | Absolute MMA Australia |
| Gabriel Rodrigues A. Goulart | Alliance USA |
| Samuel Seth Snow | Alliance Atlanta |
| Jonathan T. Satava | Alliance International |
| Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco | Alliance International |
| Alec Jerrod Baulding | Alliance |
| Isaque Bahiense Braz | Alliance |
| Joshua Roy Hinger | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Felipe Cesar Silva | BARBOSA JIU-JITSU |
| Nathan Albrecht Mendelsohn | Coalition 95 |
| Thomas Hernan Oyarzun | Fernando Terere Jiu-Jitsu |
| Vinícius Tavares Marinho | GF Team |
| Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira | GF Team |
| Jaime Soares Canuto | GF Team Recreio |
| Victor Silverio Santos | GF Team Recreio |
| Gabriel Arges de Sousa | Gracie Barra |
| Magid Hage IV | Gracie Barra JJ |
| Otavio Ferreira de Sousa | Gracie Barra |
| Santeri Lilius | Gracie Barra JJ |
| Pedro Henrique Monteiro Palhares | Luiz Palhares Jiu Jitsu |
| Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho | Ns Brotherhood |
| Matheus Spirandeli Souza | Ns Brotherhood |
| Vinicius Carvalho Garcia | Ns Brotherhood |
| Leandro de Souza Kussano | Over Limit BJJ |
| Javier Valenciano Yamuni | Renzo Gracie International |
| Oliver Leys Geddes | Roger Gracie Academy |
| Dainis Nguyen-Huu | Jiu-Jitsu For Life Team |
| Mansher Khera | Zenith BJJ |
| Diego Dias Ramalho | ZR Team Association |
| Total: 29 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy | |
| Kit James Dale | Maromba Academia International |
| Renato Guimaraes Cardoso | Alliance |
| Tarsis Carvalho Humphreys | Alliance |
| Andre Luiz Leite Galvão | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Lucas Daniel Silva Barbosa | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Marcos Yoshio de Souza | Bull-Terrier Bonsai |
| Henrique Russi Felix de Lima | CheckMat |
| Thiago Sá Fortes Silva | CheckMat |
| Valdir Araujo de Lima Júnior | Fight Sports |
| Patrick Pontes Moura Santos Gaudio | GF Team |
| Victor Del Corso Bomfim | GF Team |
| Adriano Candido de Lima | GF Team International |
| Viking Wai Chun Wong | GF Team International |
| Felipe Carsalade Araujo Pena | Gracie Barra |
| Inacio Ferreira Gomes Neto | Gracie Barra JJ |
| Rodrigo Fajardo | Gracie Barra JJ |
| Rômulo Claudio Barral | Gracie Barra |
| Horlando de Jesus Monteiro | Nova União |
| Jose M Portillo Jr | Paragon BJJ Academy |
| Gregor de Carvalho Rangel Gracie | Renzo Gracie Academy |
| Diogo Sampaio Araujo | Soul Fighters BJJ |
| Giacomo Raupp Zanini | Jiu-Jitsu For Life Team |
| Jorge Britto Lima Filho | Jiu-Jitsu For Life Team |
| Romulo de Souza Azevedo | Vitor Shaolin BJJ |
| Dillon Danis | Zenith BJJ |
| Charles Negromonte Santos | ZR Team Association |
| Lucas Rocha de Freitas | ZR Team Association |
| Total: 27 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy | |
| Matheus Oliveira Diniz | Alliance International |
| Nicholas de Barcellos Meregali | Alliance International |
| Dimitrius Soares Souza | Alliance |
| Guilherme Augusto Soares Santos | Alliance |
| Jackson Sousa dos Santos | CheckMat |
| Lucas Joas Gomes Leite | CheckMat |
| Adam Wardzinski | CheckMat USA |
| Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira | CheckMat USA |
| Helton Jose Mendes da Silva Junior | Cicero Costha Internacional |
| Rodrigo Martins Ribeiro da Silva | G13 Jiu-Jitsu |
| Joshua Lee Bowlin | Gracie Barra |
| Leandro Lo Pereira do Nascimento | Ns Brotherhood |
| Wellington Modena Peroto | One Jiu-Jitsu USA |
| Eduardo Alves de Inojosa | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Nick Schrock | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Romes Pereira Ramos Junior | Rio Grappling Club |
| Tanner Wade Rice | Soul Fighters BJJ |
| Roberto Torralbas | Team Lloyd Irvin |
| Aaron Michael Johnson | Unity Jiu-jitsu |
| Total: 19 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy | |
| Bernardo Augusto Rocha de Faria | Alliance |
| Fernando Andrade dos Reis | Alliance |
| Dany Guy Steve Gerard | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Erberth Santos de Mesquita | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Vitor Fabio Martins Toledo | Atos JJ International |
| Luiz Fernando de Azevedo Panza | CheckMat |
| Roberto de Abreu Filho | Fight Sports |
| Rodolpho Paulo Oliveira do Bonfim | GF Team |
| Julio Augusto Gomes Guerra | Gracie Barra |
| Jared Lynn Dopp | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| João Paulo de Sousa Soares | SAS Team |
| Mahamed Aly Santos da Silva | Team Lloyd Irvin |
| Eliot Andrew Kelly | Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Total: 13 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy | |
| Carlos Eduardo de Araujo Farias | Brasa CTA |
| Hideki Sekine | Bull-Terrier Bonsai |
| Felipe Augusto Farias Bezerra | CheckMat |
| Gabriel Lyrio Lucas | CheckMat |
| Marcus Vinícius Oliveira de Almeida | CheckMat |
| Alexander Riis Hilligsoe Trans | GF Team |
| Igor Gregório Schneider | Ns Brotherhood |
| Gustavo Dias Elias | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| James Richard Puopolo | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Antonio Henriques Junior | Roger Gracie Academy |
| João Gabriel de Oliveira e S. Rocha | Soul Fighters BJJ |
| Otavio de Souza Nalati | Team Lloyd Irvin |
| Vinicius de Magalhães | Vinny Magalhaes BJJ |
| Rodrigo Henrique Cavaca | Zenith BJJ |
| Total: 14 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Female / Rooster | |
| Rayanne Amanda Carmo dos Santos | Attack JJ Team - Belém PA |
| Outi Järvilehto | Brasa CTA |
| Kanako Inaba | AOA Champion BJJ |
| Serena Gabrielli | Flow |
| Rikako Yuasa | Paraestra Shinagawa |
| Total: 5 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Female / Light-Feather | |
| Liwia Gluchowska | Absolute MMA Australia |
| Ana Talita de Oliveira Alencar | Alliance |
| Gezary Matuda Kubis Bandeira | American Top Team |
| Chelsea Leah Bainbridge-Donner | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Kristina Sofia Puruganan Barlaan | Brasa CTA |
| Patrícia Maria N. Fontes dos Santos | CheckMat |
| Sofia Rosa Amarante | Fight Sports |
| Thamires Diógenes de Aquino | GF Team |
| Carolina Carriello | Gracie Barra |
| Total: 9 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather | |
| Bianca Barbosa Basilio | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Jaqueline de Moraes Amorim | CheckMat |
| Ana Carolina Schmitt | Gracie Humaita |
| Mackenzie Lynne Dern | Gracie Humaita |
| Emilie Maxine M. H. Thylin | Gracie Humaita South Bay |
| Eloisa Alexandre Souto | Nova União |
| Aarae Alexander | Team Lloyd Irvin |
| Total: 7 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Female / Light | |
| Tammi Alana Musumeci | Brasa CTA |
| Jessica Cristina C. A. dos Santos | Elite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Redmond |
| Laurah Elizabeth Hallock | GF Team |
| Fabiana Alves Borges | Gracie Barra |
| Beatriz de Oliveira Mesquita | Gracie Humaita |
| Jena Rae Bishop | Gracie Humaita |
| Danielle Renee Alvarez | Gracie Humaita South Bay |
| Luiza Monteiro Moura da Costa | Ns Brotherhood |
| Jess Corinne Fraser | Phuket Top Team - MMA Training Camp Thailand |
| Total: 9 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle | |
| Jackeline Rodrigues M. de Oliveira | Alliance |
| Monique Medeiros Elias | Alliance |
| Leanna M Dittrich | Fight Sports |
| Ana Carolina Vieira Srour | GF Team |
| Nivia de Souza Moura | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Ida Fløisvik | Roger Gracie Academy Norway |
| Amanda Loewen | SBG International (SBGI) |
| Caitlin Huggins | Terra Planus Jiu-Jitsu |
| Total: 8 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy | |
| Andresa Correa | Alliance |
| Monique Ricardo Carvalho | CheckMat |
| Nathiely Karoline Melo de Jesus | Cicero Costha Internacional |
| Charlene Marie Coats | Coalition 95 |
| Jessica D Flowers | Gracie Barra |
| Leah Roseanne Taylor | SBG International (SBGI) |
| Total: 6 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Female / Heavy | |
| Alison Victoria Tremblay | Brazilian Top Team |
| Claudia Fernanda Onofre V. Doval | De La Riva JJ |
| Talita Andrea Nogueira | Ns Brotherhood |
| Samela Shoham Lopes Leite | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Fernanda Mazzelli Almeida Maio | Striker JJ |
| Total: 5 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Female / Super-Heavy | |
| Tayane Porfírio de Araújo | Alliance |
| Venla Orvokki Luukkonen | Hilti BJJ Jyvaskyla |
| Total: 2 |