The IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Con International 2023 took place on September 1st, 2023 and some of the best gi grapplers in the world made the journey to compete in the event. Although this tournament isn’t considered a major event in the IBJJF calendar, the surrounding festivities at Jiu-Jitsu Con are. That means that some of the medalists wouldn’t look out of place on the podium of any IBJJF major, like Diego ‘Pato’ Oliveira winning gold at light-featherweight or Pedro Alex winning gold at ultra-heavyweight. There were quite a few big names at heavyweight too, and that showed in the fact that the podium was almost identical to that in the absolute division.
Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa won gold, Mateus Rodrigues took silver, and Caio Vinicius left with a bronze medal in both the heavyweight and the absolute divisions, as only the other bronze medalist changed. There were plenty of elite female competitors who won gold at the event too, like Mayssa Bastos at light-featherweight, Larissa Campos at middleweight, and at Leticia Cardozo at heavyweight. The spotlight was on Gabrieli Pessanha though, as she continued her dominant run in recent years and won both super-heavyweight and the absolute division.
IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Con International 2023 Full Results
Men’s Divisions
Roosterweight
1 – Everton Teixeira
2 – Tomoro Ide
3 – Abraham Mejedi
3 – Samuel Marquez
Light-featherweight
1 – Frank Cespedes
2 – Willis Nunes
3 – Leonardo Martins
3 – Pedro Dias
Featherweight
1 – Diego ‘Pato’ Oliveira
2 – Kazuhiro Suzuki
3 – Edward Vincente
3 – Emilio Hernandez
Lightweight
1 – Gabriel Cardoso
2 – Danilo Moreira
3 – Daniel Maira
3 – Richar Nogueira
Middleweight
1 – Guilherme Cleovan
2 – Alef Brito
3 – Adam Wayne
3 – Rafael Silveira
Medium-heavyweight
1 – Nolan Stuart
2 – Rafael dos Anjos Torres
3 – Joao Cizeski
3 – Jose Jurema
Heavyweight
1 – Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa
2 – Mateus Rodrigues
3 – Caio Vinicius
3 – Filipe Pimentel
Super-heavyweight
1 – Joshua Guerra
2 – Mair Amaral
3 – Davi Cabral
3 – Jackson Douglas
Ultra-heavyweight
1 – Pedro Alex
2 – Colton Scott
Absolute
1 – Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa
2 – Mateus Rodrigues
3 – Caio Vinicius
3 – Michael Roy
Women’s Divisions
Roosterweight
1 – Margarita Ochoa
Light-featherweight
1 – Mayssa Bastos
2 – Dorothy Dao
3 – Jazmin Hamuy
Featherweight
1 – Larissa Campos
2 – Karen Terra
3 – Alexa Yanes
3 – Jessica Crane
Lightweight
1 – Maria Luiza
2 – Janine Mutton
3 – Chayse Diekema
3 – Joanne Trindade
Middleweight
1 – Nikki Lloyd-Griffiths
2 – Mayara Santos de Melo
3 – Geordania Moreira
3 – Thamires Monteiro
Heavyweight
1 – Leticia Cardozo
2 – Raquel de Oliveira Santos
3 – Eduarda Goncalves
Super-heavyweight
1 – Gabrieli Pessanha
2 – Talita Nogueira
3 – Maryanna Cardoso
Absolute
1 – Gabrieli Pessanha
2 – Raquel de Oliveira Santos
3 – Chayse Diekema
3 – Eduarda Goncalves
The full results from all of the colored belt divisions at the IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Con International 2023 can be found here.
