Roger Gracie's the big name at the World Championship 2009. With his win over Romulo Barral with a choke from the mount in the absolute black belt final, he wrote his name into the hall of two-time winners of Jiu-Jitsu's most prestigious category along with Amaury Bitetti (96 and 97), Rodrigo Comprido (99 and 2000), Márcio Pé de Pano (2002 and 2003), Ronaldo Jacaré (2004 and 2005) and Xande Ribeiro (2006 and 2008).
Curiously, Roger's previous conquest was against the very Barral, in 2007.
Check out the names of the champions and stay tuned. Throughout the week GRACIEMAG.com will bring you more information about the world's greatest Jiu-Jitsu fest.
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FINALS
Rooster
Bruno Malfacine (Alliance) defeated Caio Terra (Brasa) by 2 to 0.
Light feather
Guilherme Mendes (Atos) defeats Samuel Braga (Gracie Barra) by an advantage point. A sad sidenote is that Samuel Braga threw a light punch and shoved Mendes at the end of the bout and was disqualified, thus missing out on his silver medal.
Feather
Rubens Charles Cobrinha (Alliance) defeated Bruno Frazatto (Atos) by judges' decision after 0 to 0 draw.
Light
Michael Langhi (Alliance) defeated Gilbert Durinho (Atos) by 9 to 2. The champion scored with three sweeps and a guard pass, while Durinho came up with a sweep of his own.
Middle
Marcelo Garcia (Alliance) and Serginho Moraes (Alliance) shut out the weight group. In their joint decision Marcelo Garcia took the gold.
Medium-Heavyweight
Rômulo Barral (Gracie Barra Texas) defeated Tarsis Humphreys (Alliance) by judges' decision after 0 to 0 draw.
Heavyweight
Braulio Estima (Gracie Barra) defeated Alexandre de Souza (Gracie Florianópolis) by 2 to 0 with a sweep.
Super-Heavyweight
Roger Gracie (Gracie Barra) submitted Ricardo Demente (Nova União) with a choke from the mount.
Ultra Heavyweight
Gabriel Vella (Alliance) defeated Rodrigo Cavaca (Check Mat) by two advantage points.
Absolute
Roger Gracie defeated Romulo Barral (both Gracie Barra) with a choke from the mount
Women's finalists
Light feather
Michelle Nicolini vs Leticia Ribeiro
Feather
Bianca Barreto vs Shioda Sayaka
Light
Luanna Alzuguir vs Kyra Gracie
Medium
Monica Vanessa vs Hannette Quadros
Light heavyweight
Penny Thomas vs Valerie Worthington
Heavyweight
Lana Stefanac vs Luka Dias
Absolute
Kyra Gracie vs Lana Stefanac
