It was another historical day for the Jiu-Jitsu community.
The final day of the 2015 Worlds reserved tons of thrills for those present at the Long Beach pyramid and for those watching at home, via pay per view.
All 16 gold medal matches were worthy of the main stage reserved for them.
The 60 pictures in this gallery are only a small showing of what took place on mat number 2 this Sunday.
Photographers Ivan Trindade and Rafael Werneck captured with accuracy the emotions contained on each outcome.
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Rikako Yuasa sweeps for the gold medal advantage
Lady Yasa could not hide her happiness
Mackenzie Dern catches Nicolini’s neck for the gold
Then, goes into a eclectic celebration of dancing
Daddy Megaton joined the party
The hug between the man of 20 Worlds and her little girl world champion
Bia Mesquita. Graciemag.com
She’s number one once again
Luiza Monteiro beat Monique Elias and Luanna Alzuguir on the way to ligghtweight gold
She could not believe her own feat
Champion smile
Ana Laura was away for six years but came back stronger
She is now a three-time world champion as a black belt
Dominyka Obelenyte tornou-se rainha absoluta do Jiu-Jitsu em 2015 (foto) e 2016.
First she choked Vanessa Oliveira for the heavyweight title
Fernanda Mazzelli divides her time between Jiu-Jitsu and a public office in Brazil
Injured on Saturday, Buchecha was back Sunday to root for his friends
He saw Bernardo Faria take his crown as black belt open class champion
Alliance celebrated its 10th title in the male adult division
The most controversial match of the day
João Miyao’s near-sweep that was worthy an advantage…
…but then it wasn’t…
Which led to Bruno Malfacine’s 7th title in the roosterweight
As usual he threw himself at the arms of his crew
Another angle
Ther rest of the crowd was not happy with the decision
Paulo Miyao reached his first world title as a black belt
Daniel Beleza was a bit embarassed with the outcome of the final
The berimbolo to the back worked this time
Rafael Mendes and Rubens Cobrinha were on fire
Rafael worked hard for the choke
But Cobrinha was brillant to defend and got a standing ovation
The two rivals talked to each other during the fight
and afterwards.
Rafa is now the first five times champion in the featherweight division
Lepri and Langhi closed out the lightweight once again
Claudio Calasans Jr. worked his judo to beat Vitor Oliveira for middleweight gold
He celebrated with a cartwheel
And the usual scream…
Leandro Lo beat Tarsis Humphreys for his 4th world title
Now at the medium-heavy division
Lucas Leite and Xande were brillant in the heavyweight final
Xande swept once more than Leite and survived a last minute raid
At the end, he acknowledged Leite’s effort
Gabriel Lucas fought only twice for ultraheavy gold
He celebrated accordingly
And went for the arms of the Checkmat crew
Dominika Obelenyte was compared to Roger Gracie
Dominyka Obelenyte
She controlled Monique Elias for open class gold
At the end, the two teammates hugged it out
Bernardo Faria needed one more win to have a perfect Worlds
He played his usual game against João Gabriel
Swept, passed guard and resisted some tough footlocks
Then, released the already famous Faria’s growl
JG, a cancer survivor, was a true hero!
The Worlds belongs to Faria
His time has come!
Faria ended the day celebrating with his crew for NYC
Alliance was the team of the 2015 Worlds, winning it all
