Sul-Americano 2026 Results: Every Black Belt Podium From Barueri
Vinicius Liberati won super heavy and the open class, Izadora Cristina won heavy and the women’s open class, and Hygor Brito took ultra heavy in Barueri.
Three days of adult black belt competition at the Ginásio Poliesportivo José Correa ended Sunday with 17 division champions and two open class winners, according to the IBJJF's official results. The field had 153 adult black belts, 120 men and 33 women, according to IBJJF registrations.
Podiums
Every adult black belt podium as the IBJJF lists it, with each athlete's team in parentheses.
Men
| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster | Josué Braga (White House Jiu-Jitsu School) | Yuri da Silva Campos (Brothers Club) | Flávio Alessandro Pontes da Costa (Rocian Gracie Junior de Jiu-Jitsu) Jorge Arthur de Souza (BR-48 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) |
| Light feather | Carlos “Juninho” Junior (Alliance) | Eduardo Sousa do Nascimento (R1NG BJJ) | Matheus Yudi Onda (Barbosa Jiu-Jitsu) Thiago Assumpçao Taborda (Carlos Dorado Jiu-Jitsu School) |
| Feather | Gustavo Silva (Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) | Guilherme Lopes Silva (Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) | Cleison Santos (Alliance) Madson Sagica da Costa (GF Team) |
| Light | Rômulo “Bull” Rocha (Alliance) | Thyago Silva Santana (GF Team) | Carlos Wagner Rosa Pereira (Nova União) Luiz Rezende Neto (Alliance) |
| Middle | Emerson Victor (Esporte Dez / Instituto Calasans Camargo) | Yuri Gabriel Rodrigues (Nova União) | Darlan Vinicius da Silva Casaca (Atos Jiu-Jitsu Rio) Lucas Tres Arena de Souza (Guetho Jiu-Jitsu) |
| Medium heavy | Edu Alves (Alliance) | Manoel Miguel da Rocha P. Jr. (Milioli Jiu-Jitsu) | Kauã Araujo Gonçalves (Nova União) Lucas Gualberto Gomes Nascimento (Team 6 BJJ) |
| Heavy | Luiz Felipe “Felipinho” Assis (Alliance) | Jeferson Jose dos Santos Silva (DreamArt) | Elder da Silveira Gomes Júnior (JFC Almeida JJ) Igor Ferreira Ribeiro (Team 6 BJJ) |
| Super heavy | Vinicius Liberati (Soldiers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) | Caio Pinheiro Gonçalves (Lotus Club) | João Victor T. M. Leal (Alliance) Paulo Vitor de Amorim Moraes (Zero84) |
| Ultra heavy | Hygor Brito (Lotus Club) | Alvaro Pinheiro de Souza Silva (Brothers Club) | Cleyton Rafael Silva Flores (Team Cruz BJJ) Hericks Luiz Lacerda da Silva (Gracie Barra) |
| Open class | Vinicius Liberati (Soldiers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) | Manoel Miguel da Rocha P. Jr. (Milioli Jiu-Jitsu) | Igor Ferreira Ribeiro (Team 6 BJJ) Lucas Gualberto Gomes Nascimento (Team 6 BJJ) |
Women
| Division | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster | Jessica Caroline (Pax Jiu-Jitsu Academy) | Ana Júlia Samara R. Lima (CheckMat) | Ana Paula Lopes de Moraes (Pro Training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) |
| Light feather | Claudiane Costa (GF Team) | Laura de Fátima Oliveira (LEAD BJJ) | Camila Caroline dos Santos Reis (Lotus Club) |
| Feather | Elisa Carmo (Espíndola Jiu-Jitsu) | Ana Vitória Pantoja (Pax Jiu-Jitsu Academy) | Amanda Moreira de Jesus (Cicero Costha Internacional) Constanza Isabel Serón Nenen (Cicero Costha Internacional) |
| Light | Laryssa Souza (Kactus BJJ) | Giovanah Oliveira (JFC Almeida JJ) | Camila Muniz de Assis (Instituto Vencedores Em Cristo BJJ) Dayane Aline de Souza (Au Jiu-Jitsu Team) |
| Middle | Alexia Arantes (Vision) | Maria Carolina Joia da Silva (Atos Jiu-Jitsu) | Andreia Lopes Cavalcante (ZR Team Association) Angela Paz Correa Alarcón (Double Five) |
| Medium heavy | Maria Vitória Monteiro (Alliance) | Graziele de Morais Almeida (Ryan Gracie Team) | Eduarda Karoline da Silva (JFC Almeida JJ) Maria Clara de Assis F. Barreto (Gracie Barra) |
| Heavy | Izadora Cristina (DreamArt) | Natacha Ribeiro (Gracie Barra) | Lunar Cristina Schiavini Nicodem (Academia CM System) |
| Super heavy | Kauany Queiroz (GF Team) | Luana Gonçalves da Cruz (Soul Fighters Asja SC) | Edilaine Dantas Caetano (Soul Fighters Asja SC) Sabrina Stahnke Cechin (JS Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brazil) |
| Open class | Izadora Cristina (DreamArt) | Giovanah Oliveira (JFC Almeida JJ) | Kauany Queiroz (GF Team) Natacha Ribeiro (Gracie Barra) |
Notable results
Vinicius Liberati of Soldiers Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, fifth in the IBJJF adult black belt gi ranking as of September 23, won super heavy and the open class. He is the 2026 world champion at super heavy and won the same two divisions at the 2025 Sul-Americano, according to IBJJF results.
Izadora Cristina of DreamArt won heavy and the women's open class. She won heavy at the 2024 Pan Championship and took bronze at medium heavy at the 2026 World Championship, according to IBJJF results.
Hygor Brito of Lótus Club won ultra heavy over Alvaro Pinheiro de Souza Silva in the final. He took bronze at ultra heavy at the 2026 European Championship and silver there in 2025.
Luiz Felipe Assis of Alliance, ranked 25th as of September 23 and the 2026 Pan champion at heavy, won heavy. Edu Alves, the 2026 European champion at medium heavy, won medium heavy for Alliance, and Rômulo Rocha, the 2026 world bronze medalist at light, won light, also for Alliance. Alliance athletes won four of the nine men's weight divisions.
Jessica Caroline of Pax Jiu-Jitsu Academy, the 2026 world silver medalist at rooster, won rooster for her fifth Sul-Americano title, after rooster in 2021 and light feather in 2022, 2023 and 2025, according to IBJJF results. Kauany Queiroz of GF Team won super heavy, a division she also won in 2023.
Josué Braga, a bronze medalist at rooster at the 2026 Pan Championship, won rooster, and Carlos Junior, a bronze medalist at light feather at the 2026 Brasileiro, won light feather. At feather, Gustavo Silva took gold and Guilherme Lopes Silva silver, both for Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Emerson Victor won middle.
Among the women, Claudiane Costa, the 2026 Brasileiro No-Gi champion at light feather, won light feather. Elisa Carmo won feather, Laryssa Souza won light, Alexia Arantes won middle, and Maria Vitória Monteiro won medium heavy.
Disqualifications
The official brackets list 13 adult black belt disqualifications, 12 for no show and one for overweight. Two ranked men were among them: Erich Munis, first in the gi ranking as of September 23, was listed as a no show in his first ultra heavy match, and Anderson Munis, 92nd, was listed as a no show at super heavy. The full list is on our Sul-Americano 2026 event page.
Full results and brackets
The podiums, registrations and brackets are on our Sul-Americano 2026 event page. The official sources are the IBJJF results page and the official brackets.
What comes next
The IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship runs October 2 to 4 in Secaucus, NJ. ONE Fight Night 48 is on October 2 in Bangkok, and Polaris 39 is on October 3 in Doncaster, England. Every upcoming event is on the calendar.
