The 2011 Arizona State Championship is set to take place in Tempe on June 25 and 26.

The event will be offering $3000 in cash prizes for the Black Belt Adult division!

Rising star Kristina Barlaan (now a purple belt) will likely be in the mix. Photo: Luca Atalla.

There will be two divisions available: Light Weight (Under 167.5 lbs) and Heavy Weight (Over 167.5 lbs), with the winners receiving $1500 cash each!

So far no competitors have signed up for the Light division yet, but the Heavy already features 2011 middleweight Brazilian national champion Daniel Garcia (Nova Uniao), Carlos Farias (Traven JJ) and Marcel Fortuna (Ralph Gracie).

Registration ends on June 20. Full info at http://strongvon.com/azstate2011.

The competition will take place on June 25th and 26th at the Marcos De Niza High School located at 6000 S. Lakeshore Dr. Tempe, AZ 85283 . For the first time the event will be ran with 6 competition areas! We are expecting around 800 competitors!

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition will offer kids, juveniles, Adult (Male and Female), Masters and Senior Divisions.

$3000 total in cash prizes for the Adult Male Black Belt Divisions (Only two divisions available):

Open/Light – 167.5 lbs and under: 1st place – $1500

Open/Heavy – 167.5 lbs and over: 1st place – $1500

GD Jiu-Jitsu Events will be offering FREE tournament T-Shirts to ALL competitors!

For more event information check out:

http://strongvon.com/azstate2011