Day 1 of the 2015 Dallas International Open wrapped up this Saturday, in Texas.
Keenan Cornelius and Angélica Galvão conquered the most important divisions after they won the male and female adult black belt open class gold medals.
Cornelius defeated Arnaldo Maidana in the final while Galvão beat Leanna Dittrich.
In the adult black belt division, results were:
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – Eduardo Ramos da Silva – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Samir José Chantre Dahás – Caio Terra Association
Third – Lucas dos Santos Pinheiro – CheckMat
Third – Carlos Vieira Holanda – CheckMat
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
First – Francisco Antonio Iturralde Lara – Alliance Ecuador
Second – Kim Terra – Brasa CTA
Third – Thiago Augusto Araujo Macedo – Club Pina Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Issa Able – Nova Uniao Arizona
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Arthur Dominick Sousa III – American Top Team
Second – William Porter V. Durkee – Fight Sports
Third – Samuel Seth Snow – Alliance
Third – Michael Remiglio Liera Jr. – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Alec Jerrod Baulding – Alliance Atlanta
Second – Marcos Vinícius da Silva Tinoco – Alliance Marcelo Garcia
Third – Pedro Régis da Cunha Mello – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Manuel Diaz – Soul Fighters Texas
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
First – Keenan Kai-James Cornelius – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Ricardo Bastos Cruz – Bruno Bastos Association
Third – Diego Gamonal Nogueira – Brazilian Top Team
Third – Omar Sabha – Brazilian Top Team
BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy
First – Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira – CheckMat
Second – Gleidson Moraes Cutis – Marra Senki Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy LLC
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
First – Gustavo Santiago – Gracie Elite Team
Second – Carlos Eduardo de Araujo Farias – Roberto Traven BJJ
Third – Thiago Veiga Ximenes – Soul Fighters Texas
Third – Misael de Oliveira Miranda – Luiz Paulo Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
First – Keenan Kai-James Cornelius – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Arnaldo Maidana de Oliveira – CheckMat
Third – Philip Layne Miller – Peak Performance
Third – Lucas Daniel Silva Barbosa – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle
First – Leanna M Dittrich – Fight Sports
BLACK / Adult / Female / Medium Heavy
First – Angelica Cabral Firme Galvao – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Female / Heavy
First – Karen Deisy Antunes Girotto Borges – CheckMat
Second – Tracy Dyan D’Arcy – Roberto Kaelin Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class
First – Angelica Cabral Firme Galvao – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Leanna M Dittrich – Fight Sports
In the teams competition, results after day 1 were:
1 – Bruno Bastos Association – 305
2 – CheckMat – 217
3 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 162
For the complete results, go to ibjjf.org.
The 2015 Dallas Open continues this Sunday with gi and no-gi divisions.
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