Faisal in action. Photo: Luca Atalla
The white and blue belt dispute served up heaps of excitement as well, on the final day of the World Pro in Abu Dhabi. Among the standouts was adoptive son of Sheikh Tahnoon, Faisal Al Kutbi.
In the over-78kg absolute, the local representative defeated all his opponents and overcame Tarek Mattar in the decider, by 4 to 2 with takedowns. The crowd went wild. Faisal also won at weight (93 kg), defeating Brazil’s Celson Frabetti.
In the under-78 kg absolute, Jonathan Tuck was on a roll, but lost in the final, dropping 2 to 0 against Mohammed Naser.
Matheus Luckmann was another who did great. The Alliance representative, who won last week’s Pan-American, won the under-68 kg division.
Check out all the results:
Over 78 kg Absolute
Faisal Al Kutbi (EAU) defeated Tarek Mattar
Under-78kg Absolute
Jonathan Tuck (Guam) defeated Mohammed Naser (UAE)
Under -63kg
Tarek Al Kutbi (UAE) defeated Ahmed Gloum (UAE)
Under -68kg
Matheus Luckmann (Brazil) defeated Jacob Sandoval (USA)
Under -73kg
Final: Daniel Agard (United Kingdom) defeated Daniel Svensson (Sweden)
Under -78kg
Final: Khaled Abdul Kareem (Jordan) defeated Jonathan Tuck (Guam, USA)
Under -83kg
Final: Kit Dale (Australia) defeated Gustavo Silvestro (Brazil)
Under -88kg
Final: Krysztof Saganowski (Poland) defeated Majid Al Naqbi (UAE)
Under -93kg
Final: Faisal Al Kutbi (UAE)defeated Celson Frabetti (Brazil)
Under -98kg
Final: Yahya Mansoor (UAE)defeated Marcelo Tarso (Brazil)
Over-98kg
Final: Hideki Sekine (Japan)defeated Willie Leonard (USA)