Welcome to the first Fighters Market blog post of 2020! Hope you had a great New Years and are back on the mats training hard in the new decade. Today we take a look a the IBJJF Europeans which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal and has major black belts already signed up and are ready to go for the first major event of the year. Europeans will begin on January 20th and run until the 26th, it is the largest event of the year.
Adult Male Black Belt:
Rooster:
Tomoyuki Hashimoto- is a veteran of the division, finishing 3rd place 2x at worlds (2017/2018)
Thalison Vitorino Soares- Colored belt phenom who was recently promoted to black belt. He won his first major event at black belt a few weeks ago when he took gold at No Gi worlds
Light-Feather:
Hiago George Santos Silva- 1 of 4 Cicero Costha athletes signed up on the weight, Hiago is veteran making the podium at all the major events
Feather:
Isaac Doederlein- A black belt under Cobrinha,Brazilian Nationals Champion (2019) and World medalist (2019)
Leonardo Fernandes Saggioro- 2x Brazilian Nationals Champion and 2x World silver medalist
João Gabriel Batista de Sousa- #1 ranked UAEJJ athlete 2018-2019
Light
Vitor Henrique Silva Oliveira- 3x Masters World champion and 2x World Championship Medalist
Middle
Ronaldo Pereira de Souza Júnior-2x World champion at the colored belts ( 2019/2018)
Max Leonard Lindblad- Swedish born veteran
Medium-Heavy
Devhonte M. Johnson- A black belt under Murilo Santa with 3rd place finishes at No Gi worlds and No Gi Pans
Heavy
Dimitrius Soares Souza- 4x Brazilian Nationals Champion, European Champion, Pan American Champion and 2x World Championship Medalist
Jackson Sousa dos Santos- World Championship silver medalist and 4x No Gi World Championship medalist
Adam Wardzinski- Many time UAEJJ medalist and Pan American Silver medalist (2019)
Keenan Kai-James Cornelius - 3x Pan American champion, European champion and World Championship medalist
Super-Heavy
Patrick Pontes Moura Santos Gaudio - Pan American champion and 2x World Championship medalist
Adult Female Black Belt
Rooster
Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos- World champion, No Gi World champion, European champion, Pan American champion
Light-Feather
Ana Talita de Oliveira Alencar- World champion and 3x No Gi World champion
Feather
Bianca Barbosa Basilio- UAEJJ Grand Slam champion, ADCC champion (2019) and World Championship medalist
Light
Ffion Eira Davies- European champion, Brazilian Nationals champion, World medalist and ADCC medalist
Medium-Heavy
Claudia Fernanda Onofre Valim Doval- 3x World champion
The registration deadline in January 11th until then keep your eye on any late entries. The divisions are already filled with talent so we can look forward to another exciting event