2024 ADCC World Medalist Luke Griffith has been promoted to black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu by Professor John Danaher, just days after he defeated Victor Hugo in the co-main event of WNO 27. Luke, originally of South Africa, lives and trains in Austin, TX under the tutelage of Danaher and joins the exclusive, short list of people to receive the honor from the well regarded coach.

Among the top-ranked black belts headed to the 2025 IBJJF Brazilian National Championship will be Brazil’s Gabi Pessanha in the Women’s Super Heavyweight division.

At the 2025 IBJJF Brazilian National Championship, also known as IBJJF Brasileiro, nearly a dozen athletes will fight for the Women’s Medium Heavyweight black belt title, and fans can watch all the action unfold live on FloGrappling.

Tudo pronto para o Who's Number One em sua 27ª edição, evento que acontece nesta sexta-feira, dia 18 de abril, direto de Round Rock no Texas. Na luta principal teremos o aguardado confronto de campeões do grappling, com o dono do ouro duplo do ADCC 2024 Kaynan Duarte encarando Nick Rodriguez, campeão do CJI. Os dois pesos pesados de maior renome no cenário atual vão colidir no card, e as atrações não ficam por aí.Ainda no evento, teremos o brasileiro Victor Hugo em duelo contra o sul-africano Luke Griffith, o retorno de Xande Ribeiro aos tatames encarando Richie "Bicho Papão" Martinez, Elisabeth Clay e Helena Crevar na disputa do cinturão peso-pena e Fabyury Khrysthyan encarando Andrew Tackett em disputa de atletas com muito giro. Confira nas linhas abaixo os resultados e detalhes de cada combate em tempo real!

The 2025 edition of the IBJJF Brazilian National Championship, also known as IBJJF Brasileiro, is here, which means thousands of athletes are headed back to Sao Paulo for a week of top-tier jiu-jitsu.

Whether you call it the IBJJF Brazilian National Championship or IBJJF Brasileiro, it’s time for the next Grand Slam event on the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation calendar.

It was a wild final round at the IBJJF Pans, with champions emerging and AOJ claiming their first major team title.

Diretamente de Kissimmee, na Flórida, o Campeonato Pan-Americano de Jiu-Jitsu chega para sua edição de 2025 e dá seguimento ao calendário de torneios da IBJJF. Realizado entre os dias 19 e 23 de março na Silver Spurs Arena, localizada no complexo de entretenimento Osceola Heritage Park, o torneio traz alguns dos principais nomes do esporte para correr atrás da segunda medalha de Grand Slam do ano.

The IBJJF Pan Championships are approaching fast, with matches set to kick off this week - with black belts taking the mats on Saturday and Sunday in Kissimee, Florida. There are dozens of ranked black belts ready to throw down in one of the year's most prestigious gi tournaments.

The IBJJF Pan Championships are approaching fast, with matches set to kick off this week - with black belts taking the mats on Saturday and Sunday in Kissimee, Florida. The brackets are now out and we know each person's path to gold in these stacked gi divisions.

The IBJJF Pan Championships are right around the corner and registration is now closed. With the divisions roughly set (tho some may move to a new weight class), it's time to see who is in for one of the year's most prestigious events.

We have our co-main event set for WNO 27, as two of the best heavyweights in the world will throw down in a major matchup. It will be two Austin-based stars, as Six Blades's Victor Hugo takes on New Wave's Luke Griffith in a battle between two men who are undefeated on WNO. WNO 27 goes down April 18th in Round Rock, TX, with the main event happening between ADCC Double Champ Kaynan Duarte and CJI Champion Nick Rodriguez.

The upcoming BJJ Stars 15 middleweight grand prix has announced their final participant - and it's a major one, as 2024 Super Grand Slam Champion Mica Galvão is in. Mica, who usually competes at 170lbs, joins seven other men who will all take their shot at the R$100,000 prize for the Grand Prix champion. The tournament goes down as part of the Sao Paulo-based super fight series on April 26th, airing exclusively on FloGrappling (outside of Brazil, where it's available on pay-per-view).

Grappling legend Xande Ribeiro will make his return to professional jiu-jitsu when he takes on 10th Planet OG Richie "Boogeyman" Martinez at WNO 27. This stylistic clash goes down April 18th in Round Rock, TX as part of a packed night of super fights that is headlined by ADCC Champion Kaynan Duarte vs CJI Champion Nick Rodriguez in the biggest WNO super fight in history. This will be Ribeiro's first professional match since 2021, and the first meeting between these two impressive veterans.

BJJ Stars 15 continues to add monumental matchups to the card and we now have the feature women's match of the evening, as Gabi Pessanha will defend her absolute title against Tayane Porifirio. This is shaping up to be a monumental event with several big super fights and an 8-man middleweight Grand Prix already announced. Everything goes down live on FloGrappling, April 26th, emanating from Sao Paulo, Brazil.