Post 2013 European Championships (Noteworthy Matches & Thoughts)

The IBJJF European Championships may not have been packed full with as many household names as we might see at Worlds or Pan but there were plenty of great, high level competitors that filled the brackets last weekend.  From what I have gathered there were some great matches and definitely some notables.

• Terere returned to competition and loses a controversial DQ (knee reap) against Claudio Calasans in the Middle weight Final.

From GracieMag: 

Alan Do Nascimento just brought the venue to tears. After conceding the win to Fernando Tererê in their middleweight match, he handed Fernando Tererê his black belt. He later explained his actions: Fernando Tererê made what I am in Jiu-Jitsu. He taught me since the white belt. This belt, he gave one day and asked for 5 reais and I knew it he was going to buy crack. I told him then that I was going to give him back the belt when when he got back on his feet. There's no better moment than that! I will sleep filled with joy and proud today!"

• This was the first IBJJF tournament that both the Miyao brothers competed at Brown belt
• Team Lloyd Irvin came in 2nd place overall team points in a gi tournament
• Leo Nogueira (Alliance) takes the black belt Absolute
• Mackenzie Dern wins her first title at black belt
• Joao Miyao choked unconscious by Keenan

Just a quick review of the team results from over the weekend.

Adult Male: 

1 - Alliance - 105
2 - Team Lloyd Irvin - 71
3 - Gracie Barra - 64 

Adult Female:

1 - CheckMat - 71
2 - Alliance - 65
3 - Gracie Barra - 44 

Juvenile:

1 - Gracie Barra - 27
2 - Frontline Academy - 16
3 - Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team - 15 

Master and Senior:

1 - Gracie Barra - 245
2 - Alliance - 156
3 - CheckMat - 131 

Novice:

1 - Gracie Barra - 42
2 - Nova União - 31
3 - CheckMat - 30 

Notable divisions:

Brown Adult Male

Light-Feather

FIRST	João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao -	PSLPB Cicero Costha
SECOND	Nicolas Gallard -	Gracie Barcelona
THIRD	Alysson Gustavo Da Cunha Miranda -	Nova União
THIRD	Adam Adshead -	Combat Base UK

Feather

FIRST	Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao -	PSLPB Cicero Costha
SECOND	Gianni P Grippo -	Gracie Elite Team America
THIRD	Wojciech Piekut -	Gracie Barra
THIRD	Tuomas Kristian Tammilehto -	Brasa

Medium-Heavy

FIRST	Keenan Kai-James Cornelius -	Team Lloyd Irvin
SECOND	Bruno Ferreira Cuppari -	Brasa
THIRD	Tomasz Skórkowski -	Atos JJ International
THIRD	AJ Agazarm -	Gracie Barra

Open Class

FIRST	Keenan Kai-James Cornelius -	Team Lloyd Irvin
SECOND	João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao -	PSLPB Cicero Costha
THIRD	Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao -	PSLPB Cicero Costha
THIRD	Christopher Bowe -	Gracie Barra

BLACK - Adult - Male

Rooster

FIRST	Brandon Mullins -	Gracie Barra
SECOND	Koji Shibamoto -	Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy
THIRD	Jordy A. Jean Antoon Peute -	Gracie Barra
THIRD	Takahito Yoshioka -	Tokushima BJJ

Light-Feather

FIRST	Laercio Fernandes -	Alliance
SECOND	Carlos Vieira Holanda -	CheckMat
THIRD	Thomas Lincoln Correa Lisboa -	Alliance
THIRD	Andre Carvalho Monteiro -	BJJ Revolution Team

Feather

FIRST	Rubens Charles Maciel -	Alliance
SECOND	Augusto Lopes Mendes -	Soul Fighters BJJ
THIRD	Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho -	Institute of Martial Arts - Caio Terra
THIRD	Eduardo Ramos da Silva -	Atos Jiu-Jitsu

Light

FIRST	Michael Josef Russell -	Mauricio Gomes Origin BJJ Team
SECOND	Vinícius Tavares Marinho -	GF Team
THIRD	Gabriel Rodrigues A. Goulart -	Alliance
THIRD	Maxime Silvére Olivier -	CheckMat

Middle

FIRST	Claudio Calasans Camargo Júnior -	Atos Jiu-Jitsu
SECOND	Fernando Augusto da Silva -	Alliance
THIRD	Mathias Fernandes Ribeiro -	Alliance
THIRD	Alan Douglas Pereira do Nascimento -	CheckMat

Medium-Heavy

FIRST	Rômulo Claudio Barral -	Gracie Barra
SECOND	Rodrigo Fajardo -	Gracie Barra
THIRD	Renato Guimaraes Cardoso -	CheckMat
THIRD	Vitor Fabio Martins Toledo -	Atos Jiu-Jitsu

Heavy

FIRST	Dimitrius Soares Souza -	Alliance
SECOND	Leonardo da Costa Maciel -	GF Team
THIRD	Fabiano Junior Leite de Souza -	Alliance
THIRD	Marcelo da Silva Bernardo -	United BJJ

Super-Heavy

FIRST	Bernardo Augusto Rocha de Faria -	Alliance
SECOND	Lucio Furtado Rodrigues -	Gracie Barra
THIRD	Mauricio Henrique Cristo Lima -	PSLPB Cicero Costha
THIRD	Filippi Soto Mattos -	Barbosa JJ

Ultra-Heavy

FIRST	Alexander Riis Hilligsoe Trans -	CheckMat
SECOND	Rodrigo Henrique Cavaca -	CheckMat
THIRD	José Ferreira da Silva Júnior -	UAE Jiu-jitsu Team
THIRD	Leonardo Pires Nogueira -	Alliance

Open Class

FIRST	Leonardo Pires Nogueira -	Alliance
SECOND	Bernardo Augusto Rocha de Faria -	Alliance
THIRD	Alexander Riis Hilligsoe Trans -	CheckMat
THIRD	Claudio Calasans Camargo Júnior -	Atos Jiu-Jitsu

Keenan Cornelius vs Paulo Miyao (Absolute Semi-Finals)

At the 4:35 mark, Keenan attempts a toe-hold which he abandons and momentarily gives up his back.   P.Miyao defends the foot lock well and inverts moving towards his back.  P.Miyao only manages to get one hook in and Kennan double underhooks that same leg and forces P.Miyao back to his guard.  Very well defended and not often that we see Keenan in this kind of trouble against a fellow brown belt.  Even once they land in the guard, there is a brief moment P.Miyao may have been able to work to the back again with Keenan's left arm so heavily committed across his body but he cuts off that opportunity by posting his left foot and shutting down that option.

At the 6:37 mark Keenan is standing, P.Miyao on his back playing open guard during a restart.  Keenan steps his right foot onto  the inside left knee of P.Miyao, slightly passes the right foot of P.Miyao to the side and drops down beating P.Miyao's hip to pass the guard.  Very fast and surprising guard pass!  The match was essentially won here for Keenan and this was a fantastic match in my opinion.  I realize that the double guard pull, fighting for grips and attempted Berimbolo game isn't everyones cup of tea but this is some high level stuff and the entire fight didn't remain in this position.

Keenan Cornelius vs Joao Miyao (Absolute Final)

Cobrinha vs Osvaldo Augusto (Feather Semi-Final)

Cobrinha vs Tanquinho (Feather Final)

Paulo Miyao vs Gianni Grippo (Feather Semi-Final)

Terere vs Claudio Calasans (Middleweight Final)

This was a very disappointing match.  Everyone was happy and excited to see Terere back in the competition scene and off the street.  There is some debate as to what exactly happened during this match, whether he had already been warned for the knee reap prior to the eventual DQ or immediately DQ'd without warning.  It appeared to me that he had already been in violation of the knee reap rule well before the match was finally stopped.  Very anticlimactic finish to what could have been a great match.

Brandon Mullins vs Koji Shibamoto (Rooster Final)

The complete results can be found here:

https://www.ibjjfdb.com/Campeonato/PublicResults?CampeonatoId=154&CultureInfo=en-US