The 2013 IBJJF World Championships concluded around 10pm central time Sunday night. It was an excellent event featuring some incredible matches and upsets. That being said...my brain is FRIED from watching most of Saturday and Sunday's live stream.
Notable moments (Spoilers if you haven't seen the matches. Skip down and watch the matches first.)
Gui Mendes being knocked out in only the quarterfinals. He played a dangerously close match and didn't push the pace losing a ref's decision.
Tanquinho was impressive. I picked him to make it to the finals but who would have expected him to beat both Cobrinha AND Rafael Mendes the same day? Probably the most impressive run in the black belt division in my opinion.
Caio Terra showed that his win against his nemesis, Bruno Malfacine, at Pan 2013 was not fluke. He played a very similar game and won the 50/50 battle to claim another World title.
Leandro Lo showed that he is one of the most dynamic standing guard passers and open guard players of the tournament. He had only 2 points scored against him in the entire tournament.
Paulo Miyao FINALLY beats Keenan Cornelius in the Brown belt Absolute final. This is an amazing feat considering that he fights at Light Feather.
Braulio Estima was very impressive and showed the world that he still is competing at the highest level dazzling with a ridiculous kneebar. He closed out his weight class and conceded to teammate Romulo Barral.
Atos was shut out at black belt in all divisions.
Ary Farias had appeared to win the Light Feather final, left the mat area to celebrate, was penalized for doing so which docked him an advantage and caused him to lose the final. Very unfortunate as the match was one of the best finals during the weekend.
Lucas Leite was excellent making it to the final at Heavyweight...which is two weight classes above his natural division.
Bruno Bastos (Nova Uniao) retired from Worlds competition and gave his black belt to Buchecha after losing to him in the Absolute division.
Buchecha proved AGAIN that he is the best pound for pound guy out there. He was incredibly dominant winning both his weight and the Absolute division. The Absolute final against Rodolfo Veira wasn't close at all.
Xande Ribeiro (Match 1)
Caio Terra (Brasa) vs Fabio Passos (Alliance)
Rafa Mendes vs Mayako Borges
Braulio Estima's INSANE kneebar in slo-motion.
Gui Mendes (Atos) vs Daniel Beleza Light Feather Quarterfinal
Rodolfo Veira (GF Team) vs Leo Leite (CheckMat)
Rafael Mendes (Atos) vs Tanquinho (Soul Fighters) Feather Final
Caio Terra (Brasa) vs Bruno Malfacine (Alliance) Rooster Final
Ari Farias (Atos) vs Gabriel Moraes (CheckMat) Light Feather Final
Leandro Lo vs Michael Langhi (Alliance) Light Final
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.
:
1 - Alliance - 105
2 - Team Lloyd Irvin - 71
3 - Gracie Barra - 64
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.
Saturday night we were treated to our first IBJJF Pro League event. While this isn't the Mundials or Pan it is a big deal for a couple reasons. Finally these world class black belts are getting paid to compete and we as viewers are able to watch the event for FREE!!!! I managed to catch most of the event which was run very smoothly and the commentators did a very good job of describing the action. The event ran with two mats until the finals at which point they only ran one match at a time. I've found three of the finals matches and posted them here for those that missed out on the event. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I will add more as I run across them.
Update: IBJJF uploaded their higher quality videos so I am passing them along here.
Probably one of the coolest things that happened in this event was the performance of Tanner Rice. Rice is 19 and recently received his black belt from Cobrinha about 2 months ago. He defeated Megaton earlier that day by kimura and went on to have a great match Tanquinho in the 1st round of the Pro. I think it's safe to say we can expect BIG things from Tanner Rice on the competition circuit. Unfortunately he had to withdraw after this match due to injury.
