Paulo Miyao at the 2015 Worlds

Last weekend João Miyao won the black belt open class in Las Vegas, so this Saturday his brother repeated the feat in Chicago.

Paulo won double gold at the 2015 Chicago Summer Open, reaching the top at the lightweight and the absolute.

Paulo defeated Steven Patterson in the open class final after toping Diego Conceição in the lightweight division.

In the female division, Monique Carvalho beat Kanako Inaba for the black belt open class gold medal.

The champions in the black belt division were:

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light

First – Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao – PSLPB Cicero Costha

Second – Diego Bispo Conceição – Carlson Gracie Team

Third – William Edward Wolk – TAC Team BJJ

Third – Daniel J Drzymkowski – Brasa CTA

BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle

First – Tanner Wade Rice – Amazonas Rice Bros BJJ

Second – Javier Valenciano Yamuni – Renzo Gracie International

Third – Israel Reyes – Brasa CTA

Third – Alessandro Pinto Cordeiro Martins – Gile Ribeiro JJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy

First – Romulo de Souza Azevedo – Welton Ribeiro

Second – Steven J. Patterson – Brasa CTA

Third – Louis Armezzani – Team Jucão USA

BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy

First – Lincoln Jeferson Pereira – Renzo Gracie Academy

Second – Nicholas M. Albin – Renato Tavares Association

BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy

First – Eliot Andrew Kelly – Yemaso Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Second – Allen A. Causevic – Valko BJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy

First – Christopher J Haraszti – Brasa CTA

Second – Paulo Victor Velozo Martins – Gracie Barra

Third – Daniel Tsatsos – Nova União

BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class

First – Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao – PSLPB Cicero Costha

Second – Steven J. Patterson – Brasa CTA

Third – Daniel Tsatsos – Nova União

Third – Eliot Andrew Kelly – Yemaso Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Female / Rooster

First – Kanako Inaba – AOA Champion BJJ

BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium Heavy

First – Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat USA

BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class

First – Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat USA

Second – Kanako Inaba – AOA Champion BJJ

For the complete results, go to IBJJF.com

The 2015 Chicago Summer Open continues this Sunday, with the no-gi divisions.

Depois de morderem o ouro em suas respectivas categorias, Vitor e Caio tiveram poucos minutos de combate até o resultado final. Após uma raspagem de Caio, Vitor devolveu os pontos, pulou para as costas e estrangulou o adversário.

Veja a luta no vídeo abaixo, e para conferir os resultados completos, clique aqui.

Jackson Sousa vs Samir Chantre. Photo: Ivan Trindade

Two tournaments are closing their registration. Both the 2014 IBJJF Las Vegas Summer Open and the 2014 IBJJF Chicago Summer Open are scheduled for the same weekend. In Vegas, the one-day event will be on Saturday, Aug. 9 and in Chicago, the gi and no-gi divisions will be split on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10.

The location of the Vegas event is the Sport Center of Las Vegas at 121 East Sunset Road Las Vegas, NV 89119.

Already signed up is a a black belt fleet consisting of Francisco “Sinistro” Iturralde, Gianni Grippo, Osvaldo “Queixinho”, Rodrigo Freitas, Mackenzie Dern, Antonio Antonioli, Nathan Mendolsohn, Fabbio Passos and more.

You can register here before 11:59 p.m. PST: https://www.ibjjfdb.com/CampeonatoInscricao/Edit?CampeonatoId=294&FederacaoId=3 

The location of the Chicago event is the Chicago State University at 9501 South King Dr. Chicago, IL 60628.

Names that will be competing include Vitor Oliveira, Wellington Megaton Dias, Eliot Kelly, Edson Oliveira and more.

To register for the gi portion, go here before 11:59 p.m. PST: https://www.ibjjfdb.com/EventoInscricao/Create?EventoId=17

Make sure you sign up before the deadlines!

More information can be found at www.ibjjf.org

The event will be held at Chicago State University located at 9501 South King Dr. Chicago, IL 60628.

Divisions are available for juvenile, adult and master 1-6 from white to black belt. Take a look at where your division stands in this final week of registration and add your name to the list: http://static.ibjjfdb.com/Campeonato/000292/en-US/RegistrationsByCategoryAndAcademy.pdf

The registration deadline is August 1 at 11:59 p.m. PST.

To register head to www.ibjjf.org

Check out this past match from the mats in Chicago between Philippe Della Monica and Nicholas Albin:

It gathered Vitor Oliveira (GFT) and Leo D’Avila (Atos) in a thrilling match that did not go all the way.

Flavio Almeida (GB) faced Vitor Oliveira (GFT) for the gold medal.

It was a thrilling fight until the very end.

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Vitor Oliveira (GF Team) won both the middleweight division and the open class.

In the absolute, he fought two times to get to the gold medal.

Watch the video bellow with the highlights of the final match against Leo D’Avila.

In the other adult black belt divisions, the results were:

BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – Jefferson Luiz da Cruz Cordeiro – NBJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira – GF Team
Second – Philipe Cançado Della Monica – Gracie Barra
Third – Oliver Leys Geddes – Roger Gracie Academy
Third – Israel Reyes – Brasa

BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Ezra Zendt Lenon – American Top Team
Second – Sean Eugene Bollinger – Jean Jacques Machado BJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy
First – Leonardo Henrique D’avila Corrêa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Adem Redzovic – Team Redzovic

BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
First – Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira – GF Team
Second – Leonardo Henrique D’avila Corrêa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Oliver Leys Geddes – Roger Gracie Academy

For the full results, go to ibjjf.com

For amazing images and the latest info, go to our live coverage at our Google+ page.

Flávio Almeida comments the final against Vitor Oliveira while you watch to the match’s highlights.

The IBJJF Chicago Summer Open is underway.

After a Saturday of Gi thrills the No-Gi divisions take on the mats this Sunday.

To see the full schedule click here.

Black belt stars Philipe Della Monica, Oliver Geddes and Vitor Henrique Oliveira will be present to name a few.

To see the brackets, click here.

FOLLOW OUR EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE AT OUR GOOGLE+ PAGE.

The action returns this Sunday, with the No-Gi competition.

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Flavio Almeida likes to joke around that he is not a kid anymore.

Even so, the heavyweight from Gracie Barra feared no younger adversary this Saturday, at the 2013 Chicago Summer International Open.

Without an opponent to compete against in his division, Cachorrinho saved his energies for the adult black belt open class.

At 33 years old, Almeida went full throttle in the three fights he had in the absolute.

First he choked Oliver Geddes from the back, then he choked Leo Iturralde from the mount.

The big final would be against 27-year-old Vitor Oliveira (GF Team), who had only one match before the final, when he outscored Francisco Iturralde 7-2.

The gold medal match was an intense one where Almeida got hurt in the begining, when a takedown attempt by Vitor left Flavio rolling in pain on the mat with a twisted knee.

Recovered, Almeida invested in counterattacks to Oliveira’s takedowns.

With that he scored his first two points and then the other two, with a sweep.

Vitor got two to set the final score, 4-2.

After the final whistle, Flavio talked about the win: “I trained really hard and I didn’t want to give up on the gold medal. So I pressed on and went for it. It’s unbelievable. I think it was my first adult black belt open class title!”

Here are the other adult black belt champions of this Saturday:

BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – Jefferson Luiz da Cruz Cordeiro – NBJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
First – Francisco Antonio Iturralde Lara – Alliance
Second – Philipe Cançado Della Monica – Gracie Barra
Third – Bricklin J. Welch – Team Redzovic

BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira – GF Team
Second – Carlos Frederico Rodriguez – Carlson Gracie Team
Third – Oliver Leys Geddes – Roger Gracie Academy

BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Ezra Zendt Lenon – American Top Team
Second – Leonardo I. Iturralde Aguirre – Alliance

BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
First – Flavio Alves de Almeida – Gracie Barra

BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
First – Leonardo Henrique D’avila Corrêa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Idriz Redzovic – Team Redzovic
Third – Richard Dustin Ware – SAS Team USA

For the full results, go to ibjjf.com

For amazing images and the latest info, go to our live coverage at our Google+ page.

The 2013 Chicago Summer Open comes back this Sunday, with the No-Gi competition.