The 2024 IBJJF
No Gi Pan Championship
happened over three days in Forth Worth, Texas and it provided some interesting BJJ action and notable champions.
The BJJ event saw a couple of rising stars win their first major title, along with an MMA champion continuing to beat much younger grapplers. By far the most notable performance from the three-day event though, was from Elisabeth Clay, who won double gold so soon after childbirth.
Ex-Bellator champ Rafael Lovato Jr., Cole Abate and Max Hanson take IBJJF No Gi Pans gold
On the men’s side of things, BJJ stars Cole Abate, Max Hanson, and Rafael Lovato Jr. were among the big name gold medal winners from the 2024 No Gi Pans.
Former Bellator MMA champion Rafael Lovato Jr. continued his impressive run at the jiu-jitsu scene at age 41. While he does qualify for the older Master’s divisions, Lovato instead joined the adult black belt bracket and beat much younger opponents to take gold at super-heavyweight.
Lovato previously beat Gegard Mousasi to win the Bellator middleweight title in 2019, but was forced to stop competing in MMA at 11-0 due to a brain condition called cerebral cavernoma. He has since gone on a tear at the BJJ scene, following up on his ADCC 2024 silver medal with this no gi pans gold.
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Rising stars Cole Abate and Max Hanson also shined on the event, with the two highly regarded young grapplers taking their first major IBJJF titles. The AOJ product in Abate won gold at featherweight, while Hanson won at lightweight.
No gi world champ Edwin “Junny” Ocasio also won his second pans title at light featherweight.
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BJJ star Elisabeth Clay wins double gold two months after giving birth
Elisabeth Clay was the biggest standout at the 2024 IBJJF No Gi Pan Championship.
Clay, a Polaris GP winner and two-time world no gi champion, sat out for most of 2024 due to pregnancy. She didn’t just quickly return to the mats soon after childbirth, she actually won a major tournament. The 24-year-old BJJ star did not miss a beat in her first competition back, winning gold medals in both her division and the open weight class.
Double gold in a major IBJJF tournament is already impressive enough on its own, but doing that just two months after giving birth to her first child is just unbelievable.
Also impressing on the women’s side of things was Nadia Frankland, who won gold at 147 lbs and went on to take bronze at the Absolute division as well. 2019 ADCC Trials champ Amanda Leve also won gold at the medium-heavyweight division.
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2024 IBJJF No Gi Pan Championship full results
Below are the full results for the 2024 IBJJF No Gi Pan Championship for each of the
black belt divisions.
Men’s Black Belt
Roosterweight (122 lbs)
Gold: Everton Celio de Souza Teixeira
Silver: Christopher Duyquan Tran
Bronze: Lucas Feitosa Pereira Bosshard
Bronze: Michael Jalen B. Fonacier
Light-featherweight (136 lbs)
Gold: Edwin Ocasio
Silver: Isaac E Cordova
Bronze: Bruno Cordeiro Sena
Bronze: Roiter Lima Silva Junior
Featherweight (149 lbs)
Gold: Cole Anthony Abate
Silver: José Julián Espinosa Flores
Bronze: Emilio Alejandro Hernandez Rodriguez
Bronze: Ismael dos Santos Lima
Lightweight (162.6 lbs)
Gold: Maximilian John Anthony Hanson
Silver: Carlos Henrique Costa Campos
Bronze: João Matheus de Melo Assonitis
Bronze: Yigit Hanay
Middleweight (175.6 lbs)
Gold: Natan Chueng Freitas
Silver: Eduardo Avelar de Carvalho
Bronze: Arley Pacheco Damaceno Brandão
Bronze: Kade Anastasios Tsitos
Medium-heavyweight (188.6 lbs)
Gold: Alehander da Silva Mariano
Silver: Jonathan Morris Blank
Bronze: Felipe Cesar Silva
Bronze: Martin Alejandro Gonzalez Mejia
Heavyweight (202 lbs)
Gold: Jose Jurema Nascimento de Carvalho
Silver: Francisco de Assis Lemos Lo
Bronze:Anthony Michael Robinson
Bronze: Gabriel Viebrantz Brod
Super-heavyweight (215 lbs)
Gold: Rafael Lovato Jr.
Silver: Yan Lucas Cordeiro Paiva
Bronze: Gabriel de Oliveira Haddad Duarte
Bronze: Marlon Kenjiro Tanaka Fagundes
Ultra-heavyweight (Over 215 lbs)
Gold: Lucas Valentim Alves Montalvão
Silver: Leonardo Lemos de Andrade
Bronze: Devhonte M. Johnson
Bronze: Pedro José Pessoa de Melo Bisneto
Absolute
Gold: Devhonte M. Johnson
Silver: Alehander da Silva Mariano
Bronze: David Salem Garmo
Bronze: Marcos Carrozzino
Women's Black belt
Roosterweight (103 lbs)
Gold: Thaís Loureiro Felipe
Silver: Mariana Cabral Rolszt
Bronze: Amber Rymarz-Freitas
Bronze: Mara Ananda Kelly
Light-featherweight (114 lbs)
Gold: Ana Carolina de Andrade Lima Soares da Silva
Silver: Shelby Lena Murphey
Bronze: Jessica Mallely Crane
Bronze: Sophia Joan Cassella
Featherweight (125 lbs)
Gold: Ana Talita de Oliveira Alencar
Silver: Amanda Monteiro Canuto
Bronze: Raquel Ferreira da Silva
Bronze: Thaynara Victoria Soares da Silva
Lightweight (136 lbs)
Gold: Amanda Dean Bruse
Silver: Julia Maele
Bronze: Beatrice Z Jin
Bronze: Joanna Christine Trindade
Middleweight (147 lbs)
Gold: Nadia Frankland
Silver: Gabriele da Silva Schuck
Bronze: Amanda Pamela Nicole Schurtz
Bronze: Brittney K N Johnson
Medium-heavyweight (158 lbs)
Gold: Amanda Noel Leve
Silver: Jordan Elizabeth Patrick
Bronze: Kennedy Paige Franklin
Bronze: Salla Mari Simola
Heavyweight (169 lbs)
Gold: Elisabeth Ann Clay
Silver: Maria Vitória Gonçalves Ruffatto
Bronze: Graciele Del Fava de Carvalho
Super-heavyweight (Over 169 lbs)
Gold: Mayara Moreira Ribeiro
Silver: Paige Ivette Borras
Bronze: Hannah Marie Harjo
Absolute
Gold: Elisabeth Ann Clay
Silver: Maria Vitória Gonçalves Ruffatto
Bronze: Deise dos Santos Leonanjo
Bronze: Nadia Frankland
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