The World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, formally the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament held annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation and widely considered the most important and prestigious jiu-jitsu tournament of the year. The first edition took place in February 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since 2007 the tournament has been held in California, and the most recent edition the source records took place at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California, in 2025.
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is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament held annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation
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The first edition took place in February 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament held annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation
View the SourceSaulo Ribeiro (Wikipedia)
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won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship five times
Roger Gracie (Wikipedia)
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Gracie won 10 IBJJF world championship titles across multiple weight classes, every year from 2004 to 2010
Marcelo Garcia (grappler) (Wikipedia)
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Holding 5 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and 4 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship titles
Marcus Buchecha (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Marcus Buchecha, Lead, world titlesQuote, Competitors Include: Marcus Buchecha, Lead, world titles
A multiple-time World jiu-jitsu and ADCC submission fighting champion, Buchecha is a member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame
Leandro Lo (Wikipedia)
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A record holder with eight IBJJF world championship titles in five different weight classes
Mikey Musumeci (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mikey Musumeci, Lead, world titlesQuote, Competitors Include: Mikey Musumeci, Lead, world titles
Musumeci is a five-time IBJJF black belt World Champion
Tye Ruotolo (Wikipedia)
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world champion at the 2022 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Kaynan Duarte (Wikipedia)
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two-time champion at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the Heavyweight division
Ffion Davies (Wikipedia)
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She is a multiple winner of the IBJJF World Championship
Adam Wardziński (Wikipedia)
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a 2-time IBJJF World Champion and 2019 IBJJF No-Gi World Champion
Alexandre Paiva (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alexandre Paiva, Lead, world titlesQuote, Competitors Include: Alexandre Paiva, Lead, world titles
He won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 1x at Adult level and 4x at Masters level
Alexandre Ribeiro (Wikipedia)
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two-time World Black Belt Absolute (open weight) World Jiu-Jitsu Champion
Amaury Bitetti (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Amaury Bitetti, Brazilian jiu-jitsu careerQuote, Competitors Include: Amaury Bitetti, Brazilian jiu-jitsu career
He won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the Absolute division in 1996 and 1997.
Ana Carolina Vieira (fighter) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ana Carolina Vieira, Lead, world titlesQuote, Competitors Include: Ana Carolina Vieira, Lead, world titles
Vieira is a five-time black belt IBJJF World champion
Ana Laura Cordeiro (Wikipedia)
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Cordeiro is a three-time black belt World champion
Andresa Correa (Wikipedia)
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3x black belt Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Championship champion
Andressa Cintra (Wikipedia)
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Cintra is a four-time black belt World Champion.
Anna Rodrigues (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Anna Rodrigues, Grappling career, 2023 worldsQuote, Competitors Include: Anna Rodrigues, Grappling career, 2023 worlds
Rodrigues competed in the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship on June 3 and 4, 2023
Keenan Cornelius (Wikipedia)
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the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Pan-American Championship, European Open Championship
Gabrielle McComb (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Gabrielle McComb, Black belt careerQuote, Competitors Include: Gabrielle McComb, Black belt career
gold at the 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Beatriz Mesquita (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Beatriz Mesquita, Black belt careerQuote, Competitors Include: Beatriz Mesquita, Black belt career
won her 10th world title at the 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Bianca Basílio (Wikipedia)
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black belt two-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion
Jackson Sousa (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jackson Sousa, Career, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Jackson Sousa, Career, competition
At the 2013 IBJJF World Championship Sousa won gold in the heavyweight division and bronze in the absolute division
Lana Stefanac (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Lana Stefanac, Career, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Lana Stefanac, Career, competition
winning double gold at the 2009 Brazilian jiu-jitsu world championship
Gezary Matuda (Wikipedia)
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As a black belt, she won the World Championship in 2013 and 2014.
Laurence Cousin (Wikipedia)
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In 2007 Cousin became the first woman from outside Brazil to become IBJJF World jiu-jitsu champion.
Tayane Porfírio (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Tayane Porfírio, Career, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Tayane Porfírio, Career, competition
won her category and the absolute at the 2018 World Championships
Erberth Santos (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Erberth Santos de Mesquita, World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Erberth Santos de Mesquita, World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, competition
In 2017, Santos became world champion in the super-heavyweight division by defeating Bernardo Faria.
Fernanda Mazzelli (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Fernanda Mazzelli, Biography, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Fernanda Mazzelli, Biography, competition
In 2012 she won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship for the first time.
Meggie Ochoa (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Margarita Ochoa, Brazilian jujutsu, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Margarita Ochoa, Brazilian jujutsu, competition
Ochoa is a three-time champion at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Talita Alencar (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Talita Alencar, Grappling career, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Talita Alencar, Grappling career, competition
In 2016 she was promoted to black belt after winning gold at the 2016 IBJJF World Championship
Lucas Dos Santos Pinheiro (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Lucas Dos Santos Pinheiro, Career, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Lucas Dos Santos Pinheiro, Career, competition
Pinheiro won his first IBJJF No Gi World Championship in 2022, and his first IBJJF World Championship in 2023
Seif-Eddine Houmine (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Seif-Eddine Houmine, Biography, competitionQuote, Competitors Include: Seif-Eddine Houmine, Biography, competition
In 2024, he was the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) world champion in the ultra-heavyweight division
Antônio Braga Neto (Wikipedia)
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He is a gold medalist in both the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Alliance Jiu Jitsu (Wikipedia)
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European Championship, Pan American Championship, and the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Checkmat (Wikipedia)
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At the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Checkmat competitor Samuel Nagai won the Male -70 kg class.
Bruno Malfacine (Wikipedia)
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a winner of 10 World Championships
Fábio Gurgel (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Fábio Gurgel, LeadQuote, Competitors Include: Fábio Gurgel, Lead
World Jiu-Jitsu Champion
Gabi Garcia (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Gabi Garcia, Jiu-jitsu and grappling careerQuote, Competitors Include: Gabi Garcia, Jiu-jitsu and grappling career
nine World Jiu-Jitsu Championships
Léo Vieira (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Léo Vieira, Brazilian Jiu-JitsuQuote, Competitors Include: Léo Vieira, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
such as the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championships
Royler Gracie (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Royler Gracie, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Royler Gracie, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
Royler is also a four-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion in the Pena/Featherweight Black Belt Category
B.J. Penn (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: B.J. Penn, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: B.J. Penn, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
Penn was known as the first non-Brazilian to win the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship at black belt level
Ricardo Arona (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ricardo Arona, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Ricardo Arona, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
A two-time World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu champion in the lower belts
Ricco Rodriguez (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ricco Rodriguez, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Ricco Rodriguez, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
one of the small group of Americans to win a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship
Ronaldo Souza (Wikipedia)
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two-time black belt World Champion
Fabrício Werdum (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Fabrício Werdum, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Fabrício Werdum, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
first place at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championships in 2003 and 2004
Garry Tonon (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Garry Tonon, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Garry Tonon, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
has won titles at ADCC submission wrestling championship, IBJJF World and Pan American championships
Rafael Lovato Jr. (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Rafael Lovato Jr., Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Rafael Lovato Jr., Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
Lovato was the second American, after B.J. Penn, to win the World Jiu Jitsu Championship as a black belt.
Murilo Bustamante (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Murilo Bustamante, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Murilo Bustamante, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
1999 World Jiu-Jitsu Champion in the 94 kg (heavyweight) category
Bernardo Faria (Wikipedia)
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He is multi-time IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Champion
Augusto Mendes (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Augusto Mendes, Lead, IBJJF World titleQuote, Competitors Include: Augusto Mendes, Lead, IBJJF World title
He was the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Black Belt World (IBJJF World) 70 kg champion (2013)
Bibiano Fernandes (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Bibiano Fernandes, Lead, world titlesQuote, Competitors Include: Bibiano Fernandes, Lead, world titles
A five time World jiu-jitsu champion and three time Pan American champion
Kyra Gracie (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Kyra Gracie, Lead, World Jiu-Jitsu titlesQuote, Competitors Include: Kyra Gracie, Lead, World Jiu-Jitsu titles
a four-time World Jiu-Jitsu champion
Alessandra Vieira (Wikipedia)
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she became in 1999 the first-ever female black belt World champion
Aurelie Le Vern (Wikipedia)
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followed by bronze at the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Fellipe Andrew (Wikipedia)
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Andrew entered both the heavyweight and absolute divisions of the IBJJF World Championship 2021
Ana Carolina Schmitt (Wikipedia)
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World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship (2019)
Amy Campo (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Amy Campo, Lead, World Jiu-JitsuQuote, Competitors Include: Amy Campo, Lead, World Jiu-Jitsu
Campo is a black belt World Jiu-Jitsu Champion in both Gi and No-GI
Brianna Ste-Marie (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Brianna Ste-Marie, Lead, World Jiu-JitsuQuote, Competitors Include: Brianna Ste-Marie, Lead, World Jiu-Jitsu
a 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship medallist
Maria Malyjasiak (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Maria Malyjasiak, Career, 2023Quote, Competitors Include: Maria Malyjasiak, Career, 2023
Malyjasiak competed in the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship on June 3 and 4
Tammi Musumeci (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Tammi Musumeci, BiographyQuote, Competitors Include: Tammi Musumeci, Biography
having won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship at every belt level
Vanessa English (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Vanessa English, Black belt careerQuote, Competitors Include: Vanessa English, Black belt career
she won bronze at the 2018 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Adele Fornarino (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Adele Fornarino, Career, 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipQuote, Competitors Include: Adele Fornarino, Career, 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Fornarino competed at the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Penny Thomas (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Penny Thomas, Career, 2004 World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipQuote, Competitors Include: Penny Thomas, Career, 2004 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
she won the 2004 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship as a blue belt
Tommy Langaker (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Tommy Langaker, Lead, 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipQuote, Competitors Include: Tommy Langaker, Lead, 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
He took the bronze medal in middle weight at the 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Luanna Alzuguir (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Luanna Alzuguir, Lead, world titlesQuote, Competitors Include: Luanna Alzuguir, Lead, world titles
Alzuguir is a 5x world jiu-jitsu champion
Rubens Charles Maciel (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Rubens Charles Maciel, Lead, medalsQuote, Competitors Include: Rubens Charles Maciel, Lead, medals
has since medaled in every World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in which he has competed
Jhenifer Aquino (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jhenifer Aquino, Career, 2023Quote, Competitors Include: Jhenifer Aquino, Career, 2023
Aquino competed in the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Rikako Yuasa (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Rikako Yuasa, Career, black belt titlesQuote, Competitors Include: Rikako Yuasa, Career, black belt titles
win gold again at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2016, 2017 and 2018
Chloé McNally (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Chloé McNally, Lead, competed in world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Chloé McNally, Lead, competed in world-jiu-jitsu-championship
McNally is a two-time World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship black belt medallist
Micael Galvão (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Micael Galvão, Black belt career, 2022, competed in world-jiu-jitsu-championshipQuote, Competitors Include: Micael Galvão, Black belt career, 2022, competed in world-jiu-jitsu-championship
In June 2022 competing at the World Championship as a black belt for the first time
Claire-France Thévenon (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Claire-France Thévenon, Career, 2022Quote, Competitors Include: Claire-France Thévenon, Career, 2022
In June 2022 Thévenon won bronze at the 2022 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Rafael Mendes (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Rafael Mendes, BiographyQuote, Competitors Include: Rafael Mendes, Biography
his first world championship as a black belt
Nathalie Ribeiro (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Nathalie Ribeiro, Black belt careerQuote, Competitors Include: Nathalie Ribeiro, Black belt career
As a black belt she won bronze at the 2018 World Championship
Samantha Cook (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Samantha Cook, Competitive summary, black beltQuote, Competitors Include: Samantha Cook, Competitive summary, black belt
3rd place IBJJF World Championship (2018 / 2019)
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