Mahamed Aly and his medals.
Last weekend saw another one of the IBJJF’s international open tournaments take place in the U.S. The traditional New York Open again was host to plenty of techinique in gi and no-go contests.
In the adults’s black belt section, it was Lloyd Irvin’s Mahamed Aly who stood head and shoulders above the competition, snatching all four gold medals attainable.
Mahamed first beat Oleksandr Karliychuk (Renzo Gracie Academy) for the gi ultra-heavyweight title. In the gi absolute he beat Marcos Tinoco (Alliance). Ditching the gi, he defeated Aaron Johnon (Unity JJ) for another ultra-heavyweight title. And then he reached the absolute final with his teammate DJ Jackson, who had won double medium heavyweight gold.
Claudia Doval (De La Riva) also went home with four gold medals. Bruno Frazatoo and JT Torres could also be found among the weekend’s no-gi champions.
Read on for every black-belt champion.
GI
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light-Feather
1 – Alexis Alduncin Barragan – Renzo Gracie Academy
2 – David J. Herndon – Ultimate MMA Training Center
3 – Sidemar Honorio – Renzo Gracie Academy
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
1 – Silvio Duran de Barros Saraiva – Vitor Shaolin BJJ
2 – Andre Carvalho Monteiro – A-Force Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
3 – Felipe Hugo de Souza Simplicio – Soul Fighters BJJ Connecticut
3 – Joao Pereira – Renzo Gracie Academy
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
1 – Gilson Nunes De Oliveira Neto – CheckMat
2 – João Paulo de Fatima Alves Ferreira – Alliance
3 – Frederico Augusto Alves Silva – Alliance
3 – Joshua Michael Murdock – Great Grappling Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
1 – Kauan Argimon Barboza – Carlson Gracie Team
2 – Eliezer David Raab Skaf – Ns Brotherhood
3 – Athos Ribeiro de Miranda – Alliance
3 – Luiz Gustavo Bonatto Rufino – Alliance
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 – De’Alonzio Jerome Jackson – Team Lloyd Irvin
2 – Jonathan T. Satava – Alliance
3 – Gregor de Carvalho Rangel Gracie – Renzo Gracie Academy
3 – Nicholas Patrick Calvanese – TAC Team BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 – Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco – Alliance
2 – Todd Brandon Mueckenheim – Soca BJJ
3 – Sean William Downie – Lotus Club USA
3 – Thiago Alves de Sousa – G.A Fight Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 – Mahamed Aly Santos da Silva – Team Lloyd Irvin
2 – Oleksandr Karliychuk – Renzo Gracie Academy
BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
1 – Mahamed Aly Santos da Silva – Team Lloyd Irvin
2 – Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco – Alliance
3 – Athos Ribeiro de Miranda – Alliance
3 – De’Alonzio Jerome Jackson – Team Lloyd Irvin
BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy
1 – Claudia Fernanda Onofre V. Doval – De La Riva JJ
2 – Karen Elizabeth Peterson – Clockwork Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class
1 – Claudia Fernanda Onofre V. Doval – De La Riva JJ
NO GI:
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
1 – Bruno Frazatto Xavier C. Barbosa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Alexis Alduncin Barragan – Renzo Gracie Mexico
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
1 – João Paulo de Fatima Alves Ferreira – Alliance
2 – Silvio Duran de Barros Saraiva – Vitor Shaolin BJJ
3 – Alberto Serrano Govea – Renzo Gracie Mexico
3 – Bruno César Dias – BARBOSA JIU-JITSU
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
1 – Jonathan Torres – Essential Jiu-Jitsu
2 – Felipe Cesar Silva – BARBOSA JIU-JITSU
3 – Luiz Gustavo Bonatto Rufino – Alliance
3 – Van Allen Flores – Vitor Shaolin BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 – De’Alonzio Jerome Jackson – Team Lloyd Irvin
2 – Tyler Benjamin Steppe – Alliance
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 – Sanad Sultan Armouti – Florian Martial Arts Center
2 – Khyl T. Farrison – TAC Team BJJ
3 – Sean William Downie – Lotus Club USA
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 – Mahamed Aly Santos da Silva – Team Lloyd Irvin
2 – Aaron Michael Johnson – Unity Jiu-jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
1 – Mahamed Aly Santos da Silva – Team Lloyd Irvin
2 – De’Alonzio Jerome Jackson – Team Lloyd Irvin
3 – Aaron Michael Johnson – Unity Jiu-jitsu
3 – Felipe Cesar Silva – BARBOSA JIU-JITSU
BLACK / Adult / Female / Heavy
1 – Claudia Fernanda Onofre V. Doval – De La Riva JJ
BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class
1 – Claudia Fernanda Onofre V. Doval – De La Riva JJ
