Pan No-Gi 2026: who fights who this Sunday at black belt

The 2026 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship ends this Sunday, October 4, in Secaucus, New Jersey, and every black belt title will be decided. The Pan No-Gi is one of the biggest jiu-jitsu tournaments of the year without the gi (the traditional kimono). The women’s finals are already set, the men start the day in the quarterfinals, and two athletes who shined at ADCC can leave with two gold medals. All times below are Eastern Time, the local time in New Jersey.

The open class finals

The open class, also called the absolute, is the division with no weight limit.

• Men: Pawel Jaworski (Academia Gorila) vs. Wallisson Oliveira (Campeão United)
• Women: Sarah Galvão (Atos) vs. Maria Vitória Ruffatto-Gilpin (Canby Jiu-Jitsu)

Three of them still have to fight in their weight classes. Galvão is in the middleweight final, and Jaworski and Oliveira start in the quarterfinals at medium-heavyweight and heavyweight.

The women’s finals

The weight class finals start at 2:54 p.m.:

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• Roosterweight: Mariana Rolszt (Gracie Humaitá) vs. Gabrielle Etzel (Upper Twelve)
• Light-featherweight: Emily Leyva (Atos) vs. Karen Terra (Titanium)
• Featherweight: Cindy Ung (Balance) vs. Sabrina Gondim (Fight Sports)
• Lightweight: Jenna Garcia (10th Planet Sacramento) vs. Amanda Bruse (Corvus)
• Middleweight: Sarah Galvão (Atos) vs. Nadia Frankland (Corvus), at 3:42 p.m.
• Medium-heavyweight: Martyna Kapuscinska (Academia Gorila) vs. Fernanda Cristo (Celso Ricardo New Level)
• Heavyweight: Sa’idah Durkee (Team Lloyd Irvin) vs. Maia Matalon (High Noon)
• Super-heavyweight: Helena Crevar (Kingsway) vs. Sara Resetar (TDBJJ), at 4:18 p.m.

The middleweight final is a rematch of Saturday’s open class semifinal, which Galvão won.

The men’s quarterfinals

The matches start at 9:30 a.m.:

• Roosterweight: Lucas Castro (Gracie Barra) vs. Peter Morcom; Kauan Souza (Campeão United) vs. Mohammed Sadiq; Denis Beenen vs. Eric Naples. Christopher Tran (Team Lloyd Irvin) is already in the semifinal.
• Light-featherweight: Junny Ocasio (Unity) vs. Lukas Freitas (Inspirit); Vinicius Inacio (Alliance) vs. Luan Martiniano (Gracie Barra); Carlos “Bebeto” Oliveira (GF Team) vs. Matthew Isaacs; Daniël de Groot vs. Jacob Semsem.
• Featherweight: Steven Gomez (AOJ) vs. Sebastian Serpa; Mario Navarrete (Cicero Costha) vs. Amit Burshtein; Isaac Cordova vs. Luan Gomes; Andres Lenin Saa vs. Emilio Hernandez.
• Lightweight: João Matheus Assonitis (Double Five) vs. Dylan Benningfield; Guilherme Fernandes (AOJ) vs. Felipe Oliveira (GF Team); Pierre-Olivier Leclerc vs. Riley Golden; Danilo Moreira vs. Adam James.
• Middleweight: Tarik Hopstock (Frontline) vs. Omer Emanoely (CheckMat); Marcelo Fausto (CheckMat) vs. Elijah Dorsey (Team Lloyd Irvin); Kieran Kichuk (Cicero Costha) vs. Eduardo Avelar; Maximilian Hanson vs. Logan Smith (Alliance).
• Medium-heavyweight: Pawel Jaworski (Academia Gorila) vs. Luan Perote, at 12:30 p.m.; Alehander Mariano (Atos) vs. Alan Sanchez; Natan Chueng (Unity) vs. Angelo Castillejo; David Garmo vs. Zack Ghalayini.
• Heavyweight: Wallisson Oliveira (Campeão United) vs. Felipe Lacerda (Nova União); Jacob Couch vs. Joab Câmara; Anthony Robinson (GF Team) vs. Bradley Schneider; Austin Oranday (Alliance) vs. London Horn.
• Super-heavyweight: André Galvão (Atos) vs. Jean Luca Maltese (Alliance), at 12:54 p.m.; Natã Tenca (Atos) vs. Kasper Larsen; Lucas Norat (Gracie Barra) vs. Marcelo Montoro; Sergio Vilas vs. Jean-Sébastien Dionne-Roy.
• Ultra-heavyweight: Devhonte Johnson (Unity) vs. Alexandre Manara (Lotus Club), at 1:42 p.m.; Pietro Leal (DreamArt) vs. Deyvson Araújo (Gracie Barra); Kim Ludgero vs. Sean Goolsby; Gabriel Aguiar vs. Calvin Tacey.

When the finals happen

The men’s weight class finals are scheduled between 4:30 p.m. and 6:06 p.m., from roosterweight to ultra-heavyweight. The official bracket does not show a time yet for the two open class finals, and all times are estimates that can change during the day. The event streams on FloGrappling.

Read also: Pan No-Gi 2026: Sarah Galvão and Jaworski reach the open class finals on the first day of black belt action

Who leaves New Jersey with double gold: Sarah Galvão, Pawel Jaworski or Wallisson Oliveira? Tell us your pick in the comments.