The Ocean BJJ Pro Championship came to an end on September 21st, 2024 with this year’s final and the event produced some amazing results. There were several standout performances over the course of almost 8 hours of elite grappling in Cagliari, Italy. The lineup was fantastic so it was pretty clear from the start that it was going to be an action-packed event, but not many people would have predicted just how many submission finishes there would have been. Ocean BJJ used a unique ruleset that rewarded submission attempts with points before looking at traditional point-scoring positions and it was a big success in terms of incentivising the finish.
There was two four-person women’s BJJ tournaments taking place alongside the larger men’s brackets, and they were actually both won by the same woman. Gamila Kanew won two of the Ocean BJJ Trials in different weight classes and earned a spot in both brackets, and she stormed to victory in both. She submitted both of her opening round opponents in pretty quick fashion before winning a pair of tough decisions in her final matches at lightweight and heavyweight. With a perfect 4-0 record over the course of the night, Kanew left with both of the promotion’s inaugural titles and made a big name for herself.
Pawel Jaworski attempted the same feat by competing in both the under and over 80kg men’s divisions and although he wasn’t able to win either, he also made a big statement. Jaworski submitted Espen Mathiesen and beat Tommy Langaker by decision to make his way into the final rounds of both brackets, before going out in the semi-final at under 80kg and the quarter-final at over 80kg. Moritz Kollensperger also earned two big wins of his own at over 80kg, making him the only other person outside the early favorites to make it to the semi-finals.
Kollensperger only lost to Sebastian Rodriguez and Jaworski was taken out by Pedro Dias in the over 80kg division, but both of those men also lost in turn to the eventual champion. Luccas Lira emerged victorious at over 80kg with an impressive three heel hook wins before beating Rodriguez by decision in the final. The under 80kg division saw Jaworski lose to Tarik Hopstock, while the other semi-final was where Fabyury Khrysthyan got a huge win over MMA veteran Marcin Held. Hopstock then won a very difficult final match against Khrysthyan in order to secure the title in that division.
Ocean BJJ Pro Championship 2024 Final Full Results
Men’s Divisions
Under 80kg Tournament
Opening Round
Christian Frillici defeats Ivan Crotti via Decision – 2 to 0 on Secondary Points
Pawel Jaworski defeats Alain Masha via Submission – Heel Hook
Tomas Smirnovas defeats Matteo Pezzati via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Mateusz Flaga defeats Oleg Bruma via Submission – Heel Hook
Second Round
Alessio Sachetti defeats Christian Frillici via Decision – 4 to 0 on Secondary Points
Tarik Hopstock defeats Mustafa Ciplak via Decision – 1 to 0 on Points
Espen Mathiesen defeats Mattheo Adami via Submission – Armbar
Pawel Jaworski defeats Jakub Najdek via Submission – Armbar
Bruno Amaddeo defeats Tomas Smirnovas via Submission – D’arce Choke
Fabyury Khrysthyan defeats Maicol Benetti via Submission – Armbar
Marcin Held defeats Edoardo Honegger via Submission – Straight Ankle-lock
Mateusz Flaga defeats Francesco Bartolotta via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Quarter-Finals
Tarik Hopstock defeats Alessio Sachetti via Submission – Toehold
Pawel Jaworski defeats Espen Mathiesen via Submission – Heel Hook
Fabyury Khrysthyan defeats Bruno Amaddeo via Decision – 1 to 0 on Secondary Points
Marcin Held defeats Mateusz Flaga via Submission – Kneebar
Semi-Final
Tarik Hopstock defeats Pawel Jaworski via Decision – 1 to 0 on Points
Fabyury Khrysthyan defeats Marcin Held via Submission – Heel Hook
Final
Tarik Hopstock defeats Fabyury Khrysthyan via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Over 80kg Tournament
Opening Round
Max Arnold defeats Claudio Conti via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Second Round
Max Arnold defeats Fabio Pititto via Decision – 3 to 1 on Points
Sebastian Rodriguez defeats Simone Casini via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Moritz Kollensperger defeats Manuel Pilato via Submission – Heel Hook
Alessandro Casati defeats Adrian Harizi via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Mattia Florena defeats Colin Lozzi via Decision – 4 to 3 on Secondary Points
Luccas Lira defeats Samuel Curelaria via Submission – Heel Hook
Pawel Jaworski defeats Tommy Langaker via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Pedro Dias defeats Matteo Parolini via Decision – 1 to 0 on Points
Quarter-Finals
Sebastian Rodriguez defeats Max Arnold via Decision – 1 to 0 on Points
Moritz Kollensperger defeats Alessandro Casati via Submission – Heel Hook
Luccas Lira defeats Mattia Florena via Submission – Heel Hook
Pedro Dias defeats Pawel Jaworski via Submission – Armbar
Semi-Final
Sebastian Rodriguez defeats Moritz Kollensperger via Decision – 1 to 0 on Points
Luccas Lira defeats Pedro Dias via Submission – Heel Hook
Final
Luccas Lira defeats Sebastian Rodriguez via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Women’s Divisions
Lightweight Tournament
Semi-Final
Gamila Kanew defeats Emma Rosini via Submission – Kimura
Giulia Angiolini defeats Raluca Bianca via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Final
Gamila Kanew defeats Giulia Angiolini via Decision – 4 to 1 on Points
Heavyweight Tournament
Semi-Final
Gamila Kanew defeats Emanuela Scioli via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Sara Ghaffari Far defeats Francesca Recchi via Decision – 1 to 0 on Points
Final
Gamila Kanew defeats Sara Ghafarri Far via Decision – Judge’s Decision
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