Out of this total, 97 competitors came from the Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy, in Costa Mesa, run by the Mendes.

In the end, the count had a happy ending and the team claimed its 3rd team title since 2013 with 379 points.

Gracie Barra also did an awesome job and scored 347 points to finish second in the overall count.

Checkmat completed the podium with 178 points.

Here are the best pictures of the day at the Long Beach Pyramid.

For the full results, go to ibjjf.com

The 2015 Pan Kids championship takes place this Sunday, February 15.

Close to a thousand competitors will gather at the Long Beach Walter pyramid.

The IBJJF has released the schedule and the brackets so you can know when and against who you or your friends will be competing.

Click here for the brackets and the schedule.

Go down to the Long Beach Pyramid to watch live the Long Beach Open and the IBJJ Pro League.

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World champions Caio Terra and Leandro Lo are two of the many stars that will fight for the $24,000 in prizes in the four weight categories.

Caio, Lo and all the others promise to put on a great show for the crowd and they want to see the bleechers packed up.

They even made this video to call on everybody to come down to the Long Beach Pyramid to watch the event.

If you really can’t be there live, you can also catch the live streaming at ibjjftv.com.

GRACIEMAG will also going to be there with a stand selling hoodies, t-shirts and, of course, magazines and subscriptions.

The Pyramid will be the stage both for the Long Beach Open and the Pro League. Photo by Mike Colon

If you want to compete in the last IBJJF tournament of the season, you better hurry.

There are few spots left for the Long Beach Fall International Open and the IBJJF has announced that registration could be closed this Saturday, before expected.

The event is scheduled December 8, at the CSU Long Beach Pyramid.

Reminding black belts that the Long Beach Open is a qualifying event for the IBJJ Pro League, that takes place on the same date, during the afternoon, with $24,000 in prizes up for grabs.

The winners of each male black belt division in the LB Open will secure a spot in the Pro League

Go to IBJJF.org and register now!

Here is a video invitation to all black belts from superstar André Galvão.

IBJJ Pro League december 8 in Long Beach

The IBJJ Pro League is shaping up more and more each day.

New names are announced every 24 hours, and the roster is getting close to being completed.

On top of that, today the League announced an extra bonus for its participants.

Besides each divisional winner receiving $5,000, nor will the runner-up from each category go home empty handed.

A $1,000 prize will be given to the athletes who finish in second place.

Check out the names the League has released as participants in each category so far:

Up to 64kg – Koji Shibamoto, Laercio Fernandes, Daniel Beleza, Caio Terra, Rafael Freitas

Up to 76kg – Augusto Mendes, Jonathan Torres, Leandro Lo Nascimento, Samir Chantre, Lucas Lepri, Rubens Charles Maciel

Up to 88.3kg – Bruno Antunes, Romulo Barral, Otavio Sousa

Over 88.3kg – Gustavo Pires, Bruno Bastos

As a reminder to black belts, the 2012 Long Beach Fall International Open is a qualifying event for the IBJJ Pro League.

The winners of each black belt division will automatically qualify for the Pro League.

Both the LB Fall Open and the Pro League take place next December 8, at the Long Beach Pyramid.

For more info, go to ibjjf.org

JT and Tanquinho could meet again in the Pro League, this time in the gi

The IBJJ Pro League is less than a month away and the names of some competitors are already known.

Daily, the League is announcing two fighters that will be competing for the $5,000 to be awarded to the champion of each one of the four categories.

So far, the athletes confirmed are:

Up to 64kg – Koji Shibamoto, Laercio Fernandes, Daniel Beleza, Caio Terra

Up to 76kg – Augusto Mendes, Jonathan Torres, Leandro Lo Nascimento, Samir Chantre, Lucas Lepri, Rubens Charles Maciel

Up to 88.3kg – Bruno Antunes, Romulo Barral, Otavio Sousa

Over 88.3kg – TBA

The IBJJ Pro League debut event is set for December 8 at the California State Walter Pyramid, in Long Beach, California. There will be four divisions and each of the four divisions will include eight competitors. Click here for more info on the IBJJ Pro League.

This first installment of the event is exclusively for male black belts, Gi only, and will be broadcast over the internet for free at IBJJF TV (ibjjftv.com). The winner of each division will get a US $5,000 prize. In the next days, the IBJJ Pro League will release the names of other athletes that have also confirmed presence in the event.

And reminding everyone that the champions of the black belt divisions at the Long Beach Fall Open, to take place in the same venue and date as the Pro league , will secure spots in the competition for the $5,000. The registration period for the LB Fall Open is already open and goes on until November 30th. Register now here.

The World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship will set the Long Beach Pyramid alight this weekend.

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Worlds No-Gi at the Pyramid tomorrow

The fighting brackets for the World No-Gi jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship are out. We took a look at the black belt division and found out there’s a lot of great fighters in there so you should expect some great fights this weekend.

Without fear of controversy, we decided to analyse each category and name our favorites.

Here are our bets .

Rooster

Caio Terra

Caio Terra should be in the final against Alliance’s Fabio Passos. Caio is the favorite for the title, but the instructor at Cobrinha Jiu-Jitsu for sure has some moves under his rashguard to try snatching that gold medal.

Light-featherweight

Laercio Fernandes (right)

A category without a clear favorite. If you look at the IBJJF 2012 male black belt ranking, you will find Laercio Fernandes in the 40th position and Rafael Freitas in the 46th. The two will meet in one of the semifinals. The winner there can be considered to have more chances for the gold. On the other side of the bracket, Henrique Rezende and Gabriel dos Santos do not show on the Top 100 list.

Featherweight

Cobrinha

Four times world champion with the gi and three times world champion without the gi,  Rubens Charles Maciel has the curriculum and the skills to be considered the big favorite. In Cobrinha’s way to the highest step of the podium, you will find Osvaldo “Queixinho” Moizinho in the semifinal, and Samir Chantre, Justin Rader or Ed Ramos in the final match.

Lightweight

Leandro Lo

When you look at the bracket, it is hard not to picture the semifinals being Lucas Lepri vs. Jonathan Torres and Leandro Lo vs. Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes. At a second glance, you may consider the possibility of Zachary Maxwell upseting Tanquinho. Either way, it is also hard not to picture Lo in the final as the favorite for the gold medal.

Middleweight

DJ Jackson

Why not an All-American final match? Lloyd Irvin’s DJ Jackson and Paragon’s William “Bill” Cooper for sure have the skills to overcome their opponents. Clark Gracie and Murilo Santana want to spoil the party and also have the talent to do it.

Medium-heavyweight

Romulo Barral

On one side of the bracket, Kleber Oliveira, Victor Bonfim, Bruno Antunes and Pablo Popovitch will fight fiercely for a spot in the final. On the other side, it is hard to imagine Romulo Barral out of the god medal decider.

Heavyweight

Rafael Lovato Jr

Rafael Lovato Jr wants his third world no-gi championship and has trained a lot to achieve it. Roberto “Tussa” Alencar, David Avellan, Diego Herzog and Eduardo Telles should be his toughest obstacles.

Super-heavyweight

Xande Ribeiro

Another division with two stand out favorites. Xande Ribeiro and Bernardo Faria are the men to be beaten and most probably won’t be. The final match has all the ingredients to be a great one.

Ultra-heavyweight

Roberto Cyborg

Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu is the most well known name here, but that does not necessarily make him the favorite. The other competitors may still be unknown to a larger audience, but sometimes that is what makes them even more dangerous.

Female

Lightfeather

With only three competitors, Nyjah Easton stands out as the most likely to win the gold medal. It is up to Sofia Amarante to upset her plans.

Feather

Again a three-athletes division, the category has Ana Carolina Vidal as the favorite, but Sayaka Shioda is known to be a dangerous opponent.

Lightweight

Beatriz Mesquita is the favorite, but she needs to be careful not to be caught off guard, as it has happened before.

Middleweight

A one-fight division, Luiza Monteiro and Penny Thomas will battle for the gold. Luiza, younger, can be considered favorite, but that means almost nothing against experienced and very dangerous Penny.

Medium-heavyweight

Michelle Nicolini is all alone.

Heavyweight

Fernanda Mazzelli carries the weight of favoritism against Tammy Griego.

So, there you have it. A brief analysis of each division of the black belt for the Worlds No-Gi, this weekend.

What do you think? Do you agree or do you think we are way off on our bets?

Feel free to comment!

Worlds No-Gi at the Long Beach Pyramid

The IBJJF has already released the brackets and the competition schedule for the 2012 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

The event is scheduled this weekend, at the California State University Pyramid, in Long Beach.

For the schedule, click here.

For the brackets, click here.

Rominho said yes to the IBJJ Pro League

The IBJJ Pro League already has its first athlete confirmed. Three times black belt world champion, Romulo Barral, said yes to the invitation to compete. The athlete from Gracie Barra is the #2 in the -88.3kg category rank.

The IBJJ Pro League debut event is set for December 8 at the California State Walter Pyramid, in Long Beach, California. There will be four divisions and each of the four divisions will include eight competitors. Click here for more info on the IBJJ Pro League.

This first installment of the event is exclusively for male black belts, Gi only, and will be broadcast over the internet for free at IBJJF TV. The winner of each division will get a US $5,000 prize.

In the next days, the IBJJ Pro League will release the names of other athletes that have also confirmed presence in the event. Check back here for more news.

Under 88.3kg (194.6lb)

1 – Otávio Sousa

2 – Rômulo Barral

3 – Claudio Calasans

4 – Sergio Moraes

5 – Rafael Barbosa

6 – Bruno Antunes

7 – Lucas Leite

8 – Marcelo Garcia

9 – Rodrigo Fajardo

10 – Victor Estima

Worlds No-Gi at the Long Beach Pyramid

Nothing to this Saturday?

Here is our suggestion.

Register now for the 2012 World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship, next November 3-4, at the Long Beach Pyramid.

The IBJJF extended the registration period for this Saturday, until midnight (LA Time).

After you register, how about a No-Gi roll?

Go to ibjjf.org to register now.