The 2014 IBJJF World championships take place at the Long Beach pyramid in California. The Worlds is the biggest and most prestigious tournament of the year. You can follow it by live streaming on IBJJF TV and also we at BJJ Eastern Europe will do a LIVE PLAY BY PLAY on Saturday and Sunday.

Schedule: http://ibjjf.org/world-jiu-jitsu-championship-2014-schedule/
Athlete list: http://static.ibjjfdb.com/Campeonato/000272/en-US/RegistrationsByCategoryAndAcademy.pdf
Brackets: http://events.ibjjf.com/

What to expect

• This is largest worlds so far in terms of number of competitors. Some black belt divisions are stacked such as the men’s middle weight with over 66 competitors. From the 2015 Worlds, only those that win smaller regional opens will be invited to participate at the black belt level.
• Will a heavier Rodolfo finally be able to beat Buchecha? Their last fight at the World Pro was very close. Let’s see what happens this time.
• Will Keenan Cornelius be the next American black belt champion? He will have a tough time with veterans such as Braulio Estima and Romulo Barral on his way.
• Will Atos repeat their feat from the Pan of winning the team awards?
• Miyao bros first gold at the Worlds at black belt?
• Are the Mendes bros on the way down?
• much more…

Picks

*** Black Adult Masculino – Galo / Rooster-weight / under 58,3kg ***
Reigning Champion: Caio Terra (2013)
Semi finals: Malafcine vs Milton Bastos= Malfacine; Joao Miyao vs Fabbio Passos= Miyao
Final: Malfacine vs Miyao= Miyao

*** Pluma / Light Featherweight / under 64,3kg ***
Reigning Champion: Gabriel Moraes (2013)
Semi Finals: Gui Mendes vs Laerc0i Fernandes=Gui; Paulo Miyao vs Gabriel Moraes= Miyao
Final: Guilherme Mendes vs Paulo Miyao= Mendes

*** Pena / Featherweight / under 70,3 kg ***
Reigning Champion: Augusto Tanquinho Mendes (2013)
Semi finals: Mendes vs Reis= Mendes; Cobrinha vs Theodoro Canal= Cobrinha.
Final: Rafael Mendes vs Cobrinha= Cobrinha

*** Leve / Lightweight / under 76,3kg ***
Reigning Champion: Leandro Lo (2013)
Semi finals: Langhi vs Jt Torres= Langhi ; DJ Jackson vs Satoshi=DJ
Final: Michael Langhi vs Dj Jackson= Langhi

*** Medio / Middleweight / under 82,3kg ***
Reigning Champion: Otavio Sousa (2013)
Semi finals: Otavio vs Alan Nascimento= Otavio; Leandro Lo vs Calasans= Lo.
Final: Otavio Sousa vs Leandro Lo= Lo

*** Meio-Pesado / Middle-Heavyweight / under 88,3kg ***
Reigning Champion: Romulo Barral (2013)
Semi finals: Barral vs Renato Cardoso= Barral; Keenan Cornelius vs Braulio Estima= Braulio.
Final: Romulo Barral vs Braulio Estima= Braulio

*** Pesado / Heavyweight / under 94,3 kgs***
Reigning Champion: Rodolfo Vieira (2013)
Semi finals: Galvao vs Jackson Sousa= Galvao; Felipe Neto vs Lucas Leite= Felipe.
Final: Andre Galvao vs Felipe Neto= Andre Galvao

*** Super-Pesado / Super-Heavyweight / under 100,3 kg ***
Reigning Champion: Bernardo Faria (2013)
Semi finals: Leo Nogueira vs Rodolfo Vieira= Rodolfo; Yuri Simoes vs Bernardo Faria= Bernardo.
Final: Rodolfo Vieira vs Bernardo Faria= Rodolfo

*** Pesadissimo / Ultra-Heavyweight / over 100,3kg ***
Reigning Champion: Marcus Buchecha (2013)
Semi finals: Ricardo Evangelista vs Buchecha= Buchecha; Rodrigo Cavaca vs Alexander Trans= Trans
Final: Trans vs Buchecha= Buchecha

*** Absolute ***
Reigning Champion: Marcus Buchecha(Checkmat)
Contenders: Marcus Buchecha, Rodolfo Vieira, Bernardo Faria, Rafael Lovato, Romulo Barral, Alexander Trans, Andre Galvao.
Final: Buchecha vs Rodolfo= Rodolfo