1st day of adult male black belt division was quite exciting. Although many usual contenders have stayed away from absolute this year there was ample opportunity to watch huge clashes such as Erberth Santos against Roberto Cyborg Abreu, Lo vs Gabriel Rocha and Many More. Luiz Panza quickly ousted Dillon Danis in round one but he hit a big bump after he managed to defeat Bernardo Faria in Lo who was determined to get a place in Absolute finals.

Buchecha Pulls Off Impressive Takedown on Santos to Make it To Absolute FInals

To the finals of the Absolute divisions made it two bjj giants – Marcus Almeida Buchecha and Leandro Lo. It’s anyone’s bet who will win in the final! Erberth Santos was eliminated by Buchecha

Adult / Male / Black / Ultra-Heavy

Quarter finals:

Joao Gabriel Rocha x James Puopolo
Igor Schneider x Marcus Almeida
Gabriel Lucas x Gustavo Elias
Otavio Nalati x Rodrigo Cavaca

Adult / Male / Black / Super-Heavy

Quarter finals:

Luiz Panza x Dany Gerard
Vitor Toledo x Bernardo Faria
Fernando Reis x Erberth Santos
Roberto Abreu x Mahamed Aly

Adult / Male / Black / Heavy

Leandro Lo x Matheus Diniz
Jackson Sousa x Guilherme Augusto
Dimitrius Souza x Adam Wardzinski
Lucas Leite x Nicholas Meregalli

Adult / Male / Black / Medium-Heavy

Kit Dale x André Galvao
Felipe Pena x Renato Cardoso
Patrick Gaudio x Tarsis Humphreys
Romulo Barral x Lucas Barbosa

Adult / Male / Black / Middle

Matheus Spirandeli x Marcos Tinoco
Mansher Khera x Otávio Sousa
Isaque Bahiense x Jaime Canuto
Felipe César x Gabriel Arges

Adult / Male / Black / Light

Jake Mackenzie x Lucas Lepri
Yan Lucas x Edwin Najmi
Roberto Satoshi x Michael Langhi
Jhonny Loureiro x Celso Venicius

Adult / Male / Black / Feather

Gilson Nunes x Rubens Charles
Fábio Caloi x Shane Jamil Taylor-Hill
Leo Saggioro x Márcio André
Osvaldo Moizinho x Gianni Grippo

Adult / Male / Black / Light-Feather

Samir Chantre x Ary Farias
Isaac Doederlein x Mikey Musumeci
Gabriel Moraes x Hiago George
Joao Miyao x Gabriel Marangoni

Adult / Male / Black / Rooster

Lucas Pinheiro x Aniel Candido
Caio Terra x Vincent Nguyen
Rodnei Barbosa x Tomoyuki Hashimoto
Bruno Malfacine x Javier Gomez

Black Belt Absolute

Final: LEANDRO LO vs. MARCUS ALMEIDA – Sunday

Semifinal: LEANDRO LO defeated LUIZ PANZA
Semifinal: MARCUS ALMEIDA defeated ERBERTH SANTOS

Quarterfinal:
LUIZ PANZA defeated BERNARDO FARIA
LEANDRO LO defeated JOÃO GABRIEL DE OLIVEIRA
MARCUS ALMEIDA defeated MAHAMED ALY
ERBERTH SANTOS defeated TANNER RICE

Round 2:
LUIZ PANZA defeated GUSTAVO DIAS ELIAS
BERNARDO FARIA defeated VALDIR ARAUJO DE LIMA JÚNIOR
JOÃO GABRIEL ROCHA defeated NICHOLAS MEREGALI
LEANDRO LO defeated DANY GERARD
MAHAMED ALY defeated MATHEUS DINIZ
MARCUS ALMEIDA defeated IGOR SCHNEIDER
TANNER RICE defeated FELIPE BEZERRA
ERBERTH SANTOS defeated ROBERTO ABREU

Round 1
LUIZ PANZA defeated DILLON DANIS
GUSTAVO DIAS ELIAS defeated OTAVIO DE SOUZA NALATI
VALDIR DE LIMA JÚNIOR defeated PEDRO PALHARES
JOÃO GABRIEL ROCHA defeated AARON JOHNSON
NICHOLAS MEREGALI defeated ARNALDO DE OLIVEIRA
DANY GERARD defeated ANTONIO HENRIQUES JUNIOR
MAHAMED ALY defeated ROMES PEREIRA RAMOS JUNIOR
MATHEUS DINIZ defeated VIKING WONG
IGOR SCHNEIDER defeated ELIOT ANDREW KELLY
FELIPE BEZERRA defeated GUILHERME AUGUSTO SOARES SANTOS
TANNER RICE defeated JAMES RICHARD PUOPOLO
ROBERTO ABREU defeated CARLOS FARIAS