Arnaldo Maidana and Monique Carvalho. Photo by Mike Calimbas
The 2015 Austin Open took place this Sunday and the champions of the most important division have been crowned.
In the male black belt open class division, Arnaldo Maidana ended up with the gold medal.
Monique Carvalho was the female open class black belt champion.
Maidana beat Inacio Neto in the final, while Monique defeated Fabiana Borges for the gold medal.
In the other black belt divisions, the final results were:
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light Feather
First – Lucas dos Santos Pinheiro – CheckMat
Second – Washington Luis do M. Lima – GF Team
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao – PSLPB Cicero Costha
Second – Gabriel Gonçalves Martins – Integração / EOFC
Third – Jose Luis Alvarez Albor – Renzo Gracie Mexico
Third – Angel Daniel Vargas Jr. – Bruno Bastos Association
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
First – Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao – PSLPB Cicero Costha
Second – Thiago Augusto Araujo Macedo – Club Pina Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Jonathan Travis Orr – Octagon MMA
Third – Eduardo Ramos da Silva – Atos Jiu-Jitsu Nederland, TX
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho – Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ
Second – Samuel Seth Snow – Alliance
Third – Trenton J. Cooke – Alliance
Third – Richard Andrew Lockwood – Gracie Elite Team
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Pedro Régis da Cunha Mello – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Inacio Ferreira Gomes Neto – Gracie Barra
Third – Carlos Eduardo Dias Vidal – Bruno Bastos Association
Third – Robert Jon Yamashita – Elite Mixed Martial Arts
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
First – Ricardo Bastos Cruz – Bruno Bastos Association
Second – Diogo Sampaio Araujo – Soul Fighters BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy
First – Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira – CheckMat
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
First – Misael de Oliveira Miranda – Luiz Paulo Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Leonardo Mascarenhas Manduca – GF Team
Third – Marcelo Tarso Strada – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Female / Light
First – Fabiana Alves Borges – Gracie Barra
Second – Gegi E Van de Walker – Cia Paulista USA
BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle
First – Rosamond Elin Snow – Easton BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium Heavy
First – Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat
In the teams competition, Gracie Barra got first place followed by Bruno Bastos Association and Checkmat.
For the full results, go to ibjjf.com.
