IBJJF No Gi Worlds, Day 1-3: Live results, video highlights

Join us for the 2024 IBJJF No Gi Worlds, with the BJJ event happening from Thursday to Saturday.

The 2024 IBJJF no gi world championship will happen in the next three days, starting TODAY (Thurs., Dec. 12, 2024) up to SATURDAY (Dec. 14, 2024). The Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) institution will end their calendar year with the major event, and will have thousands of grapplers competing for their prestigious world titles.

The no gi jiu-jitsu event will stream LIVE on FloGrappling, starting at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, and will continue on to Friday and Saturday. There may also be a free live stream of the earlier matches, which we will embed here once it’s available.

Preview: BJJ and wrestling stars to watch at IBJJF No Gi Worlds

Black belt divisions start from Friday onto Saturday and will be featuring several world champions, but there are also some very notable professional grapplers in the colored belts as well. Full brackets for the 2024 IBJJF No Gi World Championships are available here.

At black belt, there are several returning champions and other BJJ stars, including the likes of Edwin Ocasio, Roosevelt Sousa, and Elder Cruz, along with ADCC 2024 vets Jacob Couch and Felipe Costa. The women’s side of things will feature BJJ champs like Mayssa Bastos and Elisabeth Clay. It will also mark the long overdue no gi debut of the most dominant force in the gi today in Gabi Pessanha.

There are also notable professional grapplers and ADCC veterans in the lower belts, with the likes of Dorian Olivarez and Achilles Rocha competing at brown belt, and Helena Crevar and Michael Pixley competing at purple belt.

Blue belt will also feature two champion wrestlers. Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis will make her IBJJF debut, while US Open champ and CJI vet Pat Downey will take a massive step down in competition from facing the likes of Gordon Ryan and Luke Rockhold. A bunch of hobbyist beginners are likely about to get rag-dolled by these champion wrestlers, but technically IBJJF is also partly at fault for these impending mismatches.

IBJJF No Gi World Championship: Results and Video Highlights

Thousands of competitors have joined the three day-event, with adult black belt divisions alone accounting for well over 200 grapplers. This results post will mainly focus on black belts, along with the few notable professionals and performances in the colored belts.

The long list of medalists and key highlights will be posted below, so keep checking back in the next three days.

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Olympic wrestling star Helen Maroulis was successful in her switch to BJJ

Blue Belt

The two wrestling champions pretty much dominated the field. Three-time Olympic medalist Helen Maroulis won gold, but Pat Downey isn’t going home with a medal after a brawl in his final match. He did still earn his purple belt after though, so he’ll at least compete against better opposition next time.

Wrestler Pat Downey wins three matches, then gets disqualified after brawl

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IBJJF No GI Worlds- Pat Downey puts his opponent to sleep in front headlock- when he wakes up he starts a fight. Both DQ’d. @FloWrestling @WrestlingSNL pic.twitter.com/F3UfeeRDGj

— Conrad Carver (@conraddave0620) December 13, 2024

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Olympic champ Helen Maroulis wins 5 matches and gold in switch to BJJ

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FEMALE / ADULT / BLUE / LIGHTWEIGHT (136 lbs.)

Gold: Helen Louise Maroulis

Silver: Seika Rebecca Van Keuren

Bronze: Samantha Carolina Ojeda, Taylor Elaine Wingstrom

Brown Belt

ADCC vet Dorian Olivarez won gold at brown belt, as did two second generation grapplers in Vagner Rocha’s son Achilles Rocha and Andre Galvao’s daughter Sarah Galvao. AOJ teenage phenoms Mia Funegra and Ashlee Funegra also closed out their division.

MALE / ADULT / BROWN / LIGHTWEIGHT (162.6 lbs.)

Gold: Dorian Michael Olivarez

Silver: Luca Martone-Martel

Bronze: Noah Rodrigues Alves, Suleyman Samet Göktopal

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MALE / ADULT / BROWN / HEAVYWEIGHT (202 lbs.)

Gold: Achilles Rocha

Silver: Sebastian Bishoy Morcos Attard

Bronze: Jacob Howarth, Tommi Oiva Juhani Toikkanen

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FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / LIGHT-FEATHERWEIGHT (114 lbs)

Gold: Mia Funegra

Silver: Ashlee Funegra

Bronze: Bethanii Elsa-Lee Baron-Heeris, Izabella Frezzo

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FEMALE / ADULT / BROWN / LIGHTWEIGHT (136 lbs)

Gold: Sarah C. Firme Galvao

Silver: Zara Di Tofano

Bronze: Elizabeth Nicole Genge, Natasha Nikole Druggan

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