Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Miami Full Results

The 2020/2021 season of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam tour is underway after the first event took place in Miami. There was a number of great performances throughout the weight-classes and several returning champions took to the mats against impressive, young talent. Below is the full results for the adult men’s black belt divisions and the women’s mixed black and brown belt divisions:

Adult Male Black Belt Divisions

Light-Featherweight (56kg) – Francisco Jonas Andrade had to fight Estevan Martinez twice as the only men in the bracket but won both matches on points, 7-0 and 1-0 to take home gold.

1^st – Francisco Jonas Andrade (Brazil)
2^nd – Estevan Martinez (USA)

Featherweight (62kg) – Lucas Pinheiro first came up against Connor Welle, winning comfortably by Triangle Choke. He wenton to beat Bebeto Oliveira 1-0 and moved into the final against Suraj Budhram. A 6-0 victory gave Pinheiro the gold medal.

1^st – Lucas Pinheiro
2^nd – Suraj Budhram
3^rd – Carlos Alberto Silva

Lightweight (69kg) – Kennedy Maciel has been on a tear lately after becoming F2W Champion. In his first two matches here, he beat João Mendes 2-1 and then caught Rodrigo Cardoso with an Armbar. In the final match, Maciel repeated himself by submitting Thiago Macedo with an Armbar too.

1^st – Kennedy Maciel
2^nd – Thiago Macedo
3^rd – João Mendes

Welterweight (77kg) – Michael Liera Jr had four tough matches to claim gold. First he put up an impressive score against Jose Luna, winning 9-1. Then he tied 4-4 with Marcio Andre but made it through by virtue of scoring the last point. Another close match against Johnny Tama resulted in a paper-thin 1-0 victory to see him into the final, before another 1-0 victory against Johnatha Alves got him gold.

1^st – Michael Liera Jr
2^nd – Johnatha Alves
3^rd – Marcio Andre

Middleweight (85kg) – Guthierry Barbosa fought his way past Carlos Souza first before outscoring Andre Gois 2-1 to make it to the final. An incredibly close match with Ronaldo Junior was decided by a single point, with Barbosa claiming first place.

1^st – Guthierry Barbosa
2^nd – Ronaldo Junior
3^rd – Gabriel Almeida

Light-Heavyweight (94kg) – Rafael Lima started by beating Fellipe Trovo 2-1 and then outworked Aaron “Tex” Johnson to a  3-0 victory in the semifinals. The final match against Fellipe Silva was a close one, with Rafael barely losing out to his opponent.

1^st – Fellipe Silva
2^nd – Rafael Lima
3^rd – Fellipe Trovo

Super-Heavyweight (120kg) – Max Gimenis had two matches with the son of Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu, Klidson and managed to win both. The first saw him build up a nice 3-0 lead before the second match, where he finished him with an Omoplata.

1^st – Max Gimenis
2^nd – Klidson Abreu

Adult Female Brown/Black Belt Divisions

Roosterweight (49kg) – Mayssa Bastos put up an incredible lead on the scoreboards with a 25-0 win over Sarah Takushi to book her place in the final. In a nail-biting final with Jessa Khan, she was nearly caught with a Triangle Choke early on. After taking some time to escape the danger, Bastos rallied to build up some points and win 6-4 in the end.

1^st – Mayssa Bastos
2^nd – Jessa Khan
3^rd – Sarah Takushi

Light-Featherweight (55kg) – After her first match, Thamires Aquino met Alexa Yanes in the semi-final to win 3-1. In the final match against Eliana Carauni, the pair had plenty of back-and-forth action. In the end it was Aquino who won gold with an 8-5 lead.

1^st – Thamires Aquino
2^nd – Eliana Carauni
3^rd – Alexa Yanes

Lightweight (62kg) –Nicole Sullivan had a close opening match against Alexandria Enriques, winning 4-3 to book her place in the final. She came up against fellow ATOS representative Woods Heather in the final, another close match that she went on to win 3-2.

1^st – Nicole Sullivan
2^nd – Woods Heather
3^rd – Alexandria Enriques

Middleweight (70kg) – Rafaela Guedes took out Gloria Armas in her first match before beating Melissa Cueto 1-0 in the semifinals. The final saw another ATOS v ATOS match as Guedes built a comfortable 8-2 lead to claim gold.

1^st – Rafaela Guedes
2^nd – Emilly Silva
3^rd – Melissa Cueto

Heavyweight (95kg) – Talita Nogueira blew through Kylie Baker in the first match with a 5-0 victory on points to face Maria Malyjasiak in the final. Another victory on points saw her claim gold, although Malyjasiak gave her a closer match in her 5-2 win.

1^st – Talita Nogueira
2^nd – Maria Malyjasiak
3^rd – Kylie Baker

The full results from all belt levels can be found here.

After the success of the opening event in Miami, the next stage of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tour takes place on October 25th in Moscow, Russia. Tthe registration period is already open for the next in a series of high-quality competitions, click here to sign up now.