Sarah Black
The 2015 Miami Open took place this Saturday at the Miami Dade College.
Thiago Sá and Sarah Black were the standouts after they won the adult black belt open class division.
Sá beat Gustavo Santiago in the absolute final while Sarah defeated Samantha Faulhaber for the gold medal.
The black belt standings were:
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – Renato Sampaio Tavares Filho – Renato Tavares Association
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
First – Kevin Javier Mahecha – American Top Team
Second – Marcel Goulart Cubel Gonçalves – Fight Sports
Third – Brian Mahecha – American Top Team
Third – Vitor Atalla Riciotti – Fight Sports
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Pedro Henrique Monteiro Palhares – Luiz Palhares Jiu Jitsu
Second – Aniss El Hajjajy – Brazilian Top Team
Third – Victor Monteiro de Franca Pires – Gracie Barra
Third – Christopher Chagas Martins – Team Popovitch
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Victor Silverio Santos – GF Team
Second – Thiago Sá Fortes Silva – CheckMat
Third – Ricardo de Souza de Rezende – Fight Sports
Third – Gustavo Santiago – Gracie Elite Team
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
First – Diego Gamonal Nogueira – Brazilian Top Team
Second – William Abreu – Fight Sports
BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy
First – Leonardo Henrique D’avila Corrêa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
First – Misael de Oliveira Miranda – Brazilian Top Team
Second – Otavio de Souza Nalati – Guigo BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
First – Thiago Sá Fortes Silva – CheckMat
Second – Gustavo Santiago – Gracie Elite Team
Third – Ricardo de Souza de Rezende – Fight Sports
Third – Otavio de Souza Nalati – Guigo BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Female / Light Feather
First – Bruna André do Nascimento – Gilbert Durinho Association USA
BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather
First – Tammi Alana Musumeci – Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy
Second – Samantha Siu Bic Tam Faulhaber – Gracie Humaita Philadelphia
BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle
First – Sarah Johnel Black – Nova Uniao Arizona
Second – Caitlin Huggins – Gracie Barra
BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class
First – Sarah Johnel Black – Nova Uniao Arizona
Second – Samantha Siu Bic Tam Faulhaber – Gracie Humaita Philadelphia
Third – Caitlin Huggins – Gracie Barra
Third – Bruna André do Nascimento – Gilbert Durinho Association USA
In the team’s competition, the podium were:
1 – American Top Team – 344
2 – Carlson Gracie Team – 231
3 – Gracie Elite Team – 190
For the complete results, go to ibjjf.org.
