After winning bronze, Elisabeth Clay (in black) came back to win gold in the absolute. IBJJF
This Thursday marked the start of the most highly anticipated event of the BJJ season. The IBJJF World Championship, which this year returned to the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, on its first day featured the most competitive blue-belts on the planet.
Elisabeth Clay, an Alaska native, caught the crowd’s eye. Not long ago, at just 16 years of age, she qualified for ADCC 2017 by defeating big names in the American trials. A blue-belt from Ares Jiu-Jitsu, yesterday Clay finished third in the medium heavyweight division. Then she returned to beat four opponents and claim the top of the absolute podium. Besides the gold medal, she will return home with a brand-new purple belt.
The men’s section was dominated by Mateus Souza. The Atos Jiu-Jitsu member bagged gold at medium heavyweight as he beat Caio Almeida (Ribeiro JJ). Not satisfied, he signed up for the open division. After fighting twice, Mateus met in the final his teammate Tainan Dalpra, the middleweight champion, and they closed it out for Atos — and were simultaneously promoted purple-belts.
Read on for the official day-one results, and check back with us soon.
Blue / Adult / Male / Rooster
1 – Isaias Higino Pereira dos Santos – Nova União
2 – Matheus Henrique Araújo Azancot Vilaça – Ares BJJ
3 – Isaih Francesco Calderon – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Keven Carrasco – Ares BJJ
Blue / Adult / Male / Light-Feather
1 – Fabricio Andrey Batista Junior – Alliance
2 – Breno Santana de Azevedo – GF Team
3 – Gavin Mikhail Corbe – Luiz Palhares Jiu Jitsu
3 – Robin Bohlin – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Blue / Adult / Male / Feather
1 – Marcelo Fausto de Abreu – CheckMat
2 – Adalberto Carvalho Elias Junior – Alliance
3 – Luiz Guilherme de Oliveira Rodrigues – Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team
3 – Matheus Teixeira Queiroz – Carlson Gracie Team
Blue / Adult / Male / Light
1 – Lucas Andre Galvão Protasio – ZR Team Association
2 – Samuel Levi Duarte Arrieche – Marra Senki Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy LLC
3 – Heitor Ferreira Mangaravitte Senra – Soul Fighters BJJ
3 – Victor Leon R. Carmona – Alliance
Blue / Adult / Male / Middle
1 – Tainan Dalpra Costa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Travis Leroy Lindahl – Coalition 95
3 – Chee Chan Chew – Immersion Mixed Martial Arts
3 – Felipe Aníbal Ferraz Teixeira – CheckMat
Blue / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 – Mateus Rodrigues de Souza – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Caio Levi Costa Almeida – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Rafael Fernando Da Silva – Ns Brotherhood
3 – Ryan North – Gracie Humaita
Blue / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 – Louis Ryan – Barbosa Jiu Jitsu – Australia
2 – Davi Cabral De Souza – GF Team
3 – Jean Fontoura Da Silva – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Manoel Vitor Nunes Pinto – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Blue / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy
1 – Caio Perondi De Melo – Zenith BJJ
2 – Ville Backman – Alliance International
3 – Valdir Moraes Rodrigues Junior – Alliance
3 – Vinicius Matheus Bernardo de Aquino – Alliance
Blue / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 – Jason Shirley – CheckMat
2 – LIE Wilhem Manaatua – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Gabriel Kutianski Gonzalez Vieira – Gracie Barra
3 – Jonathen Robert Zamora – Tinguinha BJJ academy
Blue / Adult / Male / Open Class
1 – Mateus Rodrigues de Souza – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Tainan Dalpra Costa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Gabriel Kutianski Gonzalez Vieira – Gracie Barra
3 – Lucas Andre Galvão Protasio – ZR Team Association
Blue / Adult / Female / Rooster
1 – Fiona Ko – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Gurkirman Kaur Nijjar – Alliance
3 – Ji Jeong Woo – myBJJ Team
3 – Sabrina Migliozzi – Infight JJ
Blue / Adult / Female / Light-Feather
1 – Sarah Elisabeth Thackray – Alliance
2 – Tayler Rae Wiedeman – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Madison Lucille Wolfe – Soul Fighters BJJ
3 – Satomi Suga – RJJ
Blue / Adult / Female / Feather
1 – Camila de Araujo Roque – Gordo Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Rafaela Alexandra Policarpo da Rosa – Carlson Gracie Team
3 – Brianna Ste-marie – Brazilian Top Team Int.
3 – Janne Celine Bjerga – KMR BJJ Kimura Europe
Blue / Adult / Female / Light
1 – Valentina Lodi – RCJ Machado
2 – Thalyta Stefhane Lima Silva – Qatar BJJ Brasil
3 – Jolynne Amber Dizon – CheckMat
3 – Nanami Ichikawa – Tri-Force Gotanda
Blue / Adult / Female / Middle
1 – Deise dos Santos Leonanjo – Alliance
2 – Maia Alexis Rolland – Team Lloyd Irvin
3 – Jéssika Bartoli Almeida – CheckMat
3 – Stephania Gomez – The Black – HWD
Blue / Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy
1 – Kayla Dehm – Team Lloyd Irvin
2 – Larissa Dias de Almeida – GF Team
3 – Elisabeth Ann Clay – Ares BJJ
3 – Elizabeth Gordon – Dunham Jiu-Jitsu
Blue / Adult / Female / Heavy
1 – Lauren Adrienne Rojas – Alliance
2 – Lydia Coleman – Alliance International
3 – Molly Harding – Unified Jiu Jitsu
3 – Rebecca Contrino – Gracie Barra
Blue / Adult / Female / Super-Heavy
1 – Michelle Dunchus – Brea Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Olivia Obodoagha – Team Lloyd Irvin
3 – Claudia Pirvu – Will/Machado
3 – Luzimery Garcia – GF Team
Blue / Adult / Female / Open Class
1 – Elisabeth Ann Clay – Ares BJJ
2 – Deise dos Santos Leonanjo – Alliance
3 – Brianna Ste-marie – Brazilian Top Team Int.
3 – Madison Lucille Wolfe – Soul Fighters BJJ
