Horlando Monteiro with his two gold medals in Salvador.
The final open tournament in Brazil before the IBJJF Worlds, the Salvador Open, is a guaranteed packed arena every year. Held at the Cajazeiras gymnasium on May 18 and 19, this year the event had two well-known fighters topping the podium twice each.
Horlando Monteiro and Cláudia do Val had won double gold by the end and, joined by the other gold medalists, accumulated precious points in the final stretch of the season’s IBJJF rankings race.
To Horlando, glory came after he achieved one submission in each of his five matches. First he secured gold at heavyweight, besting Johnatan Correia (Luis Paulo JJ) in the final. Later he defeated Carlos Passos (Nova União) for the absolute title.
Cláudia do Val went unopposed in the medium heavy division, but had to beat Líbia Gonçalves (Natural Kombat) to make sure she could claim yet another double-gold weekend.
Black belt results:
MEN
LIGHT FEATHER
1 – Rodrigo Yoshimi Oiye – BARBOSA JIU-JITSU
2 – Francisco Maciel de Sousa – GF Team
3 – Raniel Moreira do Nascimento – Luiz Paulo Jiu-Jitsu
FEATHER
1 – Luciano Queiroz de Araujo – Qatar BJJ Brasil
2 – Jefferson Henrique Gomes Teodoro – ZR Team Association
3 – Diego Kalil Senna – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Tiago Oliveira Marinho – GF Team
LIGHT
1 – Guilherme Guimaraes Borges Olimpio da Rocha – ZR Team Association
2 – Victor Otoniel Nunes Moraes – PSLPB Cicero Costha
3 – Deyvid Santos Matos – Coalizão Jiu-Jitsu
3 – João Humberto Alves Ribeiro – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
MIDDLE
1 – Romario Gomes Teodoro – ZR Team Association
2 – Francisco Cuneo – Lotus Club International
3 – Alexandre Cavalieri Gomes da Silva – Alliance
3 – Alisson Ferraz de Oliveira – Gracie Barra
MEDIUM HEAVY
1 – Servio Tulio Cardoso Guimarães Junqueira – Gracie Barra
2 – William Martins Morais de Lima – ZR Team Association
3 – Luis Ferlin Lopes Silva – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Maikon Vinicius Souza Gomes – Pascoal Júnior Jiu-Jitsu
HEAVY
1 – Horlando de Jesus Monteiro – KMR BJJ KIMURA
2 – Jonathan Leonardo Correia – Luiz Paulo Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Danillo José Vieira Guimarães – Gracie Barra
SUPER-HEAVY
1 – Hugo Leonardo B. Ferreira da Silva – ZR Team Association
2 – Paulo Otavio Dantas Da Costa Silva – Zenith BJJ
3 – Marcos Anthony de Brito Sousa – Delta Gold Team Oficial
3 – Rafael Vasconcelos Alves – USGO – JJ
ULTRA-HEAVY
1 – Renan Marcel Rodrigues Vieira – Ns Brotherhood
2 – Edson Conceição Gama Filho – Kronos BJJ
3 – Wilson Bueno de Moraes Júnior – CheckMat
ABSOLUTE
1 – Horlando de Jesus Monteiro – KMR BJJ KIMURA
2 – Carlos Passos Junior – Nova União
3 – Luis Ferlin Lopes Silva – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Victor Otoniel Nunes Moraes – PSLPB Cicero Costha
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WOMEN
LIGHT
1 – Lauriane Clarice dos Santos Mendes – Academia OCS JJ
2 – Líbia Christal Alves Gonçalves – Natural Kombat
MIDDLE
1 – Mariana Ogando de Freitas – Coalizão Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Dandara Maria Vieira Guimarães – Gracie Barra
MEDIUM HEAVY
1 – Mayra Mello Mazza – Alliance
SUPER- HEAVY
1 – Claudia Fernanda Onofre Valim Doval – De La Riva JJ
ABSOLUTE
1 – Claudia Fernanda Onofre Valim Doval – De La Riva JJ
2 – Líbia Christal Alves Gonçalves – Natural Kombat
3 – Lauriane Clarice dos Santos Mendes – Academia OCS JJ
3 – Mayra Mello Mazza – Alliance
