Team Atos star Claudio Calasans proved the GRACIEMAG.com odds makers had it right in tipping him as the favorite going into the At the Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship. The São Paulo native overcame Gracie Barra’s Victor Estima in the middleweight final, in a deliberate affair, where the outcome came down to minor details. Now at ultraheavyweight, CheckMat teammates Marcus Vinicius Bochecha and Alexander Trans opted not to close out and went at it for real in the final, another battle that came down to mere millimeters. Watch the matches, and figure out how you would get out of these positions in training.
