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Confirmed: 2015 No-Gi Worlds Black Belt Competitors

Confirmed: 2015 No-Gi Worlds Black Belt Competitors

The final list of black belt competitors for this year's No-Gi Worlds is out, and we've got the breakdown below. Injuries have taken a number of big names o

Nov 2, 2015 by Hywel Teague
Confirmed: 2015 No-Gi Worlds Black Belt Competitors
The final list of black belt competitors for this year's No-Gi Worlds is out, and we've got the breakdown below. 

Injuries have taken a number of big names out of this year's No-Gi World Championships – there's no Yuri Simoes, JT Torres or Keenan Cornelius – while many others, such as Claudio Calasans and Joao Gabriel Rocha, are still resting after their gruelling runs during August's ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships. 

But the black belt ranks are still stacked with a total of 164 entrants signed up in both the male and female divisions. 

The male feather, light and middleweight divisions are all full with 16 entrants apiece. The smallest divisions this year are the light featherweight and ultra heavyweight divs, with 8 entrants in each category. 

Take a look at the final list of black belts who have signed up for this year's IBJJF No-Gi Worlds. 

Don't forget you can watch No-Gi Worlds on Nov 7-8 exclusively here on FloGrappling! 

BLACK / Adult / Male / Rooster
Jorge Elias Bucaram Santistevan – Alliance 
Caio Terra – Brasa CTA
Felipe P. da Costa e Silva – Brasa CTA
Thiago Dias D. Narciso – Brasa CTA
Yusuke Homma – Carpe Diem
Bruno Celio Costa de Melo – GF Team
Washington Luis do M. Lima – GF Team
José João Alves C. Santos – Gracie Lisboa
Leandro Lopes Escobar â€“ Soul Fighters BJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light Feather
Leonard Alexander Canders Jr. – 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu 
Thomas Lincoln Correa Lisboa – Alliance
Helio Cordeiro Guilherme – CheckMat
João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues – CheckMat
Rafael Freitas – Gracie Barra
João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao – PSLPB Cicero Costha
Mark Daniel Ramos – Ricardo "Rey" Diogo BJJ
Samir José Chantre Dahás – Samir Chantre BJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
Gianni Paul Grippo – Alliance
Luiz Henrique Cunha Tosta – Alliance 
Kim Terra – Brasa CTA
Vitor Peres Paschoal –Brasa CTA 
Mayko de Araujo Girotto Borges – CheckMat 
Thiago Augusto Araujo Macedo – Club Pina Jiu-Jitsu 
Jerold Antonio Shapiro – Cobra Kai Jiu Jitsu 
Geoffrey Villarreal – Fabio Santos BJJ 
Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho– Gracie Fighter 
Matthew Carlton Magana – Paragon BJJ Academy 
Berndt Greger Forsell – Polar Jiu Jitsu Team 
Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao – PSLPB Cicero Costha 
Isaque Alberto de Oliveira Paiva – Saikoo Jiu-Jitsu 
Augusto Lopes Mendes – Soul Fighters BJJ 
Baret Yoshida – The Arena 
Wilson Reis Monte Alto Gonçalves – Tri State Martial Arts / Godoi JJ Club 

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
Mansher Khera – Alliance 
Michael Alexandre Langhi – Alliance 
Fabio Murat Caloi – Alliance International
Francisco Antonio Iturralde Lara – Alliance International 
Thiago Cardial Gaia – Barbosa JJ 
Gabriel Rollo da Silva Pontes – CheckMat 
Thiago Aragão de Abreu – CheckMat 
Cristian Lopez Equipe –Tsunami Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 
Issa Able – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association 
Garry Lee Tonon – Gracie Elite Team America 
Marcus Cole Wilson – Grappling Unlimited 
Marcelo dos Santos Motta – Prime Jiu-Jitsu Center 
Andreas Achniotis Perales – Renzo Gracie International 
Rodrigo Lamounier de Freitas – Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 
Ross Nicholls – Roger Gracie 
Rafael Domingos Benedito – Zenith BJJ 

BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
Jonathan T. Satava – Alliance 
Paul Andrew Schon – Alliance 
Rodrigo Benedito Caporal – Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
Thabet Al Taher – Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
Felipe Cesar Silva – Barbosa JJ 
Gabriel Procópio da Fonseca – Brazilian Top Team 
Dustin Baradaran Akbari – Cassio Werneck BJJ 
Marcelo França Mafra – CheckMat 
Stephen Gabriel Martinez – CheckMat 
Marcel Goulart Cubel Gonçalves – Fight Sports 
Nic Ruben Nikolaisen – Frontline Academy 
David Jeremy Binder – Gracie Barra 
Otavio Ferreira de Sousa – Gracie Barra 
Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho – PSLPB Cicero Costha 
Vinicius Agudo Silva – Soul Fighters BJJ 
De'Alonzio Jerome Jackson – Team Lloyd Irvin 

BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco – Alliance 
Matheus Oliveira Diniz – Alliance 
Ezra Zendt Lenon – American Top Team 
Joshua Roy Hinger – Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
Lucas Daniel Silva Barbosa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
Pedro Régis da Cunha Mello – Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
Steven J. Patterson – Brasa CTA 
Thiago Sá Fortes Silva – CheckMat 
Gabriel Kitober Vieira – GF Team 
Patrick Pontes Moura Santos Gaudio – GF Team 
Charles Negromonte Santos – Gracie Barra 
Inacio Ferreira Gomes Neto – Gracie Barra 
Gottrell W King Jr. – Gracie Barra JJ 
Ryan John Robinson – Gracie Barra JJ 
Matthew Kevin Jubera – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu 

BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
Felipe Menezes Bueno – Alliance 
Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira – CheckMat 
Jackson Sousa dos Santos – CheckMat 
Felipe Carsalade Araujo Pena – Gracie Barra 
Tony Eduardo de Lima e Silva – Gracie Floripa International 
Jason Scott Ackerman – Kron Gracie Jiu Jitsu 
Keller Locke-Sodhi – Nova União International 
Rodrigo Ferreira Reis – Tanque Jiu-Jitsu 
Roberto Torralbas – Team Lloyd Irvin 
Timothy-Michael Spriggs – Team Lloyd Irvin 

BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy
James M Quinlan – Boston BJJ 
Diego Gamonal Nogueira – Brazilian Top Team 
João Francisco de Moraes Assis – CheckMat 
Rodrigo Martins Ribeiro da Silva – G13 BJJ 
Lucas Rocha de Freitas – Gracie Barra 
Roberto Camargo de Alencar – Gracie Barra 
James Richard Puopolo – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu 
Nicholas A Liaskos – Ricardo Almeida 
Evandro Nunes – Sampa BJJ Academy 
Guybson Costa e Sá – SAS Team USA 
Eliot Andrew Kelly – Yemaso Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 

BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
Joseph Moku Kahawai Jr. – Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
John Douglas Fain III – Boston BJJ 
Gabriel Lyrio Lucas – CheckMat 
Roberto de Abreu Filho – Fight Sports 
Gustavo Dias Elias – Gracie Humaita San Diego 
Adam Lucas Wheeler – Prime Jiu-Jitsu Center 
Jared Lynn Dopp – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu 
Mahamed Aly Santos da Silva – Team Lloyd Irvin 

BLACK / Adult / Female / Light Feather
Chelsea Leah Bainbridge-Donner – Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
Kristina Sofia Puruganan Barlaan – Brasa CTA 
Patrícia Maria N. Fontes dos Santos – CheckMat 

BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather
Tammi Alana Musumeci – Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
Ana Michelle Tavares Dantas – Equipe Zero 
Mackenzie Lynne Dern – Gracie Humaita 
Emilie Maxine M. H. Thylin – Gracie Humaita South Bay 

BLACK / Adult / Female / Light
Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges – CheckMat 
Josephine Masiello – Peter de Been JJ 
Kiri Noelle Liao – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu 

BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle
Megan Ann Nevill – Alliance 
Angelica Cabral Firme –Galvao Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
Amanda Loewen – SBG International (SBGI) 

BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium Heavy
Andresa Correa – Alliance 
Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat 
Leanna M Dittrich – Fight Sports