Arges vs. Farias
Gabriel Arges and Sarah Black were the standouts of the final event on the 2015 IBJJF season.
The Irvine Open took place this Sunday at the Bren Events Center and attracted hundreds of athletes for a whole day of awesome thrills.
In the adult male black belt division, Gracie Barra’s Gabriel Arges had a double-gold campaign after wining the medium-heavyweight and the open class.
He beat Lucas Barbosa twice for the title in his weight class and then beat Carlos Farias and Barbosa once again before closing out the absolute with teammate Inácio Neto.
Black vs. Liao
In the adult female division, GD Jiu-Jitsu’s Sarah Black first beat Kiri Liao for the lightweight gold medal and then submitted Jill Baker and Liao for the absolute title.
Here’s a photo gallery with the best images of the open class division (male and female).
The other divisions of the black belt division played out as follows:
With two sweeps against one, Nathan Mendelsohn beat Allessandro Ferreira 4-2 for the super-heavyweight title.
After a 10-10 tie with 5 sweeps each, Tanner Rice beat Inacio Neto by unanimous refs decision for the heavyweight title.
Gabriel Arges beat Lucas Barbosa 3-1 on advantages after a 2-2 tie on points for the medium-heavyweight title.
With a last-second sweep, Gabriel Procopio beat Gabriel Goulart 2-1 on advantages after a 2-2 tie on points for the middleweight title.
Thiago Macedo beat Marcelo Motta 2-0 for the lightweight title.
Samir Chantre beat Richard Slomba 3-2 on advantages after a 2-2 tie on points for the featherweight title.
Gabriel Moraes choked Gustavo Carpio for the light-featherweight title.
Sarah Black beat Kiri Liao 5-0 for the adult black belt lightweight title.
Here’s a photo gallery with the best images of the black belt weight classes.
In the teams’ competition, results were:
1 – Brazilian Top Team – 234
2 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 213
3 – Gracie Barra – 169
4 – TRUJITSU / Bakersfield – 165
5 – Gracie Humaita – 91
6 – Carlson Gracie Team – 75
7 – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association – 70
8 – Lotus Club / One Jiu-Jitsu – 59
9 – CheckMat USA – 37
10 – Cleber Jiu Jitsu – 34
Click here for the complete results for the 2015 Irvine Open.
In the other event held today, the Kids International, the teams’ results were:
1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 354
2 – Gracie Barra – 130
3 – Alliance Los Angeles – 110
4 – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu – 69
5 – Gracie Humaita – 66
6 – Fabin Rosa Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – 35
7 – CheckMat – 29
8 – Power MMA – 29
9 – Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – 28
10 – GD Jiu-Jitsu Association – 28
Click here for the complete results for the Kids International.
