A lifetime dedicated to Jiu-Jitsu is not for everyone. Only a select group of masters earns the right to wear a rank above the already prestigious black belt. Among them, some continue testing themselves in competition, and at the recent IBJJF European Jiu-Jitsu Championship, history was made when red-and-white belt Júlio César Pereira stepped onto the mats and claimed the gold.

Viver uma vida inteira dedicada ao Jiu-Jitsu é para poucos. Uma seleta lista de nomes pode ostentar na cintura uma faixa de mestre, acima da já honrosa faixa-preta. Alguns deles, além de figurarem como lendas do esporte, continuam a se testar nos tatames competitivos, como pudemos observar no último Europeu de Jiu-Jitsu da IBJJF, com a conquista de título do faixa vermelha-e-branca Júlio César Pereira.

After an action-packed morning in the absolute, the finals are finally set for the IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championships. In the men's division, it will be Devhonte Johnson of Unity taking on Alehander Mariano of Atos. In the women's division, it's going to be rookie black belt Maria Ruffatto taking on the returning young veteran Elisabeth Clay. We picked up interviews with all four of them right off the mats.

For the better part of the last two decades, America's "Meccas" of Brazilian jiu-jitsu have been concentrated in a handful of locations: New York City, Baltimore, South Florida, and Southern California. In the last three years, following the COVID-era relocations, the ascendance of the Tackett Brothers, and the arrival of B-Team and New Wave Jiu-Jitsu, Austin, Texas became a de facto hub of elite jiu-jitsu, especially for no-gi jiu-jitsu.

ADCC Hall of Famer, six-time ADCC Champion, and the athlete who has participated in and won the most super fights in the ADCC’s history, Andre Galvao is undeniably one of the most decorated names in grappling.

ADCC open class champion in 2017, Felipe Pena returns to the largest grappling event in the world to try a for new record. ADCC takes place on Aug. 17 and 18 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV.

When Adele Fornarino first competed at ADCC, she approached it with excitement and curiosity. "I was really happy to be there, excited to compete, and had never really been exposed to that level of competition," she recalls.

Campeão absoluto do ADCC em 2017, Felipe Pena volta ao palco do maior evento de luta agarrada do mundo para tentar um novo recorde. O ADCC acontece nos dias 17 e 18 de agosto, na T-Mobile Arena em Las Vegas, Nevada.

A próxima edição do ADCC World Championship, agendada para os dias 17 e 18 de agosto em Las Vegas, traz uma série de atrações para os fãs que estarão presentes no T-Mobile Arena e os assinantes da FloGrappling em todo mundo. Com oito categorias de peso e dois absolutos, entre masculino e feminino, teremos também duas superlutas neste ano. Yuri Simões, atual campeão absoluto do evento, terá pela frente Gordon Ryan.

Last weekend, two of the newest Atos brown belts, Sarah Galvao and Lillian Marchand, debuted at the AJP Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour—Rio de Janeiro, competing against black belts.

Thamires Aquino was 22 years old when she first stood on the World Championship podium. She took third place in her rookie year, then despite repeated attempts, did not place again till 2022 when she successively placed third, then second the following year.

On May 7, 2023 a 17-year old blue belt named Cassia Moura left Brazil, having secured the documents to travel overseas, with the intent of competing at the IBJJF World Championships under the guidance of Bruno Bastos, founder of Bastos BJJ in Midland, Texas.

In mid-1993, after shining as a brown belt at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Ricardo Libório met up with the great master Carlson Gracie at the Quebra Nozes snack bar, on the bottom floor of Carlson's famous gym in Copacabana. Laughing around with his açaí-painted teeth while talking to his friend Aru, Carlson suddenly turns to Libório and calmly says: "Starting tomorrow, you can come and train as a black belt." And that was it, without any ceremony, Libório was graduated. Fast forward 31 years, however, and things took a turn for the grandiose last Sunday, March 17th.

Em meados de 1993, após brilhar como faixa-marrom no Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu, Ricardo Libório encontrou o grande mestre Carlson Gracie na lanchonete Quebra Nozes, no andar de baixo da famosa academia de Carlson em Copacabana. Em meio a risadas e com os dentes pintados por um bom açaí, enquanto conversava com o amigo Aru, Carlson vira para Libório e diz: "Amanhã pode vir treinar de faixa-preta". Sem festa ou pompa, Libório foi graduado. Contudo, 31 anos depois, no último domingo, dia 17 de março, o cenário foi completamente diferente.

Since her ADCC debut in fall 2022, Adele Fornarino has gained credibility on the professional jiu-jitsu scene in the 125-lb weight division. She had strong showing both in and out of the gi in 2023 with a runner-up finish at Brasileiros, silver in her first No-Gi Worlds at black belt, and a clean sweep of the -55kg division of the ADCC Trials with a 100% submission rate.