{"id":573852,"date":"2026-03-30T09:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573852\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:10:07","slug":"top-p4p-sarah-galvao-upsets-super-heavyweight-gabi-pessanha-wins-double-gold-at-2026-ibjjf-pans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573852\/","title":{"rendered":"Top P4P? Sarah Galvao upsets super heavyweight Gabi Pessanha, wins double gold at 2026 IBJJF Pans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Is Sarah Galvao the top pound-for-pound female Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) star today? She made a compelling case at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bjj-news\/431081\/2026-ibjjf-pan-championship-day-1-5-bjj-results-live-stream-video-highlights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the 2026 IBJJF Pan Championships<\/a>, where the teenage grappling prodigy won double gold as a lightweight and beat two much larger, decorated world champions in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Galvao won six bouts in the event, taking gold at lightweight and going an incredible run at the absolute division, where she notched two of the biggest wins of her career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the finals, Galvao scored a massive upset over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bjj-news\/400627\/pessanha-creates-new-bjj-milestone-jaworski-and-mayordomo-continue-runs-at-2025-ibjjf-no-gi-euros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the historic IBJJF Double Grand Slam winner<\/a> Gabi Pessanha. The second generation BJJ star showcased her speed, skills and athleticism, as she constantly attacked the much larger super heavyweight, landing a takedown into back control to get the landmark win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To put the win in better context, it\u2019s worth understanding how the super heavyweight in Pessanha has not only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bjj-news\/400627\/pessanha-creates-new-bjj-milestone-jaworski-and-mayordomo-continue-runs-at-2025-ibjjf-no-gi-euros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broken (and created) records <\/a>while winning every major IBJJF title multiple times over, her dominance also got her to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/5\/5\/24424121\/166-bouts-legendary-bjj-winning-streak-ends-upset-2025-ibjjf-brasileiros-jiujitsu-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">166-straight victories<\/a> at one point. The best jiu-jitsu athletes compete so frequently that losses in their records are fairly common, but Pessanha is an outlier in that every rare defeat has made headlines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In this tournament, Galvao not only beat Pessanha, she also beat Clay in the semi-finals. Galvao now adds two more gold medals from a major event, and two big \u2014 literally and figuratively \u2014 BJJ champions to her resume.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the men\u2019s side of things, Tainan Dalpra and Diego Pato won IBJJF Pans gold medals and kept their hopes of getting rare back-to-back Grand Slam titles alive. After winning every major IBJJF event in 2025, they\u2019ve also now won their first two major titles of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also taking gold at the event are Cole Abate, Jackson Nagai and Marcos Gomes, who beat the roosterweight tournament favorite in UFC BJJ\u2019s Jalen Fonacier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the latest Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) and grappling-related news click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bjj-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. For additional grappling content, follow <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/bjjbeat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@BJJBeat on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is Sarah Galvao the top pound-for-pound female Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) star today? 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