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2017 Worlds: the epic Sunday of black belt matches by the numbers

2017 Worlds: the epic Sunday of black belt matches by the numbers

After one day of rest to put our heads back in place after an insane Sunday of thrills at the Long Beach Walter Pyramid, we go back to the log we put together during the matches. With those numbers, we were able to put together a map of the action.

2017 Worlds: Buchecha makes history with 5th open class title; Tayane wins double gold in black belt debut

The 2017 Worlds was an epic event! On day 4, the crowd was treated to almost 12 hours of unbelievable thrills and left the Walter Pyramid knowing they had been part of something truly special.. Marcus Almeida Buchecha consolidated his status of greatest competitor of his generation with another double

2017 Worlds: Lo vs. Buchecha, Tayane vs. Nathi to fight for open class glory; other results

Day 3 of the 2017 World Championship featured the black belt open class division for men and women. Some of the best competitors in the world fought their hearts out for the two spots in the finals of both divisions. In the male bracket, Marcus Buchecha fought three times to

2017 Worlds: Cintra (brown), Gracie (purple), Grindatti (blue) open class champions in thrilling day 2 in Long Beach

2017 Worlds: Cintra (brown), Gracie (purple), Grindatti (blue) open class champions in thrilling day 2 in Long Beach

Day 2 in Long Beach put blue belts, purple belts and brown belts to fight within their division to to see who’s going to be the champion. Again it was a full day of thrills on the mat. The crowd at the stands in the Long Beach Pyramid enjoyed

2017 Worlds: Pedro Machado, Jess Guedry Stand Out With Double Gold at Blue, Purple Belt on Day 1

2017 Worlds: Pedro Machado, Jess Guedry Stand Out With Double Gold at Blue, Purple Belt on Day 1

Day 1 of the 2017 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, this Thursday, at the Long Beach Pyramid, was a 14-hour Jiu-Jitsu marathon. White, blue and purple belt athletes took to the mats for a full day of action under the direction of some of the most well known black

2017 Worlds: It's here! Get Ready For the Thrills With 10 Fun Facts About the Event's History

2017 Worlds: It's here! Get Ready For the Thrills With 10 Fun Facts About the Event's History

The 2017 Worlds Jiu-Jitsu Championship kicks off this Thursday, June 1st, at the CSLUB Walter Pyramid, in Long Beach, California. For the next four days, the attention of the Jiu-Jitsu community will be all in one place. There will be controversy, epic matches, some disappointments, a few surprises

2017 Worlds: Brackets Out; A Quick Analysis of the Path to Gold in Each Black Belt Weight Class

The IBJJF released this Sunday the official schedule and the brackets for all the divisions of the 2017 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. We take the opportunity to focus on the adult black belt division and try to predict how each weight class will play out. As with any sporting competition,

Fifteen Athletes Most Likely to Finally Become Black Belt World Champions in 2017

Every year, as we browse through the final list of black belts signed up for the World Championship, we wonder who the champions will be. Every division has a safe bet name, but this time we will go out on a limb and point out 15 names yet to have

2017 Worlds: List Proves Veterans Not Ready to Give Up the Fight Just Yet

The registration deadline for the 2017 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu championship has came and gone. Athletes and teams can still move names around between the weight classes, but it is already clear the black belt division will be very well served in terms of talent. Among 195 male black belts

Rafael Mendes Announces Retirement After 8 Years Competing as a Black Belt

Rafael Mendes is done. He released this Monday a 2:40 video announcing that he will no longer compete in Jiu-Jitsu. The announcement comes at the final day of registrations for the 2017 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, scheduled May 31-June 4, in Long Beach, California. In the video,

Tech report: Rafael Mendes Teaches a Kimura Variation From Side Control

Tech report: Rafael Mendes Teaches a Kimura Variation From Side Control

Six times black belt world champion Rafael Mendes is getting ready to step on the mats in long Beach in a little more than two weeks and try to win his seventh gold medal at the Worlds. The training routine at Art of Jiu-Jitsu academy is non-stop and

2017 Worlds: Two Weeks Left to Register; Black Belt Division Packed With Talent

The time is coming once again. The Jiu-Jitsu community all over the world is already feeling the jitters with the proximity of the one event we all wait for. On May 31st (or June 1st), the 2017 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship kicks off once again at the CSULB

Leandro Lo: "I want to be as strong and as ready as I can be for the open class at the Worlds"

You can say Leandro Lo has one ultimate goal in his Jiu-Jitsu career. He wants to be a black belt open class world champion. Already a 5X gold medalist as a black belt in three different weight classes, in 2017 it seems that he’s going for his fourth