BJJ Scout's BJJ Digest: Where does Buchecha Go From Here?

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Combat Sports Bonanza Wrap-Up for Bellator, UFC, Finishers, BJJ Stars & GrappleFest: Santos Ko's, Erberth Berzerks, Craig Jones Finishes Arges...

Busy, busy, busy...too much to see it all without playing catch-up this afternoon and evening:


Bellator:
James Gallagher tapped out a fighter who how do I say this....... I will say looked suspiciously fake as he ran across the cage, tackled his opponent, the guy fends off the choke, looks like he'll clear the body triangle but doesn't...then looks into the elbow point and the choke finishes. Sigh. I'm sure the convo was "yo, we'll fly you out to Ireland, kick it for a week, have some Guinness, and we'll promise you 2 more Bellator fights down the road, buddy."

Grapplefest:
Anyway, Craig Jones passed Arges' guard and took his back, proving he could hang in other facets of the game rather than finishing with a leg lock. Lachlan Giles picked up a heel hook win. Ffion Davies won by RNC.

UFC:
UFC Prague happened with Santos unloading literally all kinds of stuff but also a more tactical approach at times, and getting the 3rd round finish.

Finishers Sub Only:
The Pro event took place today with Keith Krikorian locking it up and taking home the now top tier pure EBI format sub grappling event on the East Coast.

BJJ Stars:
The fact that Rocha beat Buchecha will be totally outshined or well, rather, overshadowed by the crowd/brawl/melee that Erberth Santos incited by attacking Pena compatriots not once...but twice. Meregali overcame an unsportsmanlike shove at the weigh-ins by increasingly erratically behaving Leandro Lo (steroids maybe giving him anger control issues? Nah, couldn't be, not in JiuJitsu) and passed Leandro to force him to turtle in the waning seconds and took the back to win 4-0.

Other Results:

Roberto Godoi def Renato Babalu Sobral via points 2-0

Marco Barbosa def Wellington (Megaton) Dias via points 2-0

Isaque Bahiense def DJ Jackson via decision

Patrick Gaudio def Tim Spriggs via points 14-2

Delson Heleno def Fernando Terere via choke

Gabriel Rollo def Celso Vinicius via points 0-0, 1-0 adv

Bianca Basilio def Michelle Nicolini via points 9-2 

Ricardo Rocha def Carlos Eduardo via armbar"

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A day in the life....

 

Abu Dhabi World Pro 2013 Championship Brackets and Predictions

Lest ye have forgotten, the Abu Dhabi World Pro (which some guys skip the Pans to focus on preparing for is this weekend....and the brackets are up!

Black Belt -
64kg
70kg - I forsee a Tanquinho/Cobrinha final with Cobrinha pulling it out by a sweep.
76kg - I forsee a Leandro Lo/Satoshi Souza finale with Souza's more high octane style winning by a sweep or advantage
82kg - unavailable (?)
88kg - I see a thrilling Tarsis Humphreys/Andre Galvao thrilling semifinal with Galvao edging him out then facing Romulo who should win his half of the bracket with relative certainty. With it being a 6 minute match, I think Romulo pulls it out due to an easier half of the bracket.
94kg - Rodolfo vs Alancar for the semifinal and the winner of the other half of the bracket will get crushed in the final
-100kg - Very, very Likely Bruno Bastos and Antonio Braga Neto face off in the final and I'll take Neto as the winner, but Gabriel Rocha could fight his way to the final where I still think he'd lose to Braga Neto
+100kg - No reason to think Nascimento will stop the perpetually gaining momentum of Buchecha who should win this with his ultra pressure/aggressive guard passing style barring any momentary lapses in judgment or focus, but with 6 minute matches, I find that unlikely. The real joy would be an Absolute match-up between Rodolfo and Buchecha with a super high octane 6 minute match.

Fingers crossed!