World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship (WPJJC)

Current event or competition: World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2015
Competition details
Location	Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
English name	World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Discipline	Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Type	Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Organiser	UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation
Divisions
Current weight divisions	(A)BRO WN AND BLACK BELTS: 65kg, 70kg, 76kg, 82kg, 88kg, 94kg, 100kg, +100kg OPEN; (B) WHITE AND BLUE BELTS: 63kg, 68kg, 73kg, 78kg, 83kg, 88kg, 93kg, 98kg, +98kg; (C) FEMALE DIVISION: Light -63kg, Heavy +63kg.
History
First edition	May 1st and 2nd, 2009 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.
Most wins	Rodolfo Vieira (7)

The tournament is being promoted as the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu event in the world. 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.^[1] This amount was increased further to US$150,000 in 2010^[2] 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.^[3]

WPJJC usually takes place at the Zayed Sports City Tennis Complex, in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. The tournament is managed by UAEJ Jiu-Jitsu Federation and draws hundreds of high caliber athletes every year. 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

Year	Host	65 kg	74 kg	83 kg	92 kg	+92 kg	Absolute
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 (1/4)	Alexander Ceconi (1/1)	Ricardo Abreu (1/1)	Claudio Calasans (2/4)
2011		Augusto Mendes (1/2)	Leandro Lo (1/4)	Claudio Calasans (3/4)	Rodolfo Vieira (2/7)	Lucio Rodrigues (1/1)	Rodolfo Vieira (3/7)

2012-2014

Year	Host	64 kg	70 kg	76 kg	82 kg	88 kg	94 kg	100 kg	+100 kg	Absolute
2012		Fernando Vieira (1/1)	Samuel Canquerino (1/1)	Roberto Satoshi (1/2)	Claudio Calasans (4/4)	André Galvão (1/2)	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 (2/4)	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 (1/1)	Leandro Saggiorio (1/1)	Roberto Satoshi (2/2)	Leandro Lo (3/4)	André Galvão (3/3)	Braulio Estima (1/1)	Rodolfo Vieira (7/7)	Marcus Almeida (3/6)	Marcus Almeida (4/6)

2015

Year	Host	65 kg	75 kg	85 kg	95 kg	+95 kg	Absolute
2015		Gianni Grippo (1/1)	Lucas Lepri (1/1)	Leandro Lo (4/4)	Felipe Pena (1/1)	Marcus Almeida (5/6)	Marcus Almeida (6/6)

Nogi World Cup

Year	Host	65 kg	74 kg	83 kg	92 kg	+92 kg	Absolute
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 2011

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010

^[4]

Purple, Brown and Black Belts

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Medal/Prize[2]	01 ! Gold Medal + $8,000	02 ! Silver Medal + $3,000	03 ! 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	Fadi Serhal (LIB)	Claudio Calasans (BRA)	Alexandre Souza (BRA)
			Gabriel Vela (BRA)

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

White and Blue Belts

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Medal/Prize	01 ! Gold Medal + $3,000	02 ! Silver Medal + $1,500	03 ! Bronze Medal <noinclude>

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

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Medal/Prize	01 ! Gold Medal + $4,000	02 ! Silver Medal + $2,000	03 ! Bronze Medal <noinclude>

Weight	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-63 kg	Luanna Alzuguir (BRA)	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 is inaugural event.^[5]

Purple, Brown and Black Belts

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Medal/Prize	01 ! Gold Medal + $7,000	02 ! Silver Medal + $3,000	03 ! Bronze Medal + $1,000 <noinclude>

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)	LUCIO 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

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Medal/Prize	01 ! Gold Medal + $2,500	02 ! Silver Medal + $1,000	03 ! 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

1. ↑ World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup Press Conference Highlights
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 World Professional Jiu-jitsu Cup 2010, Official Website
3. ↑ "Welcome to the UAEJJ". Retrieved 2010-10-10. 
4. ↑ "World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010 - Abu Dhabi", On the Mat, Retrieved 2010-08-22.
5. ↑ "2009 World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup FULL RESULTS", Emirates Jiu-Jitsu, Retrieved 2010-08-22.