Worlds: get thrilled with 28 awesome images of 2014 and register to compete in 2015

As we approach the days of the 20th edition of the World Jiu-Jitsu championship, we take the opportunity to travel back to 2014 and check the 28 best images of last year’s edition. As usual, the best newsteam in the Jiu-Jitsu media was there to cover all the action and brought our readers to the center of the action. Photographers Dan Rod, Ivan Trindade and Erin Herle captured thrilling images from which we selected the 28 best.

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1 – During the Worlds, Photographer Ivan Trindade captured this incredible detail of a competitor that lost his contacts, found it and put back in his eye

2 – Blue Belt Luciano Mariano was the living (and grappling) proof during the Worlds that when you want it, nothing can stop you

3 – Tim Spriggs did great in his last Worlds as a brown belt and even had time to conduct his fans

4 – Rubens Cobrinha expression and Isaque Paiva’s face translate with perfection the score of their featherweight match at the Worlds

5 – As the image of Leo Nogueira illustrates, understanding defeat is the first step towards victory

6 – Bernardo Faria’s reaction is as powerful as Rodolfo Vieira’s guard passing drive

7 – Braulio Estima used all his focus at the Worlds, when he was after his forth title

8 – Leandro Lo and Keenan Cornelius waged one of the most epic guard battles in the history of the Worlds

9 – The open class quaterfinals between Felipe Pena and Luiz Panza was so close that at the end both fighters had eyes wide open on the scoreboard

10 – The hug between Rodolfo Vieira and Julio Cesar Pereira after the Worlds black belt open class semifinal had the intensity of the work done to get there

11 – One of the most curious moments of the Worlds was when Buchecha looked into the crowd in the middle of the fight with Keenan Cornelius to find who called him a staller

12 – Bernardo Faria had his best moment ever in his long history of fighting Rodolfo Vieira at the Worlds superheavy final

13 – Paulo Miyao did all he could to defeat Gui Mendes in the light-featherweight division

14 – Gui Mendes survived to impose his experience in the end

15 – The desire to win turned into tears when defeat came

16 – The podium picture made clear the difference of sensation between first and second

17 – Rafael Mendes had a disappointing 2013 Worlds and came back in 2014 with his war face on to win his fourth title 

18 – After the win, the level of celebration gave a measure of how much the victory meant

19 – The smile on Murilo Santana’s face is only one of those split seconds captured by the camera that when frozen for eternity assumed a completely new meaning

20 – Alex Trans passed Buchecha’s guard and for 30s thought he could actually win the ultra-heavyweight final

22 – Dan Rod’s picture of the crowd reacting to Tammi Musumeci’s injury became a instantaneous classic

23 – Otavio Sousa and Leandro Lo withheld nothing in their middleweight final and Ivan Trindade’s picture was the perfect translation of that

24 – GRACIEMAG’s photographers are primarily reporters and that’s why Ivan Trindade captured with exclusivity the personal moment between Professor Cavaca and pupil Buchecha minutes prior to the open class final

25 – Buchecha’s wrestling takedown became the most important two points scored in the entire season for his third open class title in a row, something never done before

26 – The three-time absolute world champion is literally a force of nature in BJJ today. Who can stop Buchecha today?

27 – The celebration with the Checkmat crowd even had the traditional champions’ champagne shower

28 – After the win, Buchecha took some time to revere the trophy that only he and Roger Gracie have – three-time open class world champion