Mahamed Aly and Tim Spriggs close out Washington Open

Mahamed Aly is declared absolute champion. IBJJF

For one day this weekend, the capital of the U.S. and the capital of BJJ were one and the same. That’s because Prince George’s Sports & Learning Complex in Hyattsville welcomed the Washington, DC Open.

By the end, Team Lloyd Irvin had dominated the competition, with, among other great results, Mahamed Aly and Tim Spriggs closing out the absolute division for the team.

In the ultra-heavyweight division, Mahamed was the favorite, but BJJ fans were hoping to watch ADCC champion Gordon Ryan, who had signed up to compete in the gi for the first time at a high level, but didn’t show up. So Mahamed had only one fight, beating Grafton Skaggs (Big Brother).

In the open division, Mahamed beat Thomas John (Soul Fighters) and Alexandre Molinaro (Carlson Gracie) to meet his teammate Tim Spriggs in the final. And so Mahamed and Spriggs, the latter of which had claimed the super-heavy title earlier, closed it out for TLI.

Cláudia do Val (De La Riva) had no opponents in her weight division or in the absolute, so she took double gold and some free points for the women’s IBJJF rankings.

Read on for the results.

Black / Adult / Male / Rooster

1 – Eduardo Barboza da Silva – GF Team Connecticut

2 – Kristian R Woodmansee – Atos Jiu-Jitsu

Black / Adult / Male / Light-Feather

1 – Darson Barrington Hemmings – Toronto BJJ

2 – João Pedro Oliveira Rodrigues – Soul Fighters Texas

3 – Brian Michael Clouser – Vicente Jr. Team

3 – Tadashi Takashima – Boston BJJ

Black / Adult / Male / Feather

1 – Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor – Team Lloyd Irvin

2 – Isaac Doederlein – Alliance

3 – Frederico Augusto Alves Silva – Alliance

3 – Scott Dance – BJJ Revolution Team

Black / Adult / Male / Light

1 – Gianni Paul Grippo – Alliance

2 – Johnny Joachin Tama Apolinario – Alliance

3 – Cesar Casamajó Cardoso – Caveirinha Jiu-Jitsu Family

Black / Adult / Male / Middle

1 – Chad M. G. Hardy – Nashville MMA

2 – Thomas John Keenan – Soul Fighters BJJ Arizona

3 – Gregory Scott Walker – Gustavo Machado BJJ

3 – Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco – Alliance

Black / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy

1 – Diego Bispo Conceição – Ares BJJ

2 – Aiazbek Mustakov – Bonsai JJ – USA

Black / Adult / Male / Heavy

1 – Aaron Michael Johnson – Unity Jiu-jitsu

2 – Roberto Torralbas – Team Lloyd Irvin

3 – Gilvan Gomes da Costa – Brazilian Top Team

Black / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy

1 – Timothy-Michael Spriggs – Team Lloyd Irvin

2 – Eduardo de Aguiar Silva – Wolfpack BJJ

Black / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy

1 – Mahamed Aly Santos da Silva – Team Lloyd Irvin

2 – Grafton Ernest Skaggs II – Big Brothers

Black / Adult / Male / Open Class