In the male open weight of the 2016 IBJJF Europeans, student and master met in the final: Felipe Pena and Romulo Barral. Pena was injured after having resisted t a tight armbar in his semi final open weight match with Erberth Santos and was unable to compete on Sunday at weight.
There was no fracture but he still had to withdraw.
Romulo Barral opened the way for his student Pena who became the Open Weight Champion.
Here is the fatal armbar and crazy defense:
You can watch the full replay of all matches on Flograppling.com with multi mat technology.
Other Results.
Male:
Rooster – Caio Terra (Caio Terra Association) x Koji Shibamoto (Tri-Force JJ). Caio Terra by advantages.
Light Feather – João Miyao (Cícero Costha) x Hiago George (Cícero Costha). Joao Miyao by gentleman’s agreement.
Feather- Marcio André (Nova União) x Paulo Miyao (Cicero Costha): Marcio Andre by ref decision.
Light – Michael Lieira Jr. (Atos) x Alex Cabanes (Atos). Michael Liera on points.
Middleweight- Alan Finfou (Checkmat) x Yago de Souza (Brotherhood). Yago de Souza on points.
Middle heavy- Romulo Barral (Gracie Barra) x Gabriel Arges (Gracie Barra). Gabriel Arges by gentleman’s Agreement.
Heavyweight – Jackson Sousa (Checkmat) x Felipe Bueno (Alliance). Jackson Sousa on points.
Superheavy- Lucio Lagarto(Gracie Barra) x Erberth Santos (Ryan Gracie). Santos on points.
Ultraheavy- Pedro Moura (Ribeiro JJ) x Luke Costello (Gracie Barra). Moura on points.
Open weight – Romulo Barral (Gracie Barra) x Felipe Preguiça (Gracie Barra). Preguica by gentleman’s agreement.
Female:
Light Feather: Kristina Barlaan submits Ariadne Oliveira by choke.
Feather: Mackenzie Dern defeats Yasmine Wilson with foot lock.
Light: Jéssica Cristina defeats Laurence Cousin on points 3 to 2 on advantages.
Middle: Luiza Monteiro submits Amanda Loewen by leglock.
Medium heavy: Andresa Correa submits Karolina Zawodnik with a leglock.
Superheavy: Ewelyn Arruda defeats Venla Luukkonen 4 to 2.
Open weight: Andresa Correa defeats Mackenzie Dern on points.
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