Sunday went according to his plans. Roger Gracie passed, mounted and finished off all his opponents in becoming two-time absolute champion and six-time weight champion. Thus, Big Roge has become the fighter with the greatest achievements in all the history of the World Championship. And he’s even humble about it: “I’m not the best, but I’m always prepared to be among the best,” he guaranteed.
Besides Roger, well-known old faces shone, like four-time champion Cobrinha, the three-time champions Braulio Estima and Marcelo Garcia, two-time champions Romulo Barral, Gabriel Vella and Bruno Malfacine. And new champions like Guilherme Mendes and Michael Langhi shone too. Check out all the best images and what they said in this super photo gallery.
The venue crowded in the last day of the tournament.
Cobrinha had his revenge for his loss to Rafael Mendes in the semifinal, a month ago in Abu Dhabi
Now Kron didn't manage his revenge for his loss to Lucas Lepri at the Pan, in the middleweight quarterfinals
Serginho (facing away) went past Alan "Finfou" and Marcelinho beat Lucas Leite in the semifinals and they shut out the middleweight
Letícia Ribeiro shone at light feather
Bianca Barreto needed less than a minute to submit for the gold Photo: Regis Chen
Luana Alzuguir beat Kyra Gracie at lightweight
Hannette Staack made it her sixth black belt title beating Mônica Vanessa at middleweight
Penny Thomas caught Valerie Worthington for medium heavyweight gold
Lana Stefanac dominated Luka Dias and the heavyweight division
Rominho didn't manage to sweep Tarsis, but won the medium heavyweight decision: "Tarsis is really tough," said Barral.
Gracie Barra guys ready to cheer for their teammates.
Ricardo Demente even surprised Roger in the super heavyweight final...
...but ended up tapping to the "Blanket" like everyone else.
The middleweight was decided by rocks-paper-scissors. and Marcelo won
At rooster, Malfacine moved to win: "I changed teams, moved cities and focused on the Worlds".
Even so, to beat Bruno he had to hold out against a deep triangle from Caio Terra
After the scare, he went to his gang
Guilherme Mendes did away with his underdog status at light feather: "The favorite is the better trained one."
And he celebrated with a controversial Atos sword: "We causing discomfort," he said.
In the featherweight final, Cobrinha struggled to overcome old rival Frazatto: "I was going to stop this year, but I'm going to go for my fifth"
And he was another to rush to his gang.
At lightweight, Langhi had no problem beating the one to defeat Lucas Lepri: "It was my fifth win over Durinho"
Bráulio came short for the absolute, but liked winning his third at weight: "I trained to be in the final with Roger"
Reborn at Alliance, Vella took his second at ultra heavyweight: "Now I'm a much better fighter"
Lana Stefanac impressed the gymnasium in the absolute final against Kyra
Roger did't give any room for luck to Romulo and won as in 2007 absolute final.
The best of all?:"I guarantee I'll always be among the best"
After it all was over, a friendly embrace
