SRJJA News

The Master/Senior Worlds were held in Brazil the weekend of July 25^th. Gracie Humitia took home the Team Trophy for the six year in a row. Regis Lebre brought four guys including himself and they brought home four medals.  Gold medals went to Brian Rago (brown belt), John Padova (purple belt); Silver medals went to Regis (black belt) and John Disimone (brown belt).  As always Regis and his students were a force to be reckoned with.

Saulo will compete this coming weekend in the BJJ No Gi Worlds in California. He will be in the middle-heavy division; best of luck to him and the team.

Saulo/Xande student Fabricio “Morango” Camoes will be fighting Sam Morgan on Showtime’s ShoXC, August 15^th. It will air at 11:00pm.  Morango is coming off an impressive win over Joe Comacho; first round TKO. We will be cheering for you.

Xande will make his MMA debut in Japan on September 28^th, fighting in the SENGOKU show. His opponent has not yet been determined. We all know Xande is awesome and will continue his success in MMA as he does in both gi and no gi tournaments. This is great news for us Saulo and Xande students/fans; another step in their already awesome history.

Saulo’s book will be out by the end of September. He will be doing a number of book signings and will be in Toledo in November when we have the BADDOG MMA fights (exact date cannot be locked in but 60 days in advanced).

The SRJJA Annual tourney will be in Toledo on October 4^th.  This is a great time for all of us to hang out, learn from each other and watch some great matches. More details to come later.

Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez will be going to battle with Tiago “Pit Bull”Alves in the UFC on October 25^th in Chicago. This is a great opportunity for us in the Midwest to support and see the UFC live. With this win, it would be hard to imagine that Diego would not be up for a title shot; remember Diego is undefeated since training with the champs.

To contact Saulo or Xande, go to www.unijj.com (University of Jiu-Jitsu website!!!)