Queixinho com os quatro ouros no México. Foto: Divulgação

Osvaldo “Queixinho” Moizinho teve um dia de gala no Mexico Open da IBJJF, encerrado no último fim de semana. O faixa-preta da Ares BJJ brilhou entre os adultos, ao vencer o peso médio e o absoluto, e no master sem kimono, onde também capturou o ouro no peso médio e no peso aberto. No total de seis lutas entre as competições, Queixinho finalizou quatro adversários no estrangulamento e no leglock.

Mas afinal, o que levou a um peso-pena de origem se aventurar duas categorias acima da sua? Além de somar mais pontos para sua equipe, Queixinho aproveitou para praticar seu jogo em pé contra adversários maiores.

“Como estávamos brigando pelo troféu de equipes no geral, decidimos dividir o time nas categorias. Então, mesmo estando bem mais leve, fui de médio para somar mais pontos para o grupo. Foi bem interessante lutar com os caras mais pesados. Tive que mudar um pouco meu jogo e trabalhar também as minhas quedas, e graças a Deus deu tudo certo. Fiz quatro lutas de kimono, finalizando todas. A primeira e única no peso, eu peguei no estrangulamento cruzado das costas. As do absoluto finalizei a primeira no leglock, a segunda no estrangulamento rodado e a final também foi no estrangulamento a partir da guarda de lapela. Já no sem kimono tive duas lutas, e venci as duas por pontos, uma no peso e outra no absoluto”, comenta Queixinho.

Para ficar com o ouro absoluto, Queixinho teve de encarar Rolando Samson, jovem promessa da Atos, que foi campeão entre os meios-pesados.

“O Rolando é um cara duro e que se movimenta muito. Apesar de ter subido para faixa-preta agora, ele já teve bons resultados em todas as faixas anteriores. Observei bem suas lutas anteriores e junto com o Samir Chantre, meu companheiro de equipe, fizemos uma estratégia que e certo. Quando consegui estabilizar a guarda de lapela, senti que ele deu uma relaxada ,aproveitei pra aplicar o estrangulamento e consegui a finalização”, detalha o campeão, antes de falar sobre a campanha na competição sem o tradicional paletó entre os masters.

“Como são apenas 6 minutos no master, a luta é mais corrida. Ganhei uma luta no peso e uma no absoluto, ambas por pontos. Na semifinal do absoluto usei bastante a guarda 50/50 e busquei a finalização o tempo todo, mas acabei vencendo por 4 a 0”.

Antes de encerrar, o assíduo professor de Jiu-Jitsu deixou boas lições sobre o que a competição agrega na sua jornada.

“As competições são uma motivação a mais para que eu continue a minha caminhada. O meu objetivo são os grandes campeonatos, mas eu sinto que para que eu chegue pronto eu preciso lutar outros campeonatos também. A cada vitória é um sinal de que estou no caminho certo, e nas derrotas vejo meus erros e onde posso melhorar. Todas as lições são preciosas”, encerra.

(Fonte: Assessoria de imprensa)

Rafa ainda vencera Queixinho no duelo de kimono com um estrangulamento pelas costas.

Veja como o tetracampeão mundial usou o arrocho sem o paletó:

Rodrigo Freitas of Gracie Barra wins the lightweight division. Photo: Erin Herle

The 2014 IBJJF Vegas Summer Open is underway at the Sport Center of Las Vegas right off the strip. The one-day event on Aug. 9 is one of the hottest in the summer.

The black belt adults took to the mat early in the day with multiple matches for most of the divisions. The open division will begin at 3 p.m. PST.

Here is how the divisions unfolded:

Light-feather

Fabbio Passos of Alliance defeated Sonny Nohara of SoNo BJJ by 4-0 points.
Nobuo Yagai of Rigan Machado defeated Sonny Nohara by points.
Fabbio Passos defeated Nobuo Yagai by 6-2.

Winner: Fabbio Passos

Feather

Vitor Paschoal of Caio Terra Association defeated Orlando Machado da Silva Junior of Norfight by toehold.
Samir Chantre of Caio Terra Association defeated Gerson Atoigue of Nova Uniao by armbar.
Gianni Grippo of Alliance Marcelo Garcia defeated Vitor Paschoal by 8-6 points.
Samir Chantre defeated Gianni Grippo by 2-2 points 2-1 advantages.

Winner: Samir Chantre

Light

Rafael Benedito of Zenith BJJ defeated Andrea Rico Vaughan of Gracie Humaita Las Vegas.
Rodrigo Freitas of Gracie Barra defeated Francisco Iturralde of Alliance by 2-0 points.
Rafael Benedito defeated Osvaldo Moizinho of Caio Terra Association by 2-0 points.
Rodrigo Freitas defeated Rafael Benedito by armbar.

Winner: Rodrigo Freitas

Middle

Nathan Mendelsohn of Coalition 95 defeated Romulo Cavalcanti of Carlson Gracie Team by armbar.

Winner: Nathan Mendelsohn

Heavy

Antonio Antonioli of Atos Jiu-Jitsu defeated David Reed of Fabio Santos BJJ by DQ by stalling.

Winner: Antonio Antonioli

Super-heavy

Gustavo Pires of Gracie Barra defeated Manuel Diaz of Caio Terra Association by armbar.
Bradley Beckwith of Alliance defeated Thiago Veiga Ximenes of Roberto Traven BJJ.
Gustavo Pires defeated Bradley Beckwith by armbar.

Winner: Gustavo Pires

Ultra-heavy

Carlos Eduardo Farias of Roberto Traven BJJ defeated Thiago Reinaldo de Souza of Gracie Barra by referee decision.
Ranieri Albuquerque of Gracie Elite Team defeated Misael de Oliveira Miranda of Luiz Paulo Jiu-Jitsu by 1 advantage.
Carlos Eduardo Faria defeated Prescott Foster Bailey Jr of Easton BJJ by two advantages.
Carlos Eduardo Faria defeated Ranieri Albuquerque by 8-2 points.

Winner: Carlos Eduardo Faria

See the full results here: http://static.ibjjfdb.com/Campeonato/000294/en-US/Results.pdf

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Gui Mendes and Queixinho waged a sweep war in San Francisco

The San Francisco Open went down last Sunday at the Kezar Pavillion and featured a lot of good fights on the six mats set up.

In one of them, Guilherme Mendes and Osvaldo “Queixinho” Moizinho staged a duel that can be called the battle of the sweeps. Mendes won 4-2, but that does not matter, what matters most is the learning that you will get watching the fight.

Check it out and leave your comment. Notice the grip? Some interesting movement?

“You can’t be the greatest no gi tournament if you don’t have all the greatest no gi people there…” Caio Terra on the ADCC

As has been the case at numerous tournaments over the last couple of years, it was Caio Terra of Gracie Fighter who took double gold honors on the day at the American Nationals this past weekend in Dominguez Hills, California, winning both his light featherweight and the absolute Gi Jiu-Jitsu divisions.

The bigger buzz about Caio, though, was not his double gold win, it was the question as to why he was at the American Nationals in the first place. With the ADCC going on over the same weekend in England, lots of fans and competitors alike expected the usual big names to be absent from this IBJJF tournament. However, when Caio showed up in the gymnasium, the crowd came alive asking, “Why is he here? Why isn’t he in England competing right now?”

Caio has won the last three consecutive No-Gi Worlds and a number of other tournaments and open class titles as well. Additionally, according to a couple of the public polls taken on the ADCC FB site, he was voted in as a fan favorite to compete in the 66 kilos group at the event. However, no invitation ever came to him, and Caio was left a little confused, if not completely disappointed and disillusioned by the outcome.

“To be honest, I lost a lot of respect for the ADCC,” Caio says solemnly, “Not because I wasn’t invited, but because they changed the weight classes rules but still invited the same people as before. Fifty percent of them didn’t have a chance to win. Why didn’t they pick people who had a chance? And I mean this for all weight classes, not just mine.”

He goes on to say, “You can’t be the greatest No-Gi tournament if you don’t have all the greatest No-Gi people there.” While Caio says in no way is he saying that he would have gone to England and won the tournament, he does say, “If you don’t think I had a chance, you must be crazy.”

Caio says he did not ask to be invited to the ADCC but then again, he didn’t think he had to ask. His record and involvement in Jiu-Jitsu speaks for itself. “I’ve done so much for Jiu-Jitsu,” he says.

His friend and Gracie Fighter teammate Samir Chantre, who also was not invited to the prestigious ADCC event, concurs, “It’s ridiculous,” he says, “It’s not just unfair that Caio wasn’t invited, it’s absolutely ridiculous.”

So, Caio finished off the day at the American Nationals doing what he does best: winning tournaments. He fought two matches in his division, winning both on points. His final was against Milton Bastos of Paragon. Caio fought through his matches slowly and methodically, a drastic difference from his usual fighting style. Plagued with injuries the last few months, Caio still forged ahead and registered for the open class, regardless of his current state of health.

In the absolute, Caio had a bye in the first match and in his second, he submitted his opponent, Gustavo Carpio, with an armbar in less than 30 seconds. In the semis, he was supposed to face his teammate Osvaldo “Queixinho” Augusto, but Queixinho let Caio pass so he could go on to the finals.

“Queixinho teaches with me at my gym in San Jose,” Caio says, “He felt like I should go on because small guys usually don’t have the courage to compete at open class. We’ve been training with bigger guys and want to show that a smaller guy can win with the proper technique.”

Caio feels that since he has been competing in absolutes at many of the tournaments around the U.S., more small Jiu-Jitsu players have been following suit and jumping into the competition, which makes him very happy to see.

Caio faced Vitor Henrique in the absolute final. As Vitor had already rolled through a number of competitors with apparent ease and grace, he had an altogether different battle on his hands with Caio. As the two started the match, Caio began his slow and methodical pace with Vitor. He swept him and the two rolled to the yellow line. They went back to the middle of the mats and Vitor didn’t want to give Caio his grips. It was clear that Caio was annoyed as he began to shake his head at the situation.

When they began fighting again, Vitor went for a footlock. In return, Caio went for Vitor’s foot and was able to tap him out quickly, within about a minute and a half of the match. As Marcelo Ribeiro, IBJJF referee and Caio’s instructor through his blue and purple belts, stood by watching the match, he said, “Caio is just at a whole different level.”

Caio wants to thank everyone who came to the American Nationals to support him, his teammates and friends, especially Queixinho who let him pass, and his main sponsor, Dom Fight Gear, saying, “It’s been one more great tournament.”