Last June during the World Jiu-Jitsu Championships in California, United States, Alexander Trans reached a historic achievement. After Ricardo Evangelista, his training partner in Abu Dhabi, opened for him, the Dane became the first non-Brazilian to ever reach the final of the open weight at black belt in the Worlds. However, on Sunday (31st), the athlete suffered an injury during the quarterfinals of the category, and had to leave the competition. Thus, Bernardo Faria was the champion in the open weight.
Trans injured his knee when he was in 50/50 position with Rodrigo Cavaca:
My knee got twisted in a weird way during the movement. I felt a big pop in my knee, and I felt it become completely loose.
He operated his knee and is now back home in Denmark when he is focusing on 2 rehab sessions per day.
Trans also announced in an interview with Hywel Teague of FloGrappling that he is leaving Checkmat to join GF Team.
Trans had moved to the UAE two years ago to follow his instructor Bob Esponja (Sponge Bob) to teach BJJ to school children, as part of the UAE’s BJJ in school program. Whilst there, he became friends with many GF Team members such as Ricardo Evangelista and Igor Silva. In the meantime, his instructor Sponge Bob also left Checkmat and Trans had limited contact with his teammates and was even facing them in competition. He decided to leave the UAE and join GFTeam and relocate to Rio De Janeiro where he will now training at GF Team HQ with a formidable armada of heavyweights.
Alexander Trans beat Keenan Cornelius
Trans will competing in the coming months in Copa Podio together with a Scandinavian team against a team from the North East of Brazil lead by Braulio Estima.
