The 2008 Worlds takes place on August 5 – 8 at the Cal State Long Beach Pyrmaid in Long Beach, Ca. With the registration closed and completed the competitors are locked into their weight categories giving us a chance for an early handicap. It is important to note some absences such as Romulo Barral, Robert Drysdale, Fernando "Margarida" and Jeff Glover along with some notable returns for Rafael "Gordinho" and Leo Leite. While the field of top competitors is wide and results are always influenced by the brackets Kid will take a stab at an early handicap. Note that I am simply selecting my favorites in each weight division (sorry if I overlooked anyone) and listing them without regard for finishing order. So here it is:
Rooster: Bruno Malfacine & Felipe Costa
Super Feather: Samuel Braga, Bernardo Pitel & Dai Yoshioka
Feather: Rubens "Cobrinha", Bruno Frazatto & Mario Reis
Light: Celso Vinicius, Lucas Lepri, Jonatas Gurgel & Daisuke Suge
Medium: Kron Gracie, Guto Campos, Tiago Alves, Vitor Estima, Gregor Gracie, Bill Cooper & Mike Fowler
Medium-Heavy (Perhaps the hardest division in the event): Andre Galvao, Braulio Estima, Murilo Santana, Flavio Cachorrinho & Otavio Souza
Heavy: "Xande" Ribeiro, Roberto "Tussa", Tarsys Humphries & Alxandre Souza
Super-Heavy: "Cyborg" Abreu, Rafael Lovato JR, Rodrigo "Comprido", Antonio Braga Neto & Roberto Tozi
Super-Super Heavy: Roger Gracie, Luis Felipe "Big Mac" Gabriel Vella & Leo Leite
Ladies:
Super-Feather: Michelle Nicollini, Takako Abe & Carnia Damm
Feather: Bianca Barreto, LAurence Cousin, Leticia Ribeiro & Sayaka Shioda
Light: Kyra Gracie & Gabriela Bermudez
Medium: Sophia Mc Dermott & Hanette Staack
Medium-Heavy: Luka Dias, Penny Thomas & Christina Thomas
Heavy: Gabrielle Garcia & Mario do Carmo
These are my picks . . what are yours????
Also check out my early reviews of the Absolute: https://adcombat.com/Article.asp?Author_ID=1&Article_ID=15543 & https://adcombat.com/Article.asp?Author_ID=1&Article_ID=15580
With the absence of the notables above the chances for Roger, Xande & Lovato (as if they needed help) to win it all greatly increase.
Now go train Jiu-Jitsu,
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