World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup

The Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition that takes place at the Zayed Sports City Tennis Complex in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates The tournament is managed by UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation. It draws hundreds of high caliber athletes every year

Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship (ADWPJJC)
Competition details
LocationAbu Dhabi, U.A.E.
English nameAb Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship
DisciplineBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu
TypeJiu-Jitsu Championship
OrganiserUAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation
Divisions
Current weight divisionsMale: 56KG, 62KG, 69KG, 77KG, 85KG, 94KG, 120KG
Female: 49KG, 55KG, 62KG, 70KG, 95KG
History
First editionMay 1st and 2nd, 2009 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
First winnerTarsys Hamphreys
Most winsRodolfo Vieira (9)

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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 the prize purse of US$111,000.[2] This amount was increased further to US$150,000 in 2010[3] and is planned to increase to US$272,000 (AED 1,000,000) in 2011, which are the largest money prizes in history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.[4]

Participation in the trials is not mandatory; however the winners of the trials have an all expenses (airfare, hotel, meals) paid trip to Abu Dhabi for the tournament.

List Of Champions

2009-2011

Year65 kg74 kg83 kg92 kg+92 kgAbsolute
2009 Rafael Mendes (1/2) Michael Langhi (1/1) Tarsis Humphreys (1/2) Rodolfo Vieira (1/7) Alexandre Souza (1/1) Tarsis Humphreys (2/2)
2010 Rafael Mendes (2/2) Gilbert Burns (1/1) Claudio Calasans (1/5) Alexandro Ceconi (1/1) Ricardo Abreu (1/1) Claudio Calasans (2/5)
2011 Augusto Mendes (1/2) Leandro Lo (1/5) Claudio Calasans (3/5) Rodolfo Vieira (2/7) Lucio Rodrigues (1/1) Rodolfo Vieira (3/7)

2012-2014

Year64 kg70 kg76 kg82 kg88 kg94 kg100 kg+100 kgAbsolute
2012 Fernando Vieira (1/1) Samuel Canquerino (1/1) Roberto Satoshi (1/2) Claudio Calasans (4/5) André Galvão (1/3) Rodolfo Vieira (4/7) Alexandre Ribeiro (1/1) Marcus Almeida (1/6) Rodolfo Vieira (5/7)
2013 Thiago Marquez (1/1) Augusto Mendes (2/2) Leandro Lo (2/5) Marcos Souza (1/1) André Galvão (2/3) Rodolfo Vieira (6/7) Antonio Braga Neto (1/1) Rodrigo Cavaca (1/1) Marcus Almeida (2/6)
2014 João Miyao (1/2) Leandro Saggiorio (1/1) Roberto Satoshi (2/2) Leandro Lo (3/5) André Galvão (3/3) Braulio Estima (1/1) Rodolfo Vieira (7/7) Marcus Almeida (3/6) Marcus Almeida (4/6)

2015

Year65 kg75 kg85 kg95 kg+95 kgAbsolute
2015 Gianni Grippo (1/2) Lucas Lepri (1/1) Leandro Lo (4/5) Felipe Pena (1/4) Marcus Almeida (5/6) Marcus Almeida (6/6)

2016

Year62 kg69 kg77 kg85 kg94 kg+94 kgAbsolute
2016 Hiago George (1/2) Marcio Junior (1/1) Gabriel Arges (1/2) Leandro Lo (5/5) Erberth Santos (1/2) Ricardo Evangelista (1/1) Felipe Pena (2/4)

2017-2019

Year56 kg62 kg69 kg77 kg85 kg94 kg110 kg
2017 Rodnei Junior (1/1) Mikey Musumeci (1/1) Gianni Grippo (2/2) Gabriel Arges (2/2) Claudio Calasans (5/5) Felipe Pena (3/4) José Junior (1/1)
2018 José Carlos Lima (1/1) João Miyao (2/2) Paulo Miyao (1/2) Espen Mathiesen (1/1) Isaque Braz (1/1) Felipe Pena (4/4) Erbeth Santos (2/2)
2019[5] Hiago George (2/2) Joao Batista De Souza (1/1) Paulo Miyao (2/2) Tommy Langaker (1/1) Hudson Mateus Teles (1/1) Kaynan Duarte (1/1) Joao Rocha (1/1)

Nogi World Cup

Year65 kg74 kg83 kg92 kg+92 kgAbsolute
2011 Rafael Mendes (1/1) Rodrigo Coporael (1/1) Vinicius Corrales (1/1) Rafael Lovato Jr. (1/1) Alexandre Ribeiro (1/1) Rodolfo Vieira (1/1)

Results

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010

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Purple, Brown and Black Belts

Medal/Prize[3] Gold Medal + $8,000 Silver Medal + $3,000 Bronze Medal + $1,500
Weight Gold Silver Bronze
-65 kg Rafael Mendes (BRA) Guilherme Mendes (BRA) Almiro Barros (BRA)
Kataniwa Katsunori (JPN)
-74 kg Gilbert Burns (BRA) Claudio Matos (BRA) Michel Maia (BRA)
Celso Vinicius (BRA)
-83 kg Claudio Calasans (BRA) Braulio Estima (BRA) Delson Heleno (BRA)
Guto Campos (BRA)
-92 kg Alexandre Ceconi (BRA) Romulo Barral (BRA) Fadi Serhal (LIB)
Carlos Alexandre (BRA)
+92 kg Ricardo Abreu (BRA) Gabriel Vela (BRA) Luiz Felipe Theodoro (BRA)
Marcus de Almeida (BRA)
Open Tarsis Humphreys (BRA) Claudio Calasans (BRA) Alexandre Souza (BRA)
Gabriel Vela (BRA)

Open Weight Champion received an additional $12,000 bonus.

White and Blue Belts

Medal/Prize Gold Medal + $3,000 Silver Medal + $1,500 Bronze Medal
Weight Gold Silver Bronze
-63 kg Tareek Alkutbi (UAE) Ahmed Gloum (UAE) Raymond Lee Massa (NZL)
Ghaleb Odeh Ahmad (JOR)
-68 kg Matheus Luckmann (BRA) Jacob Sandoval (USA) Talib Saleh (UAE)
Kevin Mahecha (USA)
-73 kg Daniel Agard (UK) Daniel Svensson (SWE) Issa Able (USA)
Takatoshi Matsumoto (JPN)
-78 kg Khlaed Abdulkareem (JOR) Jon Tuck (GUM) Zaid Jarandoka (JOR)
Mario Marwan Kamal (IRQ)
-83 kg Kit Dale (AUS) Gustavo Silvestro (UAE) Faisal Alsouqi (ZAF)
Wesley Charles (JOR)
-88 kg Krysztof Saganowsk (POL) Majid Alnaqbi (UAE) Tamer Sameer (JOR)
Sami Mohamed (JOR)
-93 kg Faisal Alkutbi (UAE) Celso Frabetti (BRA) Brandon ROPATI (NZ)
Ghaleb Odeh Ahmad (NZ)
-98 kg Yahia Mansoor (UAE) Marcelo Tarso (BRA) Tarek Matar (UAE)
Orlando Sanches (USA)
+98 kg Hideki Sekine (JPN) Willie Leonard (USA) Mohammad Almenhali (UAE)
Alex Emond (CAN)
Open Light Jon Tuck (GUM) Mohammed Naser (UAE) Ali Monfaradi (BHR)
Ahmad (KWT)
Open Heavy Faisal Al Kutbi (UAE) Tarek Mattar (EGY) Ali Mehali (UAE)
Hideki Sekine (JPN)

Female

Medal/Prize Gold Medal + $4,000 Silver Medal + $2,000 Bronze Medal
Weight Gold Silver Bronze
-63 kg XX (IND) Beatriz Mesquita (BRA) Hillary Williams (USA)
Juliana Holanda (BRA)
+63 kg Gabrielle Garcia (BRA) Luzia Fernandes (BRA) Cassuza Fornari (BRA)
Rosangela Conceição (BRA)

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2009

This was the year before the inaugural event... [7]

Purple, Brown and Black Belts

Medal/Prize Gold Medal + $7,000 Silver Medal + $3,000 Bronze Medal + $1,000
Weight Gold Silver Bronze
-65 kg RAFAEL MENDES (BRA) RUBENS CHARLES MACIEL (USA) TIEGO FERNANDES (UAE)
RENATO TAVARES (USA)
-75 kg MICHAEL LANGHI (BRA) MARCELO GARCIA (BRA) MICHEL MAIA (BRA)
CLAUDIO CALASANS (BRA)
-85 kg TARSIS HUMPHREYS (BRA) VICTOR ESTIMA (UK) PAULO RICARDO RODRIGUES (UAE)
ZUMBI LARARA (BRA)
-95 kg ANTONIO PEINADO (BRA) FADI SERHAL (LEB) Lúcio Rodrigues (UK)
BRAULIO ESTIMA (BRA)
+95 kg ALEXANDRE DE SOUZA (BRA) GABRIEL VELLA (BRA) LUCAS SACHS (BRA)
BENTO RIBEIRO (POR)
Open TARSIS HUMPREYS (BRA) BRAULIO ESTIMA (BRA) MARCELO GARCIA (USA)
GABRIEL VELLA (BRA)

White and Blue Belts

Medal/Prize Gold Medal + $2,500 Silver Medal + $1,000 Bronze Medal
Weight Gold Silver Bronze
-63 kg TAREQ AL KITBI (UAE) AHMED SAEED AL NUAIMI (UAE) AHMED GHULOUM AL MAZAM (UAE)
YASER MOHAMED AL QUBAISI (UAE)
-68 kg PEDRO TORRES (USA) MOHAMED AL QUBAISI (UAE) KHALIFA AL SHAMSI (UAE)
TALIB SALEH ALKIRBI (UAE)
-73 kg VICTOR SILVEIRA SANTOS (BRA) GABRIEL TAYEH (BRA) DAVID ARANDA (ESP)
ALI MONFARADI (BHR)
-78 kg MIGUEL ANKA (BRA) MAJED ABDULLAH AL NAQBI (UAE) SAAD QWEDER (JOR)
ALI AHMED AL MENHALI (UAE)
-83 kg JADER CABRA (BRA) AHMED SHABEEB (BHR) TAMER SAMIR (JOR)
HATTEM MATTAR (EGY)
-88 kg FAISAL FAHAD AL KITBI (UAE) LIFEI VALI (ROM) YAZAN JANEB (JOR)
FELIPE LEAL (BRA)
-93 kg STEFENN KRIEG (AUS) JAROSLAV FEDROSISIN (SLO) HAKIM SHOMIRZOEV (RUS)
ABDULLA RASHED AL KITBI (UAE)
-98 kg YAHYA MANSOOR (UAE) TAREK MATTAR (EGY) FAWZAN AL SABEJ (KUW)
MOHAMMED SALEH AL MINHALI (UAE)
+98 kg EID REEHAN OBAID (UAE) DANIAL McCormick (USA) ALEX MALDENADO (BAH)
HIDEKI SEKINE (JPN)
Open Light MOHAMED AL QUBAISI (UAE) GABRIEL THAYE (BRA) TAREK AL KITBI (UAE)
ZELIM KHAN (RUS)
Open Heavy DANIEL COLMICK (USA) FAISAL AL KITBI (UAE) YAHYA AL MANSOOR (UAE)
RODRIGO MUNDURUCA (CAN)

References

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