Dallas Open 2011 / Photo: IBJJF publicity
Sunday was also Dallas Open day, with the inaugural IBJJF tournament being held in Texas’s second city.
There were not few among the standouts, among them some of our GMAs and a number of well-known names from purple to brown belt in both adult and master male and female divisions. At black belt the absolute champion was middleweight Carlos Diego Ferreira (Arsenal JJ), with Steven Rosenberg (Nova União) in second and Tiny Tipton (Genesis JJ) and Christopher Story (Nova União) in third.
Alex Ceconi (Rilion) also put on a fine display in winning the ultra heavyweight division, with Rafael Lovato in second.
The winning teams were:
1- Nova União – 297
2- Alliance – 160
3- Lovatos BJJ – 139
Check out the complete official results on the IBJJF website, clicking here. And leave your comment on what you saw at the tournament below, if you happened to be there.