The BJJ World Championships are in progress and the brown belt divisions start today and the black belt divisions start tomorrow. Below are notable competitors and 1st round matches of the divisions, who are your picks to win the matches and the division?
BLACK BELT DIVISION
*** FEATHER
Mario Reis vs Takumi Nakayama
Baret Yoshida vs Sam Joseph
Noah Booth vs Jonatas Gurgel
Naoya Uematsu vs Gabriel Willcox
Bruno Frazatto vs Yoshinobu Kakizaw
Megaton Dias vs Scott DeWitt
Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles
LIGHT
Brad Court vs Joao Silva
Daisuke “Amazon” Sugie
MIDDLE
Marcelo Garcia
Edson Diniz
Travis Tooke vs Ingmar Santos
Tiago Alves
Mike Fowler
Kron Gracie
Nakapan Phungephorn vs Jomari Guarin
Bill Cooper
MEDIUM HEAVY
Romulo Barral
Luke Stewart
Chris Moriarty
Gregor Gracie
Tarsis Humphreys
HEAVY
Braulio Estima
Dustin Denes vs Ricardo Gon
Rafael Lavato Jr
SUPER HEAVY
Roger Gracie
Bruno Bastos
Rodrigo “Cumprido” Medeiros
Leo Dalla
Eduardo Telles
Antonio Braga Neto
ULTRA HEAVY
Marcio Corletta
BROWN BELT DIVISION
LIGHT FEATHER
Luis Pantoja vs Wes Fe
FEATHER
Zak Maxwell vs Ogualdo Augusto
Ryan Hall vs Mike Cusi
Mike Easton vs Ben Lowry
LIGHT MIDDLE
JT Torres
Bruno Tostes
MIDDLE
Karyon Gracie
Clark Gracie
MEDIUM HEAVY
Dan Simmler
Rhalan Gracie
Ian McPherson
SUPER HEAVY
Mike Westbrook (ex Redskins player) vs Corey Hawkins
OPEN DIVISION ***
JT Torres vs Luis Si
Bruno Tostes vs Lopez Kola
Ryan Hall
Kayron Gracie vs Daniel Garcia
Dan Simmler
Ian McPherson
Luis Pantoja
Rhalan Gracie
Where is this all taking place?
I believe its Cal State Long Beach Joe
I am pulling for Travis Tooke.
Jonatas Gurgel should pull out the FW division. War Tagarela!!!!!
Galo: Caio Terra vs Bruno Malfacine - Terra wins
Pluma: Guilherme Mendes vs Samuel Braga - Mendes Wins
Pena: Bruno Frazatto vs Cobrinha - Cobrinha wins
Leve: Lucas Lepri vs Michael Langhi - Closed out
Medio: Marcelo Garcia vs Alan do Nascimento - Fin Fou wins
Meio-Pesado: Romulo Barral vs Tarsis Humphreys - Tarsis wins
Pesado: Braulio Estima vs Roberto Alencar - Braulio wins.
Super-Pesado: Roger vs Braga Neto - Roger wins.
Pesadissimo: Vella vs Corleta - Corleta wins
Absolute: Roger vs ? - Roger wins.
World JJ Championship 2009
NO VIDEO CAMERAS WILL BE ALLOWED ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
Blue Belt Adult Male - Purple Belt Adult male - Open Class Registration.
The athletes who placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each adult blue male and adult purple male weight division are eligible to compete in the Open Class division.
The athletes who are eligible and wish to compete in this division should report to the admin table after your division is finished and the medals are awarded so that you may register.
Thursday - 4-jun
9:00 White belt - Male - Adult - Rooster to Light
10:20 White belt - Male - Adult - Middle to Ultra Heavy
11:20 White belt - Female - Adult - Light Feather to Heavy
White belt - Male - Master - Rooster to Ultra Heavy
12:30 White belt - Male - Senior - Rooster to Ultra Heavy
1:00 Blue belt - Female - Light Feather to Heavy
Blue belt - Male - Rooster
2:00 Blue belt - Male - Light Feather and Feather
4:00 Blue belt - Male - Light
5:50 Blue belt - Male - Middle
7:30 Blue belt - Male - Medium Heavy
8:30 Blue belt - Male - Heavy to Ultra Heavy
Friday - 5-jun
9:00 Purple belt - Male - Rooster to Feather
11:00 Brown belt - Male - Open Class
1:00 Purple belt - Male - Light and Middle
3:00 Purple belt - Male - Medium Heavy to Super Heavy
4:50
Purple belt - Male - Ultra Heavy
Purple belt - Female - Light Feather to Heavy
Blue belt - Male - Open Class
Blue belt - Female - Open Class
6:30 Blue belt - Male - Juvenile - Rooster to Ultra Heavy
Blue belt - Female - Juvenile - Light Feather to Heavy
Brown belt - Male - Rooster and Light Feather
7:30 Brown belt - Male - Feather
Purple belt - Female - Open Class
Saturday - 6-jun
9:00 Brown belt - Male - Light and Middle
Black belt - Male - Open Class Registration
10:00 Black belt - Male - End of Open Class Registration
10:40 Brown/Black - Female - Open Class
Brown belt - Male - Medium Heavy
11:00 Black belt - Male - Open Class
1:00 Brown belt - Male - Heavy to Ultra Heavy
Blue belt - Male - Juvenile - Open Class
Blue belt - Female - Juvenile - Open Class
2:00 Brown/Black - Female - Light Feather to Heavy
Purple belt - Male - Open Class
3:10 Black belt - Male - Rooster to Light
5:00 Black belt - Male - Middle and Medium Heavy
6:30 Black belt - Male - Heavy to Ultra Heavy
Sunday - 7-jun
10:00 Black Belt Male - Adult - Rooster and Super Feather - Quarter Finals
10:40 Black Belt Male - Adult - Feather and Light - Quarter Finals
11:30 Black Belt Male - Adult - Rooster and Super Feather - Semi Finals
Black Belt Male - Adult - Feather and Light - Semi Finals
12:20 Black Belt Male - Adult - Middle and Medium Heavy - Quarter Finals
1:00 Black Belt Male - Adult - Heavy, Super Heavy and Ultra Heavy - Quarter Finals
2:10 Black Belt Male - Adult - Middle, Medium Heavy, Heavy, Super Heavy and Ultra Heavy - Semi Finals
3:00 Brown/Black Female - All weight divisions - Finals
4:40 Black Belt Finals - All weight divisions and open class
Brown/Black Female - Open class final
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is onthemat doing play by play?
Joe,
How do you not where the worlds is? Do you not pay any attention to gi jiu jitsu, or are you just super busy with everything else (not sarcastic).
War Bill Cooper~!! Dayam he's in a tough class
cant wait to see some vids
I'm cheering for Kron.
Go Baret!
Why isn't spencer pratt competing with his new found blackbelt???
Cant wait to see all the 0-0 1 advantage blowouts in these matches.
Kron!
Tyler Bishop - Joe,
How do you not where the worlds is? Do you not pay any attention to gi jiu jitsu, or are you just super busy with everything else (not sarcastic).
thats the first thing that came to my mind as well...
you are missing some notable competitors...the middle weight division is stacked...sergio, leite, marcello, kron, cooper, fowler, etc...and how could you forget kyra
JSho - Galo: Caio Terra vs Bruno Malfacine - Terra wins
Pluma: Guilherme Mendes vs Samuel Braga - Mendes Wins
Pena: Bruno Frazatto vs Cobrinha - Cobrinha wins
Leve: Lucas Lepri vs Michael Langhi - Closed out
Medio: Marcelo Garcia vs Alan do Nascimento - Fin Fou wins
Meio-Pesado: Romulo Barral vs Tarsis Humphreys - Tarsis wins
Pesado: Braulio Estima vs Roberto Alencar - Braulio wins.
Super-Pesado: Roger vs Braga Neto - Roger wins.
Pesadissimo: Vella vs Corleta - Corleta wins
Absolute: Roger vs ? - Roger wins.
Agreed
TTT for Hannette Staack.