- Helena Crevar Pan No-Gi 2026 super-heavy gold is official — the 19-year-old Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu representative won the adult women’s black-belt division on October 4 in Secaucus, New Jersey.
- Sara Jeanine Resetar attacked first with an early heel hook; Crevar escaped and answered with a footlock, forcing the tap in roughly 20 seconds.
- The gold arrived three weeks after Crevar submitted all three of her ADCC +65kg opponents in Krakow, Poland.
- Crevar did not enter the women’s open class, which went to double-gold winner Sarah Galvão.
Helena Crevar Pan No-Gi 2026 Results: Super-Heavy Gold
Helena Crevar is the adult women’s super-heavy black belt champion of the 2026 Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship. The 19-year-old, representing Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu, took gold on Sunday, October 4 in Secaucus, New Jersey, beating Sara Jeanine Resetar (TDBJJ) in the final.
For Crevar, the Pan No-Gi 2026 results read as the immediate confirmation of a breakout that began three weeks earlier. She won two matches across the weekend, starting with a semifinal win over Bridgett Brumbaugh (Active Jiu-Jitsu) on Saturday, while Resetar advanced past Maria Luiza Loreiro (Gracie Barra) on the other side of the four-woman bracket.
The Pan No-Gi is the Pan American championship of the IBJJF, the sport’s largest governing body, and a super-heavy gold on the black-belt circuit is a meaningful line on any resume. For Crevar, it doubles as the clearest signal yet that her ADCC breakthrough was no one-off.
Crevar Escapes the Heel Hook and Finishes in About 20 Seconds
The final did not take long. Sara Resetar attacked first, committing to an early heel hook. Crevar stayed composed, worked free of the danger, and answered with a footlock of her own. Resetar tapped, and the super-heavy final was over in roughly 20 seconds.
The sequence flipped the script on what could have been a nervy opening. Resetar, who reached the final off a submission of her own, pushed the pace, but Crevar’s calm under the leg attack set up the counter-finish almost immediately.
The finish mattered because it came in the exact area where Crevar has built her reputation. Resetar went after the leg first, and Crevar, rather than scrambling to safety, met the threat with a counter-attack in the same leg-lock family.
From ADCC Champion to IBJJF Gold in Three Weeks
The turnaround is the story. On September 12–13 in Krakow, Poland, Crevar won the ADCC +65kg title, submitting all three opponents — a rear-naked choke, a straight ankle lock, and a choke in the final against Anabel Lopez.
Per ONE Championship, the promotion she holds a contract with, she became the youngest women’s champion in ADCC history. It followed a silver medal in the under-65kg division at ADCC 2024, when she was still 17, meaning the teenager now has an ADCC podium finish in back-to-back cycles. For the full list of champions, see BJJ World’s ADCC 2026 results coverage.
Winning again three weeks later on the IBJJF circuit is what separates this from a one-off flash. ADCC and the Pan No-Gi run under different rulesets and use different weight-class labels — +65kg in Krakow versus black-belt super-heavy in New Jersey — and Crevar looked equally comfortable across both. The momentum is backed by results, not hype.
What Comes Next for the Kingsway Prospect?
Crevar trains under John Danaher at Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu, where she has credited a positional, defensively-minded approach for her ability to escape bad spots. She has also said the vast majority of her training comes against men, in a room that counts some of the best No-Gi grapplers in the world among its regulars.
That positional, defensively-minded approach is a Danaher signature, and Crevar has credited it directly for her comfort working out of bad positions — the same composure she showed when Resetar jumped on the heel hook.
She did not enter the Pan No-Gi open class, leaving the women’s absolute to Sarah Galvão, who won double gold. That does nothing to diminish the super-heavy result. As for what is next, Crevar has kept her stated goal simple: compete as often as possible and keep finishing opponents. Her leg-lock finishing game is the subject of BJJ World’s Leg Locks Finishes review for anyone who wants to study the exact skill that won the final.
The Helena Crevar Pan No-Gi 2026 result is one more entry in a run that already includes an ADCC crown. It is no longer just a breakout week — it is the start of a sustained case at the top of women’s No-Gi grappling.
