Boston Open Results: Keenan Cornelius and DJ Jackson Take Double Gold...For Different Teams

Boston Open Results: Keenan Cornelius and DJ Jackson Take Double Gold…For Different Teams

Mar 04, 2013BJJEEBJJ News

The 2013 Boston Winter Open was held on March 3 in Boston, Mass. and was a huge success:

“The team trophies were distributed at the very end of the night with Gracie Barra placing third, Fenix BJJ placing second and Team Lloyd Irvin placing first.

While Keenan Cornelius was always a shoe-in regarding points towards Team Lloyd Irvin, the superstar sported a new gi with no patches as this was his first tournament on his newly announced team of Atos. He leaves tomorrow for San Diego, CA to train with Andre Galvao along with JT Torres.

DJ Jackson was also present as he worked his way to double gold after beating names like Rafael Barbosa and Gregor Gracie along the way. Another black belt standout was Danny Alvarez of GMA Alvarez BJJ who left his Jiu-Jitsu haven alone to come to the Boston Winter Open. He said he made it a goal and he wanted to visit a place he’d never been before. Despite being without his team, he achieved his goal of competing and even came out with double gold in the senior 1 feather division and the absolute. Also, he said his purple belt daughter, Danielle Alvarez, who has made her name achieving great results at Pan Ams and Worlds over the years will be moving closer to home to return to training. Her semester away at school wasn’t fulfilling enough for her to leave Jiu-Jitsu and her dad is glad to have her back.

Gianni Grippo won his brown belt light weight division after moving up from feather so that he could have more fights. In the absolute he defeated three opponents before being defeated by Keenan Cornelius in the final. “I’m headed to Chicago Open next week so I’m hoping to win both my feather weight division and the absolute there,” he says.”

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Results for Black and Brown Adult:

BLACK – Adult – Male

Light-Feather

FIRST	Daniel Beleza G. de Andrade –	SAS Team USA
SECOND	Eduardo Dib Klayn da Silva –	Toronto BJJ

Light

FIRST	Renan Borges –	Brazilian Top Team
SECOND	Rafael Barbosa Carvalho da Costa –	Gracie Elite Team America

Middle

FIRST	Rafael Monteiro Barbosa –	Soul Fighters BJJ Connecticut
SECOND	Leonardo da Cruz Teixeira Leite –	Renzo Gracie
THIRD	Raphael B. Carneiro Fischetti –	Fenix BJJ Woburn

Medium-Heavy

FIRST	De’Alonzio Jerome Jackson –	Team Lloyd Irvin
SECOND	Gregor de Carvalho Rangel Gracie –	Renzo Gracie
THIRD	Abmar Marcelo Barbosa –	Drysdale BJJ

Super-Heavy

FIRST	Gustavo dos Santos Pires –	Gracie Barra
SECOND	Daniel Simmler –	Renzo Gracie Academy

Open Class

FIRST	De’Alonzio Jerome Jackson –	Team Lloyd Irvin
SECOND	Rafael Monteiro Barbosa –	Soul Fighters BJJ Connecticut
THIRD	Renan Borges –	Brazilian Top Team
THIRD	Abmar Marcelo Barbosa –	Drysdale BJJ

BROWN – Adult – Male

Light-Feather

FIRST	Alex Ecklin –	Nova Uniao NYC
SECOND	Jimmy Santiago –	Buffalo BJJ Academy
THIRD	Bruno Ayolphi Braz –	Kimura BJJ Academy

Light

FIRST	Gianni P Grippo –	Gracie Elite Team America
SECOND	Carlos A Rosado –	Gracie Barra
THIRD	Marcio silva –	Best Way BJJ / American Top Team Boston
THIRD	Aniss El hajjajy –	Brazilian Top Team

Middle

FIRST	Brian J Beaury II –	Atlas Jiu Jitsu
SECOND	Vinicius Agudo Silva –	Team Link
THIRD	Richard Y Sin –	Ricardo Almeida
THIRD	Joseph Wallace Taliercio –	Renzo Gracie

Medium-Heavy

FIRST	Keenan Kai-James Cornelius –	Team Lloyd Irvin
SECOND	Collin Patrick Schrader –	BJJ Revolution Team
THIRD	Bret A Perchaluk –	Roberto Traven BJJ Brazil

Heavy

FIRST	Roberto Torralbas –	Team Lloyd Irvin
SECOND	Andrew Scott Mclauchlan –	Alliance Atlanta

Super-Heavy

FIRST

Gregory Linton Brown –

Combat Sports Boston

Ultra-Heavy

FIRST	Shaun Robert Durfee –	Easton BJJ
SECOND	Brian K Mailhot –	Easton BJJ

Open Class

FIRST	Keenan Kai-James Cornelius –	Team Lloyd Irvin
SECOND	Gianni P Grippo –	Gracie Elite Team America
THIRD	Andrew Scott Mclauchlan –	Alliance Atlanta
THIRD	Brian K Mailhot –	Easton BJJ

Full Results Here