Men’s absolute podium with Erberth Santos, Otávio Nalati, Admilson Gobi and João Soares. IBJJF
Not even the cold — for Brazil, anyway — winter in the state of Espírito Santo could stop many of the country’s great competitors from showing up for the Vitória Open, held on Aug. 4 and 5.
The Tancredo Neves sports center served as the stage for fights across all belts in classical and no-gi BJJ, but it was with the performances of strong black-belts from the international circuit that the crowd went wild.
Erberth Santos (Esquadrão) and Bia Basílio (Atos) got silver in their weight divisions, but then came back to claim the absolute crowns.
After arriving in the super-heavy final and letting Vitor Toledo take the gold, Erberth faced Otávio Nalati, the weekend’s ultra-heavy champion, and finished him on the arm. Erberth later talked to Graciemag and shared his impressions of the tournament. “This time away teaching classes opened my mind to compete. I lost 14kg in the meantime, and I’m still deciding whether I’m dropping to heavyweight in my next competitions. I opened the path to Toledo in the super-heavy due to the help he gave me in my quest for rankings points last year, but in our next final we’ll have a war. Against Nalati in the absolute, I want to stress my admiration for him. I studied his game and I knew what I was gonna do. For the submission, I used an adapted armbar with a wristlock.”
On the no-gi side of things, Fábio Caloi and Renato Cardoso closed out the absolute podium for Alliance. Read on for more results.
CLASSICAL
Black / Adult / Male / Rooster
1 – David Herrera Junior – Soul Fighters BJJ Tijuca
Black / Adult / Male / Light-Feather
1 – Douglas Rufino da Silva – Cantagalo Team
2 – Wille Pinto Vilar – Gracie Humaita
3 – Yuri Pires Pinto Gomes – GF Team
Black / Adult / Male / Feather
1 – Gabriel Willcox Furley – Carlson Gracie Team
2 – Pedro Henrique D. M. de Azevedo – Gordo Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Alex Takeshi Nakadaki – EBJJA/Kuroiwa
3 – Tufy Henriques Teixeira de Andrade Junior – Gracie Barra
Black / Adult / Male / Light
1 – Fabio Murat Caloi – Alliance
2 – Aquila Lanza de Paula – PSLPB Cicero Costha
3 – Eduardo de Souza Campos – Nova União
3 – Matheus Linhares Knorr – Alliance
Black / Adult / Male / Middle
1 – Caio Caetano Soares – Ns Brotherhood
2 – Chaise Olimpio Ivo Cavalcante Albuquerque – GF Team
3 – Jonas Bruno Martins Campos – Delta Gold Team Ofical
3 – Yusef Abdeselam Kaddur – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Black / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 – Claudio Calasans Camargo Júnior – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Ruan Marques de Oliveira – Soul Fighters BJJ Tijuca
3 – Christofer Biude Moreira Feijó – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Thiago Alves de Sousa – Brothersroll Jiu-Jitsu
Black / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 – Renato Guimaraes Cardoso – Alliance
2 – João Carlos Silva de Oliveira – Nova União
3 – Gerard Piotr Labinski – Ns Brotherhood
3 – Marcus Vinicius do Espirito Santo Fernandes – Nova União
Black / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy
1 – Vitor Fabio Martins Toledo – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Erberth Santos de Mesquita – Esquadrão de Jiu-Jitsu Brasileiro
3 – João Paulo de Sousa Soares – Gracie Humaita
3 – Vandré Tavares Barbosa – Nova União
Black / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 – Otavio de Souza Nalati – Team Lloyd Irvin
2 – Admilson Gobi Junior – Team Lloyd Irvin
3 – Sergio Teixeira de Britos – DDR JJ
Black / Adult / Male / Open Class
1 – Erberth Santos de Mesquita – Esquadrão de Jiu-Jitsu Brasileiro
2 – Otavio de Souza Nalati – Team Lloyd Irvin
3 – Admilson Gobi Junior – Team Lloyd Irvin
3 – João Paulo de Sousa Soares – Gracie Humaita
Black / Adult / Female / Middle
1 – Jessica Constance Swanson – Soul Fighters BJJ Connecticut
2 – Bianca Barbosa Basilio – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Juliana Costa Simoes – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Black / Adult / Female / Open Class
1 – Bianca Barbosa Basilio – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Juliana Costa Simoes – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
NO-GI
Black / Adult / Male / Feather
1 – Raonni Alecio Silva Pereira – Caveirinha Jiu-Jitsu Family
2 – Alex Takeshi Nakadaki – EBJJA/Kuroiwa
3 – Wille Pinto Vilar – Gracie Humaita
3 – Yuri Pires Pinto Gomes – GF Team
Black / Adult / Male / Light
1 – Welington Sebastiao Marques Eller – G.A Fight Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Gabriel Brasil – Tata Team JJ
3 – Francisco Cuneo – Lotus Club International
3 – Osmar Gustavo Telles – A.S Team
Black / Adult / Male / Middle
1 – Ygor dos Santos Rodrigues – Equipe Marcio Rodrigues
2 – Chairo Olimpio Ivo Cavalcante Albuquerque – GF Team
3 – Fabio Murat Caloi – Alliance
3 – Juliano Silva Rocha – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Black / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 – Christofer Biude Moreira Feijó – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Chaise Olimpio Ivo Cavalcante Albuquerque – GF Team
3 – Gabriel Alves de Lima – Alliance
3 – Juan Marcel Viana – FF Team BJJ
Black / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 – Renato Guimaraes Cardoso – Alliance
2 – João Carlos Silva de Oliveira – Nova União
Black / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy
1 – Alessandro Oliveira Soares Júnior – Equipe Gambulino Team de Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Moises Fernandes Cavalcante – Soul Fighters BJJ Tijuca
3 – Vandré Tavares Barbosa – Nova União
Black / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 – Edigar Guimarães de Souza – EJB – Escola de Jiu-Jitsu Brasileiro
2 – Olavo dos Santos – Phelippe Lira Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Roberto Marcelo de Queiroz Quirino – Alliance
Black / Adult / Male / Open Class
1 – Fabio Murat Caloi – Alliance
2 – Renato Guimaraes Cardoso – Alliance
3 – Francisco Cuneo – Lotus Club International
3 – Italo Ungurean Carvalho Gules – ACT JJ
Black / Adult / Female / Middle
1 – Juliana Costa Simoes – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Black / Adult / Female / Open Class
1 – Juliana Costa Simoes – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
