The World Pro JJ Cup, next April, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, have its first qualified athletes. In a partnership between GMAs Carlao Santos, of Emirates Team, Claudio Franca and Renato Tavares the US West Coast Trials took place this weekend, in Santa Cruz, California.
Here are the results:
Male
Purple/Brown/Black Belt:
-65kg: John Ramirez
-75kg: Marcos Pagliere
-84kg: Clark Gracie
-92kg: Raul Castillo (GMA member at HMB MMA)
+92kg: John Devine
White/Blue belt:
Absolute Light Weight: Issa Able (student of GMA member Gustavo Dantas, of Nova Uniao Arizona)
Absolute Heavyweight: Orlando Sanchez
Female:
Lightweight: Kiri Liao (student of GMA member Saulo Ribeiro)
Heavyweight: Lana Stefanac
The next WPJJC Trials is to take place next weekend, in Florida.
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