Outcomes of the black belt divisions from the 2023 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds, which happened on December 7-9 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The mud has now settled on the 2023 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds – the most important iteration of that occasion but, with over 4,000 registered opponents.
The black belt divisions had been loaded with prime expertise, together with returning world champions, extremely regarded younger phenoms, and all the things in between.
View the complete occasion outcomes from each division here, courtesy of the IBJJF.
Ffion Davies and Roberto Jimenez declare absolute gold
Maybe the match’s most spectacular performances got here from Ffion Davies and Roberto Jimenez, each of whom received gold within the absolute divisions.
A 2021 light-weight no-gi world champion and the present 60kg ADCC champion, Davies put in a double-gold efficiency over the weekend so as to add to her gi world title this 12 months, additional strengthening her declare to the world’s prime pound-for-pound feminine grappler.
After taking out prime names like Elizabeth Mitrovic and Maria Malyjasiak, Davies shined in an entertaining match in opposition to middleweight gold medalist Gabi McComb. Davies discovered herself in a few troublesome spots early in that match however roared again with a takedown that led to again management and, moments later, the rear-naked choke end.
And on the lads’s facet, Jimenez earned his first main IBJJF black belt title with a dominant run via absolutely the division. Within the quarterfinals, he took out multiple-time heavyweight ADCC Trials winner Heikki Jussila, and within the semifinals, Jimenez defeated reigning Pans no-gi champion Francisco Lo.
The ultimate of the lads’s absolute division was some of the action-packed matches of the 12 months, as Jimenez squared off with ultra-heavy gold medalist Roosevelt Sousa. Sousa discovered success early, attacking Jimenez with an armbar that gave the impression to be absolutely locked in. The Ecuadorian would escape, although, and storm again moments later to safe Sousa’s again and sink in a one-arm rear-naked choke for the end.
Grownup black belt outcomes from the 2023 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds
Males’s divisions
Rooster:
- 1 – Everton Sousa
- 2 – Riki Yoshinaga
- 3 – Christopher Tran
- 3 – Lucas de Souza Castro
Gentle-feather
- 1 – Junny Ocasio
- 2 – Zachary Kaina
- 3 – Rodnei Barbosa
- 3 – Shoya Ishiguro
Feather
- 1 – Diego “Pato” Oliveira
- 2 – Gianni Grippo
- 3 – Julian Espinosa
- 3 – Marco Vinicius Brito
Gentle
- 1 – Lucas Valente
- 2 – Deandre Corbe
- 3 – Daniel Sathler Campos
- 3 – Danilo Moreira
Center
- 1 – Tommy Langaker
- 2 – Michael Perez
- 3 – Fabio Caloi
- 3 – Luiz Paulo
Medium-heavy
- 1 – Ronaldo Junior
- 2 – David Garmo
- 3 – Rafael Paganini
- 3 – Sebastian Rodriguez
Heavy
- 1 – Elder Cruz
- 2 – Adam Wardzinski
- 3 – Roberto Jimenez
- 3 – Vegard Arentz Randeberg
Tremendous-heavy
- 1 – Javier Zaruski Saul
- 2 – Viicius “Trator” Gazola
- 3 – Helton Jose Junior
- 3 – Vinicius Alves Lessa Paula
Extremely-heavy
- 1 – Roosevelt Sousa
- 2 – Heikki Jussila
- 3 – Daniel Ribeiro da Conceicao
- 3 – Gabriel Duarte
Absolute
- 1 – Roberto Jimenez
- 2 – Roosevelt Sousa
- 3 – Elder Crux
- 3 – Vinicius “Trator” Gazola
Girls’s divisions
Rooster
- 1 – Mayssa Bastos
- 2 – Mariana Rolszt
- 3 – Amber Rymarz-Freitas
- 3 – Faye Cherrier
Gentle-feather
- 1 – Tammi Musumeci
- 2 – Jessa Khan
- 3 – Dorothy Dao
- 4 – Mara Kelly
Feather
- 1 – Alex Enriquez
- 2 – Adele Fornarino
- 3 – Jessica Crane
- 3 – Raquel Ferreira da Silva
Gentle
- 1 – Ffion Davies
- 2 – Amanda Bruse
- 3 – Joanna Christine Trindade
- 3 – Julia Maele
Center
- 1 – Gabi McComb
- 2 – Thamara Ferreira Silva
- 3 – Caitlin Huggins
- 3 – Deise dos Santos Leonanjo
Medium-heavy
- 1 – Elizabeth Mitrovic
- 2 – Salla Mari Simola
- 3 – Graciele Del Fava de Carvalho
- 3 – Jordan Elizabeth Patrick
Heavy
- 1 – Andressa Cintra
- 2 – Rafaela Guedes
- 3 – Lucian Mota Castel Branco
- 3 – Maria Malyjasiak
Tremendous-heavy
- 1 – Kendall Reusing
- 2 – Mikaela Barros de Lima
- 3 – Danielle Walker
- 3 – Rachel Anne Robinson
Absolute
- 1 – Ffion Davies
- 2 – Gabi McComb
- 3 – Ane Svendsen
- 3 – Maria Malyjasiak
