Key First Round Matches at the 2026 Pan No-Gi

Nine opening matches at the Pan No-Gi put two athletes with major medals against each other, according to the adult black belt brackets the IBJJF published on bjjcompsystem. Eight of them are on Saturday, October 3, and the ninth is the women’s rooster final on Sunday. Every match streams on FloGrappling, which starts its broadcast at 6:30 AM PT (9:30 AM ET) each day.

The matches below are listed exactly as the brackets publish them, with each athlete’s team from the bracket. Times are the scheduled times on bjjcompsystem and can move during the day. The first adult black belt matches of the event are set for Saturday at 11:02 AM ET, so Friday’s broadcast has no adult black belts. Every opening match in all 17 divisions is on our Pan No-Gi event hub.

The nine matches

A world champion opens against a Pan No-Gi medalist

Beatriz Gutierrez vs. Sabrina Gondim · women’s feather

• Sabrina Gondim (Fight Sports): won feather at the 2026 World Championship in the gi and took bronze at light at the 2026 Pan Championship.
• Beatriz Gutierrez (Brasa CTA): bronze at feather at the 2025 Pan No-Gi.

The defending champion meets last year’s runner up

Carol Brunacio vs. Zara Di Tofano · women’s light

• Carol Brunacio (Pirâmide Grappling Association): the defending Pan No-Gi champion at light, with bronze at light at the 2025 No-Gi World Championship and silver at feather at the 2025 World Championship in the gi.
• Zara Di Tofano (ECJJA): silver at light at the 2025 Pan No-Gi.

Two European bronze medalists

Passarinho vs. Sebastian Serpa · men’s feather

• Passarinho (Carlson Gracie Team): bronze at light feather at the 2022 European Championship.
• Sebastian Serpa (Outer Heaven): bronze at feather at the 2026 European Championship.

A No-Gi Worlds medalist against a two time Brasileiro No-Gi medalist

Danilo Moreira vs. Guilherme Rocha · men’s light

• Danilo Moreira (Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu): bronze at light at the 2023 No-Gi World Championship and the 2022 Pan No-Gi, and silver at feather at the 2019 Brazilian National No-Gi Championship.
• Guilherme Rocha (ZR Team Association): bronze at middle at the Brazilian National No-Gi Championship in 2019 and 2022.

The defending champion draws a three time European No-Gi champion

Julia Maele vs. Sarah Galvão · women’s middle

• Sarah Galvão (Atos Jiu-Jitsu): the defending Pan No-Gi champion at middle. In the gi this year she won light at the European and Pan Championships and took silver at light and in the open class at the World Championship, and last month she took silver at 65kg at the ADCC World Championship, according to ADCC.
• Julia Maele (OXY): European No-Gi champion at middle in 2019 and 2022 and at light in 2024, with bronze at light at the 2025 Pan No-Gi.

A ranked contender against last year’s silver medalist

Fernanda Cristo vs. Gabi Schuck · women’s medium heavy

• Gabi Schuck (Double Five Highland Village): seventh in the IBJJF women’s adult black belt no-gi ranking as of September 29, with bronze at middle at the 2024 No-Gi World Championship and silver at middle at the 2024 Pan No-Gi.
• Fernanda Cristo (Celso Ricardo New Level School): silver at medium heavy at the 2025 Pan No-Gi, bronze at middle at the 2025 No-Gi World Championship, and bronze at medium heavy at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships in the gi.

Two No-Gi Worlds medalists at heavy

Maria Vitória Ruffatto vs. Maia Matalon · women’s heavy

• Maria Vitória Ruffatto (Canby Jiu-Jitsu): won heavy at the 2023 Pan No-Gi, took bronze at heavy and in the open class at the 2024 No-Gi World Championship, and took bronze in the open class at the 2026 World Championship in the gi.
• Maia Matalon (High Noon BJJ Team): bronze at the No-Gi World Championship at heavy in 2017 and at super heavy in 2025.

ADCC’s youngest women’s champion opens her Pan No-Gi

Helena Crevar vs. Bridgett Brumbaugh · women’s super heavy

• Helena Crevar (Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu): fourth in the IBJJF women’s adult black belt no-gi ranking as of September 29 and the 2025 No-Gi world champion at medium heavy, and last month she won the over 65kg division at the ADCC World Championship, according to ADCC.
• Bridgett Brumbaugh (Active Jiu-Jitsu): bronze at super heavy at the 2025 World Championship and the 2026 Pan Championship, both in the gi.

A two woman division, decided in one match

Mariana Rolszt vs. Gabby Etzel · women’s rooster final

Only two women are registered at rooster, so their match on Sunday is the final.

• Mariana Rolszt (Gracie Humaita): the defending Pan No-Gi champion at rooster, with silver at the No-Gi World Championship in 2023 and 2024 and silver at rooster at the 2026 Pan Championship in the gi.
• Gabby Etzel (Upper Twelve Jiu-Jitsu): bronze at rooster at the 2025 Pan Championship in the gi.

Sources and where to watch

Brackets, teams and times are from the IBJJF’s official brackets on bjjcompsystem. Titles and medals are from IBJJF results unless another source is named, and Galvão’s and Crevar’s ADCC results are from ADCC’s official results. Rankings are the IBJJF adult black belt no-gi ranking as of September 29, 2026.

The full field, the defending champions and the ranked entrants are on the event hub, the rest of the weekend is in The Weekend Ahead, and every upcoming event is on the calendar.