It is officially on in Irvine as all the black belt divisions will be crowning champions today at the 2013 Pan Jiu Jitsu Championships. Get live results and discuss what is happening right here on Bloody Elbow.
The IBJJF Pan Jiu Jitsu Championships are underway to 2014, and the last three days have been full of white, blue, and purple belt action. Now it is time for the black and brown belts to take the mats, and while Saturday is a light day for the black belts, plenty of top flight grapplers will be on the mats trying to choke, throw, pin, and limp twist each other.
The preliminary rounds are over and today is the heavy action in the black belt divisions. The brackets can be seen right here at the IBJJF website and the online stream of the event can be purchased at IBJJF.tv right here.
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Results are below, start times are Pacific time zone.
Adult / Male / BLACK / Rooster / 11:36 AM
Round of 16
Thiago Dias D. Narciso vs William Earl Hagerty
Hagerty advances
João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues vs Takahito Yoshioka
Rodrigues advances
Washington Luis do M. Lima vs David Zennario
Round of 8
Koji Shibamoto vs William Earl Hagerty
Fabbio Alencar vs João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues
Ivaniel Cavalcante de Oliveira vs Washington Luis do M. Lima/David Zennario
Milton Carlos Bastos P. do vs Makoto Sawada
Bastos advances
Semifinals
Adult / Male / BLACK / Light-Feather / 11:24 AM
Round of 8
Vitor Peres Paschoal vs Nobuo Yagai
Paschoal gets the win with a nasty ankle lock that has Yagai limping off the mat
John Nam H Cho vs Paulo Miyao
Paulo all over this cat, taking positions, dropping for armbars, not sure of score but looking like a blow out. Miyao advances, did not see what caused the finish.
João Miyao vs Fernando Spessoto
Miyao wins by submsiion
Semifinals
Rafael Freitas vs João Miyao
Paulo Miyao vs Vitor Peres Paschoal
Adult / Male / BLACK / Feather / 09:00 AM
Round of 16
Spenser Gilliam vs Mario Reis
Mario Reis advances
Rafael Panato da Luz vs Mayko de Araujo Girotto Borges
Borges advances
Yukito Robert Isoda vs Samir José Chantre Dahás
Dahas advances
Samuel Hertzog Canquerino vs David Juliano Lemes
Luke Hacker vs Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho
Moizinho advances by submission via footlock after blowing out Hacker on the scoreboard.
Nicollas Welker Amorim Araujo vs Justin Rader
Rader on top, working his pass game. Switched away from match, not sure of score. Both fighters are on their feet, Araujo jumps guard and now working on a leglock here. Rader defending well, Araujo switching to try for an omoplata sweep or an armlock. Araujo swings under for another kneebar attempt. Rader now in on a front head lock, Araujo has to roll to escape.
Time expires, Rader advances on points.
Edson Francisco de Oliveira vs Isaque Alberto de Oliveira Paiva
Paiva advances
Gianni Grippo vs Zachary James Adamson
Grippo spent a great deal of time working for a bermibolo, he did finally sweep with it, got a crucifix position and worked very hard for a submission. Grippo caught the back eventually, locked up a body triangle, we had some back pack action for a bit. Grippo wins on points.
Round of 8
Samir Chantre vs David Lemes
Lemes advances on points
Mario Reis vs Mayko Borges
Mario Reis wins by submission.
Justin Rader vs Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho
Moizinho gets the win on points
Isaque Paiva vs Gianni Grippo
Double guard pull, some back and forth, but mostly double guard pull work.
Grippo wins.
Semifinals
Mario Reis vs David Lemes
Augusto Honorio Moizinho vs Gianni Grippo
Adult / Male / BLACK / Light / 09:48 AM
Round 16
Julian Vega vs Michael Langhi
Vega in Langhi's guard, and gets swept, Langhi working a smothering top attack. Langhi wins on points.
Rafael Costa vs Marcel Goulart Cubel Gonçalves
Rafael Henrique Pereira vs Lucas Lepri
Lepri advances.
Thiago Abreu vs AJ Agazarm
Abreu advances
Steven Barnett vs Philipe Della Monica
Della Monica gets a crafty armlock win.
Gabriel Rodrigues A. Goulart vs Rodrigo Caproal
Bricklin Welch vs JT Torres
Torres wins by kneebar.
Rodrigo Lamounier de Freitas vs Francisco Antonio Iturralde Lara
Round of 8
Michael Langhi vs Marcel Goncalves
Langhi wins by choke
Lucas Lepri vs Thiago Abreu
Lepri advances
JT Torres vs Francisco Iturradle
Torres advances
Philipe Della Monica vs Gabreil Goulart
Semifinals
Adult / Male / BLACK / Middle / 09:00 AM
Round of 16
Matthew Jubera vs Otavio Sousa
Sousa spent the majority of this match working his guard, looking for a sweep. With two minutes left Sousa locked up a brabo choke, swept to the mount and got the tap. Sousa advances.
Leonardo I. Iturralde Aguirre vs Jordan Schultz
Traded kneebar attempts, Iturralde was getting the better of an exchange, and during an kneebar escape Schultz got a knee reaping penalty. After penalty Schultz working from the top of the de la Riva guard, looking to pass, Iturralde head 2-0. Time expires, Iturralde advances.
Julian Marquez vs Leandro Lo
Grip fighting on the feet, Lo pulls guard. Lo working his amazing guard, goes reverse DLR, goes under and now fighting for a sweep, Marque escapes to the feet. Lo on top now, looking to knee slide. Lo loses the sweep and Marquez is able to stand back up. Marquez jumps closed guard, now looking to sweep to even things up. Lo almost passes again, still up 2-0.
Match ends in a DQ for an accidental leg reap, Lo advances.
Charles Santos vs Vitor Oliveira
Charles Santos wins by kneebar and advances.
Victor Santos vs Clark Gracie
Clark pulls guard, in reverse DLR. Santos come very close to passing, Clark recovers early. Scramble Clark very near to giving up up his back here. Clark got his guard back. Santos fighting hard in Clark's guard, Clark using pant grips very well to contain Santos' pass attempts. Clark sweeps with a kimura and then gets the finish, Clark advances.
Lucas Rocha de Freitas vs Marcelo Mafra
Rocha defeats Mafra on a referee decision.
Sergio Raimundo Rios da Silva vs Vitor Estima
Sergio gets a big throw, Estima rolls him, ends up on back with very close choke, slips off. Victor working from his closed guard, sweeps, looks for a pass, now looking to a footlock. Vitor passes the guard, goes for an amazing slick armlock sequence. Sergio escapes. He is now looking to get a standing crucifix choke on Vitor, you can't make this stuff up. Vitor wins on points.
Nic Nikolaisen vs Carlos Diego Ferreira Neves
Round of 8
Charles Santos vs Leandro Lo
Lo wins 4-2
Clark Gracie vs Lucas Rocha de Freitas
A great match with plenty of aggression and submission attempts, Clark got down early and was never able to catch up, but stayed very busy with submission attacks. Lucas advances.
Rocha gets up 5-0 with a sweep and a pass.
Otavio Sousa vs Leonardo Iturralde
Sousa advances
Vitor Estima vs Nic Nikolaisen
Estima wins by reverse triangle.
Semifinals
Leandro Lo vs Vitor Estima
Otavio Sousa vs Lucas Rocha de Freitas
Gracie Barra teammates don't fight, Sousa advances.
Adult / Male / BLACK / Medium-Heavy / 09:48
Round of 16
Robert Yamashita vs Rodrigo Fajardo
Rafael Fraga vs Eduardo Telles
Telles wins 4-0 and advances.
Bruno Augusto Togni Antunes vs Gustavo Campos
Campos working from his guard against Bruno, and a stalling penalty has already been called against Bruno. Now fighting the the 50/50 guard. Campos advances on points.
Diego da Silveira Herzog vs DJ Jackson
Wow Herzog in a kneebar, calf slicer combo right off the back, Jackson defends, but just barely. In 50/50 guard, now DJ going for some sort of leg twisting position that seems to be causing Herzog some discomfort.
Herzong wins on advantages.
Jurandir Vieira da Conceição vs Murilo Silva Ferreira de Santana
Sadayoshi Roberto Mota Kurimori vs Keenan Cornelius
Keenan on top early. On the back of Kurimori, being reset in the center of the mat. Keenan wins by choke from the back.
Vitor Fabio Martins Toledo vs Felipe Pena
Vitor advances
Renato Guimaraes Cardoso vs William Zumbro
Renato Advances
Round of 8
Rodrigo Fejardo vs Eduardo Telles
Fejardo advances on points. Telles still awesome, still doesn't grapple for points
Gustavo Campos vs Diego Herzog
Campos advances narrowly on points or advantages
Murilo Santana vs Keenan Cornelius
Keenan getting the better of a battle here, both grapplers are spending a lot of energry here. Keenan wins on points.
Vitor Fabio Martins Toledo vs Renato Cardoso
Renato advances
Semifinals
Rodrigo Fejardo vs Keenan Cornelius
Renato Cardoso vs Gustavo Campos
Adult / Male / BLACK / Heavy / 11:24 AM
Round of 16
Jackson Sousa vs Josh Jordan
Sousa with a takedown early, looking to work his very strong passing game. Jordan has reverse DLR, and is fighting off Sousa for now. Jackson gets around the guard and collects his points, now in north south. Back to guard, Sousa up 8-0. Now 11-0. Sousa catches a footlock off a bermibolo and advances.
Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira vs Yuri Simoes
Simoes working his dynamic top game, is up 3-0 after a pass, he is back in guard and Oliveira working hard for a sweep. Simoes stacking looking for another pass, Oliveira recovers well. Battle in guard continues, Simoes passes and in side control. Medic check on a cut on Oliveira, time winding down here. Simoes wins 17-0
Felipe Menezes Bueno vs Eliot Kelly
Roberto Alencar vs Guilherme Domingos dos Santos
Alencar ahead on points with a bit of time left, he is advancing position aggressively, working an armbar and triangle chain. 10-0 in favor of Alencar and he advances.
Benjamin Baxter vs Fabiano Junior Leite de Souza
Alexandro Ceconi de Souza vs John Salter
Round of 8
Rafael Lovato Jr vs Felipe Menezes Bueno/Eliot Kelly
Lucas Leite vs Benjamin Baxter/Fabiano Junior Leite de Souza
Yuri Simoes
Semifinals
Adult / Male / BLACK / Super-Heavy / 11:24 AM
Round of 16
Bernardo T. de Siqueira Filho Faria vs Roger Luiz Pereira Ambrosi
Amborsi up early with an aggressive top game, but he lost position on a submission attempt, Faria now looking to pass. Prolonged guard battle ensuing. Faria now on the back.
Faria wins, not sure if on points or submission.
Guybson Costa e Sá vs Ronald Wuest
Guyboson advances.
Karim Mohamed Ait Khalifa vs Tiago Ribeiro do Valle Giussani
Giussani advances.
James Puopolo vs Thiago Delecavo Osta Salim
Puopolo was injured, not sure if he continued. It appears he is out, Salim advances
Round of 8
Bernardo Augusto Rocha de Faria vs Bernardo T. de Siqueira Filho Faria
André Alberto W. Campos vs Guybson Costa e Sá
Campos advances on points.
Paulo Tarcisio Pessoa Jardim vs Tiago Ribeiro do Valle Giussani
Luiz Fernando de Azevedo Panza vs Thiago Delecavo Osta Salim
Semifinals
Adult / Male / BLACK / Ultra-Heavy / 12:00 PM
Round 16
André Simões de Oliveira vs Raphael da Costa Goulart
Gabiel Lucas vs Alessandro Ferreira da Silva
Round 8
Aleaxnder Trans vs André Simões de Oliveira/Raphael da Costa Goulart
Mario Barbosa vs Leonardo Henrique D'avila Corrêa
Andre Galvao vs Gabiel Lucas/Alessandro Ferreira da Silva
Abraham J. Marte Messina vs Caio Terra
Semifinals
Adult / Female / BLACK / Light-Feather / 12:44 PM
Semifinals
Andrea Encarnacion vs Nyjah Easton
Kanako Inaba vs BYE
Adult / Female / BLACK / Feather / 01:17 PM
Semifinals
Mackenzie Dern vs Cristina Brandao
Laurence Foullat vs Tammi Musumeci
Adult / Female / BLACK / Light / 12:50 PM
Semifinals
Fabiana Borges vs Charlene Coats
Beatriz Mesquita vs Jena Bishop
Adult / Female / BLACK / Middle / 12:32 PM
Semifinals
Penny Thomas vs Megan Nevill
Luiza Monteiro Moura da Costa vs BYE
Adult / Female / BLACK / Medium-Heavy / 09:00 AM
Round of 8
Erika Correia vs Shavonne Guthrie
Semifinals
Talita Nogueira vs Erika Correia/Shavonne Guthrie
Carolyn Stephenson vs Rachel Demara
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