The fourth stop on the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Jiu-Jitsu Tour saw the event pay a visit to the same arena used in the World Professional Championships. 

The IPIC Arena in Abu Dhabi hosted the event on January 14 and drew winners from the Tokyo and Rio Grand Slam events as well as a host of other athletes looking for gold and the all-important ranking points. 

Big winners included Marcio Andre, victorious after moving up to the 77kg division. He beat 2016 World Pro silver medalist Roberto Satoshi in the final.  


Beatriz Mesquita continued her success from Rio and took gold in her second consecutive Grand Slam event. The 2016 world champion beat Luiza Monteiro in the 60kg female brown-black division. 

And Gabriel Arges erased the bad taste of being disqualified at the Rio Grand Slam by submitting Matheus Spirandelli in the 85kg final. Interestingly, Arges had been DQ'd for a leg reap against Manuel Ribamar, one of Spirandelli's teammates from Leandro Lo's NS Brother gym. 

Notable moments from the event included: 
• Jose Junior took gold in the 110kg division, winning valuable points for the ranking 
• Isaque Paiva winning 69kg gold, repeating his feat from Rio Grand Slam two months earlier 
• The return of Pablo Popovitch, taking silver in no-gi 92kg division 
• Faisal Al Ketbi winning his second gold medal at a no-gi Grand Slam event 

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Full Results from the Abu Dhabi Grand in Abu Dhabi

Male Gi / Adult / Black / 62kg Bracket
1 Hiago George 
2 Tomoyuki Hashimoto 
3 Wellington De Lima 

Male Gi / Adult / Black / 69kg Bracket
1 Isaque Paiva 
2 Tiago Bravo 
3 Joao Bosco Gouveia 

Male Gi / Adult / Black / 77kg Bracket
1 Marcio Andre 
2 Roberto Satoshi 
3 Edwin Najmi 

Male Gi / Adult / Black / 85kg Bracket
1 Gabriel Arges 
2 Matheus Souza 
3 Jaime Canuto 

Male Gi / Adult / Black / 94kg Bracket
1 Alexandre Ribeiro 
2 Adam Wardzinski 
3 Basel Fanous 

Male Gi / Adult / Black / 110kg Bracket
1 Jose Junior 
2 Jiddu Lemos 
3 Mauricio Henrique Lima 

Female Gi / Adult / Brown Black / 55kg Bracket
1 Ana Talita Alencar 
2 Rikako Yuasa 
3 Mayssa Bastos 

Female Gi / Adult / Brown Black / 62kg Bracket
1 Beatriz Mesquita 
2 Luiza Monteiro 
3 Larissa Da Silva 

Female Gi / Adult / Brown Black / 62kg Bracket
1 Beatriz Mesquita 
2 Luiza Monteiro
3 Larissa Da Silva 

Female Gi / Adult / Brown Black / 90kg Bracket
1 Nathiely De Jesus 
2 Vanessa Do Nascimento 
3 Gessica Fontoura Ventura 

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