Watch how JT’s Jiu-Jitsu had Lo “unprepared” at Copa Pódio


January 5, 2012

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Com bom Jiu-Jitsu, JT segurou a guarda de Lo em Porto Alegre. Foto: Ivan Trindade.

With his slick Jiu-Jitsu skills, JT put a damper on Lo's guard in Porto Alegre. Photo: Ivan Trindade.

Copa Pódio, which in December wrapped up last Jiu-Jitsu season in the Southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, bore a number of lessons for us practitioners.

One of the most instructive—and hotly disputed—matches saw US national “JT” Torres and eventual lightweight GP winner Leandro Lo lock horns in gi-clad combat. The Cicero Costha student beat everybody he faced, with the exception of JT. “He caught me off guard; I wasn’t prepared for his game,” said Lo.

EVENLY MATCHED JIU-JITSU, FAIR DRAW

Copa Pódio will be back again in June or July, this time in Rio de Janeiro with a middleweight GP, and again Lo and representatives from Gracie Barra, Atos, Soul Fighters and Lloyd Irvin will be in the mix, with others to be announced shortly.

For further information and to secure your DVD of the contests and behind the scenes action at the maiden Copa Pódio championship, send an email to jiu-jitsu@jiujitsuesportivo.com.br.

Watch the draw between Lo and JT, and please let us know what most impressed you about this “battle” of mat wizards in the comments section below.

  • DK

    that should not have been a tie…I wasn’t rooting for one over the other, but that decision seemed very biased.

  • Moralhm

    JT won that match on advantages. He stayed tight and controlled much of the action. BAD CALL by the ref.

  • Edward

    Two Great Fighters. Great Match!!!
    One Winner. JT Torres.

  • CRANK

    Great Match!! Spiderman!

  • Jon Sm Lau

    i dont think it was that bad reffing. JT never got passed his full guard and smashed lo. If I had to award a winner, I would have given it to JT. But i think the draw was reasonable.

  • Silverfox

    Contrary to other comments, JT did not score any advantages and the score was legitimately 2-2 no adv by CBJJ. This being said, I have never seen a tied match not be decided by ref’s decision, so I don’t know why anyone would ‘tie’. If I had to pick a winner, I would say JT by ref’s decision. The comments about ‘bias’ are not valid in this match, it was very even, but I think JT won on aggressiveness from his passing attempts.

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