Horlando showing off his four gold medals.
After hosting the 2018 Worlds, Long Beach’s Walter Pyramid has already moved on to hosting another big event on the BJJ circuit. The American National, held on the 28th, 29th and 30th of June, welcomed gi and no-gi competitors from all parts of the U.S. willing to fight for gold and for valuable points for the season’s IBJJF rankings.
The big name ended up being Horlando Monteiro, of GD Jiu-Jitsu. He fought and won everything available, eventually walking away with gold medals in the classical and no-gi versions of the heavyweight and absolute divisions.
In the gi, Horlando beat Rafael Lima (Atos) at heavyweight and James Puopolo (Ribeiro JJ) in the absolute. Out of the gi, first he became heavyweight champion by defeating Nisar Loynab (Atos); then he dealt Manuel Ribamar (Unity) an armbar from the triangle in the absolute final.
In the women’s gi section, Checkmat’s Andressa Cintra had a great showing. After finishing second at medium heavy — being stopped by black-belt rookie Brenda Heller (Gracie Humaitá), — Andressa picked herself up and reached the absolute final, at which point she closed it out with teammate and featherweight champion Karen Borges.
Read on for the official results.
GI
Black / Adult / Male / Rooster
1 – Carlos Alberto Oliveira Da Silva – GF Team
2 – Nobuhiro Sawada – Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy
Black / Adult / Male / Light-Feather
1 – Lucas dos Santos Pinheiro – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues – Soul Fighters BJJ
Black / Adult / Male / Feather
1 – Thiago Augusto Araujo Macedo – Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ
2 – Richar Emiliano Nogueira – PSLPB Cicero Costha
3 – Kevin Javier Mahecha – American Top Team
3 – Rodrigo Lopes Cardoso – LEAD BJJ
Black / Adult / Male / Light
1 – Lucas Sette C. Valente Tobias – Gracie Barra
2 – Cesar Casamajó Cardoso – Caveirinha Jiu-Jitsu Family
3 – Piter Frank Almeida Silva – Alliance
3 – Rodrigo Lamounier de Freitas – Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Black / Adult / Male / Middle
1 – Sean Douglas Roberts – CheckMat
2 – Ben Henderson – JCBJJ
3 – Hugo Valdemar Gonzalez Alcala – Gracie Humaita
Black / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 – Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho – Unity Jiu-jitsu
2 – Gabriel Corrêa Rocha – Gracie Barra
3 – Nisar Amin Loynab – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Black / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 – Horlando de Jesus Monteiro – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association
2 – Rafael Vasconcelos de Lima – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Gianni K. T. E. Crivello – Ralph Gracie
3 – Tanner Nicholas Weisgram – Sylvio Behring USA
Black / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy
1 – James Richard Puopolo – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Wellington Modena Peroto – One Jiu-Jitsu USA
3 – Daniel Hampton – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association
3 – Kaio Cesar Abrantes Fonseca – Gracie Barra
Black / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 – Joseph Moku Kahawai Jr. – Beyond Jiu-Jitsu
2 – John Leslie Hansen – Rodrigo Vaghi BJJ
3 – Arin Adjamian – Zenith BJJ
3 – Francisco Carlos de Leon – Gracie Barra
Black / Adult / Male / Open Class
1 – Horlando de Jesus Monteiro – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association
2 – James Richard Puopolo – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Alexandre Faria Molinaro – Carlson Gracie Team
3 – Wellington Modena Peroto – One Jiu-Jitsu USA
Black / Adult / Female / Light-Feather
1 – Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos – GF Team
2 – Patrícia Maria N. Fontes dos Santos – CheckMat
3 – Bruna Burns – Zenith BJJ
Black / Adult / Female / Feather
1 – Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges – CheckMat
Black / Adult / Female / Light
1 – Tammi Alana Musumeci – Caio Terra Association
2 – Sarah Johnel Black – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association
3 – Y.X. Xiong – Gracie Humaita
Black / Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy
1 – Brenda Heller Pessoa Freitas – Gracie Humaita
2 – Andressa Mezari Cintra – CheckMat
Black / Adult / Female / Heavy
1 – Nathiely Karoline Melo de Jesus – Unity Jiu-jitsu
Black / Adult / Female / Open Class
1 – Andressa Mezari Cintra – CheckMat
2 – Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges – CheckMat
3 – Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos – GF Team
3 – Y.X. Xiong – Gracie Humaita
NO-GI
Black / Adult / Male / Light-Feather
1 – Lucas dos Santos Pinheiro – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues – Soul Fighters BJJ
Black / Adult / Male / Feather
1 – Pablo Mantovani Dutra – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Eduardo Yezeguiellian Botega – Zenith BJJ
3 – Kaio Cesar Abrantes Fonseca – Gracie Barra
3 – Rodrigo Lopes Cardoso – LEAD BJJ
Black / Adult / Male / Light
1 – Herbert Mitchell Pontes Burns – Associação Oriente
2 – Jeremiah Leroy Vance – 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu
3 – Cody James Orrison – Gracie Fighter
Black / Adult / Male / Middle
1 – Dustin Baradaran Akbari – Cassio Werneck BJJ
2 – Issa Able – Ares BJJ
3 – Gustavo Delmondes Bessa – Brazilian Top Team – ATX
Black / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 – Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho – Unity Jiu-jitsu
2 – Samir Abdolkader – David Jacobs Jiu-Jitsu Team
Black / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 – Horlando de Jesus Monteiro – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association
2 – Nisar Amin Loynab – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Miguel Augusto Passos dos Santos Silva – Ares BJJ
Black / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy
1 – Benjamin Zachary Lenyard – Brazilian Top Team – ATX
2 – Daniel Hampton – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association
Black / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 – John Leslie Hansen – Rodrigo Vaghi BJJ
2 – Joseph Moku Kahawai Jr. – Beyond Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Francisco Carlos de Leon – Gracie Barra
Black / Adult / Male / Open Class
1 – Horlando de Jesus Monteiro – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association
2 – Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho – Unity Jiu-jitsu
3 – Daniel Seth Davis – Open Mat Mixed Martial Arts
3 – Nisar Amin Loynab – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
