09.06.2008 2008 Worlds in picturesCheck out the image gallery from 2008's greatest tournament Photos: Luca Atalla and Ivan Trindade
Xande Ribeiro beat Roger Gracie by 4 to 2 and conquered his second world absolute title.
Roger Gracie took the ultra heavyweight gold after beating the champ form 1999,Leonardo Leite.
Xande Ribeiro went past Alexandre Souza in the heavyweight final.
Braga Neto prevailed in the black belt super heavyweight, defeating Rafael Lovato in the final.
Andre Galvao overcame Braulio Estima to triumph in the medium heavyweight.
Sergio Moraes took middleweight gold beating Bill Cooper.
Celsinho Venicius had an impeccable championship and showed his mastery of balance to beat Lucas Lepri.
Cobrinha submitted Bruno Frazatto with a foot lock, with less than a minute till the end of the featherweight deciding bout.
Samuel Braga took the super featherweight by advantages over Dai Yoshioka
And this wouldn't be when Japan conquers its first gold at black belt, as Caio Terra defeated Yusuke Homna in the roosterweight.
Gabrielle Garcia was pure joy after submitting Maria do Carmo in the heavyweight final.
Ana Laura Cordeiro, who had shut out the absolute withKyra Gracie, imposed her pace onPenny Thomas and won the medium heavyweight.
Hannette Quadros reached her fifth world title by submitting Fernanda Mazzelli at middleweight.
Absolute champion Kyra Gracie also won at lightweight, facing Luana Alzuguir.
Bianca Barreto is overcome with excitement after beating Laurence Cousin.
Miriam Cerqueira made no mistakes against Takato Abe and took the super featherweight.
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