Carina and Bia shared the top of the podium in the women’s absolute.
Held last weekend at Jornalista Felipe Drummond stadium, the IBJJF’s 2019 Belo Horizonte Winter Open gathered stars in Minas Gerais to set the mats on fire. By the end, Fernando Reis (Alliance) and Carina Santi (G13BJJ) had each bagged double gold.
Fernando’s two gold medals came as he closed out the heavyweight division with his buddy Caio Paganini for Alliance and later waged war against Otávio Nalati (Guigo JJ) in the absolute, coming out ahead by one advantage.
To secure her own double gold, Carina first had to win the heavyweight final against Graciele Carvalho (Barbosa JJ). She later closed out the absolute with Bia Basílio (Almeida JJ).
Arthur Gogó (GFTeam Cascadura) and Juninho Boi (FF Team), our partners, joined forces to reign over the master 2 age group. They arrived together in the super-heavy final and closed it out. In the absolute, Juninho opened the way for Gogó in their semifinal match, and Gogó went on to win.
Official black belt results:
Adult / Male / Black / Light-Feather
1 – Wesley Souza Santos – Alliance
2 – Ávila Guilhermino da Costa Rodrigues – Equipe Juquinha
3 – Oziel Santos de Carvalho – Gracie Barra
Adult / Male / Black / Feather
1 – Alexandre de Souza Vieira – Brazilian Top Team
2 – Bernardo Aguiar Dib – João Roque JJ
3 – Bruno Henrique Cabral – Qatar BJJ Brasil
3 – Eduardo Yezeguiellian Botega – Zenith BJJ
Adult / Male / Black / Light
1 – Gabriel Alves Figueiró – Alliance
2 – Ygor dos Santos Rodrigues – CT MR
3 – Gabriel Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos – Time Team Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Hugo Henrique Gabino Campos – Academia Betânia de Artes Marciais
Adult / Male / Black / Middle
1 – Hugo Doerzapff Marques – Soul Fighters BJJ
2 – Caio Caetano Soares – Ns Brotherhood
3 – Rodrigo Lopes Martins – Soul Fighters BJJ
3 – Samuel Silveira Rocha – Pantera Negra
Adult / Male / Black / Medium-Heavy
1 – Marcos Vinicius de Oliveira Martins – BARBOSA JIU-JITSU
2 – Rafael Lopes Paganini – Alliance
3 – Leon Denny Zambelli Brito – Brazilian Top Team
3 – Lucas Jose Alves de Oliveira – Alliance
Adult / Male / Black / Heavy
1 – Fernando Andrade dos Reis – Alliance
2 – Caio Fernando Lopes Paganini – Alliance
3 – Vinicius de Barros – Gracie Barra
3 – Walisson Barbosa Pereira Pardim – Gracie Barra
Adult / Male / Black / Super-Heavy
1 – Vitor Fabio Martins Toledo – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Alberto Ramos de Araujo Oliveira – GF Team
3 – João Paulo de Sousa Soares – Gracie Barra
3 – Thiago Oliveira Bezerra Andrade – GF Team
Adult / Male / Black / Ultra-Heavy
1 – Fernando Camôles Ribas – Demian Maia Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Leonardo de Oliveira Gonçalves – Cicero Costha Internacional
3 – Otavio de Souza Nalati – Team Lloyd Irvin
Adult / Male / Black / Open Class
1 – Fernando Andrade dos Reis – Alliance
2 – Otavio de Souza Nalati – Team Lloyd Irvin
3 – Caio Fernando Lopes Paganini – Alliance
3 – Leonardo de Oliveira Gonçalves – Cicero Costha Internacional
Adult / Female / Black / Feather
1 – Gabriela Meireles Fechter – CheckMat
2 – Tine Scheldeman – Barbosa JJ – Germany
Adult / Female / Black / Light
1 – Bianca Barbosa Basilio – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Adult / Female / Black / Heavy
1 – Carina Curvelo Santi – G13 BJJ
2 – Graciele Del Fava De Carvalho – BARBOSA JIU-JITSU
3 – Nivian Fabiana Carvalho de Oliveira – Gracie Barra
Adult / Female / Black / Super-Heavy
1 – Francislene Alves de Oliveira – Leão Dourado
2 – Karla Hipolito de Albuquerque – Top Brother
3 – Elaine Silvano Maciel de Oliveira – GF Team
3 – Mariane Nunes de Souza – GF Team
Adult / Female / Black / Open Class
1 – Carina Curvelo Santi – G13 BJJ
2 – Bianca Barbosa Basilio – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Nivian Fabiana Carvalho de Oliveira – Gracie Barra
