{"id":958042,"date":"2026-11-09T09:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/958042\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:48:12","slug":"top-bjj-star-mica-galvao-returns-wins-2026-ibjjf-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/958042\/","title":{"rendered":"Top BJJ star Mica Galvao returns, wins 2026 IBJJF Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">After sitting out most of 2026, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) superstar donned the gi and made a triumphant return to professional competition. The 23-year-old beat three men in one day and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bjj-news\/483956\/2026-ibjjf-crown-live-video-stream-results-bjj-brackets-highlights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won the 2026 IBJJF Crown<\/a>. This run includes an impressive and highly technical win against back-to-back Crown winner Andy Murasaki to clinch the title in the finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Also winning their division at the 2026 IBJJF Crown is second-generation jiu-jitsu phenom Sarah Galvao, who beat Elisabeth Clay and two others to become a back-to-back Crown champion. Erich Munis and Gabi Pessanha again won the heaviest male and female divisions, as both decorated champions are now four-time Crown winners after winning every single IBJJF Crown event since its inception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Also winning their tournament brackets are Joao Mendes and Fellipe Andrew, who is now a two-time Crown winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">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":"After sitting out most of 2026, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) superstar donned the gi and made a triumphant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":958043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,74670,786,74671,40762,785,85],"class_list":["post-958042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bjj-news","tag-fighting","tag-jiu-jitsu-tournaments","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=958042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/958043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}