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.
The brackets are extremely stacked and promise some exciting matches!
Male Black belt +94KG
Braket side A
Otavio Nalati vs Victor Honório
Igor Silva vs Chris Bowe
Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida (bi in first match)
André Campos vs Mahamed Aly
Gustavo Dias Elias vs Raphael Souza
José Junior (bi in first match)
Bracket side B
Alexander Tráns vs Antonio Henriques
Pablo Yuri Aragao vs Luiz Panza
Lucio “Lagarto” (bi in first match)
Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu vs Daniel Leal
Dany Gerard vs Gabriel Lucas
Ricardo Evangelista (bi in first match)
Male Black belt -94KG
Braket side A
Faisal Al Ketbi vs Handr Peter
Karol Piotr Migo vs Arya Esfandmaz
Isaac Toledo Dul (bi in first match)
Erberth Santos vs Michael Douglas Almeida
“Nelton” Pontes vs Herico Hesley
Keenan Cornelius (bi in first match)
Braket side B
Alexandro Ceconi vs Max Wisniewski
Diogo “Moreno” vs Felipe Pena
Jackson Souza vs Nalmir Oliveira
Thiago Pessoa vs Rodolpho Bomfim
Andre Galvao (bi in first match)
MALE BLACK -85KG
Braket side A
Melksedec Ferreira Franco vs Viking Wong
Guto Campos vs Romulo Azevedo
Claudio Calasans vs Luiz Felipe Santos
Abner Soares Souza (bi in first match)
Thabet Taher vs Ygor Machado
Keller Locke-Sodhi vs Igor Basilio Sousa
Arturo Salas Espies vs Alberto Gonzalez Ortiz
Romario Gonzalles Martins vs Romulo Barral
Braket side B
Renato Cardoso vs Victor Freitas
Thiago Sá vs Charles Santos
Murilo Santana vs Rodrigo Reis
Nino Ambrosini (bi in first match)
Tyler Bishop vs Patrick Gaudio
Gareth Neale vs Karol Dzieniszewski
Magid Hage vs Lucas Figueiredo
Leandro Lo (bi in first match)
MALE BLACK -77KG
Braket side A
Davi Ramos vs Marcos Tinoco
Ilke Bulut vs Andre Arruda
Alex Cabanes (bi in first match)
Gabriel Rollo vs Felipe Cesar
AJ Agazarm vs Kevin Mahecha
Carlos Vinicius (bi in first match)
Ian De Toro vs Roberto Satoshi
Lachlan Giles vs Gabriel Procopio
Ross Nicholls (bi in first match)
Lucas Lepri vs Luan Carvalho
Youngam Noh vs William Dias
Jonathan Satava vs (bi in first match)
Braket side B
Akira Hosokawa vs Caio Silva
Arbi Muradov vs Adriano Pereira Araujo
Edwin Najmi (bi in first match)
Jhonny Loureiro vs Bruno Martins
Marcos Costa vs Hassem Moussa
Lucas Benevolo Valle (bi in first match)
Cedric Akakpovi vs Cesar Miyahira
Rafael Naves Carvalho vs Rodrigo Caporal
Gabriel Arges vs Andre Luiz Almeida
Jefferson Cordeiro vs Luis Gabriel Venturino
Sam Gibson (bi in first match)
MALE BLACK -69KG
Braket side A
Leonardo Fernandes vs Isaque Paiva
Erick Morais Sá vs Mario Edson Silva
Tiago Bravo vs (bi in first match)
Victor de Matos vs Abdallah Hibar Nabas
Paulo Miyao (bi in first match)
Vinicius Wingerter Lima vs Brian Mahecha
Murat Besnek (bi in first match)
Braket side B
Wanki Chae vs Gianni Grippo
Sergio Calderen vs Raphael Cadena
Rafael Machado Mansur (bi in first match)
Italo Lins vs Samuel Hertzog Canquerino
Marcio Andre vs Lee Ting
Gilson Nunes (bi in first match)
MALE BLACK -62KG
Braket side A
Daniel Vieira vs Mathias Jardin
Jose Eduardo Oliveira vs Hiago George
Braket side B
Rodnei Barbosa vs Joao Bosco Gouveia
Tomoyuki Hashimoto vs Wellington Lima
Joao Miyao (bi in first match)
Female Brown / Black –55Kg
Side One
Ariadne De Oliveira vs Laurence Cousin Fouillat
Anna Kavoura vs Jessica De Henriques
Kate Wilson ss Ana Talita Alencar
Mackenzie Lynne Dern (bi in first match)
Side Two
Michelle Nicolini vs Sofia Rosa Amarante
Liwia Gluchowska vs Flavia Guimaraes Quintare..
Clarissa Lacerda vs Marina Soares Ribeiro
Aline De Coelho vs Amal Amjahid
Female Brown / Black –62Kg
Side One
Nadia Maria Melo vs Jess Fraser
Leoni Jane Munslow vs Erin Herle
DeBorah Santos vs Ariane Pereira Guarnier
Beatriz Oliveira Mesquita (bi in first match)
Side Two
Hope Douglass vs Bianca Barbosa Basilio
Luiza Monteiro Costa vs Ida Floisvik
Isabel Alfaro Arreaga vs Heather Raftery
Jena Rae Bishop vs Jessica Cristina Santos
Female Brown / Black –70Kg
Side One
Priscilla Assuncao Santos vs Ana Carolina Srour
Luanna A Alzuguir vs Nathiely Melo Jesus
Luciana Lemes Kusaka vs Jessica Silva
Claudia Fernanda Va vs Polyana Barbosa
Side Two
Ana Carolina Lima vs Amanda Elouise Benavides
Tara White vs Priscila Cardoso
Katia Guimaraes Pina vs Yacinta Nguyen Huu
Monique Elias vs Samantha Cook
Female Brown / Black +70Kg
Side One
Jonna Konivuori vs Nayara Sousa Plesa
Ewelyn Arruda (bi in first match)
Joaquina Bonfim Neta vs Tereza Crisley Souza
Tayane Porfírio de Araújo (bi in first match)
Side Two
Tammy May Griego vs Anna Carolina Tavares
Caroline Silva (bi in first match)
Marcela Fernandes Caiafa vs Fernanda Mazzelli
Vanessa Oliveira (bi in first match)
