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Teams podium

The 2015 Atlanta Summer Open No-Gi took place this Sunday.

Guybson Sá was the standout with double gold at the superheavy and the open class division.

Other champions in the black belt divisions were:

BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather

First – Samuel Braga Olivar da Cruz – Gracie Barra

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light

First – Samir José Chantre Dahás – Roberto Traven BJJ

Second – Jeffrey Timothy Cummings – Alliance

Third – John Jason Lawrence – Carlson Gracie Team

Third – Diego Bispo Conceição – Carlson Gracie Team

BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle

First – Michael Remiglio Liera Jr. – Atos Jiu-Jitsu

Second – Frederico G. Moncaio – Moncaio Brothers BJJ

Third – Samuel Seth Snow – Alliance

BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy

First – Pedro Henrique Monteiro Palhares – Luiz Palhares Jiu Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy

First – Guybson Costa e Sá – SAS Team USA

BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy

First – Walnan Presto Constantino – Equipe Mineirinho Jiu-Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class

First – Guybson Costa e Sá – SAS Team USA

Second – Pedro Henrique Monteiro Palhares – Luiz Palhares Jiu Jitsu

Third – Walnan Presto Constantino – Equipe Mineirinho Jiu-Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle

First – Caitlin Huggins – Gracie Barra

BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium Heavy

First – Monique Ricardo Carvalho – CheckMat USA

BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class

First – Caitlin Huggins – Gracie Barra

In the teams competition, the standings were:

1 – Roberto Traven BJJ – 151

2 – Gracie Barra – 91

3 – Alliance – 73

4 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 46

5 – Luiz Palhares Jiu Jitsu – 40

6 – Creighton Mixed Martial Arts Academy – 33

7 – Team Lloyd Irvin – 30

8 – Soul Fighters BJJ – 25

9 – Bonsai JJ – USA – 24

10 – Helio Soneca BJJ – 24

For the full results, go to ibjjf.com.

Hector Lombard: convidado pelo ADCC, o wrestler cubano não se deu bem contra o faixa-preta brasileiro. Foto: Josh Hedges/UFC

No último sábado, 27 de junho, Guybson Sá e Hector Lombard se encararam em Atlanta, para mais uma das superlutas sem kimono realizadas durante uma feira internacional de fitness, informou o colaborador Junior Samurai.

Exibindo a frieza e a técnica de um bom faixa-preta, o filho de mestre Sá esperou o momento certo para chegar aonde queria no confere contra o astro cubano. Uma vez nas costas, trabalhou até dar o bote no pescoço e arrochar o mata-leão, com pouco mais de dois minutos de luta.

“Com um passo de cada vez, vou atingir meus objetivos. Vou continuar treinando e ensinando todos os dias. Nada muda com a vitória. Obrigado aos meus irmãos Sazinho Sá e Robson Sá pelo apoio, além de toda equipe SAS Team”, declarou Guybson.

One of those fights was against grappling legend Jeff Monson.

Sá couldn’t care less for his opponent’s fame and went for it to get a quick submission.

Just watch it.

Para fechar com Lucas, o atual vice-campeão mundial peso-galo teve um obstáculo gigantesco na semifinal: o peso pesadíssimo Guybson Sá, da SAS Team. Veja como foi a vitória de Bruninho, tetracampeão mundial da Alliance:

Normally a roosterweight at the world championships of which he has received gold four times at black belt, Malfacine took on the absolute this time weighing in as a light-featherweight. But the difference in these pounds is insignificant compared to the blatant difference in size between Malfacine and his opponent on Saturday, ultra-heavyweight Guybson Sa of SAS Team.

See the semi-final match below:

Guybson Sa at Long Island Pride, in photo from GRACIEMAG archives.

GMA member and Black belt Guybson Sá has two seminar to come in September.

On the 8^th, he will be in Mesa, Arizona.

Then, on the 22^nd he will be in Charlotte, North Carolina, for another class.

For more information on the Arizona class, call (480)218.7777.

For the NC seminar, check Guybson Sa’s Facebook page.

The largest Jiu-Jitsu association in the world has a new member.

In South Carolina, East West MMA / SAS Team has joined the GMA.

The academy is owned by Karate master Zach Siokos.

The Jiu-Jitsu professor is black belt Guybson Sá.

The school is located in the city of Irmo.

Welcome to East West MMA / SAS Team!

Here is a recent display of Guybson technique in action!

For more info, go to mma4columbia.com.

A lightweight who always places at the top of whatever championships he’s in, Formiga won the absolute division at an IBJJF tournament for the first time, overcoming Guybson Sá in the final. In third place, Formiga’s training partner at Soul Fighters Diego Santana and Tiago Almeida (Gracie Humaitá).

Formiga celebrates gold in NY. Photo: Dan Rod.

“I’m stoked. It all went according to plan and I won. Now I plan to be at all the Open tourneys out there, since they get your name out there and can yield sponsorship offers. My greater goal is, of course, the Worlds, in June. Last year I lost to JT (Jonathan Torres) via advantage points, and this year I want to do better,” he states.

“I’ve even talked to JT, we might train together after the Worlds. I should move up to middleweight due to the difficulty I’m having making weight. It will be cool, since that way I’ll also be able to train with Lucas Lepri (Alliance NYC’s former lightweight world champion). The academy is doing great, but I there’s always a need for tough training partners. So far my group is at purple belt,” says the absolute champ.

In winning the NY Open absolute division, Formiga had three matches – besides one in the lightweight division, which he closed out with training partner Ítalo Silva (GFTeam). At open weight he got the tapout in the first, scored 2-0 in the second, and scored 8 points in the final.

So now will the fighter be taking a break? Not a chance. “On April 30 I’ll compete at the American Cup, in San Jose, where I’ll be targeting weight and open weight gold,” remarked Rafael.

Besides Formiga, other standouts at the NY Open were Gabriel Napão, winning the master division, and Admilson Juquinha (Gracie Humaita), who beat Carlos Alberto Terrinha (Gracie Barra) in the final of the absolute senior 2 division. Talented local Gianni Grippo (Renzo) nabbed another gold medal for himself at purple belt.

Giacomo Zaninr (Ribeiro JJ) won the brown belt division, Malcom Vaughn (Lloyd Irvin) won at purple, and Tye Murphy (Lloyd Irvin) won the open weight blue belt division.

Peso leve, sempre nas cabeças em qualquer campeonato, Formiga faturou em NY seu primeiro absoluto da IBJJF, ao vencer na final Guybson Sá. Em terceiro, ficaram Diego Santana, parceiro de Formiga na Soul Fighters, e Tiago Almeida (Gracie Humaitá).

Formiga celebra o ouro em NY. Foto: Dan Rod.

“Fiquei amarradão, foi tudo como o planejado e venci. Agora pretendo lutar todos os eventos Open que tiver, pois dão nome e geram propostas de patrocínio. A meta maior, claro, é o Mundial em junho. Ano passado perdi para o JT (Jonathan Torres) nas vantagens num lutão, e quero fazer melhor este ano”, lembra.

“Já conversei com JT inclusive, vamos ver se treinamos juntos depois do Mundial. Devo subir para o peso médio pela dificuldade de bater o peso. Seria legal, pois desta forma eu poderia treinar também com Lucas Lepri (ex-campeão mundial dos leves da Alliance NYC). A academia está indo bem, mas treino duro sempre faz falta. Por enquanto minha molecada é faixa-roxa”, conta o campeão absoluto.

Para conquistar o absoluto do NY Open, Formiga fez três combates – além de um no peso leve, que fechou com o parceiro de treino Ítalo Silva (GFTeam). No absoluto, finalizou na primeira, meteu 2 a 0 na segunda, e fez 8 pontos na final.

Será que Formiga descansa? Jamais. “Dia 30 de abril vou lutar a American Cup, em San José, em busca do peso e absoluto”, comentou Rafael.

Além dele, outros destaques do NY Open foram Gabriel Napão, campeão master, e Admilson Juquinha (Gracie Humaitá), que bateu Carlos Alberto Terrinha (Gracie Barra) na final do absoluto sênior 2. Talento local, o incansável Gianni Grippo (Renzo) beliscou mais uma medalha de ouro na faixa-roxa.

No absoluto marrom, deu Giacomo Zaninr (Ribeiro JJ). No absoluto roxa, o campeão foi Malcom Vaughn (Lloyd Irvin). No aberto azul, venceu Tye Murphy (Lloyd Irvin).

Bruno Bastos (left) and "Tussa" / Photo: Deb Blyth

Last year was a rough one for Alencar, who sustained injuries and couldn’t perform the way he wanted to. “I put on weight because I couldn’t train very much and I got fat,” he laughs, “I had to go up in weight and it didn’t help me.”

Now Alencar is healthy again and back to his usual heavy weight status., ready to fight for another Pan gold medal. First, however, he has some job in New Mexico.

“Master Draculino is coming to visit my schools to do a seminar,” he says, “I also have a brown belt getting promoted to black and Barata is getting his 1st stripe on his black belt. We’re celebrating two years at our GB Westside school. There’s a lot of things going on.”

As for his experience at the 6th Arizona International Open, Alencar says it was an awesome experience. “Barata came last year for the same tournament,” he says, “He came back talking about how organized and professional it was, so I came this year. I’m really impressed with Gustavo’s tournament. It’s at the same level as the IBJJF. The referees were great and the tournament was on time. He put so much hard work into this event. He’s done an awesome job. I’m really happy to have come to it and I want to bring my students back next year.”

Photo: John Cooper

Before coming to the tournament, Alencar worried if it was still his time, after his less than stellar year last year, but after taking gold in the open, he proved to himself that it was. “This tournament showed me I’ve still got it. I can still do it. I’m back! I felt myself progressing with every match. I was getting more confident with each one. So, after two figths, I was ready for Bruno, but I knew the match was going to go the whole distance.”

And it did. Alencar was losing by advantage points when he pulled guard. “Luckily I got the sweep and a mount and then the match was over,” he says, “I have a lot of respect for Bruno. I have watched him fight so many times at so many tournaments. I remember watching him when I was a purple belt and he was a black belt. He loves Jiu-Jitsu.”

Alencar says it was a great feeling to win the open class and to receive $2,500 for his efforts. “I’m going to save it as I always do,” he says, “I’ll put it in the bank and then maybe I’ll use it to buy a ticket to Brazil.”

Now Alencar’s looking forward to the Pan. “I’m going to try to get my title back,” he says, referring to winning it in 2009, only to lose it in 2010, “I want to push myself for the Pan and the Worlds. I also plan on going to Brazil for the ADCC world submission trials. If I pass, I will go to London in September.”

As for his overall plans for 2011, he says, “I’m going to try to bring a big show this year and have really exciting fights. I want to make it worth people’s while to watch me compete. I’m proud to wear the GB uniform. They’ve given me everything, the least I can do is represent them well.”

Bruno Bastos had four matches at the Arizona International Open and was really looking forward to going all the way to the finals. He was well on his way as he handily worked through his competition. In his first match, he submitted his opponent with an armbar in about one minute.

In his second match, he fought Rafael “Barata” Freitas from GB New Mexico and won on points. “I tried to finish with an Ezekiel,” he says, “But he held on for the bell.”

In his third match, he faced Guybson Sa from SAS/East West Combat Club. The match brought with it a bit of controversy as at one point, Bastos was out of bounds and Sa charged him and put his knee in Bastos’ face. Bastos was angry and Sa said it was unintentional. Bastos took a moment to compose himself and then the match began again. “I swept him, but didn’t get the points,” he says, “I got an advantage. As a fighter, you just have to keep going, so I did. I was on top, and moved to side control, but then the match was over. I thought I got an advantage for it, but I didn’t, so at the end, the match was even. I won by referee’s decision. Guybson’s very tough and very young. He has a lot of potential.”

Photo: John Cooper

Bastos’s final was with Alencar. “It was a very tough match,” he says, “Tussa and I have fought three times in no gi. This was the first time we’ve fought gi. We pretty much play the same game gi or no gi. We both have very good fundamentals. For the first six minutes, it was pretty much a judo match. Then I was winning three advantage points to zero. I almost took him down three times. Then he jumped guard and tried some sweeps and attacks. I defended, then I posted up and he switched the triangle to a sweep, and that’s how he scored the points, then he moved to mount. I was tired. If you make one mistake against a high level guy, it’s over. And that’s what happened today.” Bastos says he’s frustrated that he didn’t win. “I’ve been here twice to Gustavo’s tournaments and I’ve won both times. Today I didn’t.”

Unlike Alencar, Bastos had a good year last year. “The only time I didn’t medal last year was at the Pan,” he says, “Most tournaments I won. I took third at the Gi Worlds. It was a good year for me.”

As for the Arizona International Open, Bastos says that Gustavo is bringing more black belts to the tournament every year. “I had four matches this year,” he says, “I’ve never had that before. This is a good tournament. Every tournament Gustavo throws he brings in more competitors, more black belts, and the level becomes higher and higher. It continues to grow. He’s doing a great job here. I know he’s not satisfied yet because he loves perfection, but he is doing all the right things to make his goals.”

Next up, Bastos is looking forward to the Abu Dhabi trials in San Diego, then the Pan and then the Worlds. “I’m coming prepared,” he says, “If you’re not in shape, you can’t compete. There are so many tournaments coming up. I’m going to do my best in everything I do. My ultimate goal is to become World Pro Abu Dhabi champion and IBJJF and ADCC champion. I feel like if I had those three things, my mission in Jiu-Jitsu will be complete as a fighter. As a coach, my goal is to make one American student world champion in any belt,” he says, “I also want to help Gustavo make Nova Uniao first place again as a team.”

The Open Class has drawn top names such as Gracie Barra’s Roberto “Tussa” Alencar and Nova União’s Bruno Bastos, as well as rising contenders like Guybson Sa, Marco Machado, Ryan Beauregard and ex-NFL wide-receiver, Michael Westbrook. Smaller fighters, such as Samir Chantre and Rafael “Barata” Freitas, have also stepped up to the challenge.

Stay tuned to GRACIEMAG.com for updates over the weekend.

The brackets will be available on Friday at http://www.strongvon.com/azopen6/

Check out the highlights of the 5th AZ International Open: