Starting on April 18, the UAEJJF 2017 Abu Dhabi World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship is the highlight of the 10-day long World Jiu-Jitsu Festival. 

The black belts still have one more week to sign up, but we've got a list of all athletes entered so far (scroll to bottom).

Notable names include:
Men’s 62kg: Hiago George, Michael Musumeci 
Men’s 69kg: Gianni Grippo, Isaque Paiva, Isaac Doerderlein
Men’s 77kg: Isaque Bahiense, Gabriel Arges, Lachlan Giles, Francisco ‘Sinistro’ Iturralde, Jon Satava, Edwin Najmi, Luan Carvalho, Nathan Mendelsohn
Men’s 85kg: Diego Borges, Claudio Calasans, Faisal Al Ketbi, Kit Dale, Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa
Men’s 94kg: Adam Wardzinski, Leandro Lo, Erberth Santos, Felipe Pena, Alexande Ribeiro, Nicholas Meregali, Keenan Cornelius
Men’s 110kg: Jose Junior 

Women’s 49kg: Mayssa Bastos, Rikako Yuasa, Liwia Gluchowska
Women’s 55kg: Mackenzie Dern, Talita Alencar, Mei Yamaguchi, Vanessa English 
Women’s 62kg: Beatriz Mesquita, Bianca Basilio, Luiza Monteiro, Tammi Musumeci, Erin Herle
Women’s 70kg: Brenda Heller, Yacinta Nguyen, Priscila Cardoso 
Women’s 90kg: Nathiely Jesus, Talita Nogueira, Tara White 

We'll be bringing you extensive coverage of the Abu Dhabi World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship over the next two weeks, including live reporting from on the ground as well as full live streaming of the event!

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Male Black Belts

MALE // ADULT // BLACK // 62kg
Huendel Dinelly Osaki	Alliance	Brazil
Jorge Luiz Nakamura	GFTeam	Brazil
Wellington Ribeiro Lima	UAE Armed Forces Team	Brazil
Todokoro Masaaki	Paraestra Gifu	Japan
Rodnei Barbosa Junior	Zenith Bjj	Brazil
MALE // ADULT // BLACK // 62kg
Hiago George Silva	PSLPB Cicero Costha	Brazil
Alexis Alduncin	Renzo Gracie Mexico	Mexico
Gabriel Lima	Asm / De La Riva	Brazil
Bruno Cabral	Araido	Brazil
Cleber De Fernandes	Almeida Jj	Brazil
Michael Musumeci	Rg-Ct	USA
MALE // ADULT // BLACK // 69kg
Tiago Bravo	Uaejj Team - Al Ain	Brazil
Sergio Calderón	Cerdanyola Fight Club	Spain
Abdallah Hibar Nabas	Team Mirza	Jordan
Gianni Paul Grippo	Alliance Marcelo Garcia	USA
Lee Mathew Ting	Immersion Mixed Martial Arts	Australia
Isaque Alberto Paiva	Saikoo	Brazil
Charles Gaspar Costa	Impacto Japan Bjj	Brazil
Daisuke Shiraki	Carpe Diem Hope	Japan
Mario Edson Silva	Ct Cowboy Jiu -Jitsu Mato Grosso	Brazil
Isaac Doederlein	Alliance Los Angeles	USA
Victor Otoniel Moraes	Pslpb Cicero Costha	Brazil
Rodrigo Cardoso	Diderot Team Bjj	Brazil
Abdelkarim Zaid Alrashid	The Dojo Academy	Jordan
Raphael Campos Mello	UAE Armed Forces Team	Brazil
Daniel Vieira Santana	Uaejj Team - Al Ain	Brazil
MALE // ADULT // BLACK // 77kg
Onofre Cardoso Junqueira	Gracie Barra Bh	Brazil
Ross Daniel Keeping	Gracie Humaita Las Vegas	United Kingdom
Hamzeh Haitham Rashid	Team Mirza	Jordan
Dainis Nguyen Huu	Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu	Canada
Isaque Bahiense	Alliance	Brazil
Gabriel Arges Sousa	Gracie Barra Bh	Brazil
Lachlan Giles	Maromba Academia Australia	Australia
Julio Cezar Junior	Gfteam	Brazil
Adriano Pereira Araújo	Uaejj Team - Training Hall	Brazil
Francisco Iturralde Lara	Alliance Atlanta (United States Of America)	Ecuador
Marcelo Baez Garcia	Uaejj Team - Al Ain	Brazil
Romario Gonzalles Martins	Uaejj Team - Al Ain	Brazil
Oliver Johnathon Lovell	Gracie Barra Nottingham	United Kingdom
Nuno Fragoso Martins	Brazilian Power Team	Portugal
Akira Hosokawa	Carpe Diem	Japan
Wagnney Santos	Equipe Nova União	Canada
Jonathan Travell Satava	Alliance Marcelo Garcia	USA
Edwin Najmi	Gracie Barra (Usa)	USA
Luan Carvalho	Equipe Nova União	Brazil
Luis Gabriel Venturino	Uaejj Team - Ras Al Khaimah	Brazil
Rodrigo Caporal	Atos Jiu Jitsu - Andre Galvao	Brazil
Rafael Naves Carvalho	UAE Armed Forces Team	Brazil
Melksedec Ferreira Franco	Uaejj Team - Training Hall	Brazil
Nathan Mendelsohn	Coalition 95	USA
Igor Sousa	UAE Armed Forces Team	Brazil
MALE // ADULT // BLACK // 85kg
Michael Tremblay	Brazilian Top Team (Canada)	Canada
Roberto Dib Frias	Barbosa Jiu-Jitsu	Brazil
Thabet Taher	Atos Jiu Jitsu - Andre Galvao	Jordan
Paulo Roberto Grangeiro	Uaejj Team - Al Ain	Brazil
Diego Borges Silva	Zenith	Brazil
Louis Frank Williams	Gracie Barra Cornwall	United Kingdom
Aiazbek Mustakov	Bonsai Jiu-Jitsu - Usa	Kyrgyz Republic
Munkhbayasgalan Dorjderem	Genco	Mongolia
Wilson Akihiro Kawakami	Gfteam	Brazil
Andre Gomes Reis	Uaejj Team - Ras Al Khaimah	Brazil
Claudio Calasans	Atos Jiu Jitsu - Andre Galvao	Brazil
Faisal Al Ketbi	Al Bateen Club	United Arab Emirates
Kit James Dale	Maromba Academia Australia	Australia
William Dias	Equipe Nova União	Australia
Carlos Alberto Lima	Uaejj Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center	Brazil
Lucas Daniel Barbosa	Atos Jiu Jitsu - Andre Galvao	Brazil
Gareth Neale	Gracie Barra Nottingham	United Kingdom
MALE // ADULT // BLACK // 94kg
Adam Piotr Wardzinski	Złomiarz Team	Poland
Basel Fanous	Team Mirza	Jordan
Piotr Pawel Wojtkowski	Gracie Barra Birmingham	Poland
Abdurakhman Bilarov	Berkut Bjj Team	Russian Federation
Leandro Lo	Brotherhood	Brazil
Erberth Santos Mesquita	Almeida Jj	Brazil
Felipe Carsalade Pena	Gracie Barra Bh	Brazil
Thalles Bandeira Fernandes	Land Forces Team	Brazil
Alexandre Ribeiro	Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu	Brazil
Marcos Aurélio Júnior	Gfteam	Brazil
Oriones Feitosa	Fight Sports Pantanal	Brazil
Nicholas Barcellos Meregali	Alliance Mario Reis	Brazil
Keenan Cornelius	Atos Jiu Jitsu - Andre Galvao	USA
Vicente Cavalcanti	Southside Mma Academy	Brazil
Rodolpho Bomfim	UAE Armed Forces Team	Brazil
MALE // ADULT // BLACK // 110kg
Diego Da Herzog	Rg-Ct	USA
Manuel Tete Pontes	Graice Barra Birmingham	Portugal
Christopher Bowe	Gracie Barra Birmingham	Ireland
Jongmok Kim	Dcbs	Korea
Antonio Henriques Junior	Roger Gracie Academy	United Kingdom
Jose Junior	Uaejj Team - Training Hall	Brazil
Helton Jose Junior	Pslpb Cicero Costha	Brazil

Women Brown / Black Belts

FEMALE // ADULT // BROWN/BLACK // 49kg
Clarissa Lacerda	UAEJJ Team - Al Ain	Brazil
Arantzazu Perez Romero	Associacion Aranha	Spain
Mayssa Caldas Bastos	Gfteam	Brazil
Rikako Yuasa	Paraestra Shinagawa	Japan
Liwia Gluchowska	Maromba Academia Australia	Australia
Isabela Barbosa Couto	GFTeam	Brazil
FEMALE // ADULT // BROWN/BLACK // 55kg
Mackenzie Lynne Dern	Gracie Humaita	USA
Amal Amjahid	C.E.N.S. Academy	Belgium
Ana Talita Alencar	Alliance Los Angeles	Brazil
Tamiris Menezes Vieira	UAEJJ Team - Al Gharbia	Brazil
Mei Yamaguchi	Clube De Jiu-Jitsu	Japan
Vanessa English	Gracie Barra Nottingham	United Kingdom
FEMALE // ADULT // BROWN/BLACK // 62kg
Beatriz Oliveira Mesquita	Gracie Humaita	Brazil
Erica Alicia Santana	One Jiu Jitsu	USA
Jess Fraser	Phuket Top Team	Australia
Bianca Basilio	Almeida JJ	Brazil
Luiza Monteiro	NS Brotherhood	Brazil
Tammi Musumeci	Rg-Ct	USA
Clara Dufau	FFJDA	France
Lucas Dantas	Kimura Nova União Switzerland	Brazil
Erin Herle	Alliance	USA
FEMALE // ADULT // BROWN/BLACK // 70kg
Brenda Heller Freitas	Uaejj Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center	Brazil
Fiorella Coto	Athletic Advance	Costa Rica
Yacinta Nguyen	Toronto Bjj	Canada
Pamela Carolina Aguirre	Equipe Nova União	Paraguay
Bruna Meneses Meneses	Al Ain Jiu-Jitsu Club	Brazil
Jessica Medeiros Silva	Uaejj Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center	Brazil
Sabrina Pinto Souza	Uaejj Team - Al Ain	Brazil
Amanda Elouise Benavides	Marcio Cruz Brazilian Jiu Jitsu	USA
Meagan Green	Cia Paulista	Australia
Melissa Faith Davis	One Jiu Jitsu	USA
Natalia Zumba Souza	Uaejj Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center	Brazil
Katia Guimaraes Pina	Uaejj Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center	Brazil
Claire-France Thevenon	MKTeam	France
Priscila Cardoso Cerqueira	Uaejj Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center	Brazil
Clara Dufau	FFJDA	France
Adriana Rascon	One Jiu Jitsu	USA
FEMALE // ADULT // BROWN/BLACK // 90kg
Nathiely Karoline Jesus	Rodrigo Pinheiro Brazilian Jiu Jitsu	Brazil
Ewelyn Arruda	Uaejj Team - Al Ain	Brazil
Talita Andrea Nogueira	Ns Brotherhood	Brazil
Tara Giovanna White	Carlson Gracie Team	USA
Alison Tremblay	Brazilian Top Team (Canada)	Canada
Vanessa Oliveira Nascimento	Commando Group BJJ	Brazil