In the adult black-belt competitions, the young Guthierry Barbosa has been leading a new crop of talent
From Canada, where he lives and teaches BJJ, Pedro Lott is able to follow the evolution of the Carlson Gracie team in competitions. The team recently had outstanding performances in IBJJF events as well as superfight events, where Guthierry Barbosa’s star shone bright in three editions of Copa Podio.
In the Jiu-Jitsu Con stage and the Master Worlds, held by the IBJJF a month ago in the same week, Pedro had four students win gold and six more win silver. A good result for the team, which turned its attention toward competition in 2021.
“The result was very good; the team is evolving a great deal. The athletes are progressively more aware of the rules, the training is well structured, and the result could not have been different! I’m super happy with the result, man! Team Carlson Gracie place third overall at the Master Worlds—we’re a real threat again! It’s some very serious work that’s being done by Master Carlson Gracie Jr; he’s getting the team together again. It’s a very hard tournament, and we did great. Out of the champions, I want to point to my student Ahmad Kabalan, who was the master-3 champion in the black-belt feather division. He was a Pan champion in the brown belt as well, so I could make him a black-belt, after five matches, including a win over Ranieri (Mike) in the final,” said Pedro in a recent interview.
In the adult black-belt competitions, the young Guthierry Barbosa has been leading a new crop of talent. He now owns three Copa Podio trophies, including a win in the lightweight GP and two in middleweight GPs held in 2020 and 2021.
“Guthierry certainly is our team’s standout in the black belt. He’s coming off of some excellent campaigns in Copa Podio. We also have other strong names like Matheus Nascimento, Celson Ricardo, Alexandre Molinaro, Pedro Dias, Juan Lopes, plus the new generation. There’s also Pedro Dias, a silver medalist for two years straight in the IBJJF Pan in the black belt. Team Carlson Gracie is coming in really strong this season,” Lott said.
For the next season, which starts in January, Pedro wants his team focused on the main IBJJF competitions, especially the Master Worlds.
