Mayko Araujo took 3rd place in his Men’s Black Belt Division!

Way to go team!

Results:

Josh Prokosch – Josh won first 2 matches and lost this 3rd. Way to go Josh!

Kevin Skadsheim – Kevin won his first match and lost his second by 3 points.

Ethan Baumann – Ethan unfortunately lost his first match but he did a great job!

Javen Guzik – Javen lost his first match. This was Javen’s first time competing in an IBJJF competition as a Blue belt and we are very proud of his performance!

Michelle Donovan – Michelle got a bi in her first round, won her second round fight via submission and lost her 3rd fight in the semi-finals by a 2 point sweep. Great job Michelle!

JD Stevenson- JD lost his first match via points but had an excellent match!

Mayko Araujo – Mayko lost his first match against a World Champion.

Karen Antunes – Karen won her first match! She went to the finals against Mackenzie Dern and lost a close decision. Karen made it to the podium and won Bronze!

Way to go everyone!

Results:
Professor Mayko took Gold in his Black belt Gi Division and Bronze in No- Gi.
Dave took Gold in his Brown Belt No- Gi Division and Silver in Gi.
Lemmy took Silver in his Brown Belt Gi division.
Ethan lost his 3rd match in Gi and came back to take 3rd in his Blue belt No- Gi group.

Results:

Lemmy had a very exciting and impressive match but unfortunately lost due to points.

Dave won GOLD at the IBJJF Pans in the Masters 2 Brown belt division! Congratulations Dave!

Karen won SILVER at the IBJJF Pans in the Women’s Black belt division! She lost an incredibly close match against Mackenzie Dern due to advantage points (score was tied 4-4). This is a huge accomplishment for Coach Karen as Mackenzie Dern is ranked the #1 Female Adult Black belt with nearly 500 points over the second ranked female

Congratulations to all of our competitors!

Coach Karen Antunes Borges won her 4th IBJJF World Title by winning Gold in the Women’s Black Belt Lightweight Division. She won her first match by triangle and won her second match by guillotine!

Kevin Skadsheim won Bronze in the Men’s Masters 1, Blue Belt, Medium-Heavy Division! Kevin won his first two matches to make it to the medal rounds. He lost his match in the semi-finals by 2 points. Kevin is the first BJJ student from The Cellar to medal at IBJJF Worlds, Congratulations Kevin!

In the Men’s Black Belt, Featherweight Division, Coach Mayko Araujo Borges lost his match against the VERY tough Vitor Peres. The final score was 2-2, but Mayko lost by an advantage point. As bad luck would have it, both Mayko and Ethan had to compete at the exact same time.

Ethan Baumann won his first match of the Men’s Blue Belt, Middleweight Division, but lost his second match by armbar.

In her first match Karen faced Luiza Monteiro, a 4x Black Belt World Champion and 5x Pan American Champion (to name a few of her titles). Monteiro was viewed as one of the favorites to win the entire tournament and the $10,000 cash prize. She started out strong against Karen, pulling guard and getting two sweeps to take a 4-0 lead during the match. But in the blink of an eye Karen was able to recover her guard and throw up a lightning fast triangle choke and lock it in tight. Karen then switched to the triangle+armlock to get the submission win.

In her second match Karen challenged another BJJ World Champion in Nyjah Rollins. Karen was able to execute a sweep and a guard pass to get the win on points 7-0.

In the finals Karen met 14x World Champion, Mackenzie Dern. Unfortunately Dern was too much for Karen on this day and got the submission win. Karen settled for second place and a cash prize of $5,000. But more importantly, she made a huge name for herself on one of the biggest stages for female jiu jitsu! At one point the PPV commentators were going nutz talking about Karen and her underdog victories over Monteiro and Rollins and how a star had been born in Women’s BJJ in the form of Karen Antunes.

Congratulations Karen, we are so proud of you and so excited to begin working with you at The Cellar Gym! Congratulations to Coach Mayko as well!