Here’s another opportunity to spend some quality time in the greatest city in the world.

The IBJJF will be holding the 2016 New York Spring Open, on April 9-10.

You have until March 31 to sign up and go compete in Manhattan.

Click here to register now.

Watch Bernardo Faria vs. Abraham Marte in 2015.

The 2014 IBJJF New York Spring Open at the Nat Holman Gymnasium on the City College of New York campus on April 12 unfolded. There were many photographers on location to capture the fights from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., white to black.

The team awards were as follows:

1 Alliance Marcelo Garcia – 193 points

2 Team Lloyd Irvin – 168 points

3 Renzo Gracie – 106 points

Full results can be found here: http://static.ibjjfdb.com/Campeonato/000250/en-US/Results.pdf

Photos from Fighterplus can be found in this album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.803854879632250.1073741857.502531056431302

Rommel Malabanan took photos for GRACIEMAG, which can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/graciemag/sets/72157643948819415/

The IBJJF photographers of the day John “Ric” Ricard and D-Kline Design took photos here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.857595640922436.1073741996.192240324124641 

And another gallery here:

Gianni Grippo wins the black belt absolute defeating AJ Agazarm in the final. Photo: Erin Herle

The 2014 IBJJF New York Spring Open brought top black belts to the Nat Holman Gymnasium on the City College of New York campus. While some divisions only had one athlete, the absolute category brought those hungry athletes together.

Here are the results of each weight division and the absolute division:

ROOSTER

Washington Lima of GF Team defaulted gold as the only athlete registered.

LIGHT-FEATHER

Daniel Beleza of SAS Team defeated Mark Ramos of Ricardo “Rey” Diogo BJJ by one advantage earning him the gold as they were the only two in the division. The match was similar to their match at the Boston Spring Open only one week prior. Beleza jumped guard and Ramos worked his passing but also tried multiple times to leg drag and take the back. Beleza’s omoplata and sweep attempts gave him the advantage over Ramos for the gold.

FEATHER

Even though there were two athletes, Gianni Grippo of Alliance Marcelo Garcia defaulted gold as he was the only one to show.

LIGHT

Bricklin Welch of Team Redzovic defeated Diogo Almeida of Gracie Barra by armbar.
AJ Agazarm’s opponent in the bracket did not compete and so he went straight to the final against Brick. The match began with AJ going for a takedown and Brick defending enough to pull guard and go for a straight armbar. AJ defended even as Brick went “belly-down” to try and submit. Brick transitioned to an omoplata and swept to get on top and earn two points but AJ got out of the submission. AJ was able to utilize his top game well as he passed the guard three times, secured knee on belly and mounted at the end for a total of 15 points for Brick’s 2.

MIDDLE

There were only two athletes in this division but the skill level made this immediate final one to watch. Former teammates JT Torres, now of Atos Jiu-Jitsu, and DJ Jackson of Team Lloyd Irvin faced off for the gold. When the match began, JT jumped guard. A majority of the match had JT securing DJ in closed guard, opening for opportunities to submit or sweep. DJ also worked to pass, pushing for top half but at the end of the match the decision was left to the referees to decide and JT earned the gold.

MEDIUM-HEAVY

No athletes.

HEAVYWEIGHT

In the first match, Antonio Antonioli of Atos Jiu-Jitsu faced Fernando Moya of Renzo Gracie and an armbar secured the win for Antonio. He moved on to the final and faced Lincoln Pereira of Renzo Gracie. Lincoln jumped guard and not long after locked up a no-arm triangle for the gold medal.

SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT

Tiago Almeida of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu defaulted gold as the only athlete registered.

ULTRA-HEAVYWEIGHT

Diego Santana of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu defaulted gold as the only athlete registered.

OPEN WEIGHT

AJ Agazarm defeated Washington Lima by choke,
Antonio Antonioli defeated Diego Santana by armbar.
Gianni Grippo defeated Diogo Almeida by 13-2 points.
Tiago Almeida defeated DJ Jackson by choke.

SEMI-FINAL

AJ Agazarm defeated Antonio Antonioli by 13-6 points.
Gianni Grippo defeated Tiago Almeida by two advantages.

FINAL

Gianni Grippo defeated AJ Agazarm by pulling guard, berimbolo-ing to the back and winning 4-0 points.

FEMALE

Nyjah Easton of Team Lloyd Irvin was the big winner as she defeated her only opponent, Bibiana Silva of inUFC Gym Stamford, in the lightweight division by kimura. The open weight division was a round robin with three females: Nyjah Easton, Bibiana Silva and Karen Peterson of Clockwork Jiu-Jitsu who defeated her opponent Jennifer Russell of Renzo Gracie in the medium-heavyweight division.

Nyjah defeated Bibiana in the first match, technically a semi-final by armbar.
Karen defeated Bibiana in the other semi-final by triangle armbar.

In the final, Nyjah aggressively pulled guard on Karen and was able to sweep right away. She passed as she came up and submitted Karen with a lapel choke from there.

Check out photos of the black belt weight divisions:

Gallery of the open weight divisions: