LA GRAND SLAM: WHO’S REGISTERED SO FAR

Athletes of all nationalities have two weeks left to register for the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour Los Angeles, which takes place September 23-24, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in downtown LA. For the third year, the event lands in the USA for the second of five stages of the 2017/2018 season. The final registration deadline is September 19. Once again, competitors can expect the level of professionalism and production that is the trademark of UAEJJF events.

The 2017/2018 season of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour will award almost $700,000 in prizes for champions of selected divisions in all belt colors and age categories. The event in Los Angeles alone is set to award over $125,000 in prizes. The two days of Jiu-Jitsu in LA (Gi and No-Gi) will feature a stellar roster of well known names in the black belt division. With two weeks left before the final registration deadline, here are some of the names already registered to compete in LA.

Adult Male Black Belt

56kg – Alexis Alducin, Rodnei Junior, João Carlos Kurakoa, Lucas Pinheiro, Jose Lima, Jorge Nakamura

62kg – Nobuo Yagai, Hiago George

69kg – Alexandre Vieira, Mario Silva, Thiago Lemos, Bruno Carvalho, Brian Mahecha, Kevin Mahecha, Victor Moraes

77kg - Mateus Garcia, Gabriel Fonseca, Yan Paiva, Diego Ramalho, Kauan Barboza, Jaime Canuto, Isaque Bahiense, Bret Russell, Francisco Iturralde, Andris Brunovskis, Yago Espindola, Johnny Tama

85kg - Sergio Rios, Lucas Freitas, Steven Silva, Dante Leon, Victor Silvério, Carlos Farias

94kg – Adam Wardzinski, Fernando Tsushima, Patrick Gaudio, Helton Junior

110kg – Alexander Trans, Gustavo Dias, Felipe Matos, Igor Silva

Adult Female Brown/Black Belt

49kg – Mayssa Bastos

55kg – Ana Carolina Schimitt, Gabrielle Lima, Amanda Nogueira, Rita Gribben. Livia Gluchowska

62kg – Elizabeth Exell, Maxine Thylin, Nathalie Ribeiro, Larissa Paes, Luiza Monteiro

70kg – Jessica dos Santos, Erin Herle, Ana Carolina Srour, Thamara Silva

90kg – Alejandra Gonzalez, Claudia Doval, Nathiely de Jesus

Click here to register now.

Here are the remaining Grand Slam events for the 2017/2018 Season.

Abu Dhabi Gand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour Los Angeles

September 23-24, 2017

LA Convention Center

Registration period: May 1^st – August 22^nd (Late registration September 19^th)

More info: https://events.uaejjf.org/event/9

Abu Dhabi Gand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour Rio de Janeiro

November 10-12, 2017

Arena Carioca 3

Registration period: May 1^st – October 9^th (Late registration November 6^th)

More info: https://events.uaejjf.org/event/10

Abu Dhabi Gand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour Abu Dhabi

January 12-13, 2018

IPIC Arena

Registration period: May 1^st – December 11^th (Late registration January 8^th)

More info: https://events.uaejjf.org/event/11

Abu Dhabi Gand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour London

March 10-11, 2018

Copper Box Arena

Registration period: May 1^st – February 10^th (Late registration March 6^th)

More info: https://events.uaejjf.org/event/12