Ana Vieira is one of the most successful female BJJ competitors of her generation with multiple IBJJF world titles and an ADCC world title on her resume. She is currently preparing for the biggest female tournament in the history of the sport at CJI 2, where $100,000 is on the line.

Jits Magazine’s Alex Lindsey spoke to Ana about her experience growing up with her brother Rodolfo Vieira, and what it was like as one of the few women in the training room at first. Ana also explained how it felt to win her first IBJJF world title, and her incredible performance at ADCC 2024 last year. She then talked about the most difficult battle of her career, returning to training after a traumatic experience at IBJJF worlds in 2023.

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0:00 Starting BJJ with Rodolfo Vieira
2:51 Being a woman in a male-dominated sport
4:20 Ana’s wife & coach, Luanna Alzuguir
5:47 Winning IBJJF worlds
6:42 ADCC 2024
13:02 The absolute division
14:52 CJI 2 preparation
20:38 Future matches
22:35 Why Ana will never return to the IBJJF
33:12 Thanks & signing off

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Gabi McComb shares some insight into what it’s like to be an elite colored belt competing at the black belt level for the first time.

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Faris Ben-Lamkadem talks about becoming the first British man to win the IBJJF No Gi World Championship after his opponent in the final, Felipe Costa, was disqualified.

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Josh Cisneros talks about his training split between gi or no gi and whether he will return to the IBJJF World Championship.

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Beatriz ‘Bia’ Mesquita has won ten IBJJF World Championship titles and she spoke about the decision to leave that event behind in order to pursue a career in MMA.

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Beatriz ‘Bia’ Mesquita talks about the first time she ever competed at the IBJJF World Championship and how she became a professional Jiu-Jitsu competitor.

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Maggie Grindatti Lira dominated at colored belt and won the IBJJF World Championship in both gi and no gi at blue, purple, and brown belt. She shared the struggles that she had when she first began competing at black belt.

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We spoke to Andy Murasaki about the very first time that he faced Tainan Dalpra, in the final of the IBJJF World Championship 2022. Andy revealed that he suffered an injury during his run through the tournament and explained how that effected the match.

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Andy Murasaki is an IBJJF no gi world champion and three-time IBJJF world silver medalist, but he most recently won the 2024 edition of The Crown.

Jits Magazine spoke to Andy about the earliest days of his Jiu-Jitsu career, every single IBJJF world championship final, his performance at The Crown, the rematch with Tainan Dalpra, and a potential return to no gi competition.

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0:00 Introduction
0:17 Discovering Jiu-Jitsu
6:54 Meeting Caio Terra & coming to the US
10:42 Moving to ATOS
11:37 Andy’s father
13:19 IBJJF no gi world championship 2022
16:05 Returning to no gi in 2024
21:26 Fighting through a broken rib (Tainan Dalpra)
29:19 Competing against teammates (Gustavo Batista)
32:09 Controversial decisions & visualisation (Mica Galvao)
36:19 The Crown 2024 recap
38:34 Tainan Dalpra withdrawing due to injury
43:30 Thanks & signing off

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Leandro Lo has some unfinished business with Nicholas Meregali…and we could see them meet up at 2018 IBJJF Worlds.

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