2025 IBJJF Pans, Day 1-5: BJJ Results, Highlights
03/23/2025 11:49 PM
Join us for the 2025 IBJJF Pans, with the major BJJ event happening from Mar. 19 to Mar. 23, 2025.
The second of four major IBJJF events happens at the Silver Spurs Arena in Florida. The 2025 Pan Jiu-jitsu Championship starts Wednesday (March 19, 2025) and will go on for five days until Sunday (Mar. 23, 2025).
The gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) event will stream LIVE on FloGrappling, starting at 9:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, and will continue until the event concludes on Sunday. A free live stream of the earlier matches will possibly be on YouTube, which will be embedded below once it's available.
2025 IBJJF Pans preview: Can BJJ stars Dalpra, Reis, Pato continue path to Grand Slam Title?
After the IBJJF Euros in January, the IBJJF Pans is the second of four major IBJJF tournaments in 2025, with the World Championship and Brazilian Nationals happening later in the year.
12 gold medalists from the IBJJF Euros are set to return for the IBJJF Pans, including world champion grapplers in Tainan Dalpra, Diogo Reis, Diego Pato, Adam Wardzinski, Mayssa Bastos and Gabi Pessanha. It'll be interesting to see which of these BJJ stars can take another step towards winning all four majors and achieve the distinction as an "IBJJF Grand Slam" winner.
Much like the IBJJF Euros, featherweight will be the most stacked division in the IBJJF Pans, with six-time world champ Diego Pato, no gi world champ Cole Abate, and IBJJF world champ Samuel Nagai all joining. Dalpra will be a favorite at middleweight, but Pedro Maia and Atos standouts Andy Murasaki and Rolando Samson will all be looking for the upset.
In the women's side of things, lightweight is pretty deep with six-time IBJJF world champ Luiza Monteiro, ADCC trials winner Alex Enriquez, and 2025 IBJJF Euros winner Janaina Lebre competing.
Lower belts start on the first couple of days, with the list of competitors found here. Black belt Master divisions start on Thursday (Mar. 20, 2025), while Adult black belt divisions happen on the final two days of the event (Mar. 22-23, 2025).
2025 IBJJF Pan Jiu-jitsu Championship: Results and Video Highlights
Thousands of grapplers are in Florida for the 2025 IBJJF Pan Jiu-jitsu Championship, with adult black belt divisions alone accounting for almost 250 grapplers. This results post will mainly focus on black belts, along with the few notable professionals and performances in the colored belts.
The long list of medalists and key highlights will be posted below, so keep checking back in the next nine days for all the 2025 IBJJF Pans action.
Brown Belt
BJJ prodigies Helena Crevar and Sarah Galvao each won gold in their respective divisions, with Andre Galvao's daughter also taking bronze in the open weight division. While the taking those two medals is already an impressive feat for the lightweight (141.6 lbs), Galvao's run at absolute also included a 6-0 win over Crevar.
Watch the match between the two BJJ pros and probably the best colored belt match up possible today:
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / LIGHT (141.60LB)
Gold: Sarah C. Firme Galvao
Silver: Larissa Manuelle Oliveira dos Santos
Bronze: Agnes Louise McKervey
Bronze: Selma Essahli Vik
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / MEDIUM-HEAVY (163.60LB)
Gold: Helena Crevar
Silver: Gabriela de Miranda Barroso
Bronze: Aghata Adriane Rabelo Fernandes
Bronze: Katrina Luise Schmale
FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / OPEN CLASS
Gold: Maria Raniele Alencar Lima
Silver: Luane Carvalho Correia
Bronze: Lillian Jane Marchand
Bronze: Sarah C. Firme Galvao
Black Belt
UFC legend Demetrious Johnson loses in the first round
Former UFC champion Demetrious Johnson joined the 2025 IBJJF Pans at the Master 2 (age 35 and up) featherweight division. The decorated MMA champion faced a far more seasoned BJJ competitor and world masters champion in Leon Amancio, and Johnson lost in the opening round.
"Your boy went 0 and 1. I lost the first match," Demetrious Johnson said. "Single elimination, the gentleman was able to sweep me, he got up by 2 points. I was not able to pass his guard, but we came away with some good knowledge from the tournament."
Amancio went on to take silver in the division, losing to eventual gold medalist Lucas Lima.
In the adult black belt divisions, several world champions shined. In the stacked featherweight division, Diego Pato beat Cole Abate in the finals to take IBJJF Pans gold, while Tainan Dalpra beat his usual Atos rivals to win at middleweight again.
No gi star Roberto Jimenez had really good runs in the gi at both heavyweight and the Absolute divisions as he took home two silver medals.Ending up with gold and beating him in the finals are world champs Adam Wardzinski and Gutemberg Pereira.
Two-time ADCC world champion Diogo Reis looked good in the gi for the most part, but lost in the light featherweight finals to Rerisson Gabriel.
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / ROOSTER
Gold: Michael Jalen B. Fonacier
Silver: Yuri Hendrex Assunção Soares
Bronze: Carlos Alberto Oliveira da Silva
Bronze: Tadiyah William Danforth
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / LIGHT-FEATHER
Gold: Rerisson dos Santos Gabriel
Silver: Diogo Pinheiro dos Reis
Bronze: Jordan Vaisman
Bronze: Marcos Antonio Gomes Guedes
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / FEATHER
Gold: Diego Oliveira Batista
Silver: Cole Anthony Abate
Bronze: Isaac Nolan Doederlein
Bronze: Marco Vinicius Mendes Brito
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / LIGHT
Gold: Alexandre Joaquim de Jesus
Silver: Jackson Nagai Hatchwell Junior
Bronze: Julio Souza Arantes
Bronze: Matheus Gabriel Pinheiro Barros
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / MIDDLE
Gold: Tainan Dalpra Costa
Silver: Andy Tomas Murasaki Pereira
Bronze: Pedro Henrique Maia Costa
Bronze: Rolando Villanueva Samson
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / MEDIUM-HEAVY
Gold: Francisco de Assis Lemos Lo
Silver: Jose Mathias Macedo de Lira Luna
Bronze: Raul Barbosa Basílio
Bronze: Rui Alves Neto
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / HEAVY
Gold: Adam Piotr Wardzinski
Silver: Roberto Francisco Jimenez
Bronze: Lucas Norat Lopes
Bronze: Pedro Henrique Pinheiro Machado de Souza
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / SUPER-HEAVY
Gold: Nolan Patrick Braga Stuart
Silver: Paulo Henrique Merlin
Bronze: Mateus Rodrigues de Souza
Bronze: Wesley Felix Oliveira da Silva
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / ULTRA-HEAVY
Gold: Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro de Siqueira
Silver: Helder Jose Rodrigues Júnior
Bronze: Lucas Valentim Alves Montalvão
Bronze: Pedro José Pessoa de Melo Bisneto
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / OPEN CLASS
Gold: Gutemberg de Jesus Santos Pereira
Silver: Roberto Francisco Jimenez
Bronze: Gustavo Espindola Batista
Bronze: Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro de Siqueira
In the women's divisions, Thaynara Victoria won a pretty stacked light featherweight division that had champions like Mayssa Bastos and Shelby Murphey, while Gabi Pessanha continued her dominance to take double gold once again.
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / ROOSTER
Gold: Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas
Silver: Mariana Cabral Rolszt
Bronze: Gabrielle Kari Etzel
Bronze: Thaís Loureiro Felipe
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / LIGHT-FEATHER
Gold: Thaynara Victoria Soares da Silva
Silver: Shelby Lena Murphey
Bronze: Brenda Larissa Alves da Silva
Bronze: Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / FEATHER
Gold: Maria Luiza Nunes Pinto
Silver: Cassia Moura Remesar
Bronze: Emily Rosalynn Nicholson
Bronze: Larissa Campos Carvalho
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / LIGHT
Gold: Janaina Maia de Menezes
Silver: Luiza Monteiro Moura da Costa
Bronze: Jaine da Silva Fragoso
Bronze: Joanna Christine Trindade
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / MIDDLE
Gold: Gisele Constante Menezes Tavares
Silver: Ana Beatriz Santos Silva
Bronze: Kennedy Paige Franklin
Bronze: Vitoria Gabriella Nogueira dos Reis
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / MEDIUM-HEAVY
Gold: Maria Carolina Barón Vicentini
Silver: Aurélie Le Vern
Bronze: Nia Vivienne Blackman
Bronze: Salla Mari Simola
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / HEAVY
Gold: Larissa Dias de Almeida
Silver: Maria Malgorzata Malyjasiak
Bronze: Karoline Silva Caramori
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / SUPER-HEAVY
Gold: Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho
Silver: Isabely Generoso da Silva Lemos
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / OPEN CLASS
Gold: Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho
Silver: Izadora Cristina Silva
Bronze: Maria Malgorzata Malyjasiak
Bronze: Salla Mari Simola
Also in the Masters division, BJJ legend Joao Miyao added another title to his incredible resume, winning three matches and submitting every opponent by foot lock.
MALE / MASTER 1 / BLACK / LIGHT-FEATHER (141.60LB)
Gold: João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao
Silver: Misha Akira Kanai
Bronze: Cleito Soares de Resende Junior
Bronze: Dennis Jacome de Oliveira
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