Como bom campeão no Jiu-Jitsu, o campeão mundial ressaltou o quanto aprendeu com seu revés no cage, e que tirou boas lições da derrota. Agora, mais maduro e com maior evolução técnica, Durinho entra com fome de vitória para encarar, digamos, um “velho conhecido.”

Gilbert, em turnê de seminários na Europa, teve a oportunidade de treinar Jiu-Jitsu com Lukasz Sajewski, que atendia a um de seus seminários. O brasileiro conta essa história no vídeo abaixo. Confira!

Who are your favorites for the 2015 ADCC?

The 2015 ADCC is finally here.

Milton Vieira was the last athlete to be confirmed for the -77kg division.

With all the names laid out, we now can go about a brief analysis of each one of the seven weight categories.

Of course, as we still don’t know how the brackets will be drawn, there’s no way of knowing what’s going to be the path to gold medal for each of the athletes.

Therefore, we’re gonna take a look on the names and pick the most likely to be in the semifinals.

We will not pick the most likely finalists, once that is too much influenced by the setting of the brackets.

Here we go.

Male -66 kg

The absence of Rafael Mendes left the division wide open for anyone to challenge the reigning champion Rubens Cobrinha. Augusto Mendes, Gianni Grippo, Ed Cummings, Bruno Frazatto and Justin Rader are the strongest candidates to be in the semifinals alongside Cobrinha, who is the overall favorite.

Most probable semifinalists:Rubens Cobrinha, Gianni Grippo, Ed Cummings, Augusto Mendes

Can anyone dethrone Cobrinha?

1. Rubens Charles “Cobrinha” – Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)
2. Asadulaev Surkhay – Russia (1st European Trials Winner)
3. Nicolas Renier – France (2nd European Trials Winner)
4. Tezekbaev Rasul – Kyrgyzstan (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
5. Yuto Hirao – Japan (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
6. Geovanny Martinez – USA (1st North American Trials Winner)
7. Edward Cummings – USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)
8. Renan Sancar Santos – Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)
9. Gabriel Marangoni – Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)
10. Jeff Glover – USA (Invited)
11. Augusto Mendes – Brazil (Invited)
12. Justin Rader – USA (Invited)
13. Bruno Frazatto – Brazil (Invited)
14. Gianni Grippo – USA (Invited)
15. Mark Ramos – USA (Invited)
16. Alexandre Vieira – Brazil (Invited)

Male -77 kg

The absence of Kron Gracie makes things wide open in the division. The runner up in 2013, Otavio Sousa is a strong candidate for another final. Garry Tonon, a surprise in 2013, is now a consolidated talent who has all the tools to make a real run for the title. Lucas Lepri, Gilbert Burns, AJ Agazarm, Ben Henderson and Dillon Danis should also be looked at carefully.

Most probable semifinalists: Otavio Sousa, Garry Tonon, Gilbert Burns, AJ Agazarm

Without Kron, who will reign over the -77kg division?

1. Gamrot Mateusz – Poland (1st European Trials Winner)
2. Abdulkadirov Magomed – Russia (2nd European Trials Winner)
3. Lachlan Giles – Australia (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
4. Young-am Noh – Korea (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
5. Enrico Cocco – USA (1st North American Trials Winner)
6. Vagner Rocha – USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)
7. Davi Ramos – Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)
8. Gabriel Rollo – Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)
9. Garry Tonon – USA (Invited)
10. Otavio Sousa – Brazil (Invited)
11. Lucas Lepri – Brazil (Invited)
12. Ben Henderson – USA (Invited)
13. Dillon Danis – USA (Invited)
14. Gilbert Burns – Brazil (Invited)
15. AJ Agazarm – USA (Invited)
16. Milton Vieira – Brazil (Invited)

Male -88 kg

Barral is back to defend his title, as are Rafael Lovato Jr., Keenan Cornelius and Pablo Popovitch, the other three semifinalists in 2013. Two years later, they are still the top four contenders for the division. Claudio Calasans Jr. and Yuri Simões will fight hard to break into hat club.

Most probable semifinalists: Romulo Barral, Rafael Lovato Jr., Keenan Cornelius, Pablo Popovitch.

Will the same podium repeat itself in 2015?

1. Romulo Barral – Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)
2. Zbigniew Tyszka – Poland (1st European Trials Winner)
3. Jesse Urholin – Finland (2nd European Trials Winner)
4. Craig Jones – Australia (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
5. Hidemi Mihara – Japan (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
6. Matthew Arroyo – USA (1st North American Trials Winner)
7. Mike Perez – USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)
8. Claudio Calasans – Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)
9. Keenan Cornelius – USA (Invited)
10. Rustam Chsiev – Russia (Invited)
11. Pablo Popovich – USA (Invited)
12. Rafael Lovato Jr. – USA (Invited)
13. Ezra Lenon – USA (Invited)
14. Neiman Gracie – Brazil (Invited)
15. Yuri Simoes – Brazil (Invited)
16. Ricardo Ramos De Mesquita – Brazil (Invited)

Male -99 kg

João Assis is another champion defending his title. A quick look on the names in his division makes clear that he’ll have a tougher job than he had in 2013. Rodolfo Vieira, Alexandre Ribeiro, Felipe Pena, Tom DeBlass, Hector Lombard, Cassio Francis are some of the obstacles Assis will have to jump over to make it to the top of the podium one more time.

Most probable semifinalists: João Assis, Rodolfo Vieira, Alexandre Ribeiro, Felipe Pena

Can João make it to his second gold medal?

1. Joao Assis – Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)
2. Tomasz Narkun – Poland (1st European Trials Winner)
3. Kamil Uminski – Poland (2nd European Trials Winner)
4. Tobias Green – Australia (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
5. Yukiyasu Ozawa – Japan (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
6. Tom DeBlass – USA (1st North American Trials Winner)
7. Jason Bukich – USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)
8. Roberto Alencar – Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)
9. Cassio Francis Da Silva – Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)
10. Alexandre Ribeiro – Brazil (Invited)
11. Hector Lombard – USA (Invited)
12. Felipe Pena – Brazil (Invited)
13. Rodolfo Vieira – Brazil (Invited)
14. Jimmy Friedrich – USA (Invited)
15. Adam Sachnoff – USA (Invited)
16. Lukasz Michalec – Poland (Invited)

Male +99 kg

Another “championless” division, the +99kg is wide open with the absence of Marcus Buchecha. The 2013 runner up João Gabriel is one of the favorites for sure, but Bernardo Faria, Dean Lister, Vinny Magalhães, Rodrigo Cavaca, Gabriel Lucas and Orlando Sanchez will fight hard to make it to the top.

Most probable semifinalists: João Gabriel, Dean Lister, Bernardo Faria, Vinny Magalhães

Who will succeed Buchecha in the +99kg division?

1. Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen – Finland (2nd European Trials Winner)
2. Lee Hyoung Chul – Korea (1st Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
3. Hideki Sekine – Japan (2nd Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
4. Jason Lees – USA (1st North American Trials Winner)
5. Paul Ardila – USA (2nd North American Trials Winner)
6. Leonardo Nascimento Lucio – Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)
7. Gabriel Lyrio Lucas – Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)
8. Rodrigo Cavaca – Brazil (Invited)
9. Joao Gabriel Rocha – Brazil (Invited)
10. Dean Lister – USA (Invited)
11. Vinny Magalhaes – Brazil (Invited)
12. Orlando Sanchez – USA (Invited)
13. Rodrigo Artilheiro – Brazil (Invited)
14. Bernardo Faria – Brazil (Invited)
15. Jeff Monson – USA (Invited)
16. Jared Dopp – USA (Invited)

Female -60 kg

Michelle Nicolini is back to defend her 2013 title. It will be a tougher task than two years ago, as new talents have emerged like Mackenzie Dern and Tammi Musumeci. Bia Mesquita is another big contender for one gold medal she still does not have.

Most probable semifinalists: Michelle Nicolini, Mackenzie Dern, Tammi Musumeci, Bia Mesquita

Will Michelle celebrate again?

1. Michelle Nicolini – Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)
2. Kethe Marie Elgesem Engen – Norway (European Trials Winner)
3. Rikako Yuasa – Japan (Asia & Oceania Trials Winner)
4. Tammi Musumeci – USA (North American Trials Winner)
5. Ana Michelle Tavares Dantas – Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)
6. Mayra Mello Mazza – Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)
7. Mackenzie Dern – USA (Invited)
8. Beatriz Mesquita – Brazil (Invited)

Female +60 kg

Gabi Garcia is the favorite once again. Ana Laura Cordeiro, Fernanda Mazzelli and all the others will have to do wonders to take the third gold medal from Gabi’s hands.

Most probable semifinalists: Gabi Garcia, Ana Laura Cordeiro, Fernanda Mazzelli, Amanda Santana.

Can Gabi be stopped?

1. Gabrielle Garcia – Brazil (ADCC 2013 Winner)
2. Sophia Nordenö – Sweden (European Trials Winner)
3. Amanda Santana – USA (North American Trials Winner)
4. Fernanda Mazzelli Almeida Maio – Brazil (1st South American Trials Winner)
5. Jéssica Da Silva Oliveira – Brazil (2nd South American Trials Winner)
6. Marysia Malyjasiak – Poland (Invited)
7. Ana Laura Cordeiro – Brazil (Invited)
8. Alison Tremblay –  Canada (Invited)

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Teams getting ready for the 2015 ADCC

Scheduled August 29-30 in São Paulo, the 2015 ADCC is less than 10 days away.

Many athletes already made their way to Brazil, as their training camp wrap up around the world.

We did a round up to see how the competitors prepared for the most important submission grappling event of the season.

Here’s what we found out.

Cyborg’s army in Miami

Roberto Cyborg shocked the world two years ago when he beat Marcus Buchecha for the open class gold medal in Beijing. In 2015, his mission is to stop André Galvão in the superfight and add another title to his career. To be ready for his extremely difficult mission, Cyborg put together one of the strongest camps for the 2015 ADCC. João Gabriel Rocha, Rodolfo Vieira, Abraham Marte, Vagner Rocha, among others, are some of the beasts training in Miami. Rocha summed the feeling of getting ready in such a strong camp: “The wrestling training here is awesome and Cyborg is the best in the world in no-gi. I wouldn’t have a camp like this one in Brazil.” Here’s a video with Cyborg talking about the camp itself, by Stuart Cooper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yVLAk6RHb4

Galvão leads Atos JJ troops in San Diego

André Galvão wants to join a very select group of champions after the 2015 ADCC. If he beats Cyborg in São Paulo, he’ll be one of two athletes to have a weight class gold medal, an open class title and two superfight wins at the ADCC. Zé Mário Sperry is the only fighter to have that in his record. To get ready for such a great accomplishment, Galvão is taking his preparation very serious. Alongside his impressive team of black belts, he has one of the strongest camps for the 2015 ADCC. Keenan Cornelius, JT Torres, Mike Perez, Dean Lister are some of the names training together in San Diego to compete in Brazil. Here’s a video with some images of the camp, by Patrick Flores.

No teams, just grind at Calvary Chapel

Wrestling coach Jacob Harman made a name for himself recently with awesome results from athletes that trained with him. Two years ago, he had three 2011 ADCC champions and a second place finisher training with him: Marcus Buchecha, João Assis, Romulo Barral and Otavio Sousa. For 2015, the list grew and his classes at the high school in Costa Mesa are packed. Gabi Garcia, Barral, Lucas Rocha, Edwin Najmi, AJ Agazarm, among others go there weekly to improve on their wrestling techniques and also take advantage of the insane physical conditioning included in each session with coach Harman. Gabi talks about how hard it is to train at Calvary Chapel: “It’s certainly one of the hardest session I’ve ever done. I feel like a monster for being the only woman among such strong beasts. It makes my mind even stronger. I’m all bruised up, but I’m sure nothing can be harder than training there.”

Training at Calvary Chapel

Lovato is back and he wants his first gold medal

Rafael Lovato Jr. started competing again last June after more than a year away healing a serious shoulder injury that required surgery to be fixed. With his eyes on the ADCC, he put a strong training camp at his academy in Oklahoma City. The presences of Justin Rader, Jared Dopp, James Puopolo, Xande Ribeiro and even a visit by Braulio Estima made the camp specially hard for the 2015 ADCC. Lovato talks about how prepared he is for going all the way in São Paulo: “I’m feeling awesome. We’ve had Braulio with us and I learned a lot of great technical details from him. Also training with Xande and all the others here. I’m so happy to have this quality of training for my ADCC camp.”

Dopp, Xande, Lovato, Rader

DeBlass, Tonon, Cummings lead the east coast crew 

In New York, Tom DeBlass, Garry Tonon, Ed Cummings, Jason Lees will do their best to keep the legacy of their lineage, which comes from two-time ADCC champion Renzo Gracie. DeBlass talked to Open mat radio about the importance of the ADCC for the grappling community: “It’s our Olympics. It doesn’t get any better. It’s the pinnacle. It’s where everybody wants to be. We want to go there and test ourselves against the absolute top guys in the world. So, our team will be there to prove we are here to stay.”

In Brazil, Burns, Calasans, Cavaca and Frazatto working hard to represent the home team 

Brazil’s supremacy throughout ADCC history is clear, as the country produced the largest number of champions by far. So, as the main event lands in São Paulo for the second time, the home team wants to be ready to represent the tradition once again. Gilbert “Durinho” Burns, Claudio Calasans, Bruno Frazatto and Rodrigo Cavaca joined forces to prepare for the war at the end of august. Durinho talks about the hard work they are putting in to compete: “I’m ready! It’s been a war. I’ve been training with Calasans for the past month and with Cavaca and Frazatto for the past two weeks. We’re going there to win!”

Cavaca, Burns, Calasans and Frazatto

Keeping Marcelo Garcia’s legacy alive

Gianni Grippo, Dillon Danis and Bernardo Faria have some pretty big shoes to fill. Training under Marcelo Garcia, the only 4-time ADCC champion in a single weight division, they have to put on a good performance in the same venue their professor first awed the grappling world, back at the 2003 ADCC. Gianni talks about the camp: “It’s only Danis, Bernardo and myself. The training has been great. Marcelo helps a lot with this one. More than anything he tells us that the best way to approach this event is to play our game and look to attack throughout. I’ve asked him what he thinks about the rules and how it’s best to approach it but he always keeps it simple saying just to look to finish the match- don’t worry about the points and time.”

Grippo and Danis

Cobrinha wants to repeat what he did in China

Rubens Cobrinha pursued his first gold medal at the ADCC for four years. He nearly made it in Barcelona (2009) and Nottingham (2011), when he had to settle for two silver medals after being stopped in the final by Rafael Mendes. In 2013, he had his redemption when he made it all the way after another tough final match with his biggest rival. In São Paulo, Cobrinha’s birth state, he wants his second gold medal to tie the count with Mendes and be just one behind the -66kg division titles record-holder, Royler Gracie. Cobrinha decided to have his camp at home in Los Angeles and with the help of Fabio Passos, Lucas Lepri, Gabi Garcia and others, he’s been training hard for the 2015 ADCC. Here’s a video with some of his training routine.

Libório and Sperry sweating bullets to relive old rivalry

One of the biggest attractions of the 2015 ADCC will be the masters super-match between living legends Zé Mário Sperry and Ricardo Libório. As both were bred by the same master, Carlson Gracie, there’s a lot of history in that match. Libório, 48, prepared for the match with the ATT crew in Florida. He tells how hard the sessions were: “My mother asked me to stop rolling with the young guys from ATT. She said I was going to get hurt. Zé Mário may win as he is one of ADCC’s greatest champions, but he’ll have to work hard to beat me.”

De La Riva, Libório, Bustamante and Jaoude. Photo Clever Barbosa

Zé Mário is training in Rio de Janeiro, at X-Gym, and also sharpening his Jiu-Jitsu with Roberto Gordo. He told GRACIEMAG how he is feeling for the super-match: “I love training, so It’s all good. Libório was one of the best training partners I’ve ever had. He’s good in all aspects of the match. It’s going to be a huge challenge.”

José Mário Sperry

The 2015 ADCC kicks off August 29, in São Paulo, Brazil. Don’t miss GRACIEMAG’s full coverage on all our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Periscope).

Gilbert Durinho puxa o braço e finaliza Giagos no UFC Rio. Foto: Gustavo Aragão/GRACIEMAG

Campeão mundial de Jiu-Jitsu, Gilbert “Durinho” Burns tem mais um desafio marcado pelo UFC. Desta vez, o faixa-preta encara o russo Rashid Magomedov, que vem de vem de 11 vitórias seguidas, três delas pelo Ultimate.

A peleja será no UFC São Paulo, agendado para 7 de novembro.

Durinho está invicto na carreira com 10 vitórias. Seu último combate na organização foi contra Alex Oliveira, o “Cowboy”, em março.

“Treino com muito cara duro, top mesmo. Não tem treino em zona de conforto. Quero ser o número 1 e vou trabalhar para isso acontecer. Acho essa luta um ótimo teste e estarei dando o máximo até dia 7”, dispara Durinho.

Confira o card provisório do UFC em Sampa:

UFC: Belfort x Henderson 3
São Paulo

7 de novembro de 2015

Vitor Belfort x Dan Henderson
Gleison Tibau x Abel Trujillo
Rashid Magomedov x Gilbert Durinho

Matheus Diniz had an impressive performance this past weekend at the NY Summer Open.

The Marcelo Garcia black belt won four gold medals both at gi and no-gi divisions.

The highest point of the campaign was the final match of the no-gi open class division.

Diniz outscored the 2013 World no-gi champion Gilbert “Durinho” Burns 7-2.

“It was a very tough match, as I imagine it would be against a world champion,” said Diniz after the match.

Watch the video to see how Matheus pulled out the win.

Matheus Diniz when he was a brown belt Photo: Erin Herle

Day 2 of the 2015 New York Summer Open was the setting for the No-Gi divisions.

Matheus Diniz repeated the double gold campaign he had on Saturday in the gi division to become the biggest name of the weekend.

This Sunday he beat Neiman Gracie for the heavyweight gold medal and then Matheus defeated Gilbert Burns 7-2 with a sweep, a guard pass and a knee on the belly for the open class title.

Watch Diniz vs. Gracie in the heavyweight division.

In the other black belt divisions, the champions were: João Miyao (light-feather), Paulo Miyao (feather), João Paulo Ferreira (light), Jonathan Satava (middle), Marcus Tinoco (medium-heavy), Haim Gozali (super-heavy), Rodrigo Artilheiro (ultraheavy).

Watch Paulo Miyao’s featherweight final:

In the adult female open class division, Gegi Walker beat Samantha Faulhaber for the gold medal.

In the teams competition, once again Alliance topped the rankings with 164 pts. against Gracie Tampa South (34 pts.) and GF Team (33 pts.).

For the full results, go to ibjjf,com.

The heavyweight GP of Copa Podio took place this Saturday, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Felipe Pena was the standout, taking the title home.

After finishing second in the yellow group, Preguiça defeated Tim Spriggs (green group champion) with a sweep.

The final was against Victor Honorio and Pena got the win with a choke from the back.

In the superfight, Leandro Lo outscored Sergio Moraes 6-0 to win.

For the compete results, go to copapodio.com

Lo vs. Keenan

Copa Podio will have another one of its events this Saturday in Brazil.

The heavyweight GP goes down in Rio with 10 fighters divided in two groups.

The yellow group has  Erberth Santos (Guigo), Nelton Pontes (GB), Tim Spriggs (Lloyd Irvin), Fernando Reis (Alliance) and Vinny Magalhães.

In the Green group, you find Felipe Pena (GB), Delson Pé de Chumbo (Pitbull), Eduardo Inojosa (Cícero Costha), Maks Wisniewski and Victor Honório (GFTeam).

In the first stage, fighters compete within their groups.

They get four points for submission, three for victory by points and a point for ties.

The two best of each group at the end of the first stage advance to the semifinals.

This installment of the Copa will also feature three superfights: Leandro Lo (Cícero Costha) vs. Sergio Moraes (Alliance), Gregor Gracie (Renzo) vs. Daniel Moraes (Team Moraes) (no-gi), Milton Vieira vs. Goiti Yamauchi (no-gi).

You can catch the life feed for free at copapodio.com.

Semifinal 2 – Felipe Preguiça VS Cláudio Calasans (English) from Copa Podio on Vimeo.

Felipe Pena vs. Claudio Calasans Jr. was another great duel that took place last weekend at the Copa Podio, in Rio de Janeiro.

Watch the video and see how one of the spots in the middleweight GP final was filled.

See how Lo was able to win the thrilling match in Brazil.

LEANDRO LO VS GILBERT DURINHO – SPECIAL MATCH from Copa Podio on Vimeo.

In the middleweight GP, Felipe “Preguiça” Pena was the big champion.

In the final, the Gracie Barra competitor defeated Luiz Panza (Checkmat) after coming from behind in the scoreboard 2-0 because of a sweep by Panza.

Preguiça managed a last minute sweep and secured his victory with an advantage for a near pass when clock was running down.

“At that moment, all I thought about was that I had to win and I gave it all to win,” said the now two-time GP champion.

Felipe Preguiça vs. Luiz Panza at Copa Podio. Photo by Carlos Arthur

Other than that, the event featured two superfights with no time limit and submission only.

First Gianni Grippo and João Miyao battled for a whole hour before the organizers decided to stop the match.

Despite what the rules said about no time limit, the match was considered a draw.

João Miyao vs. Gianni Grippo Photo by Carlos Arthur

In the other superfight, Leandro Lo and Gilbert “Durinho” Burns had prior business to settle.

Lo resisted a tight leg lock that made the crowd cringe and then managed a sweep and a choke that left Durinho with no other option than to tap.

“I’d only tap if he’d rip my leg off. I inspired myself in people like Ronaldo Jacaré, who didn’t tap even after Roger broke his arm,” said Lo, after intense celebration.

Leandro Lo vs. Gilbert Burns at Copa Podio Photo by Carlos Arthur