American Nationals: Vitor Oliveira armbars AJ for the absolute, other results

Vitor Oliveira armbars AJ

GF Team’s Vitor Oliveira is the 2013 American Nationals male adult black belt open class champion.

For that, he caught Gracie Barra’s AJ Agazarm with an armbars inside the first two minutes of the absolute final.

“I know that AJ is a tough fighter and I managed to impose my game and get the armlock soon,” commented Vitor.

Before the final, Vitor had an intense battle in the semifinal agains Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu’s James Puopolo, decided by points but filled with submission attempts from both parts.

AJ reached the final after a tuff battle with Samir Chantre, which he won 8-0.

Watch a video report of the thrills of day one

The 2013 American Nationals continues this Sunday, with the No-Gi divisions.

Here’s the partial team results:

1 – Gracie Barra – 222
2 – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu – 183
3 – Alliance – 138

Here are the other results of the black belt division:

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light Feather
First – Fabbio Passos de Alencar – Alliance
Second – Milton Carlos Bastos P. do Nascimento – Paragon BJJ Academy
Third – Gustavo Ernesto Carpio Caceres – Marra Senki
Third – Brandon Mullins – Gracie Barra

BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – Samir José Chantre Dahás – Caio Terra Association
Second – Osvaldo Augusto Honorio Moizinho – Caio Terra Association
Third – Geoffrey Villarreal – Fabio Santos BJJ

BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
First – Rodrigo Lamounier de Freitas – Gracie Barra
Second – AJ Agazarm – Gracie Barra
Third – Oliver Leys Geddes – Roger Gracie Academy
Third – Rafael Oliveira Novais Pinto – Gracie Barra America

BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira – GF Team
Second – Sean Douglas Roberts – Ralph Gracie
Third – Magid Hage IV – Gracie Barra

BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Antonio Antonioli – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Eduardo Telles Moreira – Brasa JJ
Third – Diego Gamonal Nogueira – Brazilian Top Team
Third – Benjamin Ross Baxter – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu

BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
First – Eliot Andrew Kelly – Coalition 95

BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
First – Raphael da Costa Goulart – Brazilian Top Team
Second – Gustavo Dias Elias – Gracie Humaita San Diego
Third – Raymond Warren Seraile – Undisputed

BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
First – Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira – GF Team
Second – AJ Agazarm – Gracie Barra
Third – James Richard Puopolo – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Samir José Chantre Dahás – Caio Terra Association

For the full results, go to ibjjf.com