2025 is already heating up, as some big names are putting the gi back on and entering the IBJJF European Championships. Action will be going down in late January, live from Lisbon, Portugal exclusively on FloGrappling when the top competitors try to begin their year with strong momentum. In total, there are 15 IBJJF World Champions in the mix at Euros - including ten 2024 World gold medalists & 5 of 6 Crown champs!

The first division that we have to talk about is men's featherweight which has 5 major entries so far - 2024 IBJJF World Champion Meyram Maquine, 2024 IBJJF World & Crown Champion Diego Pato, 2024 ADCC World Champion Diogo Reis, 2024 IBJJF Pan Champion Kennedy Maciel, and 2024 IBJJF No-Gi World Champion Cole Abate. We are basically guaranteed fireworks once these guys hit the mat and with more tough guys in the mix this is one bracket that no fan of jiu-jitsu should miss.

Another notable entry is Ffion Davies, a 2-time IBJJF World Champion who has been out of major gi competition since 2023's Mundials. She's back in the mix at lightweight and competing on her home continent. Also entered is Poland's Adam Wardzinski - who just last year became Europe's first male black belt world champion in the gi.

Tainan Dalpra also returns to Europeans in 2025. After a disappointing end to his 2024 IBJJF season at both Worlds & The Crown, this is a key tournament for Dalpra to regain momentum in his gi career - and in his way will be former foe Andy Murasaki who took the 2024 Crown by forfeit (when Dalpra was forced to medically withdraw from the final) and 2024 World champion Jackson Nagai at middleweight after Tainan lost in the quarterfinals by disqualification.

Some of the most notable names per division (* - denotes a previous IBJJF World Champion);

Men's Rooster

• Thalison Soares*
• Jalen Fonacier
• Osamah Almarwai
• Tadiyah Danforth
• Oziel Santos
• Andrew Soares

Men's Light-Feather

• Zach Kaina
• Shoya Ishiguro
• Kevin Gabriel
• Eduardo Manuel Farfan
• Yuta Shimada
• Keven Carrasco

Men's Feather

• Meyram Maquine*
• Diego Pato*
• Diogo Reis
• Kennedy Maciel
• Cole Abate
• João Mendes
• Sebastian Serpa
• Florian Bayili

Men's Light

• Espen Mathiesen
• Pablo Lavaselli
• Sandrey Silva
• Lucas Protasio

Men's Middle

• Tainan Dalpra*
• Jackson Nagai*
• Andy Murasaki
• Jefferson Goteu
• Rafael Borges
• Pedro Maia

Men's Medium-Heavy

• Isaque Bahiense*
• Uanderson Ferreira
• Wellington Luis
• Vital Neto
• Bruno Lima
• Clay Mayfield

Men's Heavy

• Adam Wardzinski*
• Vinicius Liberati
• Marcos Carrozzino
• Rider Zuchi

Men's Super-Heavy

• Erich Munis*
• Anderson Munis*
• Kristof Szucs
• Vinicius Lessa
• Windson Torres

Men's Ultra-Heavy

• Marcus Ribeiro
• Nico Maglicic
• Seif-Eddine Houmine*
• Anderson Kauan
• Braga Neto

Women's Rooster

• Thais Loureiro
• Mara Kelly
• Guilia Gregorut

Women's Light-Feather

• Mayssa Bastos*
• Sayuri Toledo
• Jessica Caroline Dantas
• Yasmyn Castro

Women's Feather

• Emily Nicholson
• Larissa Campos
• Cassia Moura
• Randyrely Souza
• Vitoria Assis

Women's Light

• Ffion Davies*
• Janaina Maia
• Amanda Pamela Nicole
• Andressa Nogueira

Women's Middle

• Vitoria Gabriella
• Vannessa Griffin
• Sabatha Lais
• Sula-Mae Loewenthal

Women's Medium-Heavy

• Maria Vicentini
• Ingridd Alves
• Salla Simola
• Kennedy Franklin
• Nia Blackman
• Aurelie Le Vern

Women's Heavy

• Melissa Cueto*
• Anabel Lopez
• Izadora Cristina
• Giovanna Jara

Women's Super-Heavy

• Gabrieli Pessanha*
• Tayane Porfirio*
• Yara Soares

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