The Long Beach Pyramid at the 2014 Worlds

The IBJJF has released the official schedule for the 2016 World Jiu-Jitsu championship.

The most important event of the year takes place June 2-5, once again at the Walter Pyramid, in Long Beach, California.

Day 1, Thursday, will see mostly white belts and blue belts on the mats, with two purple belt divisions.

Day 2, Friday, will feature blue, purple and brown belts. This is also the day black belts have to register for the open class divisions (male and female).

Day 3, Saturday, will be dedicated to juvenile white and blue belts and adult brown belts and black belts. The male and female open class black belts are set to kick off around 11:30 AM.

Day 4, Sunday, is all about the black belt, starting with the weigh classes quarterfinals all the way to the finals.

Click here for the full schedule.

The brackets should be released this Tuesday, May 31.

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The Long Beach Pyramid at the 2014 Worlds

After the registration deadline the IBJJF has updated the pre-schedule for the 2016 World Jiu-Jitsu championship.

The event is now scheduled for four days of action, on June 2-5.

The final sign up number reached 2846 athletes.

Here’s the updated pre-schedule with the days each belt color goes on.

Thursday – June 2
White Adult Male
White Adult Female
White Masters
Blue Adult Male
Purple Adult Male (Rooster and Light Feather)

Friday – June 3
Purple Adult Male (Feather to Ultra Heavy and Open Class)
Purple Adult Female
Brown Adult Male (Rooster and Light Feather)

Saturday – June 4
White Juvenile Male
White Juvenile Female
Blue Juvenile Male
Blue Juvenile Female
Brown Adult Male (Feather to Ultra Heavy and Open Class)
Brown Adult Female
Black Adult Male (Weight divisions* and Open Class**)
Black Adult Female (Weight divisions*** and Open Class**)

* Adult Male Black Belt  athletes will start fighting on Saturday if your bracket have 9 or more people. The quarter final, semi finals and finals will start or resume on Sunday.
Every adult male Black belt athlete who is in a bracket with 9 or more people can weigh in on Saturday (from 10 am to 6 pm), even if his fights will occur on Sunday only. If the athlete will fight on Saturday, he must weight in few minutes before his first fight.

** The Open Class final starts on Sunday.

*** Adult female Black belt athletes will start fighting on Saturday until the semi finals. The finals will start on Sunday.

Sunday – June 5
Black Adult Male
Black Adult Female

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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 Long Beach Pyramid at the 2014 Worlds

The IBJJF has released this Monday, Feb. 29, the pre-schedule for the 2016 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

It’s now possible to know on which day each division will play out and plan your trip to Long Beach with more accuracy.

Don’t forget to register for the 2016 Worlds.

The registration deadline is May 24.

Click here to register now.

Check below the complete pre-schedule for the 2016 Worlds.

WORLD JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 – PRE-SCHEDULE

The organization may schedule fights for Wednesday, June 1st, if the number of athletes registered exceeds our capacity to fit the event in four days.

Please refer to the pre-schedule for travel arrangements.

Wednesday – June 1st

White Adult Male (Weight divisions)

White Adult Female (Weight divisions)

White Masters (Weight divisions)

Thursday – June 2nd:

White Adult Male (Weight divisions)

White Adult Female (Weight divisions)

White Masters (Weight divisions)

Blue Adult Male (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Purple Adult Male (Weight divisions)

Friday – June 3rd

Blue Adult Male (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Blue Adult Female (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Purple Adult Male (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Purple Adult Female (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Brown Adult Male (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Saturday – June 4th

White Juvenile Male (Weight divisions)

White Juvenile Female (Weight divisions)

Blue Juvenile Male (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Blue Juvenile Female (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Purple Adult Male (Open Class)

Purple Adult Female (Open Class)

Brown Adult Male (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Brown Adult Female (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Black Adult Male (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Black Adult Female (Weight divisions and Open Class)

Sunday – June 5th

Black Adult Male

Black Adult Female

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.

Worlds Masters

The 2015 World Masters Jiu-Jitsu championship is all ready to go.

The IBJJF released this Wednesday the brackets and the schedule for the two days of event in las Vegas, on Sept. 25-26.

Click here to check the schedule, order of fights and brackets.

The 2015 Worlds Masters will be part of the Evexia Fitfest, at the Cashman center.

The event will also feature BJJ seminars and more.

Click here for the schedule of activities at the Evexia Fitfest.

Click here to buy your tickets now (athletes competing have free entry).

The black belt semi-finals and finals will be live streamed for free.

Click here to watch it.

For more info, go to ibjjf.org.

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.

The All Star #3 BJJ Tournament is coming up next month on Saturday, June 28 & Sunday, June 29. It will be held at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, CA. Divisions are available for both gi and no-gi and you can still register for early registration prices until June 9.

You can register here: http://www.t360reg.com/allstars/allstars.aspx

Also on the schedule are four more tournaments held by Claudio Franca. Opportunities to compete in these events will be available all across the states so mark them on your calendars now!

Jiu-Jitsu By The Sea (gi & no-gi)
Convention Center, San Diego, CA
Saturday, August 23 & Sunday, August 24, 2014

BJJ Tour – Florida (gi only)
City of Kissimmee, FL
Saturday, September 27, 2014

BJJ Tour – Texas (gi only)
San Antonio, TX
October 11, 2014

U.S. Open XIX (gi only)
Kaiser Permanente Arena, Santa Cruz, CA
Saturday, October 25 & Sunday, October 26, 2014

To keep up-to-date with all the events, go to www.bjjtour.com