André Galvão and Gabi Garcia are the big winners of the 2015 European championship.
They took home the gold of the adult black belt open class divisions.
Gabi confirmed her favoritism and was able to submit all her opponents.
In the final, she had to recover from a near sweep and also an attack to her neck by Mackenzie Dern, the most thrilling moment of the event.
After putting things back to normal, Gabi passed guard and got the win with a choke from side control, like she usually does.
The same crowd that seemed to be rooting for Dern, cheered Garcia in the end, recognizing her talent and supremacy in the female black belt division.
In the male open class final, Andre Galvão also had to recover to confirm his position as favorite.
Igor Silva, who had an amazing weekend, started out hot with an attack to Galvão’s foot and a sweep that put him 2-0 ahead with one advantage.
After that, Galvão worked his game plan and was able to comeback in the match.
He had the not predicted help of a rib injury suffered by Silva in a prior match, which slowed him down.
Galvão was able to sweep back, pass guard and put the knee on the belly twice to get to a 9-2 score at the moment Silva called it quits due to the pain.
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In the teams competition, the results were:
Adult Male
1 – Alliance – 78
2 – PSLPB Cicero Costha – 44
3 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 41
4 – Gracie Barra – 37
5 – Team Lloyd Irvin – 29
6 – Brasa CTA – 26
7 – GF Team – 25
8 – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu – 21
9 – Gracie Barra JJ – 19
10 – Game Fight BJJ/Manimal – 18
Adult Female
1 – CheckMat – 45
2 – Alliance – 38
3 – Gracie Barra – 36
4 – Roger Gracie – 26
5 – Frontline Academy – 21
6 – Carlson Gracie Team – 14
7 – GF Team – 14
8 – BJJ Globetrotters – 13
9 – Bruno Bastos Association – 12
10 – Gracie Barra JJ – 12
Juvenile
1 – Gracie Barra – 39
2 – UAE Jiu-jitsu Team – 24
3 – Hangon Hyrskyt – 20
4 – Rio Grappling Club Europe – 18
5 – SNAP A.S.D. – 18
6 – Art of Roll – 18
7 – UAEJJ – 17
8 – BJJ Globetrotters – 15
9 – Amazon Fight Team – 12
Masters
1 – Gracie Barra – 213
2 – Alliance – 173
3 – Roger Gracie – 142
4 – CheckMat – 136
5 – Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team – 109
6 – Brasa CTA – 77
7 – Carlson Gracie Team – 67
8 – WING BJJ – 47
9 – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu – 41
10 – GF Team – 35
Novice
1 – CheckMat – 60
2 – Carlson Gracie Team – 50
3 – Alliance – 46
4 – Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team – 34
5 – Gracie Barra – 32
6 – Brasa CTA – 20
7 – Jackson Paulo Team – 20
8 – Nova União International – 20
9 – Frota Team – 19
10 – Association Aranha France – 18
