Andy Murasaki sits out as Atos closes out the open class

Atos closed out the black belt open class at the Orange County Fall Open, held Saturday (Oct. 24) in Costa Mesa, California. Adrian Roberto and João Vitor Venancio both reached the final and shared the top of the podium, with the gold going to Adrian, who had already won ultra-heavyweight earlier in the day.

The IBJJF tournament was a final tune-up for several athletes heading to The Crown on November 8 at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach. Andy Murasaki won medium-heavyweight with two submissions, and Fellipe Andrew took heavyweight on his 32nd birthday.

Adrian Roberto leaves with double gold

At ultra-heavyweight, Adrian Roberto beat Thierry Felipe of Marcio André in the final. Thierry, who got his black belt in September and won the open class at the Sacramento Fall Open in his black belt debut, had beaten DreamArt’s Pietro Emanuel to reach the final and took silver.

In the afternoon, Adrian came back for the open class and got through three opponents on his way to the final: Thiago Cesar de Andrade Silva, super-heavyweight champion Guilherme Cypriano and, in the semifinal, Luiz Victor Maxnuk, the medium-heavyweight runner-up. On the other side of the bracket, João Vitor Venancio beat Matheus Souza Pereira in the semifinal. Andy Murasaki was registered for the open class but did not compete in it.

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Adult male black belt results

• Light feather: 1. Mateus Felipe de Souza Porto (Gracie Barra), 2. Lukas Freitas Pessoa (Inspirit Jiu-Jitsu), 3. Errol Justin Field (Jiu-Jitsu Methods) and João Paulo Gomes Loiola (Unique Logic)
• Feather: 1. Cleber de Sousa Fernandes (Alliance), 2. Seungmoon Baek (Gile Ribeiro Korea)
• Light: 1. Wesley Patrick Possamai (Marcio André), 2. Gabriel da Luz Costa (AOJ), 3. Felipe Makoto Ono de Souza (Alliance) and Marcos Cesar Assunção (Gracie Barra)
• Middle: 1. Luan Yudi Hukami Marques (Atos), 2. Hugo Alonso Le Metour (AOJ), 3. Sevada Ara Khashadoorian (Gracie Barra)
• Medium heavy: 1. Andy Murasaki (AOJ), 2. Luiz Victor Maxnuk (Marcio André), 3. João Vitor Venancio (Atos)
• Heavy: 1. Fellipe Andrew (Del Mar Jiu-Jitsu Club), 2. Samir Abdol Kader (Carlson Gracie Team), 3. Dory Raymond Aoun (Lucas Leite/Hustle BJJ)
• Super heavy: 1. Guilherme Carmo Cypriano (Central Coast Fortaleza), 2. Thiago Cesar de Andrade Silva (Unique Logic)
• Ultra heavy: 1. Adrian Roberto (Atos), 2. Thierry Felipe (Marcio André), 3. Pietro Emanuel do Amaral Leal (DreamArt)
• Open class: 1. Adrian Roberto (Atos), 2. João Vitor Venancio (Atos), 3. Luiz Victor Maxnuk (Marcio André) and Matheus Souza Pereira (Unity Jiu-Jitsu)

Mariana Rolszt wins the women’s open class

In the adult female black belt division, Gracie Humaitá’s Mariana Cabral Rolszt won light feather and the open class, finishing ahead of Alliance teammates Luiza Riberti Sileci and Rachel Michelle Nelson. Luiza took lightweight and Rachel took medium-heavyweight. Each of the three weight classes had one athlete registered.

• Light feather: Mariana Cabral Rolszt (Gracie Humaitá)
• Light: Luiza Riberti Sileci (Alliance)
• Medium heavy: Rachel Michelle Nelson (Alliance)
• Open class: 1. Mariana Cabral Rolszt (Gracie Humaitá), 2. Luiza Riberti Sileci (Alliance), 3. Rachel Michelle Nelson (Alliance)

Master black belt champions

In the masters divisions, Gracie Barra legend Otávio Sousa won super-heavyweight and the open class at Master 2. On the women’s side, CheckMat’s Bárbara Gomes Pires won featherweight and the open class at Master 3. Champions by division:

Master 1

• Light feather: Johnathan Frank Rodrigues (Gracie Barra)
• Light: Gabriel Marangoni de Oliveira (Caio Terra Association)
• Middle: Caio Caetano Soares (One Jiu-Jitsu USA)
• Ultra heavy: Marcus Antonio Guedes Salerno (Gracie Barra)
• Open class: Tehau Tu Paul Sanford (Alliance)

Master 2

• Light: Brian John Morizi (Siri BJJ)
• Middle: Alexander Charles Yablong (Easton BJJ)
• Medium heavy: Rehan Muttalib (Varsity Jiu-Jitsu)
• Super heavy: Otávio Sousa (Gracie Barra)
• Ultra heavy: Luis Fernando Vieira Nunes Freire (Gracie Barra)
• Open class: Otávio Sousa (Gracie Barra)
• Women’s rooster: Nora Ticha Levy-Forsythe (Alliance)
• Women’s light feather: Marné Ann Chiccarelli (Carpio Jiu-Jitsu)
• Women’s light: Clara Young Fujii (Triunfo BJJ)
• Women’s middle: Chelsie Rose Fogolin (Triunfo BJJ)
• Women’s open class: Jessica Jean Sanchez Ackerman (Camarillo Jiu-Jitsu)

Master 3

• Light feather: Glauco Simim Lima (Carlson Gracie Team)
• Light: Philipe Cançado Della Monica (Gracie Barra)
• Middle: Diogo Maltarollo (Gracie Barra)
• Medium heavy: Ryan Jon Schneider (AOJ)
• Heavy: Adam Jeffrey Schmaltz (Mission Grappling Club)
• Super heavy: Jason Scott Ackerman (Camarillo Jiu-Jitsu)
• Ultra heavy: Eric Mathew Geib (Gracie Allegiance)
• Open class: Eric Mathew Geib (Gracie Allegiance)
• Women’s feather: Bárbara Gomes Pires (CheckMat)
• Women’s open class: Bárbara Gomes Pires (CheckMat)

Master 4

• Feather: Thomas Matthew Wortman (AOJ)
• Light: Michael Paul Russell (Nishii BJJ)
• Middle: Rodrigo Pereira da Costa (Unit One Jiu-Jitsu)
• Medium heavy: Felipe Ferreira Guedes (Gracie Barra)
• Heavy: Adam Joseph Burridge (Paragon BJJ)
• Super heavy: Omar Sabha (Triunfo BJJ)
• Ultra heavy: Christopher Thomas Schommer (Kioto BJJ)
• Open class: Omar Sabha (Triunfo BJJ)

Master 5

• Feather: Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior (Gracie Humaitá)
• Light: Scott M. Lowder (R1NG BJJ)
• Middle: Peter Takis G. Katsoulis (Gracie Fighter)
• Super heavy: Patrick Brennan Ewald (Gracie Barra)
• Ultra heavy: Alexandre Guido Reis (Meraki BJJ)
• Open class: Omar Antonio Lima Salum Junior (Gracie Humaitá)

Master 6

• Light: Rodrigo Gama Medeiros (Carlson Gracie Team)
• Middle: Jason Adam Ross (Carlson Gracie Team)
• Medium heavy: Robert Barron Mena (Honor Roll BJJ)
• Heavy: Michael Stephen Donovan (Gracie Humaitá)
• Super heavy: Sean Douglas Starn (Grappling Unlimited)
• Ultra heavy: Ira Edmund Daugherty (CheckMat)
• Open class: Sean Douglas Starn (Grappling Unlimited)

Master 7

• Light: Wellington Leal Dias (Gracie Humaitá)
• Middle: Matthew Clyde Grant (Higher Ground BJJ)
• Super heavy: Oscar Enrique C. Lopez (DRM Jiu-Jitsu)
• Ultra heavy: Michael Ira Krasner (R1NG BJJ)
• Open class: Wellington Leal Dias (Gracie Humaitá)

Gracie Barra leads the team standings

In the partial standings released by the IBJJF at the end of Saturday, counting all belts, Gracie Barra led the academy ranking with 181 points, followed by AOJ (166), Alliance (165), Carlson Gracie Team (94) and Atos (88).

Who heads into The Crown in the best shape after the Orange County Open? Let us know in the comments.

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