Rodrigo Teixeira and his team / Photo: Deb Blyth
The black belt results are in and many of the “usual suspects” took gold in their respective divisions. Many will move on to the open class, but for now, here’s a look at how they did in their weight classes:
Light feather
Caio Terra (Gracie Fighter) – no one else in his bracket
Feather
Samir Chantre (Gracie Fighter) defeated Osvaldo Moizinho (Gracie Fighter) – Samir and Osvaldo closed out the division together with Samir taking gold
Light
Italo Silva Lins (GF Team) defeated Steven Rosenberg (Nova Uniao)
Middle
Rodrigo Teixeiro (Kron Gracie) – opponent disqualified
Medium heavy
Otavio Sousa (Gracie Barra) defeated Ben Baxter (University of Jiu-Jitsu)
Heavy
Fabio Nascimento (Lotus Club) defeated Paulo de Sa (GF Team)
Super heavy
Carlos “Mikey” Gomez (Gracie Barra) – no one else in bracket
Ultra heavy
Fabiano Lima Monteiro Silva (BJJ Revolution) defeated Stephen Hall (Alliance)
