It ended in this Jiu-Jitsu Pan-American Championship, held in California, United States. After Saturday, which had Rickson Gracie's son, Kron, as the highlight (he won the brown absolute with five submissions), on the final day the best in the black belt were decided.
Highlight for André Galvão. The Brasa representative won the light heavyweight division in the final against Tarsis Humphreys (Alliance), who suffered a shoulder injury and had to abandon the contest. In the absolute final, the surprising Roberto Tozi finished, who had gone through beasts like European champion Alexandre de Souza. Galvão moved to the back and finished with a choke.
In the featherweight category, Carlos Holanda Esquisito (Gracie Barra) closed the category with teammate Samuel Braga. At featherweight, world champion Rubens Charles Cobrinha (Alliance) drew 2-2 with Bruno Frazatto (Brasa), but overcame his opponent on advantages.
Among the lightweights, victory for Celso Vinicius (Ryan Gracie), who, after passing Michel Langhi (Alliance) in the semi-final, defeated the other representative of Fábio Gurgel's team in the final, Lucas Lepri, 4-2. In the middleweight category, Gustavo Campos (Rickson Gracie) applied a leglock to take gold in the final against Otávio Souza (Gracie Barra).
Rafael Lovato (Saulo Ribeiro) took the American flag to the highest position on the podium. In the heavyweight final, the black belt beat Roberto Tussa (Gracie Barra) by a score of 6 to 0. Based in the USA, Roberto Cyborg (New Generation) continues his winning streak in the country and takes the super heavyweight category title. In the final, against Arthur Jacinto (UGF), he scored 2-0. In the heavyweight Luiz Big Mac (Godói JJ) won another one after beating Bruno Paulista (Gracie Barra) 2-0.
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