Confirmed: The Final List of Every Black Belt Competitor at No-Gi Worlds
Confirmed: The Final List of Every Black Belt Competitor at No-Gi Worlds
The deadline for sign-ups has passed and we now know the full list of confirmed black belts for the IBJJF 2018 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
The deadline for sign-ups has passed and we now know the full list of confirmed black belts for the IBJJF 2018 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
No-Gi Worlds will run over three days from Dec 14-16, with black belts on both Saturday and Sunday. The men's black belt weight divisions will go up to the quarterfinals on Saturday with the semifinals and finals on Sunday.
The absolute divisions and the women's divisions also take place on Saturday, with the finals taking place on Sunday.
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There are 167 adult male black belts signed up and 34 adult women. The male middleweight division is the biggest with a whopping 36 entrants. Except for rooster with 5, the smallest division will be super-heavyweight with 11. Even ultra-heavy– traditionally a smaller bracket– has 15 men signed up.
Brackets will drop on Thursday Dec 13, and we'll announce the biggest matches to watch when they become available.
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Here is the final list of black belt competitors for the IBJJF 2018 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
Black Belt Men
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Rooster | |
| Ares BJJ Brasil | Cícero Lívio Ribeiro Saldanha Paiva |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Kristian R. Woodmansee |
| CheckMat | Ronald Stephen Henderson Jr. |
| Team Redzovic | Perez R. Figueroa Jr. |
| Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy | Nobuhiro Sawada |
| Total: 5 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Light-Feather | |
| Alliance | Guilherme Angelus Montenegro de Carvalho |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Cleber de Sousa Fernandes |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Lucas dos Santos Pinheiro |
| Carpe Diem | Tomoyuki Hashimoto |
| CheckMat | Windson Ramos da Silva |
| Cicero Costha Internacional | Hiago George Santos Silva |
| Cicero Costha Internacional | João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao |
| Fabio Santos BJJ | Geoffrey Villarreal |
| Masterskya | Alex Ecklin |
| Paragon BJJ Academy | Jacob Robert Sandoval |
| Renato Tavares Association | Suraj Kumar Budhram |
| Soul Fighters BJJ | João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues |
| Zenith BJJ - Las Vegas | Bendy Casimir |
| Total: 13 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather | |
| 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu | Marvin Castell |
| Alliance | Kennedy Leonardo Maciel |
| Ares BJJ | Samir José Chantre Dahás |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Pablo Mantovani Dutra |
| Brasa CTA | Charles Denny Murdock |
| Brasa CTA | Gabriel Marangoni de Oliveira |
| Brazilian Top Team | Alexandre de Souza Vieira |
| Brazilian Top Team | Ighor Luis Alvim Horta |
| Carpe Diem | Tomoshige Sera |
| CFC Team | Sergio Calderon Gonzalez |
| CheckMat | Gilson Nunes De Oliveira Neto |
| CheckMat | Matheus Gabriel Pinheiro Barros |
| CheckMat | Richard Santos Alvarez |
| Clark Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy | Brandon Woodly Walensky |
| Fifty/50 Jiu-Jitsu | Adam Benayoun |
| GF Team Ohio | Adam Paul Ferrara |
| GF Team Ohio | Jacob Michael Ferrara |
| Gracie Barra | Kaio Cesar Abrantes Fonseca |
| Heroes Martial Arts | Edward Nicholas Borbon |
| Renzo Gracie Academy | Frank Rosenthal |
| Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Ian Phyllip Sanders |
| Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ | Thiago A. A. Macedo |
| SBG Ireland | Joseph Robert Breslin |
| Tinguinha BJJ academy | Cole Thomas Franson |
| Vitor Shaolin BJJ | Silvio Duran de Barros Saraiva |
| Total: 25 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Light | |
| 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu | Jeremiah Leroy Vance |
| Alliance | Gianni Paul Grippo |
| Alliance | Johnny Joachin Tama Apolinario |
| Alliance International | Caio Rigante Nunes |
| Alliance International | Felipe Linhares Arruda |
| Alliance JJ | Frederico Augusto Alves Silva |
| Ares BJJ | Dustin Baradaran Akbari |
| Brasa CTA | Joshua Aaron Bacallao |
| Carpe Diem | Masahiro Iwasaki |
| Cascão Jiu Jitsu BR | Filipe Rodrigues da Cunha |
| Del Mar Jiu-Jitsu Club | Francisco Antonio Iturralde Lara |
| Easton BJJ | John Taylor Combs |
| GF Team | Gialysson Adão Silva Freitas |
| GF Team International | Vinicius Wingerter de Lima |
| Gracie Fighter | Cody James Orrison |
| Lotus Club International | Francisco Cuneo |
| Nova União | Marcio Andre da Costa Barbosa Junior |
| Open Mat Mixed Martial Arts | Daniel Seth Davis |
| Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Rodrigo Lamounier de Freitas |
| SBG International (SBGI) | Scott Richard Thometz |
| SF Empire Jiu-Jitsu | Joe Hisataka Frederick Chiaki Scovel |
| Zenith BJJ - Las Vegas | Rafael Domingos Benedito |
| Total: 22 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle | |
| Absolute MMA Australia | Lachlan S. Giles |
| Alliance | Athos Ribeiro de Miranda |
| Alliance | Isaque Bahiense Braz |
| American Top Team Atlanta | Sergio C. Ardila-Ibarra |
| Ares BJJ | Issa Able |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Michael Anthony Perez |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Michael Remigio Liera Jr. |
| Brasa CTA | Jeremy S. Jackson |
| Brazilian Top Team | Ryan C. Loria |
| Carpe Diem | Sotaro Yamada |
| David Jacobs Jiu-Jitsu Team | Samir Abdolkader |
| Detroit Jiu-Jitsu Academy | David Garmo |
| Detroit Jiu-Jitsu Academy | Khalil Fadi Fadlallah |
| ECJJA | Darragh O'Conaill |
| Fernando Terere Jiu-Jitsu | Pierpaolo Chiappe |
| Fight Sports | Enrico Daniel Cocco |
| GF Team | Dante Leon |
| GF Team | Jaime Soares Canuto |
| GF Team France | Kenji Benjamin Sette |
| GF Team Ohio | Robert G. Malof |
| GF Team Ohio | Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira |
| Gracie Barra | Fernando Isai Cabrera |
| Gracie Barra | Victor Silverio Santos |
| Gracie Humaita | Michael Ray Trasso |
| LEAD BJJ | Rennick Keolani Kama Jr. |
| Nashville MMA | Eric Thomas Ingram |
| Omar Salum Jiu-Jitsu | Williams Silva Lima |
| Pirâmide Grappling Association | Marco Aurellio de Queiroz |
| Renzo Gracie Academy | Stanley E. Rosa Valerio |
| Silver Fox BJJ | Enrique D. Galarza |
| Soul Fighters BJJ | Hugo Doerzapff Marques |
| Start Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Lucas Benévolo Valle |
| Team Royce Gracie | Alvin Robinson |
| Unity Jiu-jitsu | Felipe Cesar Silva |
| Unity Jiu-jitsu | Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho |
| ZR Team Association | Lucas Rocha de Freitas |
| Total: 36 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy | |
| Alliance | Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco |
| Alliance | Matheus Oliveira Diniz |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Joshua Roy Hinger |
| Brasa CTA | Danilo Borovic |
| Brazilian Top Team | Abner Soares de Souza |
| Brazilian Top Team | Gabriel Procópio da Fonseca |
| Cavalo Team | Ezra Zendt Lenon |
| CheckMat | Fabricio Machado da Silveira |
| CheckMat | Gabriel Salles Muniz Almeida |
| Easton BJJ | Isiah Olajide Wright |
| Fight Sports | Kalil Muriel Da Silva Nascimento |
| Fight Sports | Valdir Araujo de Lima Júnior |
| GF Team Ohio | Mauricio de Oliveira Santos Neto |
| Gracie Barra | Gabriel Arges de Sousa |
| Gracie Barra | Servio Tulio Cardoso Guimarães Junqueira |
| Gracie Barra BJJ | Ashur Sami Darmo |
| Inglorious Grapplers | Viking Wai Chun Wong |
| Marcelo Cavalcanti BJJ | Victor Matheus de Lima Rodrigues |
| Maromba Academia International | Kit James Dale |
| OXY | Vegard Arentz Randeberg |
| Ralph Gracie | Nicholas Greene |
| Soul Fighters BJJ | Diogo Sampaio Araujo |
| TAC Team BJJ | Nicholas Patrick Calvanese |
| Unity Jiu-jitsu | Murilo Silva Ferreira de Santana |
| Zenith BJJ | Alika K. Angerman |
| Total: 25 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy | |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Thomas Alban Jules Loubersanes |
| Brazilian Top Team | Fernando Henrique T. Halfeld |
| CheckMat | Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira |
| CheckMat | Jackson Sousa dos Santos |
| CheckMat | Jason Rene Selva |
| CheckMat | Sebastian Black |
| CheckMat | Thiago Sá Fortes Silva |
| Fight Sports | James Richard Brasco |
| Gracie Barra | Fellipe Ubaiz Trovo |
| Maromba Academia International | Benjamin William Hodgkinson |
| Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu | Nick Schrock |
| Roy Dean International | Benjamin Mark Dyson |
| Stallion Gym | Nicolas E. Penzer |
| Team Lloyd Irvin | Timothy-Michael Spriggs |
| Unity Jiu-jitsu | Devhonte M. Johnson |
| Total: 15 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy | |
| American Top Team BJJ | Charles Kilyan Mcguire |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Kaynan Casemiro Duarte |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Lucas Daniel Silva Barbosa |
| CheckMat | Jorge Andres Escudero Barba |
| CheckMat | Luiz Fernando de Azevedo Panza |
| GF Team | Patrick Pontes Moura Santos Gaudio |
| Gracie Barra | Francisco Carlos de Leon |
| Netto Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Ruben Araújo Fonseca |
| Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu | James Richard Puopolo |
| Team Lloyd Irvin | Roberto Torralbas |
| Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Eliot Andrew Kelly |
| Total: 11 | |
| BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy | |
| Alliance | Jared Lynn Dopp |
| Brasa CTA | Yuri Costa Simões M. da Silva |
| CheckMat | Zachary George Darroch |
| Fight Sports | Roberto de Abreu Filho |
| GF Team | Max dos Santos Gimenis |
| GF Team | Wilson de Sousa Almeida |
| Gracie Barra | Evangelos Moumtzis |
| Gracie Barra | Marcus Antonio Guedes Salerno |
| Paraestra Tokyo | Satoshi Ishii |
| Renzo Gracie Academy | Gordon F. Ryan III |
| Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu | Gustavo Dias Elias |
| Rickson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu | Kevin Barryman Jr Casey |
| Rodrigo Vaghi BJJ | John Leslie Hansen |
| Team Lloyd Irvin | Mahamed Aly Santos da Silva |
| Unity Jiu-jitsu | Aaron Michael Johnson |
| Total: 15 |
Black Belt Women
BLACK / Adult / Female / Light-Feather | |
| Absolute MMA Australia | Liwia Gluchowska |
| CheckMat | Patrícia Maria N. Fontes dos Santos |
| Elite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Redmond | Miriam Cardoso Cerqueira |
| Fight Club | Fiona M. Watson |
| Fight Sports | Sofia Rosa Amarante |
| GF Team | Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos |
| Gracie Humaita South Bay | Rita Lynne Gribben |
| Total: 7 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather | |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Heather H. Raftery |
| CheckMat | Nathalie Wan Soares Veras Ribeiro |
| ECJJA | Ffion Eira Davies |
| Elite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Redmond | Jessica Cristina C. A. dos Santos |
| GF Team | Amanda Monteiro Nogueira |
| Total: 5 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Light | |
| Brasa CTA | Tammi Alana Musumeci |
| Brazil 021 International | Kristin Mikkelson |
| CheckMat | Catherine Fuhro Perret |
| CheckMat | Michelle Zonato Nicolini |
| Gracie Humaita Las Vegas | Talia Marie Vaughan |
| Gracie Humaita San Diego Competition Team | Jena Rae Bishop |
| Gracie Humaita South Bay | Gabrielle McComb Lima |
| Total: 7 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle | |
| GF Team | Ana Carolina Vieira Srour |
| Gracie Humaita | Beatriz de Oliveira Mesquita |
| New School BJJ | Leoni Munslow |
| Pacific Top Team | Sarah Elizabeth Kaufman |
| Total: 4 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy | |
| Alliance | Luanna Alzuguir Marton Moraes |
| De La Riva JJ | Claudia Fernanda Onofre Valim Doval |
| Gracie Barra | Andressa Mezari Cintra |
| Hilti Fight Center | Anna Sophia Maria Nordenö |
| SBG International (SBGI) | Amanda Loewen |
| Total: 5 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Heavy | |
| Alliance | Andresa Correa |
| Unity Jiu-jitsu | Nathiely Karoline Melo de Jesus |
| Zenith BJJ | Maria Malyjasiak |
| Total: 3 | |
BLACK / Adult / Female / Super-Heavy | |
| Carlson Gracie Team | Alejandra Gonzalez |
| Gracie Barra | Jessica D Flowers |
| Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu | Nivia de Souza Moura |
| Total: 3 |
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