Marcus Buchecha will be in the absolute final, and is the favorite at ultra-heavy. Blanca Marisa Garcia
After an electrifying Saturday, with breathtaking duels and twists in the adult black belt, the decisive matches that will take place this Sunday were defined for the 2019 IBJJF Worlds.
Every male athlete that made it to the quarterfinals will be competing. The women’s section will see the finalists hit the mats set up at the Walter Pyramid.
Read the list below to learn who will be fighting whom in the upcoming men’s rounds, in the women’s finals and in the absolute finals.
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MEN
ROOSTER
Bruno Malfacine vs. Caio Terra
Mikey Musumeci vs. Koji Shibamoto
Rodnei Barbosa vs. Bebeto Oliveira
Cleber “Clandestino” vs. Tomoyuki Hashimoto
LIGHT FEATHER
João Miyao vs. Rene Lopez
José Tiago vs. Alexssandro Sodré
Paulo Miyao vs. Pablo Mantovani
Hiago George vs. Pedro Dias
FEATHER
Osvaldo “Queixinho” vs. Luciano Queiroz
Gianni Grippo vs. Matheus Gabriel
Rafael Mansur vs. Isaac Doederlein
Marcio Andre vs. Leonardo “Cascão”
LIGHT
Lucas Lepri vs. Johnny Tama
Ygor Rodrigues vs. Rodrigo Freitas
Renato Canuto vs. Michael Langhi
Lucas Valente está nas semifinais
MIDDLE
JT Torres vs. Isaque Bahiense
Jaime Canuto vs. Otavio Sousa
Claudio Calasans vs. Gabriel Arges
Michael Liera Jr. vs. Marcus Vinicius
MEDIUM HEAVY
Matheus Diniz vs. Lucas Hulk
Felipe “Preguiça” vs. Nisar Loynab
Gustavo Batista vs. Matheus Spirandeli
Rudson Mateus vs. Renato Cardoso
HEAVY
Kaynan Duarte vs. Adam Wardzinski
Fernando Reis vs. Dimitrius Souza
Leandro Lo vs. Jackson Sousa
Patrick Gaudio vs. Vinicius “Trator”
SUPER-HEAVY
Mahamed Aly vs. Igor “Tigrão”
Gutemberg Pereira vs. Guilherme Augusto
Nicholas Meregali vs. Helton José
Luiz Panza vs. Wellington Modena
ULTRA-HEAVY
Renan Vieira vs. Max Gimenis
Marcus “Buchecha” vs. Thomas McMahon
Felipe Bezerra vs. Victor Honório
Duzão Lopes vs. Ricardo Evangelista
ABSOLUTE
Marcus “Buchecha” vs. Leandro Lo
WOMEN
ROOSTER
Mayssa Bastos vs. Rikako Yuasa
LIGHT FEATHER
Amanda Monteiro vs. Tammi Musumeci
FEATHER
Ana Schimitt vs. Bia Basílio
LIGHT
Bia Mesquita vs. Charlotte Von Baumgarten
MIDDLE
Ana Carolina Vieira vs. Laurah Hallock
MEDIUM HEAVY
Andressa Cintra vs. Luiza Monteiro
HEAVY
Nathiely de Jesus vs. Fernanda Mazzelli
SUPER-HEAVY
Claudia Do Val vs. Venla Luukkonen
ABSOLUTE
Bia Mesquita vs. Nathiely de Jesus