The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tour reached the final stop of its 2022-2023 season on May 7th, 2023 and dozens of top grapplers made the trip to Abu Dhabi to compete. The event attracted some of the best competitors around and there was non-stop action throughout each division. One of the most impressive performances came in the light-featherweight division, where Zayed Alkatheeri continued his run of fantastic form since being promoted to black belt. Alkatheeri became the first UAE athlete to win an IBJJF major at the beginning of the year and it looks like he’s destined for some huge things as his career develops.
Yatan Bueno was equally impressive at the other end of the scale, as he won the super-heavyweight division and submitted two out of his three opponents in doing so. There was a fantastic matchup at middleweight too, where Jansen Gomes and Uanderson Ferreira battled it out in the final. In the end it was Gomes who took home gold after submitting Ferreira, while Ingridd Alves impressed by winning the same weightclass in the women’s divisions. In the heaviest women’s weightclass, Izadora Silva beat both her opponents to make a huge statement to other heavyweight women out there.
Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tour Abu Dhabi 2023 Results
Between the men’s black belt divisions and the women’s mixed brown and black belt divisions, there were plenty of exciting matches taking place. We looked at the most likely winners of the tournament in our preview before it took place, and the majority of our predictions were correct outside of the athletes that managed to deliver some surprises.
Men’s Black Belt Divisions
Light-featherweight (56kg)
1 – Zayed Alkatheeri
2 – Yuri Hendrex
3 – Bruno Borges
Featherweight (62kg)
1 – Khaled Alshehhi
2 – Jefferson Fagundes
3 – Leonardo Mario
Lightweight (69kg)
1 – Thiago Marques
2 – Hiago George
3 – Pedro Marques
Welterweight (77kg)
1 – Adriano Araujo
2 – Andre Cantanhede
3 – Artem Kaygaradov
Middleweight (85kg)
1 – Jansen Gomes
2 – Uanderson Ferreira
3 – Lucas Giraud
Light-heavyweight (94kg)
1 – Marcos Carrozzino
2 – Catriel Fernandes
3 – Renato Cardoso
Super-featherweight (120kg)
1 – Yatan Bueno
2 – Ithalo Lopes
3 – Vandre Barbosa
Women’s Brown and Black Belt Divisions
Roosterweight (49kg)
1 – Diana Teixeira
2 – Isadora Maggioni
3 – Flavia Quintareli
Light-featherweight (55kg)
1 – Ariadne de Oliveira
2 – Alexa Yanes
3 – Rose El Sharouni
Lightweight (62kg)
1 – Maria Delahaye
2 – Julia Alves
3 – Violeta Angelova
Middleweight (70kg)
1 – Ingridd Alves
2 – Yara Kakesh
3 – Magdalena Loska
Heavyweight (95kg)
1 – Izadora Silva
2 – Mayara Moreira
3 – Marcelle Cantanhede
The full results for every division of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour Abu Dhabi 2023 can be found here.