The talk of the tournament was Braulio Estima who captured the absolute division and under 88KG crowns. Braulio joins Mario Sperry, Mark Kerr, Ricardo Arona and Roger Gracie as the only grapplers to win their weight division and the absolute division in the same year.
Many MMA stars placed high in this years event. TUF 8 Runner-up Vinny Magalhaes took 3rd in the under 99KG division and the absolute division with several slick submissions. Recent UFC cast-off Fabricio Werdum won the over 99KG division, while UFC vet Jeff Monson took 3rd. On the women's side, Strikeforce Women's Champ Christiane "Cyborg" Santos took 3rd in the over 60KG division.
Womens Under 60KG
1st Luanna Alzuguir
2nd Sayaka Shioda
3rd Hillary Williams
4th Laurence Cousin
Womens Over 60KG
1st Hannette Staack Quadros
2nd Penny Thomas
3rd Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos
4th Rosangela Conceicao
Mens Under 66KG
1st Rafael Mendes
2nd Rubens "Cobrinha" Charles
3rd Ryan Hall
4th Jeff Glover
Mens Under 77KG
1st Pablo Popovitch
2nd Marcelo Garcia
3rd Gregor Gracie
4th Keita “K-Taro” Nakamura
Mens Under 88KG
1st Braulio Estima
2nd Andre Galvao
3rd David Avellan
4th Rafael Lovato Jr.
Mens Under 99KG
1st Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro
2nd Gerardi Rinaldi
3rd Vinny Magalhaes
4th Glover Teixeira
Mens Over 99KG
1st Fabricio Werdum
2nd Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu
3rd Jeff Monson
4th Saulo Ribeiro
Mens Absolute
1st Braulio Estima
2nd Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro
3rd Vinny Magalhaes
4th Gunnar Nelson
Superfight Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza defeated Robert Drysdale
(Over 99KG Champ Fabricio Werdum pictured)
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