Griffith, Frankland Win Brown Belt Double Gold At The 2023 No-Gi Worlds
Griffith, Frankland Win Brown Belt Double Gold At The 2023 No-Gi Worlds
Luke Griffith added a capstone to his 2023 campaign with a spotless all-submissions run to double gold at the 2023 IBJJF World No-Gi Championships.
Luke Griffith added a capstone to his 2023 campaign with a spotless all-submissions run to double gold at the 2023 IBJJF World No-Gi Championships. The Team New Wave representative pushed his record to 43-1 on the year - with a jaw dropping 43 submission victories.
He and Australia's Nadia Frankland stand tallest among the impressive class of brown belts who earned gold medals at the tournament, capturing the absolute gold in their respective divisions.
Griffith and Frankland spearheaded internationally diverse brown belt absolute podiums, which featured representatives from Poland, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, the UK and Germany. This is the second consecutive year in which the brown belt podium has been colored by international standouts. The 2022 brown belt No-Gi Worlds male absolute podium featured athletes from four different countries.
Brown belt day today was packed with great matches, dynamic action, and dramatic finishes across all divisions, as the best brown belts from around the world converged onto one tournament.
Yigit Hanay, one of Europe's fastest rising prospects, won his featherweight division in exciting fashion with a submission in the finals by way of rear naked, capping off a 5-0 run at Worlds that included a submission over ADCC Trials finalist Cam Donnelly. With the second European Trials looming, he will be riding a lot of momentum coming in after this.
In a division that included favorites like Cameron Mellott and Mourece Ramirez - two of the most highly regarded competitors in any brown belt bracket - it was DreamArt's Marcos Gomes walking away champion after defeating both. This was a huge performance for the young Brazilian, who displayed great strategy in winning close against both opponents.
The upper weights at Worlds showed incredible depth, with world-class matches and performances from many of the big men. Poland's Marcin Maciulewicz took home gold at super-heavy, Atos's resident Samurai Takeshiro Tanino Kauan Yuuki won heavyweight after becoming purple belt champion in the gi this year, and CheckMat's Dory Aoun navigated a talented bracket to another world gold at the colored belts.
In a stacked bracket with a lot of wild fights, Mona Bailey took first place among the brown belt lightweight women after defeating Josefine Modig in the finals. There was a ton of crazy action in the women's divisions, including from Atos's Laura Sileci, Jaidyn Mueller, and Ashley Reyes who defeated divisional favorite Yazmin Castro with a triangle in the finals.
MALE / ADULT / BROWN /OPEN
- Gold: Luke Griffith
- Silver: Marcin Maciulewicz
- Bronze: Fabyury Khrysthyan Texeira Freitas
- Bronze: Philippe Lucas Geyer
MALE / ADULT / BROWN /OPEN
- Gold: Nadia Frankland
- Silver: Maria Luisa Joia da Silva
- Bronze: Nora Schultz
- Bronze: Nia Blackman
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / ROOSTER (122.60LB)
- Gold: Kaimoni Richhavath Operana - Sim Go Academy
- Silver: Richard Wetherell - WFC
- Bronze: Robiel Zerazion Tesfaldet - JCBJJ
- Bronze: Santiago Guerra - GFTeam - Jiu Art
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / LIGHT-FEATHER (136.00LB)
- Gold: Marcos Antonio Gomes Guedes - DreamArt
- Silver: Cameron Jacob Mellott - TDBJJ
- Bronze: Mourece Noah Ramirez - Nova União
- Bronze: Mustafa Sadiq - Atos JJ International
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / FEATHER (149.00LB)
- Gold: Yigit Hanay - Renzo Gracie International
- Silver: Kauan Prado Batista - Alliance
- Bronze: Jeffrey Michael Campbell - PSLPB Cicero Costha USA
- Bronze: Cameron Graeme Donnelly - Rio Grappling Club
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / LIGHT (162.60LB)
- Gold: Austin Bashi - Warrior Way
- Silver: Henrique Camargo Barreto - Gracie Barra
- Bronze: Ryan James Mangan - BJJ Revolution Team - International
- Bronze: Shanty Cerdas Barahona - Renzo Gracie International
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / MIDDLE (175.60LB)
- Gold: Fabyury Khrysthyan Texeira Freitas - GFTeam - Jiu Art
- Silver: Dominic Edward Ramos - Soul Fighters BJJ
- Bronze: Devon Chad Coetzee - Arte Suave (Pty Ltd) - The Gentle Art
- Bronze: Matheus Aguiar Chedid - Gracie Barra
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / MEDIUM-HEAVY (188.60LB)
- Gold: Dory Raymond Aoun - CheckMat
- Silver: Mateusz Piotr Mazur - Brasa CTA
- Bronze: Joab de Oliveira Camara - Art of Jiu Jitsu
- Bronze: Maxim Cote - Homa BJJ
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / HEAVY (202.00LB)
- Gold: Takeshiro Tanino Kauan Yuuki - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
- Silver: André Fernando Vieira Soares - CheckMat
- Bronze: Gabriel Aguiar Costa - 617 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Bronze: Sebastian Bishoy Morcos Attard - LEAD BJJ
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / SUPER-HEAVY (215.00LB)
- Gold: Marcin Jan Maciulewicz - Brasa CTA
- Silver: Philippe Lucas Geyer - BJJ Team Basel
- Bronze: Borys Borysenko - CheckMat
- Bronze: Vincent P Corrado - Unity Jiu-jitsu
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / ULTRA-HEAVY
- Gold: Luke Michael Griffith - Gracie Barra
- Silver: Damon Derek Ramos - Renzo Gracie Academy
- Bronze: Matt Lim - Train Hard, Be Kind - Pica Pau
- Bronze: Wyatt Beau Doblado - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / ROOSTER (103.00LB)
- Gold: Ashleigh Reyes - Gracie Barra
- Silver: Yasmyn Castro - Nova União
- Bronze: Andrea Jordan - Pellegrino Mixed Martial Arts
- Bronze: Gabrielle Kari Etzel - The Hive Martial Arts Academy
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / LIGHT-FEATHER (114.00LB)
- Gold: Ana Carolina Da Silva - Fight Sports
- Silver: Marilyn Matsumura Cruz - Baret Submissions USA
- Bronze: Anne Elizabeth Druckrey - CheckMat
- Bronze: Bethanii Elsa-Lee Baron-Heeris - Draig
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / FEATHER (125.00LB)
- Gold: Mona Maree Bailey - Carlson Gracie Team
- Silver: Josefine Beatrice Modig - CheckMat
- Bronze: Martina Zola - 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu
- Bronze: Wendy Jean Anundson - Liborio BJJ
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / LIGHT (136.00LB)
- Gold: Laura Riberti Sileci - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
- Silver: Miranda Maverick - Easton BJJ
- Bronze: Leilani Suma Bernales - Fight Sports
- Bronze: Nicole Mathew - Black Hole Jiu-Jitsu
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / MIDDLE (147.00LB)
- Gold: Nadia Frankland - Absolute MMA Australia
- Silver: Brittney Johnson - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
- Bronze: Katrina Schmale - SBG Drayton Valley
- Bronze: Sula-Mae Barbara Loewenthal - Gracie Barra
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / MEDIUM-HEAVY (158.00LB)
- Gold: Jaidyn Rae Mueller - TDBJJ
- Silver: KayLynn Aragon - Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Bronze: Aislinn Jeanette O'Connell - Workshop
- Bronze: Nora Naomi Schultz - CheckMat
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / HEAVY (169.00LB)
- Gold: Rebecca Meghan Faris - Renzo Gracie Academy
- Silver: Nia Blackman - CheckMat
- Bronze: Hannah Sternblitz - Richardson BJJ
- Bronze: Rain Pfaff - GFTeam - Jiu Art
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / SUPER-HEAVY
- Gold: Lauren Adrienne Rojas - Alliance
- Silver: Danielle Ronald Carvalho de Lima - Fight Club Headquarters
- Bronze: Makayla Lauren Reed - TABJJ / Honeybadger BJJ
- Bronze: Maria Luisa Joia da Silva - GFTeam - Jiu Art
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