After fight in the Worlds BJJ in CA, the BTT athlete Diego Gamonal went to the state of Washington to fight at the Alive MMA's Club Zoo Fight Night.
The black belt fought at the absolute grappling tournament and finished all his first 3 fights in less the 5 minutes via ambar, winning the gold medal after the fourth fight.
Over a 1.000 people attended the event that had an octagon as a fight area.
Congrats to Gamonal.
Brazilian Top Team's submission master Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares (11-2) will be facing a very tough test this summer. He's booked to face middle weight contender Nate Marquadt at UFC 118 Edgar vs Penn 2 in Boston, MA.
Palhares (11-2) has won three-straight fights at UFC, most-recently submitting Tomas Drwal in just 45 seconds in march.
After tree-straight wins Nate (29-9-2) lost his last fight to upcoming tittle challenger Chael Sonnen.
At the moment "Toquinho" is training with Master Murilo Bustamante who has a bout coming up in July at BTT Headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.
We'll show some exclusive videos of Palhares until the fight, stay tuned here. Here it is a exclusive footage of Toquinho minutes before his last fight against Tomas Drwal. Enjoy
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The Brazilian Top Team black belt and MMA fighter Milton Vieira won his bout at Bitetti Combat 7. Here it is a an exclusive Interview with Miltinho
BTT: First off all congratulations, how was the fight?
Milton Vieira: Thanks for the support. The fight went well and I used my ground skills and tried to finish using kimura, triangule, omoplata but the opponent was tough so the fight had a very fast pace and the public like that.
BTT: You had a unusual week before the fight : they changed your opponent and you got hit by a car a couple days before the fight. How did you take that ?
Milton Vieira: It’s not the first time that I’ve found that the opponent had changed less than a week before the fight so wasn’t a big deal. The car accident as well , with time the skin gets thicker.. like we say in Brazil.
BTT: What is your plan for the future ?
Milton Vieira: I’m looking forward to get in the US market. I’ve fought in some big events such as PRIDE, DEEP, M1, SHOOTO and I have a lot of international experience. My goal is to fight at UFC.
BTT: How was your training camp ?
Milton Vieira: My training has never been so great. Great coaches and training partners. I’ve always train hard to accomplish my goals and be among the best.
BTT: After your last fight you used the Twitter to create a campaign Pro MMA and gave away the gloves that you worn at the Bitetti Combat 7 to one fan. How did you came up with that idea ?
Milton Vieira: I’ve use the twitter as a tool to get in touch with my fans for a year now and I leaned with a friend that has great ideas. It was the second raffle that I did and the response was great. Right after the fight I was giving an interview live at a radio-show called ROCKBOLA and the idea of give the gloves away came up. I think is very important that not only social media but the whole media show to the public what the mix martial arts is about. It’s a legit sport.
BTT: Leave a message to friends, members and fans of BTT and MMA
Milton Vieira: Thanks to all that support MMA and my job. MMA is growing everyday because of the fans and I would like to thanks also my coaches, training partners and sponsors: Radio Oi FM, Thug 09 and Academia PROFORMA.
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The World Jiu Jitsu Championship 2010 is over. The most prestigious bjj tournament in the world is hosted by the IBJJF (International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation) and was held in Long Beach over the weekend.
Thousands of athletes from hundreds of schools fought during the 4 days of competition. Brazilian Top Team had athletes from all over the world representing the team and they did a good job. Ayisha Issa is a World Champ.
Alison Tremblay, Leonardo Fernandes and Marian Tudoran placed second while Jason Hansford, Jessica Branco and Leonardo Santana finished in 3rd place.
Nathalia Azoff did a good job at purple and the 2010 European vice-champion, Renan Borges went to the quarter finals of the Black Belt feather.
Congratulations to all and now the focus is on the International Rio Open in july.
The "Brazilian Swede ", David Bielkheden (16-7-0) won his fight by TKO at M-1 Global event.
David faced a World Champion in Sambo and unloaded his hands in the beginning of the second round to secure his 3rd win in a row.
Congratulations to David!
Miltinho won his bout at BC7
The Brazilian Top Team black belt Milton Vieira won his bout at Bitetti Combat 7 via arm-lock round 2 last friday (May 28th), in Rio de Janeiro.
With his opponent replaced few days before the fight, Miltinho showed a complete game and finished the peruvian David Cubas on the ground.
Another victory for Milton. Congratulations !
Milton at the weight in
(photo: personal archive Milton Vieira)
One of the most experienced BTT fighters, Milton Vieira will face another challenge tonight at Bitetti Combat 7.
The event will be held at Fundição Progresso in Rio de Janeiro.
During the week the organization changed Milton's opponent and he was hit by a taxi last wednesday but that's is already past and Miltinho is well trained and looking forward another victory in his career that includes fights in PRIDE, DEEP, M-1 Global and Shooto.
Go Milton!!
David "The Brazilian Swede" Bielkheden (15-7-0) is getting ready to fight May 29th in Helsinki, Finland at the M-1 Global event.
Coming off 2 wins, David has been training hard as usual and he is used to it, 10 years ago he decided to face the weather change and language barrier and moved from Sweden to Rio de Janeiro to train at renowned Brazilian Top Team.
He was welcomed into the BTT family by its leader, Murilo Bustamante.
“Murilo doesn’t judge people by color, religion, or race,” said Bielkheden, the only Scandinavian to have fought in both PRIDE and UFC.
“He evaluates you on how good you are and how you treat other people in the Academy.”
Best of luck to David and we'll post the result right after the fight.
May 16th was a great Sunday for Marcelo Perdomo's BTT Long Beach. Kids' coaches Franklin Quenga and John Orr went to the NABJJF All America's Tournament to show-off their jiu jitsu skills and heart with 14 of their kids.
The kids represented in customary BTT style -- fierce competitors, and lots of medals. They came home with the 3rd place team cup.
This is fantastic because the 1st place and 2nd place schools brought MANY more competitors.
BTT had the greater win percentage by far. Additionally John Orr entered this tournament and competed in a higher weight division and smashed his competitors.
John took home the Gold in the Purple Belt division. 15 to 0 was his first match and his second match ended in a choke submission.
14 Kid Competitors, 8 GOLD MEDALS amd 6 BRONZE MEDALS
Congratulations to all.
Specifics from the tournament are below:
Brazilian Top Team leader and former UFC Champion, Murilo Bustamante will fight Jesse Taylor in july at IMPACT FC.
The event will take place in Sidney, Australia and will have many well rounded fighters on its card.
Without fight since 2007, Murilo is very excited to get back in the ring and he is already in Rio training at BTT Headquarters.
Stay tuned for an exclusive interview with Master Bustamante talking about his come back !
