Rhalan Gracie
The Sunday of Jiu-Jitsu in Santa Cruz ended with the crowning of Marcel Fortuna in the adult open class absolute.
For that, the super-heavyweight from Ralph Gracie team caught Samir Chantre with an armlock.
Before that, he defeated Eliot Kelly (2-0) and then beat Alessandro Ferreira.
In the other divisions of the black belt:
Osvaldo Moizinho won the lightweight divison after Ramiro Camacho was DQed for turning to the wrong side on the foot lock.
Nathan Mendelsohn defeated Romulo Melo 2-0 for the middleweight gold.
In the best fight of the championship, Rhalan Gracie escaped from Clement Shields choke only to choke Clemente from the back in the medium-heavy final.
Eliot Kelly caught Samir Chantre with a kimura for the heavyweight gold.
Marcel Fortuna tried several times and eventually caught Marcos Tome’s arm for the super-heavyweight gold.
In the masters division, Diego Herzog won the open class black belt division.
With a lot of pressure, Herzog won all his three fights by submission.
In the final, he defeated Toby Staley with choke from the back.
In the male adult team competition, Caio Terra Association came 1st followed by Ralph Gracie in 2nd and Coalition 95 in third.
Here are the best images of the day.
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