The 2015 Las Vegas Spring Open took place this Saturday.
Checkmat’s Arnaldo Maidana and Atos JJ’s Angelica Galvão were the standouts of the day after inning the adult black belt open class divisions.
Maidana fought a tough final against Carlos Farias while Angelica closed out the female absolute with teammate Chelsea Donner.
Both Maidana and Galvão also won their weight divisions.
Another standout was usually featherweight Wellington “Megaton” Dias, who registered in the adult superheavy division and managed to make it to third place.
Here are the black belt division results:
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light Feather
First – João Ricardo Bordignon Miyao – PSLPB Cicero Costha
Second – Andre Luiz Cecilio Roriz Pontes – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao – PSLPB Cicero Costha
Second – Eduardo Ramos da Silva – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Tomas Andrew Barlow – Gracie Barra
Third – Vitor Peres Paschoal – Caio Terra Association
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
First – Andris Auseklis Brunovskis – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Omar French – Renato Tavares
Third – Philipe Cançado Della Monica – Gracie Barra
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Arthur Dominick Sousa III – American Top Team Coconut Creek
Second – Bruno Augusto Togni Antunes – Honor Roll BJJ
Third – kenneth Primola – Caio Terra Association
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Thiago Sá Fortes Silva – CheckMat
Second – Pedro Régis da Cunha Mello – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Jordan S. Lutsky – East Coast United BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
First – Vitor Fabio Martins Toledo – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Eliot Andrew Kelly – Yemaso Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Third – Douglas Alencastro Bueno – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Stephen Gabriel Martinez – CheckMat USA
BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy
First – Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira – CheckMat USA
Second – Walnan Presto Constantino – Equipe Mineirinho Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Gustavo Dias Elias – Gracie Humaita San Diego
Third – Wellington Leal Dias – Gracie Humaita Phoenix
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
First – Ricardo Feliciano Pereira – CheckMat USA
Second – Victor Barreto Rodrigues – GF Team
Third – Carlos Eduardo de Araujo Farias – Roberto Traven BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
First – Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira – CheckMat USA
Second – Carlos Eduardo de Araujo Farias – Roberto Traven BJJ
Third – Walnan Presto Constantino – Equipe Mineirinho Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Bruno Augusto Togni Antunes – Honor Roll BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather
First – Chelsea Leah Bainbridge-Donner – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Kiri Noelle Liao – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Gegi E Van de Walker – Cia Paulista USA
BLACK / Adult / Female / Light
First – Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges – CheckMat
BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle
First – Angelica Cabral Firme Galvao – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Megan Ann Nevill – Alliance Marcelo Garcia
BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium Heavy
First – Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat USA
BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class
First – Angelica Cabral Firme Galvao – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Chelsea Leah Bainbridge-Donner – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Kiri Noelle Liao – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat USA
In the teams competition, results were:
1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 210
2 – Carlson Gracie Team – 149
3 – CheckMat USA – 123
4 – Gracie Barra – 117
5 – Nova União – 94
6 – Brazilian Top Team Long Beach – 73
7 – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu – 67
8 – Unified Jiu Jitsu – 65
9 – Cascao Jiu-Jitsu – 59
10 – Zenith BJJ – Las Vegas – 50
Click here for the complete results.
