With WNO 26 and Polaris 31 occurring simply hours aside, it was a fairly large weekend for Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ).
Each playing cards have been fairly stacked with expertise, which included two light-weight champions retaining their respective titles. Embellished IBJJF champ Diego “Pato” Oliveira defended his WNO title in opposition to Keith Krikorian, whereas teenage BJJ prodigy Helena Crevar defended her Polaris title in opposition to Anabel Lopez Beard. Each champions proved to be technically superior to their challengers, however there are a couple of different BJJ stars that stood out extra and stole the present this weekend.
Listed here are the largest winners from WNO 26 and Polaris 31:
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Roberto Jimenez and his insane flying armbar
There’s a purpose I put Roberto Jimenez’s bout as the highest match to look at in WNO 26 in my preview. The 24-year-old has a fame for placing on thrilling matches, and boy did he ship at WNO 26.
Not solely did he get revenge at his fellow IBJJF world champion in Elder Cruz, he received the rematch in model. Jimenez was the largest winner this weekend after that insanely fast flying armbar that completely stole the present.
Mateusz Szczecinski leads Workforce Europe to victory
Making the largest impression at Polaris 31 is Mateusz Szczecinski, who beat 4 males and landed two submissions in a single evening. Polaris Squads — and staff grappling as a complete — is all the time a enjoyable format, and the Polaris welterweight champion in Szczecinski was the primary driving drive that led Workforce Europe to a dominant win over Workforce North America.
Amongst his 4 wins was this beautiful nasty armbar over PJ Barch. He locked it up so fast, it’s really simple to overlook on first watch.
Verify right here for full outcomes and highlights from Polaris 31.
Tainan Dalpra and his nasty choke
Additionally impressing this weekend was two-time gi world champion Tainan Dalpra, who remained undefeated in skilled no gi competitors. Dalpra adopted up his latest IBJJF Euros win within the gi, with a no gi win simply over every week later at WNO 26.
The AOJ star seemed nice as soon as once more, ending Rene Sousa with a fairly nasty a seated arm triangle. Since Dalpra’s been proving to be actually good at no gi too, hopefully he faces higher competitors subsequent.
Verify right here for full outcomes of WNO 26.
Jozef Chen eliminates 3 opponents from Workforce North America
Additionally standing out from Polaris 31 is Workforce Europe’s Jozef Chen, who eradicated three opponents from Workforce North America. The ADCC Trials winner beat Mike Perez and Chris Wojcik twice, and likewise got here near upsetting the a lot bigger Devhonte Johnson on his third straight match. Chen and Szczecinski alone mixed for seven victories, which led to a large victory for Workforce Europe.
It’s laborious to over emphasize simply how good this B-Workforce BJJ star is at simply 20 years of age.
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