Okay, I got in trouble about this (Hi Sam:-) ), so here's an update on the current happenings with the alliance team...
The Alliance team recently had it's team selection tournament for the upcoming Brasileiro de Equipes. Here are some of the results and team make-ups:
Black/Brown over 73kg Team A:
-Fábio Gurgel
-Roberto Traven
-Cláudio Moreno
-Rodrigo Medeiros
-Leonardo Leite
Black/Brown under 73kg Team A:
-Leonardo Vieira
-Muzio D'Angeles
-Roni Cardoso
-Marcos Escobar
-Fernando Tererê
Black/Brown over 73kg Team B:
-Eduardo "Jamelão" Conceição
-Felipe Moreno
-Denis Machado
-Fabricio Martins
-Marcos Meireles
Purple/Blue under 65kg Team A:
-Felipe P.da Costa e Silva
-Gabriel Cardoso
-Ricardo Vieira
-Tiago "File"
-Adriano
Some Details:
-Fábio Gurgel defeated Juninho in 2 min. and defeated Marcelo "Viking" Alonso by disqualification
-Roberto Traven didn't fight, but because of his excellent performance at Abu Dhabi, he was put on the team
-Rodrio "Comprido" Medeiros defeated Marcos Meirelles in a 0x0 fight with no advantages, judges decision. A very tough fight.
-Cláudio Moreno defeated Márcio Figueiredo by 6x0 and defeated Grandão by 1 advantage
-Leonardo Leite defeated Dennis Machado by 3x2 and Fabrício Depes by 8x0
-José Mário Esfinha defeated Nei Faustinho by 12x0 and lost to Comprindo by 2x0
-Jamelão lost to Fabrício Depes by choke and defeated Dennis Machado
-Marcos Meirelles lost to Comprido by 0x0 with no advantages and defeated Nei Seda
-Felipe Moreno lost to Viking by 0x0 with no advantages, judges decision (tough fight), and defeated Juninho by 10x0 and Grandão by 2x0
-Fabrício Depes defeated Jamelão by choke and lost to Leonardo Leite.
Roberto Traven won the absolute division at Abu Dhabi earlier this month. All of the Brazilian present got together to pick one person to represent them in the absolute, and they picked Roberto. I think this shows the great respect and honor for Roberto that the fighters have.
The Master Atlanta team went to Auburn earlier this month for the quarterly Jiu-Jitsu tournament, and came home with vertually all of the trophies. We will list the details as soon as we get them.
Some of the Master Atlanta team members fought in the Submission Fighting Open in Griffin Ga last month. The team had 10 fights total. They won 9 of their fights, and 8 were won by submission. The winners included Samual Joseph (arm bar), Bull Shaw (2 rear naked chokes), Robdrigo Medeiros (armlock, armbar, both in under 40 sec.), Byron Stone (armlock), and Phillip Smith (rear naked, armbar). Congradulations to all of the guys.
Fábio Gurgel will be giving a seminar in New York at Fábio Clemente's academy on March 27, 1999. He is hoping to be able to stop in at Master Atlanta before going back to Brazil.
December 21, 1998 - Here is some more information on the Copacabana and Copa Hunter fights for the Alliance Team...
Felipe Moreno avenged the losses of himself and Cláudio Moreno to Marcel Ferreira by defeating him on Sunday in the Heavyweight Open Class brown belt division of the Copa Hunter Tournament. On a side note, Marcel was scheduled to be promoted to black belt today. Congradulations for the victory Felipe!
José Mário "Esfinha" lost his black belt match to Leonardo Dalla on Sunday, but put on a very good performance, only loosing to 1 advantage point in a 0x0 fight. Congradulations Esfinha!
Gabriel Napão defeated Felipe Moreno to win the Heavy Open Class for the BrownBelt - Copa Hunter
Fernando Tererê defeated Guerrinha by points to win the Light Open Class for the Brownbelt - Copa Hunter
Copa Hunter SuperLiga tournament single fights:
Brown Belts:
José Mario "Esfinha" MacCordi defeated Andre Mendes by 2x1 advantages (Esfinha was promoted to black belt after the fight)
Bruno Raso defeated Nei Seda by 9x0 (takedown, guard pass, and mount)
Haroldo Bunn defeated Guerrinha by leglock
Rodrigo "Comprido" Medeiros defeated Carlos "Xuxu" Chermont by kimura
Marcel Ferreira defeated Felipe Moreno by 2x0 on a sweep
Fernando Tererê defeated Rogerinho by 8x2
Black belts
Otavio "Ratinho" Couto defeated Tiago Asfora by 2x0 advantages
Pedro Duarte defeated Múzio de Angelis by points
Fernando "Magrão" Gurgel defeated Guilhobel by 2x0 advantages
In the Copacabana -
"Leca" Vieira (Dojô) defeated Daniela Paiva (Alliance) - 6 x 6 (points); 5 x 3 (advantages)
Marcel Ferreira (Carlson Gracie) defeated Cláudio Moreno (Alliance) - 2 x 0(points)
Daniel Simões (Gracie Barra) defeated Roberto Traven (Alliance) - 0 x 0 (points); 1x0 (advantage)
Saulo Ribeiro (Gracie Humaitá) defeated Fábio Gurgel (Alliance) - 0 x 0 (points); 2 x 0 (advantages)
Congradulations to the winners and to all of the Alliance fighters for their efforts and good performances.
