The final of the female brown belt open weight division. Photo: Erin Herle

The brown belts at the 2014 World Championship finalized their divisions on Saturday, May 31. In the open weight divisions, the Alliance members took home the gold and silver for the females and the two of the males took home the gold and bronze for Team Lloyd Irvin.

Here are the final champions of the weight divisions for each:

Brown belt male

Rooster: Huendel Dinelly Osaki – Ogawa Jiu-Jitsu
Light-feather: Ram Ananda – Alliance
Feather: Marcio Andre – Nova Uniao
Light: Michael Liera Jr. – Atos
Middle: Marcos Silva – Alliance
Medium-heavy: Patrick Gaudio – GFTeam
Heavy: Tim Spriggs – Team Lloyd Irvin
Super-heavy: Erberth Santos – Team Lloyd Irvin
Ultra-heavy: Victor Honorio – GFTeam

In the open weight division, it came down to the semi-final between Tim Spriggs and Felipe Silva. The match went to the 50/50 position and Felipe earned a sweep and the match went to Felipe with 2-0 points. Erberth Santos defeated Michael Liera Jr. on the other side of the bracket in the semi-final. He kneebarred Liera while time was running out. The final between Felipe and Erberth was a points battle with Erberth taking the gold after a 10-8 lead.

In response to his win he says, “I’m very happy because I came here from a leg injury. Thank God I did well since I was just doing cardio for the last two weeks and not training Jiu-Jitsu. I just have to say thank you to the guys at Team Lloyd Irvin; they helped me a lot with training and helped me achieve my dream of becoming open class and weight division world champion.”

Brown belt female

Light-feather: Rikako Yuasa – Paraestra Shinagawa
Feather: Chelsea Bainbridge-Donner – Atos
Light: Angelica Galvao – Atos
Middle: Monique Elias – Alliance
Medium-heavy: Sijara Eubanks – Team Lloyd Irvin
Heavy: Dominyka Obelenyte – Alliance
Super-heavy: Alison Tremblay – BTT

In the open weight division, the two Alliance champions came together for yet another final. Monique Elias under husband Mario Reis in Brazil defeated Alison Tremblay in the semi-final with an armbar submission. On the other side of the bracket Dominyka Obelenyte under Marcelo Garcia defeated her opponent Samella Shohamy Lopes Leite of Riberio Jiu-Jitsu with her version of a mounted gogoplata of sorts. In the final, Monique pulled guard and Dominyka pressured to pass but no points or advantages were awarded to either. The referee decision was given to Monique Elias.

She says there were three things that contributed to what made this accomplishment special: “First thing is that Mario gave me a job to win everything this year and I did it. Another thing is that I hurt my foot two weeks ago and I thought about not fighting but my support from Alliance made me feel better to train and get ready. And the third thing is that I fight against Dominyka all the time and it’s so exciting because I know she’s really tough and good at killing my positions and I never know how it will end. I’m also happy since she’s from Alliance too and that both of us are fighting together.”

Monique Elias promoted to black belt. Photo: Erin Herle

Monique was promoted to black belt on the podium after the open weight division by Mario Reis. Angelica Galvao was awarded her black belt on the podium from husband Andre Galvao after she won her brown belt lightweight division and Galvao also promoted Chelsea Bainbridge-Donner for her gold medal in the featherweight category.

Beatriz Mesquita secures her place in the final of the black belt absolute. Photo: Erin Herle

The third day of the 2014 World Championship has brought the black belts to the competition mats inside the Long Beach Walter Pyramid. The female black belts started their rounds in the open weight division with 18 women present in two sheets of brackets. Their matches ensued and the final was determined: Beatriz Mesquita vs. Michelle Nicolini.

Here are the full results of the matches:

Venla Luukkonen of Hilti BJJ Jyvaskyla defeats Leanna Dittrich of Fight Sports via 4-0 points.
Miriam Cardoso of Elite BJJ Redmond defeats Yasmine Wilson of Gracie Elite Team via armbar.
Tammy Griego of Gracie Barra defeats Rachel Demara of Big Brothers via 4-0 points.
Fernanda Mazzelli of Striker JJ defeats Polyana Lago of Alliance via 11-0 points.
Mackenzie Dern of Gracie Humaita defeats Adriadne de Oliveira of Mestre Wilson via 4-4 points, 4-1 advantages.
Janni Larsson of Checkmat defeats Vanessa Nascimento of GFTeam via 4-2 points.
Fabiana Borges of Gracie Barra defeats Andresa Correa of Alliance via toehold.
Luiza Monteiro of Cicero Costha defeats Megan Nevill of Gracie Elite Team via kimura.
Michelle Nicolini of Checkmat defeats Miriam Cardoso straight armbar.
Beatriz Mesquita of Gracie Humaita defeats Venla Luukkonen via choke from the back.

Michelle Nicolini defeats Tammy Griego via armbar.
Fernanda Mazzelli defeats Mackenzie Dern via 8-0 points.
Luiza Monteiro defeats Fabiana Borges via toehold.

Semi-finals

Michelle Nicolini defeats Fernanda Mazzelli via 11-0 points.
Beatriz Mesquita defeats Luiza Monteiro via armbar from the 50/50.

The final will be Beatriz Mesquita vs. Michelle Nicolini set for tomorrow, Sunday June 1.

See a full photo album here.

Michelle Nicolini secured her place in the final. Photo: Erin Herle

In the quarterfinal he submitted his opponent with a mounted triangle-armbar and in the semi-final he defeated his opponent with a heavy dose of shoulder pressure from side control.

The final, however, was a bit odd. He swept his opponent and about two minutes into the match there was a break in the action. His opponent held his leg because it had cramped up. Not long after a decision was made that it equalled a verbal tap giving Braulio the gold.

Check out the match below:

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:

Fernanda Mazzelli emotional after defeating Hannette Staack. Photo: Erin Herle

The finals of the 2013 World Championship for the females start Sunday, June 2 at the Long Beach Walter Pyramid. Saturday began the process of narrowing down each division for the two finalists to meet the following day.

Light-feather: Gezary Metuda Kubis vs. Nyjah Easton

Nyjah had one match against Kanako Inaba whom she defeated in order to move into the finals. Gezary defeated Sofia Amarante and moved on to face current Pan American champion Miriam Cardoso who had a bye. She finished the match with an armbar and moved on to the finals.

Feather: Luiza Monteiro vs. Marina Ribeiro

Luiza had a bye then faced Ana Carolina Lebre whom she defeated by points to move to the final. Marina Ribeiro also had a bye and faced Mackenzie Dern whom she defeated by points as well to move into the final.

Light: Fabiana Borges vs. Beatriz Mesquita

Fabiana had a bye and faced Nadia Rodrigues whom she defeated by a choke from the back to secure her place in the final. Beatriz also had a bye and faced Tracey Goodell whom she defeated by points.

Middle: Luanna Alzuguir vs. Vanessa Oliveira

Luanna had a bye then defeated Shanti Abelha by points to advance to the final. Vanessa defeated Sharol de Freitas then Ida Hansson by points to move to the final.

Medium-Heavy: Michelle Nicolini vs. Fernanda Mazzelli

Michelle beat Karen Miller then submitted Talita Nogueira with and armbar to move to the final. Fernanda had a bye since Leticia chose not to fight then defeated Hannette Staack by points to move to the final.

Heavy: Gabi Garca vs. Andresa Correa

Gabi defeated Luzia do Carmo Peixao by armbar and Andresa defeated Luzia Santana to move to the finals as teammates.

Open weight: Gabi Garcia vs. Beatriz Mesquita

You can read the play-by-play of the black belt female open weight division here.

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