2016 Worlds: Victor Hugo, Gabrielle top the purple belt open class on day 2; other results

The second day of matches at the 2016 World Jiu-Jitsu championship had the open class divisions of the purple belt as highlights.

Vicotr Hugo Marques made to the top of the male purple belt division with two gold medals. First he won the superheavy and then marched to the final of the open class against Fabio Alano. One sweep was enough for Marcques to secure the gold medal.

Gabrielle MCcomb

In the female division, Gabrielle MCcomb Lima first won the featherweight and then went on to finish Amanda Cintra very early into the final with a impressive bow and arrow choke.

The Friday also had the female blue belt division, won by Amelia Lui, who outscored Jocelyn Stidham 4-0 for the title. Lui finished second in the heavyweight division.

Click here for the full results after two days.

Another important part of the day was the drawing of the black belt open class brackets, both for the male and female divisions.

2016 WORLDS: The male black belt open class bracket with 35 athletes.| @bernardofariabjj, @romulobarral, @marcusbuchecha and @leandrolobjj are the four heads of each page.| If they win all their matches, the semifinals would be Faria vs. Barral and Buchecha vs. Lo.| Faria has Alex Ceconi, @ricardoevangelista and @rodrigocavaca on his page, among others.| Barral has @igorsilvabjj, @erberthsantos and @luizpanza on his way.| Buchecha has Murilo Santana, @felipepenabjj, @alybjj and @alexandertrans on his page.| Lo has @leo_nogueirabjj and @keenancornelius on his way to the semifinals.| The matches kick off this Saturday, at 11:30AM.| Coverage brought to you by @gameness_sports.| #jiujitsu #bjj #ibjjf #2016worlds #graciemag #graciemagazine #gameness #coverage

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2016 WORLDS: The female black belt open class bracket with 19 athletes.| @domdabomburmom, @mackenziedern, @andresacorrea and @biamesquitajj are the four heads of the bracket.| The semifinals could be Dominyka vs. Dern, Correa vs. Bia.| Dominyka has Rossie Snow, Barbara Santos, Fabiana Santos and Monique Carvalho on her way.| Dern has Leanna Dittrich or Venla Luukkonen and then @mazzellijj or @sarjncharge.| Andresa has Gegi Walker or Alison Tremblay, Hillary VanOrnum or Samela Leite.| Bia has Charlene Coats and then Leah Taylor or @michellenicolinibjj.| Coverage brought to you by @gameness_sports.| #jiujitsu #bjj #ibjjf #2016worlds #graciemag #graciemagazine #gameness #coverage A photo posted by GRACIEMAG | English Edition | (@graciemagazine) on Jun 3, 2016 at 5:39pm PDT

The 2016 Worlds goes on this Saturday with the black belt open class starting around 11:30AM among many other attractions.

See here a photo gallery with some of the greatest images of Day 2 in Long Beach.

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