{"id":34369,"date":"2026-11-09T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34369"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:09:46","slug":"top-bjj-star-mica-galvao-returns-wins-2026-ibjjf-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=34369","title":{"rendered":"Top BJJ star Mica Galvao returns, wins 2026 IBJJF Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<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 won the 2026 IBJJF Crown. This run includes an impressive and highly technical win against back-to-back Crown winner <strong>Andy Murasaki<\/strong> 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 <strong>Sarah Galvao<\/strong>, who beat <strong>Elisabeth Clay <\/strong>and two others to become a back-to-back Crown champion. <strong>Erich Munis<\/strong> and <strong>Gabi Pessanha<\/strong> 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 <strong>Joao Mendes<\/strong> and <strong>Fellipe Andrew<\/strong>, 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\"><strong>FOR THE LATEST BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU (BJJ) AND GRAPPLING-RELATED NEWS CLICK <\/strong><strong>HERE<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong> <strong>FOR ADDITIONAL GRAPPLING CONTENT, FOLLOW @BJJBEAT ON INSTAGRAM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bjj-news\/485142\/top-bjj-star-mica-galvao-returns-wins-2026-ibjjf-crown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 won the 2026 IBJJF Crown. This run includes an impressive and highly technical win against back-to-back Crown winner Andy Murasaki to clinch the title<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[100,2937,2305,576,8114,863,1134,204,839],"class_list":["post-34369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-bjj","tag-crown","tag-galvao","tag-ibjjf","tag-mica","tag-returns","tag-star","tag-top","tag-wins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}