It was a day packed with high-level jiu-jitsu here at the 2025 Pan Championships, and we have finals set for the absolutes and women's divisions with plenty more to come for the men. There were highlight reel submissions, major upsets, and shakeups in nearly every division. Everything will culminate tomorrow, airing exclusively on FloGrappling starting at 9:30am ET.

The star of the day was Roberto Jimenez who torched his way to the absolute finals with a nearly-reckless pursuit of submissions. He was using throws, jumping armbars, and smooth back takes to stamp his way into the finals of the open. There he will meet Gutemberg Pereira, the big man from AOJ who was impressive as well - especially in a points win over World Champion Batista from Atos in the semifinal.

One of the biggest stories of the day was certainly Thaynara Victoria's upset over #2 pound-for-pound Mayssa Bastos. Thaynara was able to even the score late with an advantage and then took it on judge's decision in a shocking result. She now faces Mayssa's teammate Shelby in the finals tomorrow, but has already made her stamp on this division heading into Worlds and beyond. Also in the women's divisions, Elisabeth Clay was upset in her first gi tournament back after she took a first round loss to Gisele Tavares.

Keep an eye on the team title, AOJ is currently in strong position to win if they close tomorrow strongly and they have the horses to do it. They will be relying on their stars like Gutemberg Pereira, Tainan Dalpra, Diego Pato, and Cole Abate who are all in the quarters. In fact, Cole has a great early match tomorrow with World Champion Samuel Nagai to make the podium. Nagai also looked on point with a canto choke win to begin his campaign here.

Keep an eye out for some incredible women's finals, including a major one between Luiza Monteiro and Janaina Maia. Maia won Euros and looked ready for another gold medal run before the 2024 World Champion ended her retirement and looked on fire here today, including a 50 second submission win in her return match.

There were definitely some good fights and sick submissions today as well. In my opinion the match of the day was Ethan Roy and Fabyury Khrysthyan in the lightweight class. They scored 20 points before Fabyury scored was able to snatch the kneebar in dramatic fashion. Matheus Gabriel looked good in his return to action at Pans as well, defeating Danilo Moreira and advancing to the quarters.

Pan Absolute Finals

• Men's Open Class Final - Roberto Jimenez vs Gutemberg Pereira
• Women's Open Class Final - Gabi Pessanha vs Izadora Cristina

Women's Black Belt Adult Pan Finals

• Rooster - Jessica Caroline Dantas vs Mariana Cabral
• Light-Feather - Shelby Murphey vs Thaynara Victoria
• Feather - Maria Luiza vs Cassia Moura
• Light - Luiza Monteiro vs Janaina Maia
• Middle - Gisele Tavares vs Ana Beatriz Silva
• Medium-Heavy - Aurelie Le Vern vs Maria Vicentini
• Heavy - Larissa Dias vs Maria Mayljasiak
• Super-Heavy - Gabi Pessanha vs Isa Lemos

Men's Black Belt Adult Pan Quarterfinals

• Rooster
  • Bebeto Oliveira vs Samuel Marquez
  • Bruno Sena vs Jalen Fonacier
  • Yuri Hendrix vs Lucas Castro
  • Tadiyah Danforth vs Welerson Goncalves
• Light-Feather
  • Malachi Edmond vs Rerisson dos Santos
  • Frank Cespedes vs Marcos Gomes
  • Diogo Reis vs Zach Kaina
  • Jordan Vaisman vs Shoya Ishiguro
• Feather
  • Ismael dos Santos vs Isaac Doederlein
  • Gabriel Amorim vs Diego Pato
  • Cole Abate vs Samuel Nagai
  • Marco Mendes vs Guilherme Fernades
• Light
  • Jackson Nagai vs Mateus Moraes
  • Fabyury Khrysthyan vs Julio Arantes
  • Matheus Gabriel vs Natan Chueng
  • Leo Souza vs Alexandre de Jesus
• Middle
  • Tainan Dalpra vs Alehander Mariano
  • Gabriel Avila vs Rolando Samson
  • Andy Murasaki vs Heitor Senra
  • Wallisson Souza vs Pedro Maia
• Medium-Heavy
  • Francisco Lo vs Luiz Felipe Santos
  • Rafael dos Anjos vs Raul Basilio
  • Mathias Luna vs João Nicolite
  • Rui Alves vs Andre Gois
• Heavy
  • Adam Wardzinski vs Douglas Saldanha da Silva
  • Pedro Machado vs Arthan Bandeira
  • Gustavo Batista vs Roberto Jimenez
  • Lucas Norat vs Dayvison Calado
• Super-Heavy
  • Kristof Szucs vs Nolan Stuart
  • Windson Torres vs Wesley Oliveira
  • Paulo Merlin vs Austin Oranday
  • Guilherme Cypriano vs Matheus Rodrigues
• Ultra-Heavy
  • Gutemberg Pereira vs Lucas Montalvao
  • Gui Soares vs Helder Jose
  • Roosevelt Pereira vs Pedro Bisneta
  • Marcus Ribeiro vs Luis Mendonca

Women's Open

• Gabi beat Karolina Silva and Salla Simola
• Izadora beat Aurelie and Maria