Three days, one building, and thousands of people who never stopped rolling. The World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship of 2026 takes over the Las Vegas Convention Center from Sept. 3-5, and it lands as one of the sport’s biggest and most competitive masters gatherings.
At its heart, this is a tournament built around age. Men and women compete across seven brackets, Master 1 through Master 7, chasing world titles at four belt levels: blue, purple, brown and black. Nothing about the format is casual. Thousands of competitors pour into Las Vegas for it, and a preview by FloSports’ R. R. Ellis, carried by Yahoo Sports on Aug. 17, laid out both the field and the fixture list.
Who Is on the Mats
The story of who wins begins with the black belts, and the entry list reads like a roll call. Josh Hinger and Fellipe Andrew are in, as are AJ Agazarm, Jaime Canuto and Bruno Pucci. So is UFC veteran Eryk Anders. For those involved, a world title here means something specific: proof that the good years do not have to stop at a birthday.
A black belt crown sits at the top of the card, but the tournament runs all the way down to blue belt, which means competitors of very different levels share the same halls over the same three days.
How the Three Days Run
Per the preliminary schedule IBJJF released, Thursday gives the weekend its top: black belts in Master 1 and Master 2, while brown belts from Master 1 through Master 7 get their mats. Friday brings the black belts of Master 3 through Master 7 onto the floor, joined by blue and purple belts across the age groups and by brown belts for a second day. Saturday closes with blue belts and then purple belts, Master 1 through Master 7 again.
One caveat. The schedule is subject to change, and IBJJF was set to publish the final division times on Sept. 2, the day before the first whistle. Any bracket could shift before then.
How to Watch
For viewers at home, everything runs through FloGrappling, which streams the championship live. Miss a bracket and the replays wait in the FloGrappling library, on demand for subscribers.
The doors in question sit in Halls W1-W3 of the convention center, street address 300 Convention Center Drive, in the middle of Las Vegas. First matches Thursday, Sept. 3. Last whistles Saturday, Sept. 5.
