The IBJJF Crown Brings 48 Black Belts to Long Beach This Sunday

The IBJJF Crown closes the weekend on Sunday in Long Beach, where 48 invited black belts fill six eight-athlete brackets for $20,000 per division. FloGrappling streams it live from 10:00 AM PT (1:00 PM ET).

The Brasília Open starts Friday morning, the Kansas City Open runs Saturday, Fight to Win 329 is Saturday night in Arlington, Virginia, and the ADCC Brazilian Nationals hold their adult divisions on Sunday.

The short version:

• The IBJJF Crown streams Sunday from 10:00 AM PT (1:00 PM ET) on FloGrappling, with five of last year’s six champions back to defend.
• Victor Hugo meets Devhonte Johnson in an openweight grappling match on ONE Fight Night 49, which starts Friday at 6:00 PM PT (9:00 PM ET) on Prime Video.
• Alexandre “Robinho” de Jesus, the 2024 No-Gi world champion at middle, opens the Brasília Open No-Gi on Friday morning.
• Wallisson “Tarta” Oliveira, the 2024 No-Gi world champion at medium heavy, is entered in the gi and no-gi in Kansas City on Saturday.
• Kleber Barboza competes at the ADCC Brazilian Nationals on Sunday, ten days after his UFC BJJ title match.

Sarah Galvão, the defending women’s lightweight champion, against Brianna Ste-Marie at last year’s Crown:

And Erich Munis on his way to the 2024 Crown title at ultra heavyweight:

The Headliner: IBJJF Crown 2026

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The IBJJF Crown is the IBJJF’s one night, invitation only event, now in its fourth edition. It runs Sunday at the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, California, with every match in the gi.

Each of the six divisions is an eight-athlete bracket, and each champion takes home $20,000. The IBJJF has not announced match times or the order of the night.

Five of last year’s six champions are back to defend. Cole Abate, the 2025 featherweight champion, is not in the field. The five, and who they face first:

• Andy Murasaki (middleweight): the two-time Crown champion opens against Rafael Gamba, this year’s brown belt world champion.
• Nolan Stuart (heavyweight): the 2025 champion opens against Davi Vetoraci.
• Erich Munis (ultra heavyweight): a three-time Crown champion and this year’s world open class champion, he opens against Francisco Papasidero, the 2026 world bronze medalist at heavy.
• Sarah Galvão (women’s lightweight): the 2025 champion opens against Giovanah Oliveira, the 2026 world bronze medalist at feather.
• Gabi Pessanha (women’s super heavyweight): the three-time Crown champion and 2026 world champion at super heavy and in the open class opens against Maria Vitória Ruffatto.

Eight first round matches pair two medalists from this year’s Worlds. Nicholas Maglicic, the world heavyweight champion, meets Leo Ferreira, the silver medalist, and Larissa Dias, the world champion at heavy, meets Ingridd Alves.

Sabrina Gondim, the world champion at feather, opens against Elisabeth Clay, the 2026 world silver medalist at middle. Sam Nagai and Fellipe Andrew, both 2023 Crown champions, are back in the field too.

Two places changed after the field was set. On October 21 the IBJJF announced that Natan Chueng replaced Jackson Nagai, who withdrew from middleweight with an illness.

At ultra heavyweight, the bracket lists Anderson Kauan where the IBJJF’s contender list still shows Helder Rodrigues.

Our bracket story has the five new black belts who drew world champions in the first round.

First round matches as the IBJJF published them on October 26, in bracket order.

Update, November 9: the IBJJF Crown results are in our results post, and the podiums are on our event page. The Brasília, Kansas City and ADCC Brazilian Nationals podiums are on each event page.

IBJJF Opens

Brasília International Open

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The Brasília Open runs at Ginásio Poliesportivo do Cruzeiro, with no-gi black belts on Friday and the gi on Saturday, both from 9:30 AM local (4:30 AM PT, 7:30 AM ET). It has 67 black belts in the gi and 35 in no-gi.

Robinho leads the no-gi field. The 2024 No-Gi world champion at middle and 2025 Pans champion at light has a bye into his first match, Friday at 10:30 AM local (5:30 AM PT), in a five man bracket.

Our breakout story has his titles and the rest of the division.

Also in Brasília:

• Pablo Oliveira (medium heavy, gi and no-gi): No. 41 in the gi ranking and a bronze medalist at middle at this year’s Europeans and Pans.
• Gabriel Machado (middle, gi): bronze at middle at this year’s Europeans and Brasileiro.
• Barbara Santos (women’s heavy, gi): won the division here last year and is its only entrant again.
• Claudiane Costa (women’s feather, gi): this year’s Sul-Americano champion at light feather in the gi and no-gi, and the only woman in her division.
• Lukas Souza (heavy, gi and no-gi): No. 83 in the no-gi ranking and silver medalist at heavy at this year’s Sul-Americano No-Gi.

Kansas City International Open

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The Kansas City Open is Saturday at Hy-Vee Arena, with gi black belts from 9:30 AM local (7:30 AM PT, 10:30 AM ET) and no-gi from 3:40 PM local (1:40 PM PT, 4:40 PM ET). It has 15 black belts in the gi and 18 in no-gi.

Tarta is entered at medium heavy in both, and each division has three men.

In the gi he opens at 10:30 AM local against the loser of Siraj Soufi vs Travis Conley, and in no-gi at 4:16 PM against the loser of Justin Fabac vs Oliver Taza.

Taza is a former Pan No-Gi champion at middle (2023) and European No-Gi champion at medium heavy (2022). Tarta also won heavy at this year’s Pan No-Gi.

Also in Kansas City:

• Vitória Assis (women’s feather, no-gi): the 2026 world silver medalist at light feather and 2025 European silver medalist at feather, and the only entrant in her division.
• Bruno Sena (light feather, gi and no-gi): defends the gi title he won here last year against Abraham Majedi, and faces Patrick Deleon in no-gi.
• Ismael Santos (feather, gi; light, no-gi): last year’s feather champion here, alone in his gi division, and the 2025 American Nationals No-Gi champion at feather.
• Gabi Schuck (women’s medium heavy, no-gi): No. 7 in the women’s no-gi ranking and a 2024 No-Gi Worlds bronze medalist, against Rebecca Charbonneau in a division of two.
• Joanna Trindade (women’s middle, no-gi): a 2023 No-Gi Worlds bronze medalist and the only entrant in her division.
• Mahmoud Jabr (middle, gi): the 2025 Pan No-Gi silver medalist at middle, who opens against Bruno Caglioni, last year’s medium heavy champion here.

Ranked black belts at the Opens

Gi ranking unless marked no-gi, as of November 4, 2026. W marks the women’s ranking. Division entrants in parentheses.

ADCC Brazilian Nationals

The ADCC Brazilian Nationals run Saturday and Sunday at Ginásio Teatrão in São José dos Campos. The adult divisions and absolutes start Sunday at 9:00 AM local (4:00 AM PT, 7:00 AM ET) on FloGrappling.

The top adult level is Advanced, with 169 entries from 141 athletes. Names to know:

• Kleber Barboza (-65 kg): the 2025 No-Gi Worlds silver medalist at light feather, who fought for the UFC BJJ bantamweight title on October 29.
• Milena Lima (+70 kg and absolute): this year’s Brasileiro No-Gi champion at super heavy.
• Weslei Costa (-60 kg): the 2025 Brasileiro No-Gi champion at rooster.
• Leticia Gomes (-50 kg and absolute): the 2025 European bronze medalist at light feather.
• Samayra Zaura (-60 kg): bronze at light at this year’s Brasileiro No-Gi.

Pro Cards

ONE Fight Night 49 is Friday at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, live on Prime Video from 6:00 PM PT (9:00 PM ET). It has one grappling match, at openweight.

Victor Hugo, the 2026 ADCC champion over 99 kilograms, meets Devhonte Johnson, the 2021 No-Gi world champion at super heavy.

Both are making their ONE debuts, and our card breakdown has their titles side by side.

Update, November 7: the ONE Fight Night 49 result is on our event page and in our results post.

Fight to Win 329 is Saturday at the DoubleTree by Hilton Washington DC Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, streaming on FloGrappling from 1:00 PM PT (4:00 PM ET). The 58 match card closes with Kelly Quinn vs Alan Lemus at 10:00 PM ET.

Maia Matalon, this year’s Pan No-Gi champion at heavy, meets Jillian Peterson at 9:39 PM ET, and Zack Ghalayini, who is registered for the No-Gi Worlds, faces Andre Waldehm at 9:11 PM ET.

Where to Watch

Brasília and Kansas City times come from the IBJJF brackets and can move during the day.

Prospect Watch: Faith Howard

Faith Howard is No. 3 in the women’s gi purple belt ranking with 365 points as of November 4. The TAC Team BJJ athlete took silver at purple belt middle at this year’s Worlds and at last year’s No-Gi Worlds, plus bronze at this year’s Pans.

She’s back in Kansas City, where she won purple belt medium heavy and the open class in the gi last year. This time she’s entered at medium heavy in the gi, against one opponent, and at middle in no-gi.

Next Weekend

The Atlanta Fall Open has Alexandria Enriquez, the 2023 No-Gi world champion at feather, Tarta again at heavy and Larissa Dias the week after the Crown. The Madre de Deus Open, the ADCC Austin Open, ACBJJ 23 and We Defy x Finishers round out the calendar.

All registrations, rankings, brackets, schedules and videos in this story come from official channels.