Las Vegas, Munich, Sao Paulo... the international jiu-jitsu scene doesn't stop, here's what you may have missed. 

Horlando Monteiro Does Quadruple Gold

Competing in both the gi and no-gi divisions, Horlando Monteiro won gold in the heavyweight and absolute divisions and looked pretty unstoppable along the way. 

Monteiro narrowly missed out on the podium at Worlds, losing to silver medalist Gustavo Batista via decision in the quarterfinals of the medium-heavyweight division despite coming close to finishing the match with a triangle. 

His triangle proved to be a decisive weapon over the weekend, as he used it to submit Manuel Ribamar (Unity) in the final of the no-gi absolute division. In the final of the gi heavyweight division, Monteiro beat Rafael Vasconcelos (Atos) by advantage, and in the absolute scored three sweeps to beat James Puopolo 6-2. 

IBJJF AMERICAN NATIONAL NO-GI RESULTS

Black / Adult / Male / Heavy

1 - Horlando de Jesus Monteiro - GD Jiu-Jitsu Association

2 - Nisar Amin Loynab - Atos Jiu-Jitsu

3 - Miguel Augusto Passos dos Santos Silva - Ares BJJ

Black / Adult / Male / Open Class

1 - Horlando de Jesus Monteiro - GD Jiu-Jitsu Association

2 - Manuel Ribamar V. de Oliveira Filho - Unity Jiu-jitsu

3 - Daniel Seth Davis - Open Mat Mixed Martial Arts

3 - Nisar Amin Loynab - Atos Jiu-Jitsu

IBJJF AMERICAN NATIONAL RESULTS

Black / Adult / Male / Heavy

1 - Horlando de Jesus Monteiro - GD Jiu-Jitsu Association

2 - Rafael Vasconcelos de Lima - Atos Jiu-Jitsu

3 - Gianni K. T. E. Crivello - Ralph Gracie

3 - Tanner Nicholas Weisgram - Sylvio Behring USA

Black / Adult / Male / Open Class

1 - Horlando de Jesus Monteiro - GD Jiu-Jitsu Association

2 - James Richard Puopolo - Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu

3 - Alexandre Faria Molinaro - Carlson Gracie Team

3 - Wellington Modena Peroto - One Jiu-Jitsu USA

For full IBJJF 2018 American National results click here. 

American Nationals: Notable Results

It was a good weekend for the newly-promoted as we saw a number of grapplers test out their brand new belts since getting promoted at and around Worlds. 

Lucas Protasio broke in his brand new purple belt with a gold at lightweight at American Nationals, as did light-feather champion Mayssa Bastos in her first outing as a black belt, lightweight champ Matheus Luna in his first tournament as a brown belt, and Ronaldo Jr of Atos became brown belt weight and absolute champion after getting promoted just two weeks ago. 

The no-gi divisions saw some great matches, with Lucas Pinheiro, Pablo Mantovani, Herbert Burns and Dustin Akbari all taking gold. 

The highlight of the weekend was new black belt Jeremiah Vance (10th Planet) hitting a bizarre and unorthodox choke from bottom side control he calls the venus fly trap. Seriously, have you ever seen anything like this? 

Watch: Jeremiah Vance "venus flytrap" choke

Sao Paulo BJJ Pro

Quick results from the IBJJF’s cash-paying tournament in Sao Paulo. 

• Heavyweight gold medal winner Fellipe Andrew (Zenith) beat Kaynan Duarte (Atos) in the opening round of the division, later beating Ruan Marques (Soul Fighters) in the final. Andrew is on a tear of late and proving to be one of those competitors you can’t afford to miss. 

• Igor Schneider (NS Brotherhood) defeated Admilson Gobi in the ultra-heavy final for gold. 

• Hugo Marques (Soul Fighters) beat Chaise Albuquerque to win the middleweight division. 

Full results can be found here.