Roosevelt Sousa and Gabi Pessanha took home the most prestigious titles by winning double gold, but it was two Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) rising starts that stole the show at the 2025 IBJJF No Gi Pan Championship.
In their first year since getting promoted, Ana Mayordomo and Sarah Galvao each won their first major IBJJF title at black belt, taking No Gi Pans gold at the featherweight and middleweight divisions, respectively.
Spain’s new BJJ star: Ana Mayordomo runs through ADCC, UFC BJJ and IBJJF Pans
Spain has a new BJJ star. Ana Mayordomo is on quite an incredible run, with breakthrough performances that saw her win at three major BJJ events in less than a month.
Just three days since taking home Submission of the Night honors at UFC BJJ 3, Mayordomo went on to win gold at the 2025 IBJJF No Gi Pans. She landed two submissions in her three matches, and became the first Spaniard to win the major tournament.
The 25-year-old rising star also previously won gold at the 2025 ADCC EMEA Trials, dominating the field and getting a perfect four submissions in four matches. With ADCC, UFC BJJ and now IBJJF Pans, that makes for eight wins in three major events, all within the past month alone.
Mayordomo is breaking out as a legitimate BJJ star and top ranked athlete, and it’ll be interesting to see how far she can go in her professional career. She earned her black belt under UFC vet Eliot Marshall, and has also recently been training with Gordon Ryan’s team at Kingsway.
Sarah Galvao’s clutch performance wins her first major black belt title
Sarah Galvao, who recently beat a reigning ADCC champ at CJI 2, won four matches at the 2025 IBJJF No Gi Pans. This included three submission victories, along with a clutch performance that clinched her gold medal win in the last few seconds of the finals. Down 2-0 early, Galvao came from behind to land a sweep and a last second takedown to score four points and win the tournament.
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The 19-year-old daughter of BJJ legend Andre Galvao has now won her first major BJJ title, just four months since she won the brown belt world championship and got promoted to black belt. Fellow teen prodigy Helena Crevar initially signed up at the same weight on this tournament, but she pulled out at the last minute, postponing a potential rematch and continuation of that rivalry.
Mayssa Bastos scores 34 points to win IBJJF No Gi Pans
Outside of the two double gold medalists and the two rising stars mentioned above, several other BJJ champions shined at the 2025 IBJJF No Gi Pans. Notable performances include gold medal runs from Julian Espinosa, Pawel Jaworski, Elder Cruz, and Mayssa Bastos.
The latter had the finals scoreboard looking a lot more like basketball than jiu-jitsu. 10-time IBJJF world champion Mayssa Bastos somehow wasn’t happy with her performance without a finish, but she shut her opponent out and took gold by scoring a whopping 34 points!
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Julian Espinosa won also gold in a stacked bracket that had fellow BJJ pros Max Hanson and Gianni Grippo competing. CJI vet Pawel Jaworski’s run was also notable, as he won gold at 189 lbs, before facing much larger opponents and taking bronze in the absolute division.
Wrestlers turned professional BJJ grapplers also competed at brown belt, with Michael Pixley taking gold with all submissions, and Brandon Reed taking silver.
2025 IBJJF No Gi Pan Championship full results
Men’s Brown Belt
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / SUPER-HEAVY (215 LB)
Gold: Michael Keith Pixley
Silver: Milo Reid Ketterhagen
Bronze: Jad Abou Rjeily
Bronze: Pietro Emanuel do Amaral Leal
MALE / ADULT / BROWN / ULTRA-HEAVY
Gold: Nicklas Christopher Vinso Hartman
Silver: Brandon Keith Reed
Bronze: Adrian Roberto Pereira Ribeiro
Bronze: Lucas Freire F. Almeida
Men’s Black Belt
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / ROOSTER (122.60LB)
Gold: Osamah Ali Ali Almarwai
Silver: Lucas de Souza Castro
Bronze: Christopher Duyquan Tran
Bronze: Relter Lima Silva Filho
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / LIGHT-FEATHER (136.00LB)
Gold: Vinicius Gomes Inacio
Silver: Leonardo Martins de Souza
Bronze: Edwin Ocasio
Bronze: Jacob William Semsem
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / FEATHER (149.00LB)
Gold: Marco Vinicius Mendes Brito
Silver: Cameron Jacob Mellott
Bronze: Marcos Antonio Gomes Guedes
Bronze: Steven Alexander Gomez
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / LIGHT (162.60LB)
Gold: José Julián Espinosa Flores
Silver: Maximilian John Anthony Hanson
Bronze: Gian Paul Grippo
Bronze: João Matheus de Melo Assonitis
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / MIDDLE (175.60LB)
Gold: Marcelo Fausto de Abreu Montanagna
Silver: Mahmoud Mazen Jabr
Bronze: Eduardo Avelar de Carvalho
Bronze: Mateus de Moraes Coelho
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / MEDIUM-HEAVY (188.60LB)
Gold: Pawel Kacper Jaworski
Silver: Logan Walker Smith
Bronze: David Salem Garmo
Bronze: Wallisson Oliveira Souza
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / HEAVY (202 LB)
Gold: Javier Arturo Barter
Silver: Jose Jurema Nascimento de Carvalho
Bronze: Anthony Michael Robinson
Bronze: Dante Scott Leon
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / SUPER-HEAVY (215 LB)
Gold: Elder Alexander Cruz Hernandez
Silver: Lucas Norat Lopes
Bronze: Austin Robert Morris
Bronze: Thomas Andrew Bracher
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / ULTRA-HEAVY
Gold: Roosevelt Pereira Lima de Sousa
Silver: Helder Jose Rodrigues Júnior
Bronze: Anderson Kauan Gomes Marinho
Bronze: Jose Inacio dos Santos
MALE / ADULT / BLACK / OPEN CLASS
Gold: Roosevelt Pereira Lima de Sousa
Silver: Patrick Pontes de Moura Santos Gaudio
Bronze: Elder Alexander Cruz Hernandez
Bronze: Pawel Kacper Jaworski
Women’s Black Belt
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / ROOSTER (103 LB)
Gold: Mariana Cabral Rolszt
Silver: Thaís Loureiro Felipe
Bronze: Faye Lynn Cherrier
Bronze: Mara Ananda Kelly
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / LIGHT-FEATHER (114 LB)
Gold: Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos
Silver: Andrea R. Jordan
Bronze: Erika Fernanda Jesus Machado
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / FEATHER (125 LB)
Gold: Ana Mayordomo Garcia
Silver: Thaynara Victoria Soares da Silva
Bronze: Beatriz Gutierrez Campos
Bronze: Lauren Hanako Sognefest
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / LIGHT (136 LB)
Gold: Caroline Brunacio Vinhaes
Silver: Zara Di Tofano
Bronze: Amanda Dean Bruse
Bronze: Julia Maele
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / MIDDLE (147 LB)
Gold: Sarah C. Firme Galvao
Silver: Injana Greta Goodman
Bronze: Gabriela de Faria Matos Barreto
Bronze: Gamila Kanew
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / MEDIUM-HEAVY (158 LB)
Gold: Salla Mari Simola
Silver: Fernanda Yukari Makiyama Cristo
Bronze: Gabriela de Miranda Barroso
Bronze: Maria Pia Barriga Monge
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / HEAVY (169 LB)
Gold: Anabel Lopez Beard
Silver: Erin K. Harpe
Bronze: Karoline Silva Caramori
Bronze: Sula-Mae Barbara Loewenthal
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / SUPER-HEAVY
Gold: Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho
Silver: Maria Victoria Barboza de Santiago
Bronze: Lauren Adrienne Rojas
FEMALE / ADULT / BLACK / OPEN CLASS
Gold: Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho
Silver: Injana Greta Goodman
Bronze: Gamila Kanew
Bronze: Maria Victoria Barboza de Santiago
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