Between Who’s Number One, Fight 2 Win, and the IBJJF Orlando Gi and No-Gi Open Atos athletes stayed busy. Here’s a review of the weekend.
Who’s Number One
Who’s Number One is Flograppling’s flagship professional jiu-jitsu event. They aim at curating a handful of the most relevant top ten match ups to find out who is number one, just as the name suggests. Length of match time is agreed upon by the fighters, some matches are fiffteen minutes, other are thirty, but they are all submission only.
At this weekend’s event event Rafaela Guedes took on Maggie Grindatti of Fight Sports and brought home a rear naked choke submission victory. Previously ranked number six the win boosted Rafaela in the rankings. Now, she is ranked number three in Flograppling’s women’s 145+ pound rankings for no-gi. And she’s still just less than a year in her black belt career!
After the match the women demonstrated the epitome of sportsmanship exchanging hugs and showing mutual respect.
Fight 2 Win
Fight 2 Win has been around for a while. They became the premier super fight, submission only promotion in recent years. Recently, they started hosting all women’s shows to highlight both up and coming and already established talent from the women’s divisions.
Atos went 2-0 at last weekend’s all female Fight2Win. Atos teen, Jadeya Reber, secured an armbar victory, while multiple time World Champion, Luiza Monteiro, took her victory by way of kneebar.
IBJJF Orlando Open Gi and No-Gi
Last, but certainly not least, IBJJF hosted the Gi and No-Gi Orlando International Open. Atos finished the weekend strong with four bronze, eight silver, and three gold medals. Congratulations, team!
Gi Medalists
Emilly Vasconcelos – Gold
Rafael Vasconcelos – Gold
Michael Liera Jr. – Silver
Allen Gabriel da Silva – Silver
Victor Alarcao – Silver
Rachel Ranschaul – Double Silver
Sophia Magana – Bronze
No-Gi Medalists
Calon Sabino – Gold (division), Bronze (Open Class)
Rachel Ranschaul – Double Silver
Sophia Magana – Silver
Michael Liera Jr. – Bronze Open Class