Over the Weekend our own Tammy Griego won the Abu Dhabi Pro GI trials in Florida. Winning this tournament has given Tammy full Sponsorship to compete in the Abu Dhabi Pro World Cup which will be held April 15, 16, and 17 in Abu Dhabi. She will now compete with the best jiu jitsu fighters in the world for $5,500 in prize money.

In Addition to winning the trials Professor Tussa awarded Tammy with her Brown Belt. In a very emotional ceremony Professor Tussa saw no reason to hold Tammy at the rank of purple belt. During her career as purple belt Tammy won the Worlds, Pan Ams, her first MMA fight, and now the Abu Dhabi Pro Trials which is a Black Belt tournament.  Congratulations Tammy and good luck!

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Check out the complete World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Cup East Coast USA Trials results:

Absolute blue belt lightweight
1st CHRIS CRUZ
2nd ALEXANDRE MULICFUIC
3RD SI DOAN
3RD DHRUVA ABRAISINGH

Blue belt heavyweight
1ST WILLIE LEONARD
2ND JORDAN LUKE
3RD JERERY MAY
3RD RADHAMES FAMILIA

Female lightweight white-black belt
1ST Hillary Williams
2ND TRACEY GOODELL
3RD SOFIA AMARANTE
3RD DIANA SOTO

Female heavyweight white-black belt
1ST Tammy Griego
2ND LEANNA DIHERICH
3RD LAURA YONKERS
3RD JESSICA RICHER

Purple/Brown/Black 65KG
1ST PEDRO TORRES
2ND FARKHAD SHARIPOV
3RD JASON SCULLY
3RD BRUNO SENA

Purple/Brown/Black 75KG
1ST JIM ALERS
2ND ROBERT SCHAWRTZ
3RD MARK REDING
3RD CHRIS WESTFAL

Purple/Brown/Black 85KG
1ST AILTON AZEVEDO
2ND MARCELO SALAZAR
3RD IAN MCPHERSON
3RD PRESTON SMITH

Purple/Brown/Black 92KG
1ST SAM MCCOY
2ND SIMON CLAYTON
3RD DAVID DAWNS
3RD IAN LEMOS

Purple/Brown/Black OVER 92KG
1ST RICARDO RIBEIRO
2ND THIAGO DOMINGUES
3RD GABE BARAHONA
3RD MATT SHINGLETON

Supreme Gentle Art director in Abu Dhabi Mohamad Bin Tahloup, the president of the Wrestling, Judo and Jiu-Jitsu Federation of the Arab Emirates, has just confirmed the World Pro Jiu-Jitsu Cup is set for the 15^th, 16^th and 17^th of April, reported Mohamad Jehad to GRACIEMAG.com.

“The event will be three times better than the first one, held last year. And we’ll award special prizes to the champions, with inspiration coming from the early ADCCs, the grappling tournaments,” stated Tahloup.

Stay tuned for further news on the Jiu-Jitsu World Cup this week, here on GRACIEMAG.com.