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World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship (ADWPJJC), often simply called the Abu Dhabi World Pro, and from 2009 to 2014 known as the World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup (WPJJC), is an international Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition that takes place every year in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The tournament is organised by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation (UAEJJF) since 2012, attracting competitors from 60 countries across all belt levels. History The first Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship was established in 2009 as the World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup. In 2022 it is considered the main event of the Abu Dhabi Jiu Jitsu Pro (AJP), a tournament circuit with over 80 events in all six continents, that also include the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour. Supported personally by his Highness the Supreme Prince and Commander In Chief of the United Arab Emirates National Army, H. H. Sheik Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the inaugural 2009 tournament had t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. The city of Abu Dhabi is located on an island in the Persian Gulf, off the Central West Coast. Most of the city and the Emirate reside on the mainland connected to the rest of the country. , Abu Dhabi's urban area had an estimated population of 1.5 million, out of 2.9 million in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as of 2016. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is headquartered in the city, and was the world's 5th largest sovereign wealth fund in 2021. Abu Dhabi itself has over a trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various sovereign wealth funds headquartered there. Abu Dhabi houses local and federal government offices and is the home of the United Arab Emirates Government and the Supreme Petroleum C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Ribeiro
Alexandre Ribeiro (born January 20, 1981) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, mixed martial artist and submission wrestler. He is a two-time World Black Belt Absolute (open weight) World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, five-time World Black Belt Heavy Weight Champion, and three-time World Black Belt Pro Division Champion. Biography Xande was born in Manaus, Amazonas Brazil. He began training Jiu-Jitsu at the Associacao Monteiro de Jiu-Jitsu under the supervision of Binho, Guto, Yano e Lucinho Monteiro. He moved to the US in 2002 and lived in Toledo, Ohio, for five years, after which in 2007 he moved to San Diego, California, where he founded the University of Jiu-Jitsu and was the brand ambassador of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu. Now Xande lives in Austin, TX, where he teaches at his School Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Austin and coordinate his team and affiliation schools under the Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Team. Ribeiro's brother Saulo Ribeiro is also a Ji ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Nicolini
Michelle Zonato Nicolini or Michelle Nicolini (born January 5, 1982) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist (MMA). Among the most accomplished female grapplers of all time, Nicolini holds third place for most IBJJF World Championship titles, with eight wins. She is a member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame. Grappling Career Nicolini was born in the city of Itú in Brazil. At the age of 14 she started Capoeira stopping 3 years later to focus on jiu-jitsu, training under Robert Drysdale, who she received her black belt from. In 2015 she competed twice at Polaris Pro Grappling beating Angelica Galvao via toehold and losing to Gezary Matuda via armbar. Nicolini was scheduled to compete against Ffion Davies at Polaris 21 on September 24, 2022, for the promotion's inaugural bantamweight title Davies withdrew from the match and was replaced by Ashley Bendle on short notice. Nicolini defeated Bendle by split decision and won the Polaris bantamweight title. Brazilia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samara Reis
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents, up to 1.22 million residents in the urban agglomeration, not including Novokuybyshevsk, which is not conurbated. The city covers an area of , and is the eighth-largest city in Russia and tenth agglomeration, the third-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Formerly a closed city, Samara is now a large and important social, political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre in Russia and hosted the European Union—Russia Summit in May 2007. It has a continental climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters. The life of Samara's citizens has always been intrinsically linked to the Volga River, which has not only served as the main commercial thoroughfare of Russia th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabi Garcia
Gabrielle "Gabi" Lemos Garcia is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, 9x Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) World Champion, 11x Pan Jiu-Jitsu Champion and 4 X ADCC Submission Fighting World champion. One of the most successful competitors of all time in the female black belt divisions, and a member of the IBJJF Hall of Fame. In December 2021, Garcia announced that she was officially retiring from IBJJF competition. Early life and education Gabi Garcia was born on November 17, 1985 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Garcia's early and mid-teens were spent playing sports including volleyball, team handball, and field hockey. At age 13, Garcia and her family moved to São Paulo. Around this age, Garcia's uncle helped begin her training in Jiu-Jitsu. Before eventually committing herself full-time to a Jiu-Jitsu career, Garcia was in her final year of a university course study in advertising. Jiu Jitsu and grappling Garcia trains in São Paulo with Fabio Gurgel, at the Alliance t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Jiu Jitsu
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called allies. Alliances form in many settings, including political alliances, military alliances, and business alliances. When the term is used in the context of war or armed struggle, such associations may also be called allied powers, especially when discussing World War I or World War II. A formal military alliance is not required for being perceived as an ally—co-belligerence, fighting alongside someone, is enough. According to this usage, allies become so not when concluding an alliance treaty but when struck by war. When spelled with a capital "A", "Allies" usually denotes the countries who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I (the Allies of World War I), or those who fought against the Axis Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luana Alzuguir
Luanna Alzuguir (born 16 August 1985) is a Brazilian submission grappler and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and coach. Alzuguir is a 5x world jiu-jitsu champion, an ADCC submission fighting world champion and a member of the IBJJF hall of fame, she is known as one of the main figures in women's jiu-jitsu history. Biography Luanna Alzuguir Marton Moraes was born on 16 August 1985 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Alzuguir started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ... (BJJ) at age 9, competing for the first time in 1994. Alzuguir was awarded her black belt from Marco Barbosa in December 2007. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitive summary Main Achievements (Black Belt): * IBJJF Hall of fame Athlete * IBJJF #1 Ranked Athlete (2013) * ADCC W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaynan Duarte
Kaynan Casemiro Duarte (born January 24, 1998) is a Brazilian submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt competitor. Duarte is a two-time champion at both the ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship and World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu weight classes, Heavyweight division. Background Duarte was born on January 24, 1998, in Pederneiras, São Paulo, Brazil. During his pre-teens, Duarte developed an interest in martial arts and started attending Judo classes. From there and through his cousin he learnt about Brazilian jiu-jitsu and transitioned to the sport. Early career Duarte's first instructor was José Luis and Duarate moved to various places to train with different people in order to expand his knowledge on the sport. During his visits to São Paulo, he met Paulo Ledesma who was associated with Atos Jiu-Jitsu. Eventually in 2016, Duarte moved to San Diego, San Diego, California, to join Atos Jiu-Jitsu under André Galv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Miyao
Paulo Henrique Bordignon Miyao is a Brazilian BJJ black belt with a notable competitive record. He and his brother João Miyao have a competitive rivalry with Keenan Cornelius: after several defeats to Cornelius in 2012, Paulo would go on to defeat Keenan at the 2013 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the brown belt absolute division, a remarkable feat for his given weight-class. Paulo trains under Cicero Costha alongside his brother João and world champion, Leandro Lo. Black belt career In 2012, Paulo won his first black belt tournament while still a brown belt at the ADCC tryouts in Natal, Brazil. He and his brother were promoted to black belt on June 25, 2013. Paulo was invited to a submission-only, no-gi, super-fight match against UFC veteran Jon Fitch at the 2013 World Jiu-Jitsu Expo. Although Paulo was able to keep Fitch on the defensive for the majority of the 20-minute round, the match ended in a draw. Miyao competed against Geo Martin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Pena
Felipe Carsalade Araujo Pena is a Brazilian Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and ADCC world champion. Career Pena, nicknamed ''Preguiça'' meaning "Sloth", has won several medals at both the IBJJF and ADCC world championships throughout his career, competing dozens of times at the highest levels of the sport and defeating some of the biggest names. Pena defeated Erberth Santos in the co-main event of BJJ Bet on September 6, 2020 but unfortunately injured his ankle in the process and was out of competition for the rest of the year. 2021 Pena was invited to compete in the BJJ Stars 5 heavyweight grand prix on February 5, 2021. He defeated Luiz Panza, Erich Munis, and Gutemberg Pereira to win the title. Pena then competed in a superfight at BJJ Stars 6 on June 26, 2021 and submitted Patrick Gaudio in the main event. 2022 He returned to the promotion once again for BJJ Stars 8 on April 30, 2022 and defeated Henrique Ceconi. Pena was then invited to compete at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikey Musumeci
Michael Musumeci Jr. (born July 7, 1996) is an American submission grappler and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt competitor. A four-time World Champion and Pan American Champion in colored belts, Musumeci is a five-time IBJJF black belt World Champion (four times in Gi and once in No-Gi), and the first American to win more than one IBJJF World title at black belt. He is currently signed to ONE Championship where he is the current flyweight submission grappling champion. Early life Michael Musumeci Jr. was born in Marlboro, New Jersey on July 7, 1996. Musumeci is of Italian ancestry. He began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) at age 4 along with his sister Tammi at ''Fatjo's Martial Arts Academy'' under coach Fernando "Cabeça". When he was 10 his family moved to Florida. While training at various academies, he met brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes of Art of Jiu Jitsu (AOJ) during a seminar, starting a long relationship with the brothers and their academy. Starting at juven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Lepri
Lucas Lepri (born September 19, 1984) is a Brazilian grappler. Lucas is one of few who have won all 4 "majors" at the black belt, adult level – The World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Pan American Championships, the European Championship, and the Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship. He has also won the Nogi World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and the Nogi Pan American Championships multiple times in the lightweight division. Lepri is in the Hall of Fame of the IBJJF. Bio Lucas is a black belt under Elan Santiago and fights under the Alliance team. He is currently living, training and instructing in Charlotte, North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ... at Lucas Lepri Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Fitness, an Alliance affiliate. Lucas is an active world class competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
