The IBJJF has released the schedule and the brackets for the 2016 Pan Jiu-Jitsu championship.

The second most important event of the year kicks off this Thursday and wraps up this Sunday.

Click here and check out the schedule for each day.

The IBJJF also released the brackets for the event.

Click here to check your way to the gold medal.

With the brackets out, it’s time to take a look in the possible match-ups for the adult black belt division.

MALE

Roosterweight: Without the usual suspects Bruno Malfacine and Caio Terra, the division will certainly see new names in the big final. Our best guess is that Mikey Musumeci and Koji Shibamoto are the most probable candidates for the final.

Light-featherweight: João Miyao is certainly among the favorites to be in the final in a division with big names like Hiago George, Isaac Doerdelein, Gabriel Wilcox, Vitor Paschoal, Gabriel Moraes and Ivaniel Oliveira, among others. Our best bet for the final: João Miyao vs. Hiago George.

Featherweight: One of the most stacked divisions, it’ll be hard to predict a final match among names like Paulo Miyao, Brian Mahecha, Bruno Frazzatto, Marcio Andre, Osvaldo Moizinho, among others. Out bet: Paulo Miyao vs. Marcio Andre.

Lightweight: Another division with an all-star cast. Michael Liera Jr., Edwin Najmi, Kevin Mahecha, Mansher Khera are all on one side and should fight for one of the spots in the final. Gabriel Rollo, Andris Brunovskis, Francisco Ituralde and AJ Sousa are on the other side. Our guess for the final: Michael Liera Jr. vs. Gabriel Rollo.

Middleweight: Otavio Sousa is the biggest name here, but the two-time world champion has some good company in JT Torres, Victor Oliveira, Jon Satava, Abmar Barbosa, Dillon Danis, Nathan Mendelsohn, Vinicius Marinho, among others. Pointing out the two favorites is a hard thing to do. Our bet for the final: Otavio Sousa vs. JT Torres.

Medium-heavy: This should be the highlight of the event, besides the open class. Romulo Barral and Leandro Lo lead one of the toughest divisions in a long time. They have the company of Murilo Santana, Thiago Sá, Diego Ramalho, Matheus Diniz, Gabriel Arges, Inacio neto, Renato Cardoso, among others. Our bet is the safe one: Leandro Lo vs.  Romulo Barral.

Heavyweight: Leonardo Nogueira and Tim Spriggs appear as the main names here, but they have some big company in Roberto Torralbas, Lucas Rocha, Arnaldo Maidana, Cassio Francis, among others. Our bet: Leo Nogueira vs. Tim Spriggs.

Superheavy: Another division with two major favorites, Bernardo Faria and Yuri Simões. Luiz Panza is also a big name as he returns from a long period away recovering from a broken leg at the 2015 WPJJC. jared Dopp, Alex Cecconi and Elliot Kelly can also make some noise here. Our best guess: Be faria vs. Yuri Simões.

Ultraheavy: Just like the superheavy division, three names stand out here. Andre Galvão, Mahamed Aly and João Gabriel Rocha should make things interesting. Our bet for the final: Galvão vs. João Gabriel.

FEMALE 

Lightfeather: Gezary Matuda, Ariadne de Oliveira, Kristina Barlaan and Chelsea Donner are the most well known names here. Our bet for the final: Gezary vs. Kristina.

Featherweight: With only three competitors, the final will most probably be Mackenzie Dern vs. Karen Antunes.

Lightweight: Bia Mesquita, Tammi musumeci and Sarah Black should fight for the two spots in the final. Our bet: Tammi vs. Bia.

Middleweight: Michelle Nicolini and Luiza Monteiro are the favorites,but Rossie Snow and Amanda Loewen have all the tools to disrupt the order of things. Our bet: Michelle vs. Luiza.

Medium-heavy: Andresa Correa is the favorite in a 4-woman division. Our bet: Andresa Correa vs. Megan Nevill.

Heavyweight: With three names on the brackets, the most probably final should feature Fernanda Mazzelli vs. Talita Nogueira.

Super-heavy: Dominyka Obelenyte is back on the scene. The final should be the Dom vs. Alexis Du Fresne.

The IBJJF has released the official brackets for the 2016 European championship, which kicks off this Wednesday, in Lisbon, Portugal.

The black belt division is scheduled for the weekend, but we can start having fun with it right now.

Click here to check the brackets and schedule for the event.

Here are our Editor’s picks for the most probable final matches in each black belt division.

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Male 

Roosterweight: Caio Terra is a favorite for the title. His most probable opponent in the final is the always tough Koji Shibamoto. Can someone spoil the party? Final: Caio Terra vs. Koji Shibamoto.

Lightfeather: João Miyao is the clear favorite for the title, so he should make his way to the final. On the other side of the bracket, Miyao’s teammate Hiago Silva and also Luis Felipe Pinto and Edvaldo Ferreira should fight for the other spot. Final: João Miyao vs. Hiago Silva

Featherweight: One of the most stacked divisions, with names like Marcio Andre, Isaac Doederlein, Italo Lins, Brian Mahecha, Renan Sancar and Paulo Miayo, it’s tough to pick the two finalists. Even so, our Editor is beting on a Miyao vs. Andre showdown. Final: Marcio André vs. Paulo Miyao.

Lightweight: Another great mix of talents, the lightweight features Kevin Mahecha, Edwin Najmi, Mansher Khera, Michael Liera and Victor Genovesi, just to name a few. It’s gonna be a sight to see and very tough to predict the finalists. Anyway, here we go. Final: Edwin Najmi vs. Michael Liera.

Middleweight: Also a fun division to watch, it’ll probably be a clash of generations. Allan Nascimento and Yan Cabral leading the the team of the experienced fighters against young guns like Lucas Barbosa. Final: Allan Nascimento vs. Lucas Barbosa

Medium-heavy: With Leandro Lo out, the spot in the final against favorite Romulo Barral should be decided between Gabriel Arges and Patrick Gaudio. Final: Romulo Barral vs. Gabriel Arges

Heavyweight: Two names stand out as favorites here. Can someone make it to the final other than Pena and Sousa? Let’s see. Final: Felipe Pena vs. Jackson Sousa.

Super-heavyweight: Filled with good names, the division will a sight t see. Lucio Lagarto is going for his sixth title in Lisbon. Erberth Santos wants his second as a black belt. Final: Lucio Rodrigues vs. Erberth Santos

Ultraheavy: Andre Galvão was registered to compete, but his name was scratched from the bracket, which makes things much more undefined. Final: Pedro Moura vs. Alan Ferreira.

Open Class: Considering all the names registered and confirmed in the black belt division and if all the big names register for the open class, the most probable final is Barral vs. Pena. Final: Romulo Barral vs. Felipe Pena.

Female

Lightfeather: With five names, Kristina Barlaan, Ariadne Oliveira and Chelsea Donner are the favorites. Final: Kristina Barlaan vs. Ariadne Oliveira

Featherweight: Only two athletes registered. Final Mackenzie Dern vs. Yasmine Wilson

Lightweight: Four good names in the division in Jessica Santos, Sarah Black, Laurence Cousin and Maria Gonzalez. Final: Sarah Black vs. Chelsea Donner

Middleweight: The most stacked weight class in the female black belt division, the middleweight has two very well known names as favorites for the final. Final: Luanna Alzuguir vs. Luiza Monteiro

Medium-heavy: Andresa Correa is the favorite here. Final: Andresa Correa vs. Karolina Zawodnik

Heavyweight: Only two athletes registered. Final: Ewelyn Arruda vs. Venla Luukkonen

Open Class: If all of the big names register for the open class, we should have great thrills in the female absolute division. Final: Mackenzie Dern vs. Luiza Monteiro

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu Tour Los Angeles is ready to go.

Schedule this Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Azusa Pacific College, the event organized by the UAEJJF will gather some of biggest names of today’s Jiu-Jitsu.

The schedule and the brackets for the event have been released.

Click here to access the schedule and the brackets.

Check out GRACIEMAG’s Instagram feed for the coverage this Sunday.

2015 ADCC

The only thing missing at the 2015 ADCC are the actual matches.

All athletes have done the first official weigh-in this Friday afternoon and the rules were explained for the athletes and coaches.

After all that, the brackets were drawn and released by the event.

Here they are.

Some athletes and coaches complained among each other about how the names were divided in each bracket.

The -66kg and the -77kg divisions were specially criticized for having most of the favorites on the same side.

Teammates also were not happy for being put to face each other on the early rounds, like Otavio Sousa and AJ Agazarm, set to fight each other in the first round, or Abraham Marte and João Gabriel Rocha, possible opponents in the +99kg second round.

As always, the ADCC took no consideration for team affiliations.

Here is the schedule for this Saturday.

07:00 – GATES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

07:00 – 9:30 – WEIGH-INS FOR ALL COMPETITIORS

09:30 – STARTING OF EVENT WITH “SPECIAL SUPERFIGHT” AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS OF ALL WEIGHT CLASSES

Event is starting from Over 99kg category to lightest. SUPER FIGHT – Mario Sperry VS. Ricardo Liborio (last fight of the day)

Here is a photo gallery of the weigh-in, rules seminar and brackets release.

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Murilo Santana was the big name of the 2013 Pan No-Gi. Photo: Ivan Trindade

Tomorrow, Sept. 27, will be the day for the 2014 IBJJF Pan No-Gi champions to be crowned. The Nat Holman Gymnasium on the City College of New York Campus in Manhattan will be full of matches to both entertain and motivate.

If you’re an athlete set to compete, you can check who you’re matched up against and when your showtime is here: http://events.ibjjf.com/

Here is the schedule of divisions throughout the day, which starts at 9:30 a.m.: http://ibjjf.org/pan-gi-2014-schedule-september-27th/

The address of the venue is 160 Convent Ave. NY, NY 10031. Make sure to get there early enough for your matches, inside the bullpen to avoid being disqualified.

More information can be found at www.ibjjf.org

The IBJJF has released the full schedule and brackets for the 2014 IBJJF American Nationals Jiu-Jitsu Championship set for Sept. 6-7 in both gi and no-gi.

The event will take place on the campus of California State University Dominguez Hills located at 1000 East Victoria St. Carson, CA 90747.

All the action begins at 9:30 a.m. with male adult blue belts rooster to medium-heavy divisions.

The no-gi portion will be on Sunday only.

The full schedule is listed here: http://ibjjf.org/american-national-2014-schedule/ 

To see the full brackets for each division go here: http://events.ibjjf.com/

If you’re near the big apple, don’t miss the 2014 IBJJF New York Summer Open at the City College of New York. The event will be tomorrow, Saturday, July 19 with the first divisions starting at 9:30 a.m.

The one-day tournament will feature competitors from white to black. Black belts compete at 1:40 p.m. so catch the high-level matches between athletes like Rodrigo Freitas, Vitor Oliveira, Gianni Grippo, Antonio Antonioli, Eliot Kelly and more.

The address of the Nat Holman Gymnasium is Nat Holman Gym 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031.

Check the full schedule here.

And see the brackets posted online here.

The wait is over.

The IBJJF has posted the schedule and all the brackets for the 2014 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

If you are going to compete, you can now know when and against who your first match gonna be.

Click here for the complete schedule.

Click here for the brackets and order of fights.

2013 IBJJF Pan Kids was a Jiu-Jitsu celebration

The 2014 IBJJF Pan Kids is this weekend on Sunday, Feb. 16. The prestigious event gives the opportunity for youth athletes to claim the same titles as their adult counterparts.

The action starts at 9:00 a.m. in the gymnasium on the campus of California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, CA. The IBJJF has released both the schedule and the brackets with order of the fights down to the minute. Keep track of the brackets as they happen.

To see who the kids will go against and when, go to www.events.ibjjf.com

ADCC 2013 in Beijing, China. Photo: Erin Herle

The brackets for the 2013 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship are up now. The event will start at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19.

To see who will fight who, click here.

Stay tuned for more news on ADCC throughout the weekend.

The livestream is available here.

Pacific time begins at 6 p.m. on Friday night, Oct. 18, Eastern standard time begins at 9 p.m. on Friday night, Oct. 18.

Pan No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2011. Photo: GRACIEMAG

Tomorrow, Sept. 28, the City College of New York will have its Nat Holman Gymnasium infiltrated by men and women in rash guards and shorts. The title of Pan No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Champion will be granted to those who advance in their brackets all the way to the top of the podium.

To see who will be facing who on their journey to the gold, take a look at the brackets here.

To see who will be fighting when, check out the schedule here.

Don’t miss the black belts exhibit top level moves starting at 1:10 p.m. with the endless list of names such as JT Torres, Laercio Fernandes, Caio Terra, Samir Chantre, Zach Maxwell, Vitor Oliveira, Murilo Santana, Christian Uflacker, Bernardo Faria, Abraham Marte, Bruno Fernandes and more.

It’s a mix of new, active and veteran black belts that ensure great match-ups with no clear bets.