UAEJJFMar 25, 2016 by Hywel Teague
Who's In For The Abu Dhabi World Pro 2016? Find Out Here
Who's In For The Abu Dhabi World Pro 2016? Find Out Here
The list of names for the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2016 is now out! Take a look below at the black belts signed up to compete in
The list of names for the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2016 is now out! Take a look below at the black belts signed up to compete in one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
The list below is provisional and subject to change. For example, a number of those qualified have since changed teams and the list needs to be updated to reflect this. Also, many athletes qualified at a weight class outside of their own, so we would expect to see many of them switch.
+94kg
Karol Dzieniszewski / Berserkers Team
Antonio Henriques Junior / Roger Gracie Academy Italy
Gabriel Lyrio Lucas / Checkmat International
Raphael Souza / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Daniel Leal Baia / Gracie Humaita
Jonathan Satava / Alliance Marcelo Garcia
Alexander Trans / Gfteam
Victor Hugo Silva / Gfteam
Dany Gerard / Atos Jiu Jitsu
Marcus Vinicius Almeida / Checkmat International
Christopher Bowe / Gracie Barra Birmingham
Otavio Nalati / Guigo Jiu Jitsu
Roberto Abreu Filho / Fight Sports
Gustavo Dias Elias / Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu
Pablo Yuri Aragão / Ricardo Vieira Jiu Jitsu
Mahamed Santos Silva / Team Nogueira
94kg
Diogo Araujo / Soul Fighters
Diego Da Herzog / Renzo Gracie
Jackson Santos / Checkmat
Rafael Lovato Jr. / Lovato Jiu-Jitsu
Leonardo Isidro Iturralde / Alliance
Keenan Cornelius / Atos Jiu Jitsu
Maksymilian Wisniewski / Zenith BJJ Poland
Erberth Santos Mesquita / Guigo Jiu Jitsu
Felipe Carsalade Pena / Gracie Barra BH
Nalmir Oliveira Guimarães / Gfteam
Rodolpho Bomfim / UAEJJ Team
85kg
Luiz Felipe Santos / Gfteam
Viking Wong / Gfteam
Alberto Gonzalez Ortiz / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Patrick Gaudio / Gfteam
Arturo Salas Espies / Mathias Ribeiro Team
Youngam Noh / Jiu Jitsu Lab
Igor Basilio Sousa / UAEJJ Team
Gustavo Ramos Campos / Guetho Jiu-Jitsu
Bruno Almeida Alves / Gracie Barra Crows Nest
Gabriel Procopio Fonseca / Brazilian Top Team (RN)
Leandro Lo Nascimento / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Vinicius De Nascimento / P360 Academia De Jiu Jitsu
Claudio Calasans / Atos Jiu Jitsu
77kg
Luan De Alves / Nova União (Ivan Lima)
Sebastien Andre Lecocq / Le Cercle Tissier
Gabriel Rollo Pontes / Checkmat International
Cedric Akakpovi / Akamat
Carlos Vinicius Almeida / Air Force Air Defance Club
Tiago Bravo / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Adriano Pereira Araujo / Game Fight Manimal BJJ International
Kevin Javier Mahecha / American Top Team
Marcos Costa / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Samuel Gibson / Carlson Gracie London
Tyler Warren Bishop / Gracie Humaita
Jhonny Loureiro Souza / Alliance Mario Reis
William Dias / Nova Uniao Aus
Lachlan Giles / Maromba Acadamia Australia
Lee Mathew Ting / Dominance Will-Machado
Lucas Alves Lepri / Alliance
Akira Hosokawa / Carpe Diem
Ross Nicholls / Roger Gracie Academy
Ian De Toro / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Felipe Cesar Silva / Barbosa Jiu-Jitsu
César Miyahira / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Caio Almeida Silva / Ryan Gracie
Rodrigo Caporal / Atos Jiu Jitsu - Andre Galvao
Rafael Naves Carvalho / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
69kg
Isaque Alberto Paiva / Saikoo
Paulo Miyao / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Brian Mahecha / American Top Team
Jefferson Cordeiro / Military Program - PS
Raphael Cadena / Nova Barra BJJ Brazil
Marcio Andre Junior / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Island
Samuel Hertzog Canquerino / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Sergio Calderón / Associacion Aranha
Abdallah Hibar Nabas / Team Mirza
Murat Besnek / Maromba Acadamia Australia
Rafael Machado Mansur / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Gianni Paul Grippo / Alliance Marcelo Garcia
Victor De Matos / Zenith (Dublin)
62kg
Wellington Ribeiro Lima, Military Program - PS
Jose Tiago, Pslpb Cicero Costha
Tomoyuki Hashimoto, Carpe Diem Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Wanki Chae, John Frankl BJJ
+70kg
Samantha Cook / Chico Mendes Jiu Jitsu
Fernanda Mazzelli / Striker Jiu Jitsu
Jonna Konivuori / Alliance Bahrain
Nayara Sousa Plesa / Centro Esportivo Irmãos Felix De Jiu-Jitsu
Heather Raftery / Atos Jiu Jitsu
Joaquina Bonfim Neta / Academia Gracie Barra Pernambuco
Monique Elias / Alliance Mario Reis
Tayane Porfírio / Alliance
62kg
Luiza Monteiro Costa / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Bianca Barbosa Basilio / Ryan Gracie
Jena Rae Bishop / Gracie Humaita
Katia Guimaraes Pina / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Nadia Maria Melo / Gfteam
Luciana Lemes Kusaka / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Island
Jessica Cristina Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Leoni Jane Munslow / BJJ School
Jess Fraser / Dominance Will-Machado
Priscilla Assuncao Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Michelle Nicolini / Ricardo Vieira Jiu Jitsu
Hope Douglass / Mybjj Team
Beatriz Oliveira Mesquita / Gracie Humaita
Déborah Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
55kg
Anna Kavoura / Rio Grappling Club
Isabel Alfaro Arreaga / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Flavia Guimaraes Quintareli / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Clarissa Lacerda / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Ariadne De Oliveira / Mestre Wilson
Aline De Coelho / Centro Esportivo Irmãos Felix De Jiu-Jitsu
Jessica De Henriques / Game Fight Manimal Bjj International
Amal Amjahid / C.E.N.S. Academy
Liwia Gluchowska / Maromba Acadamia Australia
Mackenzie Lynne Dern / Gracie Humaita
The list below is provisional and subject to change. For example, a number of those qualified have since changed teams and the list needs to be updated to reflect this. Also, many athletes qualified at a weight class outside of their own, so we would expect to see many of them switch.
Male Black Belts
+94kg
Karol Dzieniszewski / Berserkers Team
Antonio Henriques Junior / Roger Gracie Academy Italy
Gabriel Lyrio Lucas / Checkmat International
Raphael Souza / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Daniel Leal Baia / Gracie Humaita
Jonathan Satava / Alliance Marcelo Garcia
Alexander Trans / Gfteam
Victor Hugo Silva / Gfteam
Dany Gerard / Atos Jiu Jitsu
Marcus Vinicius Almeida / Checkmat International
Christopher Bowe / Gracie Barra Birmingham
Otavio Nalati / Guigo Jiu Jitsu
Roberto Abreu Filho / Fight Sports
Gustavo Dias Elias / Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu
Pablo Yuri Aragão / Ricardo Vieira Jiu Jitsu
Mahamed Santos Silva / Team Nogueira
94kg
Diogo Araujo / Soul Fighters
Diego Da Herzog / Renzo Gracie
Jackson Santos / Checkmat
Rafael Lovato Jr. / Lovato Jiu-Jitsu
Leonardo Isidro Iturralde / Alliance
Keenan Cornelius / Atos Jiu Jitsu
Maksymilian Wisniewski / Zenith BJJ Poland
Erberth Santos Mesquita / Guigo Jiu Jitsu
Felipe Carsalade Pena / Gracie Barra BH
Nalmir Oliveira Guimarães / Gfteam
Rodolpho Bomfim / UAEJJ Team
85kg
Luiz Felipe Santos / Gfteam
Viking Wong / Gfteam
Alberto Gonzalez Ortiz / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Patrick Gaudio / Gfteam
Arturo Salas Espies / Mathias Ribeiro Team
Youngam Noh / Jiu Jitsu Lab
Igor Basilio Sousa / UAEJJ Team
Gustavo Ramos Campos / Guetho Jiu-Jitsu
Bruno Almeida Alves / Gracie Barra Crows Nest
Gabriel Procopio Fonseca / Brazilian Top Team (RN)
Leandro Lo Nascimento / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Vinicius De Nascimento / P360 Academia De Jiu Jitsu
Claudio Calasans / Atos Jiu Jitsu
77kg
Luan De Alves / Nova União (Ivan Lima)
Sebastien Andre Lecocq / Le Cercle Tissier
Gabriel Rollo Pontes / Checkmat International
Cedric Akakpovi / Akamat
Carlos Vinicius Almeida / Air Force Air Defance Club
Tiago Bravo / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Adriano Pereira Araujo / Game Fight Manimal BJJ International
Kevin Javier Mahecha / American Top Team
Marcos Costa / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Samuel Gibson / Carlson Gracie London
Tyler Warren Bishop / Gracie Humaita
Jhonny Loureiro Souza / Alliance Mario Reis
William Dias / Nova Uniao Aus
Lachlan Giles / Maromba Acadamia Australia
Lee Mathew Ting / Dominance Will-Machado
Lucas Alves Lepri / Alliance
Akira Hosokawa / Carpe Diem
Ross Nicholls / Roger Gracie Academy
Ian De Toro / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Felipe Cesar Silva / Barbosa Jiu-Jitsu
César Miyahira / UAEJJ Team - Training Hall
Caio Almeida Silva / Ryan Gracie
Rodrigo Caporal / Atos Jiu Jitsu - Andre Galvao
Rafael Naves Carvalho / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
69kg
Isaque Alberto Paiva / Saikoo
Paulo Miyao / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Brian Mahecha / American Top Team
Jefferson Cordeiro / Military Program - PS
Raphael Cadena / Nova Barra BJJ Brazil
Marcio Andre Junior / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Island
Samuel Hertzog Canquerino / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Sergio Calderón / Associacion Aranha
Abdallah Hibar Nabas / Team Mirza
Murat Besnek / Maromba Acadamia Australia
Rafael Machado Mansur / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Gianni Paul Grippo / Alliance Marcelo Garcia
Victor De Matos / Zenith (Dublin)
62kg
Wellington Ribeiro Lima, Military Program - PS
Jose Tiago, Pslpb Cicero Costha
Tomoyuki Hashimoto, Carpe Diem Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Wanki Chae, John Frankl BJJ
Female Combined Brown-Black
+70kg
Samantha Cook / Chico Mendes Jiu Jitsu
Fernanda Mazzelli / Striker Jiu Jitsu
Jonna Konivuori / Alliance Bahrain
Nayara Sousa Plesa / Centro Esportivo Irmãos Felix De Jiu-Jitsu
Heather Raftery / Atos Jiu Jitsu
Joaquina Bonfim Neta / Academia Gracie Barra Pernambuco
Monique Elias / Alliance Mario Reis
Tayane Porfírio / Alliance
62kg
Luiza Monteiro Costa / Pslpb Cicero Costha
Bianca Barbosa Basilio / Ryan Gracie
Jena Rae Bishop / Gracie Humaita
Katia Guimaraes Pina / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Nadia Maria Melo / Gfteam
Luciana Lemes Kusaka / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Island
Jessica Cristina Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Leoni Jane Munslow / BJJ School
Jess Fraser / Dominance Will-Machado
Priscilla Assuncao Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
Michelle Nicolini / Ricardo Vieira Jiu Jitsu
Hope Douglass / Mybjj Team
Beatriz Oliveira Mesquita / Gracie Humaita
Déborah Santos / UAEJJ Team - Abu Dhabi Training Center
55kg
Anna Kavoura / Rio Grappling Club
Isabel Alfaro Arreaga / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Flavia Guimaraes Quintareli / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Clarissa Lacerda / UAEJJ Team - Al Ain
Ariadne De Oliveira / Mestre Wilson
Aline De Coelho / Centro Esportivo Irmãos Felix De Jiu-Jitsu
Jessica De Henriques / Game Fight Manimal Bjj International
Amal Amjahid / C.E.N.S. Academy
Liwia Gluchowska / Maromba Acadamia Australia
Mackenzie Lynne Dern / Gracie Humaita