Long Beach, CA – The black belt divisions provided plenty of entertainment at the 2018 IBJJF World Championships today with a raucous absolute division and some high-paced weight class matches. 

Men's divisions will feature the quarter, semi and finals, while only women's finals will take place having already completed the brackets earlier today. 

The last two matches of the day will be the men's and women's black belt absolute finals, which are exact replays of 2017: Leandro Lo will face off once again with Marcus "Buchecha" Almeida, while Tayane Porifirio will meet Nathiely de Jesus. 

Men’s Black Belt Roosterweight 

QF: Carlos Saquic Perez vs Rodnei Barbosa, Mat 1 9:00am 

QF: Koji Shibamoto vs Hiago Gama, Mat 1 9:12am

QF: Bruno Malfacine vs Juan Lopes da Silva, Mat 2 9:00am

QF: Tomoyuki Hashimoto vs Lucas Pinheiro, Mat 2 9:12am 

Men’s Black Belt Light-featherweight 

QF: Alexssandro Sodre vs Michael Musumeci, Mat 1 9:24am

QF: Jose Thiago vs Hiago George, Mat 1 9:36am

QF: Rene Lopez vs Ary Farias, Mat 2 9:24am

QF: Yuta Shimada vs Joao Miyao, Mat 2 9:36am 

Men’s Black Belt Featherweight 

QF: Isaac Doederlein vs Marcio Andre, Mat 1 9.48am 

QF: Isaque Paiva vs Shane Jamil-Hill Taylor, 10.00am 

QF: Osvaldo Moizino vs Gianni Grippo, Mat 1 9.48am 

QF: Leo Saggioro vs Rafael Mansur, Mat 1 10:00am 

Men’s Black Belt Lightweight

QF: Edwin Najmi vs Espen Mathiesen, Mat 1 10:12am 

QF: Lucas Lepri vs Jake Mackenzie, Mat 1 10:24am

QF: Renato Canuto vs Victor Silverio, Mat 2 10.12

QF: JT Torres vs Vitor Oliveira, Mat 2 10:24am 

Men’s Black Belt Middleweight 

QF: Gabriel Arges vs Tommy Langaker, Mat 1 11:24am

QF: Marcos Tinoco vs Yago de Souza, Mat 1 11:36am 

QF: Ruan Marques vs Jaime Canuto, Mat 2 11.24am 

QF: Claudio Calasans vs Isaque Bahiense, Mat 2 11:36am 

Men’s Black Belt Medium-Heavyweight 

QF: Matheus Diniz vs Lucas Barbosa, Mat 1 11:48am

QF: Matheus Spirandelli vs Rudson Mateus, Mat 1 12:00pm

QF: Gustavo Batista vs Horlando Monteiro, Mat 2 11:48am 

QF: Esdras Barbosa vs Renato Cardoso, Mat 2 12:00pm

Men’s Black Belt Heavyweight

QF: Xande Ribeiro vs Felipe Pena, Mat 1 12:12pm

QF: Dimitrius Souza vs Felipe Andrew, Mat 1 12:24pm

QF: Keenan Cornelius vs Tim Spriggs, Mat 2 12:12pm 

QF: Patrick Gaudio vs Jackson Sousa, Mat 2 12:24pm 

Men’s Black Belt Super-Heavyweight

QF: Manuel Pontes vs Fernando Andrade, Mat 1 12:36pm

QF: Rodrigo Martins vs Leandro Lo, Mat 1 12:48pm

QF: Mahamed Aly default winner 

QF: Igor Schneider vs Nicholas Meregali, Mat 2 12:48pm 

Men’s Black Belt Ultra-Heavyweight 

QF: Marcus Almeida vs Otavio Nalati, Mat 1 1:00pm

QF: Victor Hugo vs Alex Aparecido, Mat 1 1:12pm

QF: Joao Gabriel Rocha vs Luiz Panza, Mat 2 1:00pm

QF: Admilson Gobi Jr vs Gustavo Dias, Mat 2 1:12pm 

Men’s Black Belt Absolute 

Final: Marcus Almeida vs Leandro Lo, Mat 2 6:00pm 

Women’s Black Belt Roosterweight 

Final: Rikako Yuasa vs Serena Gabrielli, Mat 2 2:24 pm 

Women’s Black Belt Light-featherweight 

Final: Talita Alencar vs Amanda Monteiro, Mat 2 2:36 pm 

Women’s Black Belt Featherweight 

Final: Karen Antunes vs Ana Carolina Schmitt, Mat 2 2:48 pm 

Women’s Black Belt Lightweight

Final: Beatriz Mesquita vs Luiza Monteiro, Mat 2 3:00 pm 

Women’s Black Belt Middleweight 

Final: Ana Carolina Vieira vs Raquel Canuto, Mat 2 3:12 pm 

Women’s Black Belt Medium-Heavyweight 

Final: Monique Elias vs Claudia do Val, Mat 2 3:24 pm 

Women’s Black Belt Heavyweight

Final: Nathiely de Jesus vs Maria Malyjasiak, Mat 2 3:36 pm 

Women’s Black Belt Super-Heavyweight

Final: Tayane Porfirio vs Venla Luukonen, Mat 2 3:48 pm

Women’s Black Belt Absolute 

Final: Tayane Porfirio vs Nathiely de Jesus, Mat 2 5:48 pm

Watch the 2018 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship live

May 31 to June 3 | Long Beach, CA