Just few months back, competitors Kayron Gracie (Gracie Barra) and Abmar Barbosa (Drysdale) were seen for their promise in the Jiu-Jitsu scene. After a single weekend, at the Pan 2010 that ended last Sunday, they became renowned black belts.
Check out the Pan middleweight final, between two of the division’s stalwarts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d8VjoooZ-w
I had watched videos of Abmar on youtube recently – when I saw him at the pans, I knew he would have exciting matches and that this might be his “breakout” tournament.
Because I knew he had very agressive and exciting open guard, I knew I had to get good video of his match. I ran across the Irvine arena to get a seat on the opposite side where people wouldn’t be in the way.
I got a good vantage and it was a great fight. I posted it on youtube right away. Since you can’t make out the score screen on the video, I annotated it on youtube so that the score shows up when points are made.
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