A List Of All Black Belts Signed Up For 2019 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship
A List Of All Black Belts Signed Up For 2019 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship
The wait is over and the deadline has passed – we now know who's signed up for No-Gi Worlds.
The wait is over and the deadline has passed – we now know who's signed up for No-Gi Worlds.
This is the first year that the IBJJF has required competitors to have ranking points to register. Any adult black belt must have 30 points to sign up, with the exceptions of previous black belt adult world no-gi champions, or brown belt champions in 2018. We've heard that this requirement caught out many competitors, who found themselves without sufficient points to enter.
Only two of 2018's champs return in the male black belt divisions. Roosterweight Nobuhiro Sawada and light-featherweight Joao MIyao are back to defend their titles. In the women's divisions, only 2018 lightweight champ Catherine Perret of Checkmat is back for a second shot at gold. Mayssa Bastos was light-featherweight champion 2018 but has dropped to roosterweight this year.
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Scroll down for the list of entrants.
MEN
BLACK / Adult / Male / Rooster | |
| Taniel Santos de Jesus | Ares BJJ |
| Kristian R. Woodmansee | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Marko Tapani Oikarainen | Hilti BJJ Turku |
| Thalison Vitorino Soares | PSLPB Cicero Costha |
| Rodnei Barbosa Gabriel Junior | Qatar BJJ |
| Nobuhiro Sawada | Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy |
| David B. Zennario | Unity Jiu-jitsu |
| Total: 7 | |
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light-Feather | |
| Lucas dos Santos Pinheiro | Atos JJ USA |
| Rene Eduardo Lopez | Brasa CTA |
| Suraj Kumar Budhram | Fight Sports |
| Richard Alarcon | One Jiu-Jitsu USA |
| Francisco Jonas Borges Andrade | PSLPB Cicero Costha |
| Hiago George Santos Silva | PSLPB Cicero Costha |
| João R. Bordignon Miyao | PSLPB Cicero Costha |
| Edwin Ocasio | Unity Jiu-jitsu |
| Anthony Guy De Oliveira | Werdum Combat Team France |
| Total: 9 | |
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather | |
| Samir José Chantre Dahás | Ares BJJ |
| Gabriel Marangoni de Oliveira | Brasa CTA |
| Alexssandro Pinto Sodré | Clube Feijão de Jiu-Jitsu |
| Orlando Fernando Castillo Andaviza | Fight Sports |
| Thomas James Halpin | Fight Sports International |
| Alejandro Carreras Lecoq | Focus Jiu-Jitsu Espanha |
| Thiago Cintra Vieira Brito | G13 BJJ USA |
| Israel de Sousa Almeida | GF Team |
| Silvio Duran de Barros Saraiva | Nova União |
| Thiago Augusto Araujo Macedo | Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ |
| Cole Thomas Franson | Tinguinha BJJ Academy |
| Thiago Aguiar Abud | Unity Jiu-jitsu |
| Emilio Alejandro Hernandez-Rodgriquez | Zenith BJJ |
| João Gabriel Batista de Sousa | ZR Team California |
| Total: 14 | |
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light | |
| Lachlan John Warne | Absolute MMA Australia |
| Fabio Murat Caloi | Alliance |
| Frederico Augusto Alves Silva | Alliance Charlotte |
| Johnny Joachin Tama Apolinario | Alliance Ecuador |
| Athos Ribeiro de Miranda | Alliance Marcelo Garcia |
| Lucas de Araujo Gomes | Alliance RJ |
| Tomoshige Sera | Carpe Diem |
| Kevin Melendrez | Caveirinha Jiu-Jitsu Family USA |
| Ygor dos Santos Rodrigues | CT MR |
| Issa Able | GD Jiu-Jitsu Association |
| Marcio Andre da Costa Barbosa Junior | Nova União |
| Daniel Seth Davis | Open Mat Mixed Martial Arts |
| Matthew Henry Kocal | Open Mat Mixed Martial Arts |
| Natan Chueng Freitas | PSLPB Cicero Costha |
| Pedro Henrique Segura Veras | PSLPB Cicero Costha |
| Rodrigo Lamounier de Freitas | Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Leonardo Domingos Costa Benedito | Zenith BJJ |
| Total: 17 | |
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle | |
| Jonathan T. Satava | Alliance Marcelo Garcia |
| Vinicius Lino Wong | Alliance San Diego |
| Guthierry Barbosa Nascimento Conceição | Carlson Gracie Team |
| Pedro Henrique de Oliveira e Silva Rocha | Double Five |
| Rodrigo Lopes Martins | Double Five |
| Sebastian Brosché | Frontline Academy |
| Dante Leon | GF Team |
| Jaime Soares Canuto | GF Team |
| Robert G. Malof | GF Team Ohio |
| Otavio Ferreira de Sousa | Gracie Barra Huntington Beach |
| Oliver Johnathon Lovell | Gracie Barra Nottingham |
| Michael Ray Trasso | Gracie Humaita San Diego |
| Jaakko Vilander | Hilti BJJ Turku |
| Burak Z Sarman | Pedro Sauer - Team Canada |
| Marco Aurellio de Queiroz | Pirâmide Grappling Association |
| Enrique D. Galarza | Silver Fox BJJ |
| Felipe Cesar Silva | Unity Jiu-jitsu |
| Jeferson Guaresi | Unity Jiu-Jitsu International |
| Diego Dias Ramalho | ZR Team California |
| Total: 19 | |
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy | |
| Sergio Raimundo Rios da Silva | 99 Nine Nine JJ - International |
| Edson Antonio de Oliveira Filho | Alliance SP |
| Lucas Jose Alves de Oliveira | Alliance SP |
| Rafael Lopes Paganini | Alliance SP |
| Jonnatas Gracie Araujo da Silva | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Nisar Amin Loynab | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Ronaldo Pereira de Souza Júnior | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Marcos Vinicius de Oliveira Martins | BARBOSA JIU-JITSU |
| Gabriel Salles Muniz Almeida | CheckMat USA |
| Jose Mathias Macedo de Lira Luna | CheckMat USA |
| Yuri A V Silva | Fight Sports |
| Kenji Benjamin Sette | GF Team France |
| Servio Tulio Cardoso Guimarães Junqueira | Gracie Barra Belo Horizonte-MG |
| Jake Michael Watson | Maracaba BJJ |
| Gustavo Oliveira de Andrade | Nova União |
| Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho | Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ |
| Lucas Rocha de Freitas | ZR Team California |
| Total: 17 | |
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy | |
| Charles Kilyan Mcguire | American Top Team Junior Fernandes |
| Helton Jose Mendes da Silva Junior | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Jackson Sousa dos Santos | CheckMat |
| Adam Wardzinski | Checkmat Alan FinFou |
| Jorge Andres Escudero Barba | Connect BJJ BFT |
| Fellipe Ubaiz Trovo | Gracie Barra Belo Horizonte-MG |
| Roberto Camargo de Alencar | Gracie Barra New Mexico |
| Max Leon Bickerton | Inglorious Grapplers |
| Nicholas Greene | Ralph Gracie |
| Todd Brandon Mueckenheim | Soca Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Devhonte M. Johnson | Unity Jiu-jitsu |
| Murilo Silva Ferreira de Santana | Unity Jiu-jitsu |
| Total: 12 | |
BLACK / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy | |
| Vinicius Ferreira Gazola | Alliance SP |
| Renato dos Santos Tagliari | Brasa CTA |
| Frederic Leonhard Vosgröne | Carlson Gracie UK |
| Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira | Checkmat Northridge |
| Aaron Michael Johnson | Fight Sports |
| Marcelo Gomide Oliveira | Gracie Barra Belo Horizonte-MG |
| Jan Victor Zander | Gracie Humaita International |
| Perttu Tapio Tepponen | Hilti BJJ Tampere |
| James Richard Puopolo | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Roberto Torralbas | Team Lloyd Irvin |
| Eliot Andrew Kelly | Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Total: 11 | |
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy | |
| Fernando Camôles Ribas | Demian Maia Jiu-Jitsu |
| Roberto de Abreu Filho | Fight Sports |
| Vinicius de Barros | Gracie Barra Belo Horizonte-MG |
| Victor Hugo Costa Marques | Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu |
| Vinicius de Magalhães | Vinny Magalhaes BJJ |
| Total: 5 |
WOMEN
BLACK / Adult / Female / Rooster | |
| Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos | GF Team |
| Amber Rymarz-freitas | Gracie Barra New Mexico |
| Total: 2 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Light-Feather | |
| Patrícia Magalhães Machado | Brazilian Top Team - ATX |
| Sofia Rosa Amarante | Fight Sports |
| Amanda Monteiro Canuto | GF Team |
| Fiona M. Watson | Notorious Mixed Martial Arts |
| Total: 4 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather | |
| Liwia Gluchowska | Absolute MMA Australia |
| Ana Talita de Oliveira Alencar | Alliance Los Angeles |
| Heather H. Raftery | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Gabriela Meireles Fechter | CheckMat |
| Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges | CheckMat USA |
| Total: 5 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Light | |
| Jena Rae Bishop | Alliance San Diego |
| Nicole C. Sullivan | Atos Jiu-Jitsu |
| Kristin Mikkelson | Brazil 021 International |
| Catherine Fuhro Perret | CheckMat USA |
| Nathalie Wan Soares Veras Ribeiro | CheckMat USA |
| Josephine Masiello | de Been 100% Jiu-Jitsu |
| Hannah Sharp | Silver Fox BJJ |
| Total: 7 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle | |
| Anna Sophia Maria Nordenö | Barum Jiu-Jitsu |
| Raquel Dayne Kaleialoha Canuto | CheckMat |
| Jaqueline de Moraes Amorim Ramos | CheckMat USA |
| Gabrielle McComb Lima | Gracie Humaita South Bay |
| Hannah Katharina Rauch | Gracie Humaita South Bay |
| April L. Parks | RCJ Machado |
| Amanda Loewen | SBG International (SBGI) |
| Total: 7 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy | |
| Vedha Clemente Toscano | Checkmat New York |
| Julia Boscher Seixas Pinto | Double Five Tijuca |
| Andressa Mezari Cintra | Gracie Barra Texas |
| Thamara Ferreira Silva | PSLPB Cicero Costha |
| Total: 4 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Heavy | |
| Elizabeth Katherine Mitrovic | Cassio Werneck BJJ |
| Veronica Macedo Fernandez | Mako Team Paris |
| Talita Andrea Nogueira | Ns Brotherhood |
| Jessica Lynn Guedry | Soul Fighters Louisiana |
| Total: 4 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Super-Heavy | |
| Tammy M Griego | Gracie Barra New Mexico |
| Jessica D Flowers | Gracie Barra Pasadena |
| Kendall Marie Reusing | Gracie Barra Riverside |
| Total: 3 |
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