The IBJJF No Gi South American Championship 2025 took place from September 19th to 20th, 2025 and the event attracted some of the best grapplers from the continent. Pedro Alex emerged as the double champion in the men’s divisions, beating tough opponents in both the ultra-heavyweight and the absolute brackets. There were big names in all the heavier brackets though, as Rafael Trabuco and Iago Duarte both took gold at super-heavyweight and heavyweight respectively. Although there were plenty of fun matches and exciting finishes everywhere, Yuri Silva was the other notable competitor and he managed to stand on top of the podium at light-featherweight.
It was Vitoria Vieira who earned double gold in the women’s divisions, winning both the middleweight and absolute divisions. She beat heavyweight champion Eliza Vasconcelos in the final and medium-heavyweight champion Thaynara Victoria in the final of the absolute, completing an excellent run there. The only champion from the heavier division who wasn’t there was Izadora Silva, who won gold at super-heavyweight. Rounding out the most well-known female competitors to emerge victorious here is Caroline Brunacio, who won the lightweight division, and Barbara Souza; who was the featherweight champion. As always this was a great look at some of the talent emerging in South America and it’s likely that fans will see much more of all of the gold medalists in the years to come.
IBJJF No Gi South American Championship 2025 Full Results
Men’s Divisions
Roosterweight
1 – Josue Lira
2 – Jose Silva
3 – Weslei Costa
Light-Featherweight
1 – Yuri Silva
2 – Thiago Taborda
3 – Aniel Bonifacio
3 – Welerson Goncalves
Featherweight
1 – Henrique Cordeiro
2 – Ermeson Sousa
3 – Anderson Oliveira
3 – Bernardo Albuquerque
Lightweight
1 – Marcio Cruz
2 – Gabriel Andrade
3 – Andre Lipienski
3 – Rodrigo Braga
Middleweight
1 – Pier Paolo Chiappe
2 – Arley Pacheco
3 – Eduardo Roque
3 – Felipe Schiavon
Medium-Heavyweight
1 – Andre Brito
2 – Matheus Nascimento
3 – Caique Trindade
3 – Leon Stavola
Heavyweight
1 – Iago Duarte
2 – Igor Ribeiro
3 – Julio Almeida
3 – Lukas Cardoso
Super-Heavyweight
1 – Rafael Trabuco
2 – Jardel Oliveira
3 – Caio Vinicius
3 – Wesley Felipe
Ultra-Heavyweight
1 – Pedro Alex
2 – Steffano Samtos
3 – Erly Filho
3 – Victor Ramos
Absolute Division
1 – Pedro Alex
2 – Pedro Vieira
3 – Andre Luiz
3 – Eduardo Roque
Women’s Divisions
Light-Featherweight
1 – Lizane Ferreira
Featherweight
1 – Barbara Souza
2 – Bianca Giannini
3 – Anabelle Dominico
3 – Leticia Barbosa
Lightweight
1 – Caroline Brunacio
2 – Lindacy Nascimento
Middleweight
1 – Vitoria Vieira
2 – Rebeca Lima
3 – Julia Boscher
3 – Maria Silva
Medium-Heavyweight
1 – Thaynara Silva
2 – Karen Correia
Heavyweight
1 – Eliza Vasconcelos
2 – Thayene Lira
3 – Erika Souza
Super-Heavyweight
1 – Izadora Silva
2 – Paola Souza
3 – Bruna Braga
3 – Katharine Willmer
Absolute Division
1 – Vitoria Vieira
2 – Thaynara Silva
3 – Eliza Vasconcelos
3 – Katharine Willmer
The full results for every colored belt division of the IBJJF No Gi South American Championship 2025 can be found here.
