MANILA, Philippines — Sixteen Filipino jiu-jitsu practitioners scored gold medals at the recent Sports Jiu-jitsu International Federation World Championship in Nagoya, Japan.
Headlining the champions was Brielle Bartolome, who won both in the gi and no gi divisions. Playing as a kindergarten featherweight in the no gi category, Bartolome submitted Peng Nian of China via armbar to win the gold in the first round. Bartolome then outpointed Nishimoto Wakana of Japan to rule the kindergarten gi rooster-weight division gold medal. Also dominating the field was youth light featherweight no gi fighter Marcus Dela Cruz, who submitted all his opponents en route to the gold.
Pre-teen no gi middleweight Thiago Bartolome also submitted his way to the championship after forcing Laptev Maksim to tap out after an Americana hold.'I am very happy that our Philippine Junior Grappling Team comprised of different DEFTAC chapters are showing everyone how hard they work and how good they really are,' DEFTAC and Universal Reality Combat Championship founder and President Alvin Aguilar said.
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