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Leandro Lo against Dimitrius Souza in Copa Pódio Middleweight GP final / Photo by Gustavo Aragão/GRACIEMAG.com
Copa Pódio now has the black belt Leandro Lo as its first Middleweight GP champion. At the event held July 21 at Rio de Janeiro’s Hebraica Club, the Cicero Costha-trained athlete outpointed team Alliance’s Dimitrius Souza by 7 to 0 in the grand finale. “I enjoyed competing as a middleweight at a championship as tough as Copa Pódio; it was a great test,” said the São Paulo native, who won the promotion’s lightweight GP in December of 2011.
Watch the big decider in the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnlZZFhA9jw