The early results are in from IBJJF 2017 Worlds: all male blue belt weight categories are complete and we now know the best blue belts in the world. 

Atos led with the way with three blue belt gold medalists: Demian Balderrama won light featherweight, Johnatha Alves took the gold in the lightweight division, while Conor DeAngelis was crowned heavyweight champ. 

GF Team athletes won gold in two categories: Wallace Costa won ultra heavyweight, while featherweight Israel de Sousa Almeida won his division. 

There were four American champions in the blue belt men’s division: Hudson Taylor of Alliance won super heavy, Scott Perry of Unity Jiu-Jitsu won middleweight, Christian Fisher of Amazonas Rice Bros won roosterweight. They were backed up by the aforementioned Atos athlete Conor DeAngelis. Mexican athlete Demian Balderrama won light featherweight gold. 

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Male blue belt results

BLUE / Adult / Male / Rooster 
1 - Christian Steven Fisher - Amazonas Rice Bros BJJ
2 - Robert Vu - Peter de Been JJ
3 - Darryl R. Lebus - Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu
3 - Tyler Mase - Soul Fighters BJJ

BLUE / Adult / Male / Light-Feather
1 - Demian Balderrama Gomez - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 - Roberto William Feijó Fonseca - Alliance
3 - An Vu - Brasa CTA
3 - Liam Randall Thoren Moss - Atos Jiu-Jitsu

BLUE / Adult / Male / Feather
1 - Israel de Sousa Almeida - GF Team
2 - Luiz Paulo Carneiro Medeiros - Alliance
3 - Gustavo Estebam Dos Santos - BARBOSA JIU-JITSU
3 - Marlon Ribeiro Silva Ferreira - GF Team Recreio

BLUE / Adult / Male / Light
1 - Johnatha Barbosa Alves - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 - Mohammed Yusuf - CheckMat
3 - Lucas Tres Arena de Souza - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 - Martin Gonzalez - Atos JJ International

BLUE / Adult / Male / Middle
1 - Scott D. Perry - Unity Jiu-jitsu
2 - Arthur Dorneles Mariath - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 - João Pedro Freitas Carrazoni - Alliance
3 - Thiago Aso da Graça - Gracie Barra Team

BLUE / Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy
1 - Pedro Henrique P. Machado Souza - Gordo Jiu-Jitsu
2 - Reda Hamzaoui - GF Team
3 - Adam Bradley - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 - Dante Daniel Cano Junior - Alliance

BLUE / Adult / Male / Heavy
1 - Darin Conner Deangelis - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
2 - Davi Silva Souza - GF Team
3 - João Leal - Ns Brotherhood
3 - Khaled Ramadan - Joslin's Mixed Martial Arts

BLUE / Adult / Male / Super-Heavy
1 - Hudson Taylor - Alliance
2 - Gabriel Spiller Della Giustina - Atos Jiu-Jitsu
3 - Brian Richards - Unity Jiu-jitsu
3 - Taylor Kettler - Renato Tavares Association

BLUE / Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
1 - Wallace Costa da Silveira - GF Team
2 - Ehsan Rajabi - Equipe Tsunami Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
3 - Mohammed Mustafa - Rio Grappling Club
3 - Renan Cruz - Marcio Cruz Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu