The first phase of the black belt rounds at the 2022 IBJJF No-Gi World Championships are underway. Today, the absolute finalists in the male and female divisions will earn their spots, as will the final eight athletes in each of the men's divisions, and the finalists in the women's divisions.

Stay tuned all day to find out who pushes through to the final day of No-Gi Worlds, and what's in store for them.

Men's Absolute

Round 1

• Gianni Grippo def Jackson Douglas via points (2-0)
• Carlos Henrique def Clay Mayfield via inside heel hook
• Frederic Grosgone def Austin Baker
• Bryan Peterson def Charles McGuire
• Cassio Felipe Costa def Calon Sabino
• Thomas Bracher def Charles Murdock
• Francisco Lo def Jhoannan Vielma
• Roosevelt Sousa def Elliot Kelly

Round 2

• Victor Hugo def Carlos Henrique
• Francisco Cuneo def Grederic Grosgone
• Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu def Bryan Peterson
• Michael Perez def Gianni Grippo
• Henrique Ceconi def Cassio Felipe Sousa
• Hunter Colvin def Thomas Bracher
• Francisco Lo def Adam Wardzinski
• Roosevelt Sousa def Helton Jose

Quarterfinals

• Henrique Ceconi def Hunter Colvin
• Roosevelt Sousa def Francisco Lo
• Victor Hugo def Francisco Cuneo
• Roberto Cyborg def Mike Perez

Semifinals

• Roberto Cyborg def Victor Hugo
• Henrique Ceconi def Roosevelt Sousa

Women's Absolute

Round 1

• Elizabeth Mitrovic def Marcia Figuerido
• Amy Campo def Eleftheria Christodoulou
• Julia Maele def Jordan Patrick
• Ane Svendson def Erin Johnson
• Joana Dineva def Isa Bruno-Reiber
• Luciana Mota def Vanessa Griffin

Quarterfinals

• Fernanda Mazzelli def Elizabeth Mitrovic
• Amy Campo def Julia Maele
• Luicana Mota def Joana Dineva
• Elisabeth Clay def Ane Svendson

Semifinals

• Amy Campo def Fernanda Mazzelli via armbar
• Elisabeth Clay def Luciana Mota via heel hook

Women's Divisions

Roosterweight

Jhenifer Aquino submitted Mariana Rolszt with a kimura, and Giulia Gregorout defeated Amber Freitas. They'll face off in the final tomorrow.

Light Featherweight

Alex Nguyen submitted Andreza Sousa, and Jessie Crane edged out Nina Navid. They will both get their first berths in a black belt No-Gi Worlds final tomorrow.

Featherweight

Tubby Alequin submitted Tabatha Ricci before falling to Alex Enriquez. Jasmine Rocha defeated Enriquez, and will face Tammi Musumeci — who scored two victories earlier in the day — in the featherweight final.

Lightweight

Brianna Ste-Marie scored back to back submissions, and will face Nicole Sullivan in the final tomorrow.

Middleweight

Elisabeth Clay and Vanessa Griffin pushed through to the final. Clay defeated rookie black belt Rachel Ranschau while Griffin bested ADCC veteran Julia Maele.

Medium Heavyweight

Amy Campo will meet Melissa Cueto in the final; both women defeated two opponents today to earn a spot in the final.

Heavyweight

Thalyta Lima defeated Tara White to earn her spot in the final.

Super Heavyweight

Luiciana Mota and teammate Leticia Cardoso both earned a spot in the final, leading to a likely close out in the heaviest weight category.

Men's Divisions

Roosterweight

• Tadiyah Williams will face Estevan Martinez tomorrow after his armbar victory over Antonio Villiatora.
• Hernique Rossi earned a rematch tomorrow against Osamah Almarwai with his win over Italo Bonfim.
• Nobuhiro Sawada defeated Chris Tran, and will face Coco Izutsu tomorrow.

Light Featherweight

• Bebeto Oliveira defeated Huthayfah Penney, and David Terao defeated Larry Ruiz, putting them on a collision course for the opening bout tomorrow morning.
• Cleber Sousa defeated Pedro Serrano and will face Willis Nunes tomorrow.
• Junny Ocasio submitted Rene Lopez, he'll face Leonard de Sousa tomrrow.

Featherweight

• Danny Maira finished an Estima lock over Dennis Pressey; he'll face Ash Williams tomorrow.
• Gavin Corbe earned a first round submission; he'll rematch Adam Benayoun, who defeated Richard Alarcon.
• Anthony Oliveira defeated Suraj Budhram, he has Tom Halpin in the opening round on Sunday.

Lightweight

• Carlos Henrique defeated Fabio Caloi; he will face Johnatha Gomes in the opening round tomorrow.
• Kieran Kichuk defeated Josh Murdock via heel hook. On Sunday he'll face Ellis Younger, who outscored Mike Perez in the opening round.
• Danilo Moreira and Deandre Corbe each earned first round submissions. They'll match up in the quarterfinals on Sunday.
• Dante Leon put a pace on Alika Villiatora. He'll face Gabriel Ferreira first tomorrow.

Middleweight

• Italo Moura defeated Alan Sanchez and Matheus Galvao, matching him up with Marco Queiroz in the quarterfinals.
• Andy Murasaki defeated Charles Murdock to earn a Sunday berth against Eduardo Carvalho.
• Johnny Tama submitted Servio Tulio, and will face Igor Feliz on Sunday in the quarters.
• Francisco Cuneo outscored Rolando Samson. He'll face John Combs in the quarters.

Medium Heavyweight

• Felipe Cesar Silva defeated Shane Fishman; he'll face Thiago da Silva in the quarterfinals on Sunday.
• Francisco Lo defeated Clay Mayfield. He has Johnatas Gracie on Sunday. Gracie defeated Gabriel Arges to earn his path to Sunday.
• David Garmo will face Bruno Matias on Sunday, after Garmo won a DQ over Thiago Andrade.
• Miha Perhavec outscored Benji Silva, and Sebastian Rodrigues defeated Oliver Taza, pairing them up in Sunday's quarterfinals.

Heavyweight

• Vagner Rocha earned a submission in his opening round; he'll face Bryan Peterson on Sunday.
• Devhonte Johnson submitted rookie Calon Sabino to earn a Sunday berth.
• Andre Porfirio will face Pedro Rocha on Sunday, as they both won their opening matchups.
• Santeri Lilius will face Rafael Vasconcelos; each of them won their sole Saturday matchups.

Super Heavyweight

• Felipe Costa and Elliot Kelly will match up in the quarters. Costa defeated Thomas Bracher.
• Frederic Vosgrone defeated Jackson Douglas and will face Henrique Ceconi on Sunday.
• Fellipe Trovo defeated Lucas Norat; he'll face Diego Ramalho on Sunday in the quarters.

Ultra Heavyweight

• Roosevelt Sousa defeated Helton Jose, and Austin Baker defeated Javier Zaruski, narrowing down the ultra heavyweight division to the final eight.