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Nolan Stuart won the IBJJF Crown this weekend – an exclusive invitational only tournament inviting only the top 8 athletes in the world. It is the most prestigious event in IBJJF and his status as current Pan champion, World Champion runner up and Brazilian Nationals runner up earned him the invite.

In the opening round he took on Robson “No Break” from Alliance – the 2024 brown belt open class world champion now in his freshman year as black belt. He represented the top up and comer in the weight class. Nolan put on a dominant performance and won 8-2.

In the 2nd round he took on former world champion Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa from Atos HQ. Nolan won a unanimous referee decision and marked his first career victory over a black belt world champion.

In the final, Nolan met up with the reining 2x heavyweight world champion Adam Wardzinski from Checkmat. Wardzinski had just completed a “Grand Slam”- winning the 4 major events in BJJ in the same calendar year and had won his last 32 matches heading into the final. He was ranked #2 P4P and #1 in the weight class by IBJJFRankings.com. This match was Wardzinski’s final match before retiring.

Nolan was able to secure the victory via omoplata submission – his signature. It was a true breakout performance that cemented his status in the elite of the elite within our sport. Nolan also took home $20,000 for the win.

You can view the final here:

Nolan has been training at Brea Jiu-Jitsu since childhood and his accomplishments this weekend are the product of 13 years of work.

There will be no kids or juniors classes on Veterans Day on 11/11/2025. Adults classes are normal.

Our team is competing at the IBJJF Orange County Open. As a result, we will not have class this Saturday 10/25. Come on out to the tournament and support the team! (IBJJF.com)

No Class Saturday, July 19th due to the IBJJF Los Angeles Open.

Lets gooo! Myles is getting some press.

We will be closed from Thursday June 26 through Saturday June 28th due to the IBJJF American Nationals in Vegas.

We will be packing our bags and heading off to Sao Paulo to compete in the IBJJF Brasileiros. Coach Nolan will attempt to become the 4th American to ever win the event! In order to do so, he will need to defeat many tough competitors including the IBJJFs #1 P4P athlete.

We will be closed Thursday May 1st – Monday May 5th as both Dan and Nolan will be at the event.

To follow Nolan, you may watch via a paid subscription at FloGrappling.com.

You may follow the live bracket results at BJJCompsystem.com. Both the “order of the fights” and the brackets update in real time. His opening round is on May 3rd and he will try and earn his way to the main event on May 4th.

You may also view real-time updates at Coach Dan’s website IBJJFRankings.com which include skill based ratings and statistics backed win probability superimposed on the bracket.

No class Saturday due to the IBJJF Orange County Spring International Open at CSUF. Come out and support your teammates!

Nolan Stuart has brought Brea Jiu-Jitsu our first major tournament title at the adult black belt level by winning IBJJF Pans Jiu-Jitsu Championship. The IBJJF Pans is a Grand Slam event and considered the 2nd most prestigious tournament in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Nolan’s victory was enabled by 12+ years of hard work which spanned through his entire adolescence into adulthood.

Prior to this year the last American male adult black belt to win a gold at Pans was in 2021. Including Nolan, have only been 14 Americans in history to have won Pan Championships since its inception in 1996. Of those 14, only 2 have won it in his weight category with Keenan Cornelius (2018) and Rafael Lovato (2007). Nolan is in an even more exclusive club by being coached by the same person and gym from day 1 to elite black belt. This is exceptionally rare in our sport with athletes of any nationality. Additionally, no American Pan Champion has ever been produced from a completely independent non affiliated/franchised gym like ours. He, and we as a gym, have broken molds and achieved success on our own terms.

Nolan is just 22 years old and this is the first of many great accomplishments sure to come in his career.