Gabi Pessanha’s 2024 Crown Final Leads This Week’s Must Watch

Gabi Pessanha has won every Crown ever held at women’s super heavyweight, and on November 8 in Long Beach she goes for a fourth at the IBJJF Crown. Her 2024 final went up on FloGrappling Brasil this week, and it is the best place to start.

After that comes a Crown champion’s double gold in Houston, the first step of an ADCC title run, ten finishes from New Jersey and two finals from Curitiba.

1. Three Crown matches, three rear naked chokes

Gabi Pessanha vs. Mel Cueto · IBJJF Crown 2024, women’s super heavyweight final

Mel Cueto came to Long Beach as a two-time world champion at heavyweight, and the final put her across from the woman who has won super heavyweight and the open class at every Worlds since 2021.

Pessanha finished all three of her opponents that night with rear naked chokes, Cueto included, for her second straight Crown. The bracket the Infight star defends on November 8 includes three-time world champion Larissa Dias and ADCC silver medalist Anabel Lopez.

2. The Crown’s middleweight champion warms up in Houston

Andy Murasaki vs. Kalum Klausner · Houston Fall Open 2026, open class final

Andy Murasaki has held the Crown middleweight title since 2024, and four weeks before he defends it, he won medium heavy and the open class at the Houston Fall Open.

This open class final was the second in two weeks for Kalum Klausner, who took silver behind teammate Leonardo Souza at the San Antonio Fall Open. Last week’s list opened with Murasaki’s 2024 Pans final against Mica Galvão, who is in his Crown bracket.

3. Where Luke Griffith’s ADCC gold run began

Luke Griffith vs. Marcin Maciulewicz · ADCC Worlds 2026, 99kg opening round

Luke Griffith opened his ADCC Worlds against Marcin Maciulewicz, the first of four wins that ended with a rear naked choke on Kaynan Duarte in the 99kg final.

The Kingsway black belt became the first South African to win ADCC gold since Penny Thomas in 2007. One of the men he beat on the way, Achilles Rocha, shows up again in No. 4.

4. Ten finishes from the ADCC New Jersey Open

Highlights · ADCC New Jersey Open 2026, ten submissions

ADCC’s countdown from last Saturday in Jackson Township includes Achilles Rocha, who won the men’s absolute five weeks after facing Griffith at ADCC Worlds, and Joslyn Molina, the youngest medalist in ADCC World Championship history, who won the women’s absolute.

Division winners Cindy Ung, Amanda Mazza and Matthew Masch are in it too. Every podium is on our New Jersey Open page.

5. Two Opens, two golds for the Sul-Americano champion

Elisa Carmo vs. Mariana Doi · Curitiba Spring Open 2026, women’s feather final

Elisa Carmo won feather at the Sul-Americano last month and kept going. This final against Mariana Doi gave her the title at the Curitiba Spring Open, and a week later she won the same division at the Rio Spring Open.

6. Double gold in Curitiba

Maria Carolina Joia vs. Júlia Berté · Curitiba Spring Open 2026, women’s middle final

Maria Carolina Joia came to Curitiba ranked 49th in the women’s gi ranking as of October 8 and left with gold at middle and in the open class, where she beat Samayra Zaura in the final.

Her first gold came in this middle final against Júlia Berté, and by October 14 she was up to No. 32.

What comes next

Three IBJJF Opens, the ADCC Vancouver Open and two pro cards fill this weekend, all on this weekend’s page. The European No-Gi Championship starts October 28 in Italy, UFC BJJ 13 is October 29, and the Crown is November 8. Every event is on the calendar.

Every video and result in this post comes from official channels.