“Formiga” Claims $2500 Prize in Arizona
By Ryan Heilman With the 7th edition of Gustavo Dantas’ Arizona International Open offering up a total of $3000 dollars in prizes for its black…
3rd Southwest Classic
3rd Southwest Classic highlights and results
Last October 23 and 24, Phoenix, Arizona, hosted the 3rd Southwest Classic, a Jiu-Jitsu tournament that this year paid out trips to the 2012 European…
Ben Henderson, a threat in and out of the gi
Benson “Smooth” Henderson is a brown belt who trains Jiu-Jitsu with John Crouch’s JCJJ team in Arizona and is an avid Jiu-Jitsu competitor. He is…
Wherever Jiu-Jitsu goes, this brown belt follows
Gustavo Dantas’s 3rd Southwest Classic Jiu-Jitsu tournament in Arizona last weekend really drew in some great competitors, and brown belt André Vaughan of Gracie Humaitá Las…
Marcel Fortuna’s birthday gift to himself
Gustavo Dantas’s Southwest Classic Jiu-Jitsu tournament has paid its black belt pro division winners every year since 2006, which is more than welcome for the…
Gustavo Dantas takes the reins for Arizona Jiu-Jitsu
Nova União’s Gustavo Dantas wears a lot of hats – and wears them all to perfection. He’s the vice president of the AZSBJJF, he’s the professor…
Kids take front and center in Arizona
The Gustavo Dantas-produced 3rd Southwest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Classic brought in a whopping 562 competitors this weekend at Phoenix College in Arizona. Dantas throws four tournaments a…
Third Southwest Classic: Tanquinho’s in
With the registration deadline for the 3rd Southwest Classic coming to a close on Monday, October 17, 2011, the adult black belt open weight divisions…
Third Southwest Classic sign-up deadline 20 days away
Phoenix, Arizona, will be treated to some major gentle art excitement in late October, when the 3rd Southwest BJJ Classic comes to town. Though there's…
Third Southwest Classic pays out two tickets to Lisbon
The 3rd Southwest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Classic, an event promoted by the Arizona State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, will be offering two plane tickets to the 2012…