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The IBJJF closed its 2014 calendar year last Sunday 14th of December, with the Long Beach Pro BJJ, in California.
Highlights of the tournament, held for the first time, were athletes Yuri Simoes and Ana Laura Cordeiro dominating their divisions.
Each division winner won 5,000$.
Here is how the action went down.
Male
Featherweight
Chantre takes first place.
Middleweight
Marcelo Mafra defeats Magid Hage on advantages
Vitor Oliveirs defeats Nathan Mendelson by injury
Final: Vitor Oliveira defeats Marcelo Mafra with choke from the back
Heavyweight
Eliot Kelly defeats Gabriel Kitober 4-1 on advantages
Lucas Rocha defeats Vinicius Silva by kimura
Final: Rocha defeats Kelly by ref decision after 4-4.
Ultra-heavy
Yuri Simões defeats Carlos Farias 8-0.
Final: Yuri Simões defeats James Puopolo by ezequiel choke.
Marcelo Mafra defeats Magid Hage
Female
Open Class
Ana Laura Cordeiro defetas Mackenzie Dern by kimura.
Now the IBJJF pauses in their competitions and returns only in 2015. For full results of the Long Beach BJJ Pro, click here
