Ffion Davies just might be the pound-for-pound best female grappler in the world right now.

If winning the Polaris title last week wasn’t enough, Davies donned the gi this past weekend and defeated some of the best gi players in the world. The Pan American championships is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the Brazilian jiu jitsu calendar, so for Davies to add this to her European and World titles puts her as perhaps the best grappler to ever come out of the UK.

Elsewhere, there were golds for other big names including MMA star Gabi Garcia and Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa, who took down the great Leandro Lo to become the Pan Am champion in the absolute division.

Check out the full black belt division results below: (h/t grapplinginsider.com)

Women’s Black Belt by Division:

Roosterweight final: Mayssa Bastos def Serena Gabrielli via choke

Light-featherweight final: Amanda Monteiro def Talita Alencar via points (0-0, 1-0 adv.)

Featherweight final: Ffion Davies def Karen Antunes via points (4-2)

Lightweight final: Gabi Mccomb def Nikki Sullivan via choke

Middleweight final: Ana Carolina Vieira def Laura Hallock via points (12-0)

Medium-heavyweight final: Luiza Monteiro def Monique Elias via points (2-2, 2-1 adv.)

Female heavyweight final: Nathiely de Jesus def Talita Nogueira via armbar

Super-heavyweight final: Gabi Garcia def Carina Santi via choke

Absolute final: Gabi Garcia def. Nathiely de Jesus via points (0-0, 1-0 adv.)

Men’s Black Belts by Division:

Roosterweight: Cleber Sousa def. Hiago Gama via referee’s decision

Light-featherweight: Closeout between Joao Miyao and Hiago George

Featherweight: Matheus Gabriel def. Jamil Hill-Taylor via points (4-4, 2-2 adv, 2-3 pen)

Lightweight: Levi Jones-Leary def. Renato Canuto via points 6-4

Middleweight: Isaque Bahiense def. Otavio Sousa via points 2-0

Medium-heavyweight: Closeout between Lucas Hulk and Gustavo Batista

Heavyweight: Kaynan Duarte def. Adam Wardzinski via points (2-2, 1-0 adv.)

Super-heavyweight: Mahamed Aly vs Fellipe Andrew

Ultra-heavyweight: Closeout between Ricardo Evangelista and Max Gimenis

Absolute final: Lucas Barbosa def. Leandro Lo via split referee’s decision

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