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ADCC Title Fight: Absolute Match

Andre Galvao vs. Pablo Popovitch, a rematch from earlier in the 2 day tournament.

Galvao is a comeback to the BJJ tournament scene where he has been a phenom after letting his MMA career take a back seat.

On to the fight: Andre strikes early with a single leg takedown, after a miss on his trip.

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American National Jiu-Jitsu Gi Results from Cal State Fullerton, CA

Academy Results

The Men end the ADCC 2011 with a great set of finals.  Exceptional matches between true professionals and masters of the sport.

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Semifinals Ending Strong at the ADCC 2011 in England

ADCC is coming to a strong finish. The semifinals are ending and there's a lot of action on the mat.

>99 kg Mens

Roberto Cyborg Abreu vs. Gerardi Rinaldi

Cyborg wins in seconds with a footlock.  Cyborg takes the Bronze.

The Men's Black Belt Results:

Roosterweight: Bruno Malfacine ( 4 - time world champ) beats Caio Terra in points, 4-2. 

Light Featherweight: Guilherme Mendes wins over Ary Farias.

Featherweight: Rafael Mendes beats Augusto Tanquinho by 2 advantage points to 1,  from a 4 to 4 draw.

Lightweight: Gilbert Durinho wins over Kron Gracie with a huge 9 to 2 victory.

Middleweight: Marcelo Garcia ( Now 5 time world champion) beats Lucas Leite.

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The Samurai Pro was held at The Walter Pyramid at California State University, Long Beach. The Walter Pyramid serves as the current home of the IBJJF’s World Jiu Jitsu Championship, and has served as the site for ADCC, and other grappling events. The facility is spacious, well lit, and very accommodating.

Fabricio Werdum of Strikeforce fame, and Gilberto from Jiu Jitsu Pro – Gear collaborated with sponsors to put on the event which provided prize money to division medalists.

Felicia Oh (Grappling Superstar), and Nam Pham (Rising MMA star, and TUF alum) provided color commentary for the event.

Many Black Belt fighters graced the mats including Rubens “Cobrinha” Charles, Andre Galvao, Romulo Barral, Antonio Braga Neto, Joel Tudor, Clark Gracie, Kayron Gracie, Bill Cooper, and Joao Assis, to name a few.

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(Picture Gallery is after the Author bio)

Sunday, April 17th, we raised $3000 which is a lot. Great event! Rigan and John Machado were there. There should be a bunch of pictures online of the event.

Kids Kicking Cancer is a charity that teaches Children dealing with Cancer treatments how to deal with the pain through meditation. We also teach them martial arts to help releive thier stress and build them self-esteem. www.powerpeacepurpose.com is the website that will give you info on the charity.

The Pans were a great time and of great fights.  Few booths at the Pan Ams, but the competition came out.

As you can see from the results, Alliance takes the top spot in Adult (which is Men).  Lloyd Irvin fallys to more than half the score for 2nd.

The Women's Class is won by Alliance, with Gracie Humaita coming in far behind and just beating Team Lloyd Irvin

Novice is taken by BJJ Revolution just edging out Nova Uniao..

Juvi's won by Pitgull BJJ.

Masters was won by the ubiquitous gracie barra...

Congratulations to all the winning teams and podium placements.. Excellent job.

Click here for the full 2011 Pan Am BJJ championship results.

November 20th Results, from the Thanksgiving Throwdown. Gi and No-Gi Competition.

Congratulations to: Liberty Boxing for winning the most Crowned team points!

1st Place - Liberty Boxing: 258 Crowned points

2nd Place - McGonigal MMA: 198 Crowned points

3rd Place - South Jersey BJJ: 171 Crowned points

Complete BJJ, Grappling Results Available here.

Complete Results IBJJF Chicago Open Results

Academy results:

1- Lloyd Irvin
2- Carlson Gracie Team
3- gracie barra