Rodolfo Vieira encarou Bernardo Faria pelo ouro super pesado no Mundial de 2014. Foto: Arquivos GRACIEMAG
Faria tried to make his half guard game to wok
Rodolfo’s pressure game prevailed once again
At one point, Bernardo managed to go on the offensive
He went half way into the sweep. Photo: Ivan Trindade
But Rodolfo still landed on top
Rodolfo eventually got the mount to finnish
The victory came with an armbar
Bernardo succumbed to emotions after the fight
Marcus Buchecha faced Alex Trans once again in 2014 at the ultra-heavy final
Buchecha didn’t panic and soon enough got to a better position
The Brazilian worked little by little Trans’ guard
He ended getting the choke from the back
Bruno Malfacine faced João Miyao in the roosterweight final
Miyao worked his berimbolo game since the get go
The match was non stop the whole time
Both athletes fought fiercely for each position
With the win, Malfacine reached the impressive mark of six world titles as a black belt
Gui Mendes and Paulo Miyao fought in the light-feather final
Former training partners, the two withheld nothing during the match
Gui and Paulo also starred the same cover of GRACIEMAG
Foot locks by Miyao didn’t worry Guilherme much
Just like 2012, Rafael Mendes and Rubens Cobrinha fought for the featherweight title
Their match up was also important for the adult male teams title between Atos and Alliance
Again, the 50/50 guard was in use
Rafael and Cobra exchanged sweeps throughout the match
The two rivals tried to control the clock to end up ahead on the scoreboard
After losing to Tanquinho last year, Rafael wanted to return to the top of the podium
At the end, Rafael had a lot to celebrate
Rafa after winning his fourth black belt world title. Photo: Ivan Trindade
Lucas Lepri faced JT Torres in the lightweight final
After a takedown, Lepri worked the pass
As much as he tried, JT was unable to defend Lepri’s passes
The fight ended with Lepri working a finish
Lepri’s win was important for Alliance’s run for the teams title
Leandro Lo faced Otavio Sousa in the middleweight final
It was a battle of sweeps, but Otavio had some tricks up his sleeve
The scoreboard marched two points by two points
Lo’s guard was irresistible
Otavio’s attacks were always dangerous
Sousa also had his sweeps ready to go
An all out war for top position was waged
Both risking it all for the third world title as a black belt
Otavio had the submission within his reach many times
Leandro had to work hard to escape each time
A brave Lo settled the final score with a powerful guard pass
Otavio fought on until the last seconds
A Hail Mary foot lock was also useless and Leandro snatched the gold medal
Barral and Braulio closed out the medium-heavyweight division
Andre Galvão and Felipe Neto fought for the heavyweight title
Preguiça got an early takedown to go ahead on the scoreboard
Galvão tied the game with a sweep right away
No foot was safe in the final
Preguiça worked the foot lock with all his strength
Galvão did not seem to care
The attacks earned Preguiça advantages
A last minute sweep gave Preguiça the lead
Felipe celebrated the title intensily
Such a young talent can make quite a lot of damage in the years to come
GB’s Preguiça victory also meant Alliance’s triumph in the male adult teams competition
The 2014 Worlds open class final was the sixth time Buchecha and Rodolfo fought each other
Training a lot of wrestling, Buchecha decided to stand and look for takedowns
A great judoka, Rodolfo also bet on the takedown to score first
The two finalists worked hard to put the other on the ground
Buchecha almost made it
Rodolfo also almost made it
The wrestling lessons finally paid off
The two landed with a bang and the fight was on the ground
On the bottom, Rodolfo worked to sweep right away
Buchecha focused on passing
Pressure was the name of the game
At one point, Rodolfo relied on the deep half guard
The war was still on with literally seconds to go on the clock
The aftermath
A lot of respect for each other from the finalists
Little by Little, Buchecha realised what he had done
He was the first athlete ever to win the male adult open class world title three years in a row
Unbelievable matches generated unbelievable moments that were captured by our cameras.
Here are 88 of them.
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