The IBJJF competition circuit made a stop this weekend in San Jose for two days of action both with and without the gi.
The 2016 San Jose Open gathered almost a thousand athletes at the SJ City College.
Tanner Rice was the standout in the black belt division, winning both the medium-heavy division and the open class.
Here is the open class final between Rice and Eliot Kelly.
In the female division, Patricia Fontes came back from a defeat to Kristina Barlaan in the featherweight division to win the open class against Leanna Dittrich.
In the no-gi divisions, the standout was Kim Terra, winner of the lightweight and the open class.
Here are the champions in the black belt division in the gi competition.
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light Feather
First – Caio Terra – Caio Terra Association
BLACK / Adult / Male / Feather
First – Samir José Chantre Dahás – Ares BJJ
Second – Vitor Peres Paschoal – Caio Terra Association
Third – Darson Barrington Hemmings – Toronto BJJ
Third – Jordan Tomas Gomez – Caveirinha Jiu-Jitsu Family USA
BLACK / Adult / Male / Light
First – Nicollas Welker Amorim Araujo – Alliance Los Angeles
Second – Kim Terra – Caio Terra Association
Third – Jonathan Van Buren – Ares BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Male / Middle
First – Luis Gustavo Campos Lima – Gracie Fighter
Second – Marcelo França Mafra – CheckMat
Third – Gabriel Procópio da Fonseca – Brazilian Top Team Long Beach
Third – Gabriel Rodrigues A. Goulart – Alliance
BLACK / Adult / Male / Medium Heavy
First – Tanner Wade Rice – Amazonas Rice Bros BJJ
Second – Pedro Régis da Cunha Mello – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Brian John Morizi – Clark Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy
Third – Nathan Albrecht Mendelsohn – Coalition 95
BLACK / Adult / Male / Heavy
First – Diego da Silveira Herzog – Diego Herzog BJJ
Second – Alessandro Ferreira da Silva – Gracie Fighter
Third – William Ross Nyman – Cleber Jiu Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Male / Super Heavy
First – Eliot Andrew Kelly – Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Vinicius Agudo Silva – Soul Fighters BJJ
Third – kenneth Primola – Caio Terra Association
Third – João Paulo de Sousa Soares – SAS Team
BLACK / Adult / Male / Ultra Heavy
First – Joseph Moku Kahawai Jr. – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
Second – Carlos Eduardo de Araujo Farias – Caio Terra Association
Third – Niels Sondergaard Burgess – Cleber Jiu Jitsu
Third – Joshua Robert Rapport – Toronto BJJ
BLACK / Adult / Male / Open Class
First – Tanner Wade Rice – Amazonas Rice Bros BJJ
Second – Eliot Andrew Kelly – Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Third – Diego da Silveira Herzog – Diego Herzog BJJ
Third – Joseph Moku Kahawai Jr. – Atos Jiu-Jitsu
BLACK / Adult / Female / Feather
First – Kristina Sofia Puruganan Barlaan – Caio Terra Association
Second – Patrícia Maria N. Fontes dos Santos – CheckMat
BLACK / Adult / Female / Middle
First – Leanna M Dittrich – Fight Sports
BLACK / Adult / Female / Open Class
First – Patrícia Maria N. Fontes dos Santos – CheckMat
Second – Leanna M Dittrich – Fight Sports
In the teams competition, results were:
Gi
1 – Caio Terra Association – 279
2 – Ares BJJ – 219
3 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 189
No-Gi
1 – Caio Terra Association – 161
2 – Yemaso Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – 90
3 – Ares BJJ – 82
For the full results, go to ibjjf.org.
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