The 2024 IBJJF World Championships are kicking off, and while most attention is going to the black belts on Saturday & Sunday, there will be a ton of amazing action in the colored belt divisions. One of the best parts of Worlds is watching the brown belt divisions and seeing who will be the stars of tomorrow.

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We have compiled this list of some of the best brown belts to keep an eye on at Worlds, and which mats they will start out on (all times local PST).

Male Brown Belt Divisions

Rooster

• Kleber Barboza Alves - 11:50am, Mat 9
• Michael Jalen B. Fonacier - 12:10pm, Mat 10
• Santiago Guerra - 11:20am, Mat 9

Light Feather

• Igor Moreira de F. da Silva - 11:30am, Mat 6
• Rerisson dos Santos Gabriel - 11:40am, Mat 8
• Carlos José Luiz Junior - 11:50am, Mat 1

Feather

• Jhonathan Frota de Souza - 10:30am, Mat 2
• Rômulo Elizeu Rocha Diniz - 10:30am, Mat 4
• Steven Alexander Gomez - 10:30am, Mat 5
• Seiya Fukushima - 10:30am, Mat 3
• Gustavo Ogawa - 10:20am, Mat 3

Light

• Thiago Robson Saboia Sousa - 10:40am, Mat 12
• Mateus de Moraes Coelho - 10:00am, Mat 1
• SeongHyeon Joo - 10:10am, Mat 10
• Gabriel Grijó Olinto - 10:10am, Mat 11
• Ethan Roy Major - 10:30am, Mat 11
• Riley Golden - 10:20am, Mat 10

Middle

• Pablo de Oliveira Custódia - 10:10am, Mat 6
• João Pedro Menezes de Barros - 10:10am, Mat 8
• Rafael Leite Borges - 10:10am, Mat 7
• Joab de Oliveira Camara - 10:10am, Mat 9
• Corey Marcus Dorsey - 9:50am, Mat 6

Medium-Heavy

• João Gabriel Galvão da Silva - 1:00pm, Mat 7
• Luiz Felipe Assis dos Santos - 11:00am, Mat 4
• Marlon Tajik - 11:50am, Mat 4
• Takeshiro Tanino Kauan Yuuki - 12:10pm, Mat 7

Heavy

• Guilherme Avelino da Silva - 12:10pm, Mat 11
• Francisco Papasidero - 12:10pm, Mat 3

Super-Heavy

• Robson de Freitas Chaves - 12:00pm, Mat 5
• Windson Alves de Oliveira Torres - 12:10pm, Mat 12
• Wesley Felix Oliveira da Silva - 11:40am, Mat 12

Ultra-Heavy

• Leon da Silva Mendonça - 2:14pm, Mat 6
• Nsima Usen Inyang - 12:10pm, Mat 6

Female Brown Belt Divisions

Rooster

• Erika Fernanda Jesus Machado - 1:10pm, Mat 2
• Yasmyn Castro - 12:30pm, Mat 2

Light-Feather

• Thaynara Victoria Soares da Silva - 12:50pm, Mat 11

Feather

• Randryely da Silva Souza - 10:20am, Mat 2
• Isabela Firmino da Silva - 10:00am, Mat 12
• Cassia Remesar - 10:10am, Mat 12
• Josefine Beatrice Modig - 9:30am, Mat 12

Light

• Giovanna Parmisano Leite - 10:30am, Mat 1
• Emilia Nastazja Pakulski - 10:30am, Mat 11
• Laura Riberti Sileci - 9:40am, Mat 1
• Zara Di Tofano - 9:50am, Mat 11

Middle

• Vitoria Gabriella Nogueira dos Reis - 11:30am, Mat 12
• Kamilla Kelly de Souza - 11:40am, Mat 2
• Peyton Leigh Letcher - 11:10am, Mat 2

Medium-Heavy

• Maria Eduarda Nogueira Torres - 1:18pm, Mat 12
• Nia Blackman - 12:58pm, Mat 12

Heavy

• Letícia Teixeira dos Santos - 12:56pm, Mat 1

Super-Heavy

• Isabely Generoso da Silva Lemos - 1:10pm, Mat 11

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