The results are in from the IBJJF World Championship 2023 after several days of high-level grappling action from June 1st to 4th, 2023. A new generation of world champions have been crowned and although some divisions went exactly as expected in early previews of the tournament, there were plenty of surprises along the way too. Perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the whole tournament came in the middleweight division, where Jansen Gomes defeated both Tye Ruotolo and the reigning champion Tainan Dalpra to claim gold.
While there were several success stories from the event and a champion in every single division, there were only two black belts who managed to leave with a pair of gold medals. That was because they won the absolute division along with their respective weight classes as well, the highest accomplishment a competitor can have at an event. Victor Hugo won the men’s ultra-heavyweight and absolute divisions, while Gabrieli Pessanha emerged victorious in the women’s super-heavyweight and absolute divisions.
IBJJF World Championship 2023 Full Results
As always, there were hundreds of competitors across every coloured belt level taking to the mats before the black belts got a chance to compete and there was a number of highlights from there as well. AOJ prodigy Shelby Murphey and top ATOS competitor Rafael Silveira put in great performances to win their brown belt divisions and, along with several other exciting grapplers, received their black belts on the podium. They’ll be stepping in to the toughest divisions on the planet when they return to the IBJJF World Championship next year, and below are all of the black belt results from 2023.
Men’s Divisions
Roosterweight
1 – Lucas Pinheiro
2 – Thalison Soares
3 – Carlos Alberto
3 – Roiter Lima
Light-featherweight
1 – Diego ‘Pato’ Oliveira
2 – Meyram Maquine
3 – Cleber Sousa
3 – Diogo Reis
Featherweight
1 – Samuel Nagai
2 – Diego Sodre
3 – Fabricio Andrey
3 – Isaac Doederlein
Lightweight
1 – Johnatha Alves
2 – Pedro Maia
3 – Jackson Nagai
3 – Murilo Amaral
Middleweight
1 – Jansen Gomes
2 – Tainan Dalpra
3 – Rolando Samson
3 – Tye Ruotolo
Medium-heavyweight
1 – Gustavo Batista
2 – Andy Murasaki
3 – Isaque Bahiense
3 – Sebastian Rodriguez
Heavyweight
1 – Fellipe Andrew
2 – Pedro Machado
3 – Dimitrius Souza
3 – Rider Zuchi
Super-heavyweight
1 – Erich Munis
2 – Kaynan Duarte
3 – Felipe Costa
3 – Gutemberg Pereira
Ultra-heavyweight
1 – Victor Hugo
2 – Marcus Ribeiro
3 – Alexander Trans
3 – Guilherme Augusto
Absolute
1 – Victor Hugo
2 – Erich Munis
3 – Kaynan Duarte
3 – Paulo Merlin
Women’s Divisions
Roosterweight
1 – Mayssa Bastos
2 – Jhenifer Aquino
3 – Brenda Larissa
3 – Mariana Rolszt
Light-featherweight
1 – Jessa Khan
2 – Thamires Aquino
3 – Jessica Dantas
3 – Rose El Sharouni
Featherweight
1 – Bianca Basilio
2 – Anna Rodrigues
3 – Gabriela Pereira
3 – Margot Ciccarelli
Lightweight
1 – Ffion Davies
2 – Janaina Lebre
3 – Brianna Ste-Marie
3 – Luciane dos Santos Silva
Middleweight
1 – Andressa Cintra
2 – Thalyta Silva
3 – Thamara Ferreira
3 – Vannessa Griffin
Medium-heavyweight
1 – Amy Campo
2 – Maria Malyjasiak
3 – Ana Vieira
3 – Aurelie Vern
Heavyweight
1 – Melissa Stricker
2 – Larissa Dias
3 – Nathiely De Jesus
3 – Tamiris Silva
Super-heavyweight
1 – Gabrieli Pessanha
2 – Mayara Custodio
3 – Amanda Magda
3 – Claire-France Thevenon
Absolute
1 – Gabrieli Pessanha
2 – Ana Vieira
3 – Amy Campo
3 – Melissa Stricker Cueto
The full results from every coloured belt divisions at the IBJJF World Championship 2023 can be found here.
