Wallisson Oliveira wins double gold at the Nashville Open

Three weeks after taking silver in the open class at the Pan No-Gi, Wallisson Oliveira won double gold at the Nashville Fall Open, held Saturday (Oct. 24) in Franklin, Tennessee. The Campeão United black belt won heavyweight and the open class, beating ZR Team’s Dayvison Calado, the super-heavyweight champion, in the final.

On the same day, the IBJJF held the Boston Fall Open, where Cicero Costha’s Pedro Henrique Segura Veras and Alliance’s Victoria Wolcott also won their weight class and the open class. Both tournaments ran alongside the Orange County Open in California, where Atos closed out the open class.

Wallisson stays hot

Wallisson came into Nashville off the 2026 Pan No-Gi, where he won heavyweight and lost the open class final to Pawel Jaworski. In the gi, he won his weight class and the open class, with Gracie Barra’s João Victor Ambrosini Ribeiro and Jonathan Carvalho taking bronze.

Campeão United also had Kauan Souza dos Santos win rooster weight. Gracie Barra took three divisions with João Victor Ambrosini Ribeiro, Luan Martiniano da Silva and Jonathan Carvalho. On the women’s side, Gracie Barra’s Karoline Silva Caramori won the open class.

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Nashville Fall Open: adult black belt

• Rooster: Kauan Souza dos Santos (Campeão United)
• Light feather: João Victor Ambrosini Ribeiro (Gracie Barra)
• Feather: 1. Luan Martiniano da Silva (Gracie Barra), 2. Emilio Alejandro Hernandez Rodriguez (Zenith BJJ)
• Light: 1. Ethan Roy Major (Jiu-Jitsu For Life), 2. James Noory Eun (Artista BJJ)
• Medium heavy: Jonathan Saint’Clair Branco Balieiro de Carvalho (Gracie Barra)
• Heavy: Wallisson Oliveira Souza (Campeão United)
• Super heavy: Dayvison Lucas Miranda L. Calado (ZR Team)
• Open class: 1. Wallisson Oliveira Souza (Campeão United), 2. Dayvison Calado (ZR Team), 3. João Victor Ambrosini Ribeiro and Jonathan Carvalho (Gracie Barra)
• Women’s open class: Karoline Silva Caramori (Gracie Barra)

Pedro Veras and Victoria Wolcott rule Boston

In Boston, Cicero Costha was the standout team at black belt. Pedro Henrique Segura Veras won medium-heavyweight and the open class, beating De La Riva New England’s Nikolay Todorov in the final. The academy also won lightweight with Adam James and middleweight with Vitor Hugo dos Santos Sotini.

On the women’s side, Alliance’s Victoria Wolcott beat Cicero Costha’s Isabella Pitta at middleweight and then won the open class, with featherweight champion Searyun Whang in second.

Boston Fall Open: adult black belt

• Feather: 1. Otávio Vinícius da Silva (Morselli Jiu-Jitsu), 2. Jose A. Fernandez (Morselli Jiu-Jitsu)
• Light: Adam James (Cicero Costha)
• Middle: 1. Vitor Hugo dos Santos Sotini (Cicero Costha), 2. James R. Vafiades (Carlson Gracie Team), 3. Kaio Henrique Lima da Silva (Submit Your Friend)
• Medium heavy: 1. Pedro Henrique Segura Veras (Cicero Costha), 2. Rodrigo Correia Silvares (Nova União), 3. Julio Vitor da Silva Galdino (SNCA BJJ) and Nikolay Krasimirov Todorov (De La Riva New England)
• Super heavy: Gilvan Gomes da Costa (Brazilian Top Team)
• Ultra heavy: Gabriel Aguiar Costa (Vuk/617 BJJ)
• Open class: 1. Pedro Henrique Segura Veras (Cicero Costha), 2. Nikolay Krasimirov Todorov (De La Riva New England), 3. Gabriel Aguiar Costa (Vuk/617 BJJ) and Gilvan Gomes da Costa (Brazilian Top Team)
• Women’s feather: 1. Searyun E. Whang (Unity Jiu-Jitsu), 2. Maria Clara Fermoselli Trasse (Team Six BJJ)
• Women’s middle: 1. Victoria Jaquelin Wolcott (Alliance), 2. Isabella Sbano Fortes Pitta (Cicero Costha)
• Women’s open class: 1. Victoria Jaquelin Wolcott (Alliance), 2. Searyun E. Whang (Unity Jiu-Jitsu)

Master black belt champions

Boston

• Master 1: Misha Akira Kanai (light feather), Tavito Alves Assencio (feather), Leandro de Oliveira Lima (light), Pedro Petrônio Valença Neto (middle and open class), Keelan James Berg (medium heavy), Victor Figueiredo Genovesi (heavy), Lucas Benévolo Valle (super heavy), Rafael Babilonia Cristovão (ultra heavy); women: Michelle Marques de Oliveira (medium heavy and open class)
• Master 2: Maurício Faleta Fernandes (feather), Kyle Jermaine Bochniak (light), Casey James LaMonte (middle), Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco (medium heavy and open class), Andrew George (heavy), Anthony Lamont Fitzgerald Jr. (ultra heavy); women: Jeileen M. Alvarez (feather) and Mayara Monteiro Custódio (super heavy and open class)
• Master 3: Bruno Ayolphi Braz (light feather), Jonathan Sze Ming Lau (feather), Bruno César Dias (light), Joshua N. Smith (middle), Terence Ross DeToy (medium heavy), Leandro Rothier Rodrigues (heavy and open class), Luke Joel Bayas (super heavy), Roberto Maia Junior (ultra heavy)
• Master 4: Keith Jason Florian (light), Jair Eduardo Silva Morselli (middle), Fabiano M. Teles (medium heavy), Everilton Paulino da Silva (heavy and open class), Brett W. Oteri (super heavy), Curt M. Cummings (ultra heavy); women: Katherine E. Acevedo (feather and open class)
• Master 5: John Craton Cameron (light), Richard A. Webber II (middle), Fernando Luiz F. Zulick (medium heavy and open class), Ravinder Singh Basi (ultra heavy)
• Master 6: Travis R. Wells (medium heavy), Donald R. Hale (heavy), Gregory Scott Cinelli (super heavy), Raymond G. Trammell Jr. (open class)
• Master 7: John M. Beecher (heavy and open class)

Nashville

• Master 1: Evan Cole Ramsden (light feather), Robbey William Pye (light), Clay Landon Mayfield (medium heavy and open class), Mair Ferro Amaral (heavy), Alexandre da Rocha Santos (super heavy), João Vitor Ribeiro Xavier (ultra heavy); women: Alex Barcelona (light) and Laurah Elizabeth Hallock (open class)
• Master 2: Elfren Angelo Vibar (feather), Ruben Hernandez (middle), Shannon Alexander White (heavy), Ryan Jammal Wallace (ultra heavy), Andrew Lee Hansen (open class)
• Master 3: Lucas Cabeleira Flores (feather), Octavius O. Allen (middle), Samuel Hertzog Canquerino (medium heavy and open class), Loren Mitchell Lynch (heavy), Breck Layne Still (super heavy), Daniel de Lima Maggi (ultra heavy)
• Master 4: Michael Martin Westcott (feather), David Robert Morris (light), Thomas F. Armstrong (middle), Pedro Macedo Lima Neto (heavy), Shannon Michael Walsh Jr. (super heavy), Ronaldo Andrade Rocha (ultra heavy and open class)
• Master 5: Anthony Lamont Byrd (medium heavy), Kevin R. Mans (heavy), Carl Alan Lawler (super heavy and open class)
• Master 6: James Whyte IV (light and open class)

Team standings

In the partial standings released by the IBJJF at the end of Saturday, counting all belts, Cicero Costha led in Boston with 168 points, ahead of Day 1 Jiu-Jitsu (130) and GF Team (108). In Nashville, Ares BJJ was on top with 138 points, followed by Gracie Barra (118) and Pedigo Submission Fighting (107).

Which of these champions would you like to see on one of the IBJJF’s biggest stages? Let us know in the comments.

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