IBJJF 2017 World Master Jiu-Jitsu Championship

IBJJF World Master Jiu-Jitsu Championship: The Numbers That Matter

IBJJF World Master Jiu-Jitsu Championship: The Numbers That Matter

We're just days away from one of the biggest jiu-jitsu tournaments of the year. Here are some of the numbers that matter.

Aug 18, 2017 by Hywel Teague
IBJJF World Master Jiu-Jitsu Championship: The Numbers That Matter
We're just days away from one of the biggest jiu-jitsu tournaments of the year, with the IBJJF 2017 World Master Jiu-Jitsu Championship (aka Masters Worlds) on the horizon. 

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Here are just some of the numbers that matter: 
The event goes down over ​THREE days on August 24-26 in Las Vegas, and we'll be there to live-stream the entire event: every mat and every match! 

This will be the â€‹SIXTH edition of Masters Worlds. The event was introduced in 2012 to cater to the growing demand of competitors over the age of 30. 

There will be​ 21 mats at Masters Worlds, up from ​16 in 2016! ​Twenty of them will be solely for the veteran athletes, while one will be reserved for the IBJJF Heavyweight Grand Prix, which goes down on August 26 in the same venue. 

As we said, this is one of the biggest tournaments of the year. Last year, there were​ 3,585 total participants, and the IBJJF are expecting almost​ 4,500 this time around! (Confirmed -- final number ​4320)

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​Action from the 2016 IBJJF World Master Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Photo: Lance Emery

​Master 7 is for those born up to â€‹1956, meaning all competitors are over ​60 years and seven months of age. Right now there are â€‹28 participants in total signed up for the Master 7 division -- â€‹seven blue belts, â€‹six purple belts, ​three brown belts, and ​12 black belts! 

The biggest black belt division is the black belt Master 2 male middleweight division, which has​ 53 competitors

The biggest division of the whole weekend is blue belt Master 1 male middleweight, with​ 69 entries

​Six of last year's 10 black belt Master 1 champions will return to defend their titles: 
  • ​Roosterweight: Raul Gomes Marcello 
  • Light featherweight: Pablo Silva 
  • Featherweight: Osvaldo Moizinho
  • Medium heavyweight: Vitor Oliveira
  • Super heavyweight: Rafael Lovato Jr.  
  • Absolute: Rafael Lovato Jr.
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