UAE Jiu-Jitsu federation has just announced that this year’s edition of the World Pro Jiu-Jitsu championships will be the first time ever a 10 day event. More than 5,000 competitors from 100 countries will be competing in the 8th edition of the Abu Dhabi World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship. This now makes it the biggest BJJ tournament in the world, surpassing the IBJJF European championship. Earlier this year with 3,517 registered competitors, the Europeans became the biggest championship in the world, surpassing the Pan (3,000 this year).

For the first time ever, the Word Pro will be streamed live in English on Flograppling.com for 4 days straight.

At the world pro, BJJ athletes will be competing for a bigger than ever prize money of $ 630,000 divided into several categories at the event.

With impeccable organization, practitioners from every corner of the world will gather in one place in order to show all the talent and training to the viewers who will be watching the event live.

Rodolfo Vieira of GFTeam will not be competing as he focusing on his MMA debut but we will see the return of the 2x Absolute Champion, Marcus Almeida or simply “Buchecha” who is also focusing on his MMA debut, and has recovered from a serious injury that has kept him out of competition for basically a year. Leandro Lo, André Galvão and the current absolute world champion Bernardo Faria appear as the favourites to take the grand prize of $ 40,000.

The Press conference featured last years Absolute champion’s Marcus Almeida “Buchecha” and Mackenzie Dern.

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