Main results:

Adult, by academy:

1st lugar, Renzo Gracie
2nd lugar, Alliance
3rd lugar, American Top Team

Adult black belt, individual:

Absolute
1st – Braulio Estima
2nd – Rolles Gracie

Ultra Heavyweight
1st – Bruno Paulista
2nd – Rolles Gracie

Super Heavyweight
1st – Mikhail Cirkunov
2nd – Andre Gusmao

Heavyweight
1st – Braulio Estima
2nd – Roberto Tussa

Medium Heavyweight
1st – Pablo Popovitch
2nd – Tarsis Humphreys

Middleweight
1st – Marcelo Uirapuru
2nd – Lucas Lepri

Lightweight
1st – Rubens Charles
2nd – Daniel Aguiar

Featherweight
1st – Renan Borges
2nd – Aaron Milam
Super Feather weight
1st – Samuel Braga
2nd – Rafael Freitas

Poze de la competitie – Right click si View Image pentru a vedea pozele la marimea naturala
Braulio Estima sarbatorind:

Rolles Gracie beat talented Lucas Lepri in the semis, to share the black belt open class first places with training partner Braulio Estima:

Two-time ADCC runner-up and 2007 No-Gi Worlds champion Pablo Popovitch climbed a weight category and conquered gold at medium heavy against Tarsis Humphreys:

With a great performance, submitting his three opponents in less than one minute a piece, Marcelo Uirapuru upset 2007 World Champion Lucas Lepri with this straight leg lock and took first prize in the middle weight category:

Braulio Estima’s greatest weapon, his close guard, was in top shape against his Gracie Barra partner Roberto Tussa in this heavyweight final clash:

The best fight of the tournament might have been the open class quarterfinal battle between Roberto Tussa (right) and Tarsis Humphreys…in which, in the end, Humphreys got the edge by one advantage, after a 6-6 tie on the score cards:

Extreme Couture’s Mikhail Cirkunov was the finest surprise of the tournament, taking the black belt super heavy division against former IFL star Andre Gusmao:

Bruno Paulista plays guard against Robert Constance for the blackbelt ultra-heavies:

Renzo Gracie (1^st), Fabio Gurgel (Alliance – 2^nd), and Reysinho (ATT – 3^rd) more than happy with their adult thophies for the schools race:

Talented NY Purple belt David Bass used a vast arsenal of attacks to take the open class division to his proud teacher Fabio Clemente:

Centura cu trese de aur, un „talisman” dupa care se vor face filme in viitor 🙂

Dupa ce a castigat debutul in MMA prin Submission (armbar), Andre Galvao este pregatit de al doilea meci de MMA din cariera, ce va avea loc in Canada pe 28 noiembrie.

Daca pentru primul meci (vs Jeremiah Metcalf) s-a antrenat alaturi de Wanderlei Silva, Paulo Filho, Xande Ribeiro, Ronaldo Jacaré sau Fabrício “Morango”, acum Galvao a schimbat „sala” si s-a alaturat fratilor Nog, lui Anderson Silva si Rafael “Feijão” la Minotauro Team.

Intr-un interviu pentru revista TATAME, Galvao a explicat cum a perceput tranzitia de la BJJ la MMA.
“I think Jiu-Jitsu helps you a lot, so if you’re a BJJ black belt and you compete, you’re in advantage on the ring, because you can do the job stand up or on the ground. But you need to like it… A lot of people go from BJJ to MMA and don’t get used to it, and maybe you can put an end to your career with this choice, you need to know if you like to get beaten (laughs)”, told the athlete.

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