Last weekend Renan Borges, Brazilian Top Team Black Belt, did such a great job playing his game against some of the best grapplers in the world in New York City.
The Ultimate Absolute is a 16 men tournament competing for a U$ 10,000 cash prize plus a U$ 1,000 submission bonus.
First round Renan won by 5 x 0 against multiple time bjj world champion Bruno Malfacine and in the second round he defeated Wilson Reis (bjj world champ and Bellator fighter) by 9 X2 .
Celsinho Vinicius stopped Renan in the semi but he finished the tournament in 3rd place.
Great job by Renan and great coaching by Daniel Gazoni (BTT Boston head coach).
Watch Renan's fight here:
Photos by: Jiu Jitsu Pictures
Fernando Paulon represented well Brazilian Top Team at the VFC (Verdict Fighting Championship) held at the Arbat Cultural and Entertainment Center in Moscow, Russia.
The BTT Black Belt won by TKO at round 1, watch the fight below
Fernado Paulon improved his record to 8 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw and 1 No Contest.
The BTT Long Beach Kids came to war ready today at the 2012 Kids PanAms.
All in all 22 kids brought home 16 medals.
Our standout fighter was Mathew Mendoza, who won his 3 fights by 3 submissions.
We stand a good chance of placing as a team, and for schools under 1 roof (not affiliates) we undoubtedly would place first.
Individual results follow.
Brazilian.....TOP TEAM!!!
John & Franklin
Asher Beltran-L tap,BRONZE.
Michael Morales-W pts,L armbar,SILVER.
Leilani Baxter-L pts.
Devin Figueroa-L rnc.
Samuel Winters-L armbar.
Andrew Morales-W rnc,GOLD.
Damian Figueroa-L keylock.
Roland Ortega-L pts,BRONZE.
Devyn Che-W pts,GOLD.
Mathew Mendoza-W mounted triangle,W mounted triangle,W triangle armbar,GOLD.
Jake Orr-L pts,L pts,BRONZE.
Edwin Samayoa-W pts,GOLD.
Isabella Quenga-W pts,GOLD.
EJ Parry-L pts.
Erik Mugica-L pts.
Navah Ma'ae-L choke,L armbar,BRONZE.
Adam Gourche-L pts,SILVER.
Chris Robledo-W pts,W pts,GOLD.
Brett Galloway-L kimura,BRONZE.
Favian Real-W armbar,GOLD.
Bryan Samayoa-L armbar,W pts,SILVER.
Lily Parry-W pts,L pts,SILVER.
More than 50 athletes from our affiliated schools were competing at the dojo of BTT Boston headquarters in Everett, MA.
The Tournament was an idea of Master Daniel Gazoni and with a big help from Nathalia Azzof among others it was a big success.
Let's keep it up the good up !
We are happy to announce a new section at Brazilian Top Team's website: Meet the Professor!
We are interviewing all the professors from BTT around the world so all BTT students will get to know a little bit more about ours highly skilled BJJ Professors.
We will start with Prof. Diego Gamonal of the brand new BTT Plano (Texas, USA). BTT has another home is Texas if you around you should check it out.
How Many Years Training BJJ?
Around 13 years
Who is your Professor
Prof. Ricardo Marques, leader of BTT Juiz de Fora
What are your Major accomplishments in your BJJ career?
Favorite Technique?
Sweeps, for sure followed by an Arm Lock
Check it out the video below with Prof. Diego Gamonal with Prof. Marcello Salazar Bergo, from BTT Texas (San Antonio)
After the confirmation of the Brazilian Top Team leader, Murilo Bustamante in the main card of the Amazon Forest Combat 2, is now the turn of "The Predator", Patrick Côté (16-7-0).
Former challenger of Anderson Silva, owner of the belt of UFC middleweight Côté will join Master Murilo Bustamante to fight in Brazil, the second edition of the event on March 31st, against Brazilian Gustavo "Ximu" Machado (22-8-1).
Our canadian Patrick Côté is in great phase, wining all three fights he had in 2011, Kalib Starnes in April at the Ringside MMA 10 - Cote vs. Starnes, Todd Brown in June at the Ringside MMA 11 and Crafton Wallace by TKO (Leg Injury) in October at the Instinct MMA.
Arena Amadeu Teixeira, Manaus, Amazonia, Brazil
Saturday March 31st 2012
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