With WNO 26 and Polaris 31 occurring simply hours aside, it was a reasonably large weekend for Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ).
Each playing cards have been fairly stacked with expertise, which included two light-weight champions retaining their respective titles. Adorned IBJJF champ Diego “Pato” Oliveira defended his WNO title towards Keith Krikorian, whereas teenage BJJ prodigy Helena Crevar defended her Polaris title towards Anabel Lopez Beard. Each champions proved to be technically superior to their challengers, however there are just a few different BJJ stars that stood out extra and stole the present this weekend.
Listed below are the most important winners from WNO 26 and Polaris 31:
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Roberto Jimenez and his insane flying armbar
There’s a motive I put Roberto Jimenez’s bout as the highest match to observe in WNO 26 in my preview. The 24-year-old has a repute for placing on thrilling matches, and boy did he ship at WNO 26.
Not solely did he get revenge at his fellow IBJJF world champion in Elder Cruz, he received the rematch in type. Jimenez was the most important winner this weekend after that insanely fast flying armbar that completely stole the present.
Mateusz Szczecinski leads Workforce Europe to victory
Making the most important impression at Polaris 31 is Mateusz Szczecinski, who beat 4 males and landed two submissions in a single night time. Polaris Squads — and staff grappling as a complete — is all the time a enjoyable format, and the Polaris welterweight champion in Szczecinski was the principle driving drive that led Workforce Europe to a dominant win over Workforce North America.
Amongst his 4 wins was this gorgeous nasty armbar over PJ Barch. He locked it up so fast, it’s truly straightforward to overlook on first watch.
Examine right here for full outcomes and highlights from Polaris 31.
Tainan Dalpra and his nasty choke
Additionally impressing this weekend was two-time gi world champion Tainan Dalpra, who remained undefeated in skilled no gi competitors. Dalpra adopted up his latest IBJJF Euros win within the gi, with a no gi win simply over every week later at WNO 26.
The AOJ star seemed nice as soon as once more, ending Rene Sousa with a fairly nasty a seated arm triangle. Since Dalpra’s been proving to be actually good at no gi too, hopefully he faces higher competitors subsequent.
Examine right here for full outcomes of WNO 26.
Jozef Chen eliminates 3 opponents from Workforce North America
Additionally standing out from Polaris 31 is Workforce Europe’s Jozef Chen, who eradicated three opponents from Workforce North America. The ADCC Trials winner beat Mike Perez and Chris Wojcik twice, and likewise got here near upsetting the a lot bigger Devhonte Johnson on his third straight match. Chen and Szczecinski alone mixed for seven victories, which led to a large victory for Workforce Europe.
It’s exhausting to over emphasize simply how good this B-Workforce BJJ star is at simply 20 years of age.
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