The 2008 Worlds BJJ No-Gi was like: Back to the future as traditional star came back to get what was theirs . Former World Champions Saulo Ribeiro, Daniel Moraes and Leticia Ribeiro came away with the Gold. Saulo defeated both Igor and Gregor Gracie to conquer the medium title, while Moraes bested Lucas Lepri for the medium and Leticia defeated current World Champion Miriam Cardoso to take her Gold in the Super-feather.
Other winners were:
Ladies:
Ana Laura Cordeiro defeating Penny Thomas (Medium- Heavy) and Katrina Weilbacher (Absolute)
Bianca Barreto over Felicia Oh via knee bar for the feather
Michelle Nicolini over Gabriela Bermudes via arm-lock for light
Gabriela Garcia over Katrina Weilbacher by 2 x 0 for the Heavy
Men:
Pablo Teixeira Rooster (No opponent)
Caio Terra over Rafael Freitas via foot-lock Super-feather
Bruno Frazatto over Denilson Pimenta points 4 x 4 adv 4 x0 Feather
Rubens "Cobrinha" Charles over Jeff Glover (advantage) Light
Roberto "Tussa" over Bruno Bastos by points (2×0) Heavy
Antonio Braga Neto over Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu Super-Heavy
Gabriel Vella over Rodrigo "Cavaca" points 2 x 0 Super-Super Heavy
Antonio Braga Neto over Gabriel Vella points 2 x 2 adv 3 x1 Absolute
Master and Seniors Winners included Cleber Luciano, Jack Mc Vicker, Paulo Guillobel, Roberto Godoi, Ricardo "Franjinha" Muller, Vinicius "Draculino" Magalhaes, Lloyd Irvin, Jorge Pereira, Ailson Brites, James "Avalanche" Boran and a host of others
Adult Team Results had:
1- Ralph Gracie
2- Check Mat
3- Alliance
