Keenan tops the podium of the absolute division. Instagram
Last weekend, Japan played host to another edition of the Asian Open, and Keenan Cornelius stood out by winning heavyweight and absolute gold. In the heavyweight division, he bested Renan Secco (Carlson Gracie) in the final. In the absolute, he got the title after refraining from fighting his fellow Atos representative Lucas Hulk, who had won the medium heavyweight title.
Kayron Gracie’s decisive ezequiel. IBJJF
Kayron Gracie, a son of Carlos Gracie Jr., returned to competitive BJJ and subbed Nathan Medelsohn (Coalition 95) in the middleweight division’s final to take the gold.
Monique Carvalho (Checkmat) dominated her competition, beating both the medium heavyweight and the absolute divisions.
Read on for the complete black-belt results.
BLACK / Adult / Male / Rooster
1 – Koji Shibamoto – Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy
2 – Tomoyuki Hashimoto – Brasa CTA Japan
3 – Nobuhiro Sawada – Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light-Feather
1 – Yuta Shimada – Nexusense
2 – Hideyuki Yamada – Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy
3 – Hitoshi Tomita – Purebred Omiya
3 – Kazuhiro Miyachi – Carpe Diem Hope
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
1 – Yu Yamaki – X-Treme Ebina
2 – Tomoshige Sera – Carpe Diem
3 – Hiroaki Otsuka – PSBJJ Ogikubo
3 – Michael Gregory Sanchez – Purebred Jiu Jitsu Guam
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
1 – Andris Auseklis Brunovskis – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Masahiro Iwasaki – Carpe Diem
3 – Kleber Erbst Koike – Bull-Terrier Bonsai
3 – Tanno Robson Odilio – Infight Japan Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
1 – Kayron Gracie – Gracie Barra
2 – Nathan Albrecht Mendelsohn – Coalition 95
3 – Diego Souto Maior Colino – Gracie Barra
3 – Javier Valenciano Yamuni – Renzo Gracie International
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 – Lucas Daniel Silva Barbosa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Leandro de Souza Kussano – Over Limit BJJ
3 – Viking Wai Chun Wong – GF Team International
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 – Keenan Kai-James Cornelius – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Renan Secco – Carlson Gracie Team
3 – Du Yunlai – Gracie Barra
3 – Kane Samuel Gehling – Bon-Sai Association Australia
BLACK / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy
1 – Vitor Fabio Martins Toledo – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Alan Alves Fideles Soares – Bon Sai JJ
3 – Arya Esfandmaz – Gracie Barra
3 – Kazumasa Sakakibara – Ogawa Jiu Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 – Igor Silva – GF Team
2 – Dae Woong Lee – John Frankl Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
1 – Keenan Kai-James Cornelius – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Lucas Daniel Silva Barbosa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Igor Silva – GF Team
3 – Sawato Sequoia Kawamura – Peace Maker
BLACK / Adult / Female / Light-Feather
1 – Saori Shibamoto – Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy
BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather
1 – Kristina Sofia Puruganan Barlaan – Brasa Caio Terra
BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy
1 – Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat USA
BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class
1 – Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat USA
2 – Kristina Sofia Puruganan Barlaan – Brasa Caio Terra
