The Jiu-Jitsu community gathered last Saturday at the Long Beach pyramid for the World No-Gi Championship.
As usual our GMA members made their presence felt both on the mats and the podium.
Here a list of GMA professors who took home a medal.
Black belt
Renato Tavares (ATT vero Beach) – senior 2 lightweight champion
Vince Vanderlipe (Kugtar BJJ) senior 2 lightweight bronze medalist
Leo Dalla (Leo Dalla JJ) – senior 1 super-heaavyweight championship
Renato Migliaccio (Sampa BJJ) – master featherweight silver medalist
Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu (Fight Sports / Cyborg BJJ) – adult ultra-heavyweight champion
Roberto “Tussa” Alencar (photo) (GB New Mexico) – adult heavyweight silver medalist
Rafael Lovato Jr (Lovato JJ) – adult medium-heavyweight champion
Pablo Popovitch (BJJ Center) – adult medium-heavyweight silver medalist
Victor Estima (GB Birmingham) – adult middleweight champion
Lucas Lepri (Alliance NY) – adult lightweight champion
Phillipe Della Monica (GB America) – adult lightweight bronze medalist
Rubens Charles “Cobrinha”(Cobrinha JJ) – adult featherweight champion
Renan Borges (BTT Boston) – adult featherweight bronze medalist
Joseph Capizzi (NYC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) – adult roosterweight silver medalist
Brown belt
Francisco Iturralde (Alliance Ecuador) – adult middleweight silver medalist
Purple belt
Cat Zingano (Zingano BJJ) – female adult lightweight bronze medalist
On top of that, many GMA academies had students competing and winning.
Congrats to all!
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