Highlights of 2018

It’s been another amazing year for team ATOS, and we look forward to another fantastic year!

Highlights from 2018:

January

Europeans marks the first major event of the year, and as always Atos Jiu Jitsu had a great showing! We had 11 athletes from Atos HQ competing, and collectively they won 3 bronze, 2 silver, and 6 gold.

Conner DeAngelis: Purple Belt Heavyweight champion

Pete O’neal: Purple Belt Heavyweight Bronze Medalist

Jonnatas Gracie: Brown Belt Middleweight Champion

Dominique Bell: Brown Belt Middle Heavy Champion

Kaynan Duarte: Brown Belt Heavyweight Silver Medalist & Absolute Champion

Pablo Mantovani: Black Belt Light-Featherweight Bronze Medalist

Keenan Cornelius: Black Belt Heavyweight Champion

Keenan and Lucas: Closed out the absolute division

February

In February Atos Jiu Jitsu swept the IBJJF Kids Pan Ams event yet again with our sixth consecutive team title. Kid’s Pans is the most prestigious event for youths ranging from grey/white to green belt. Collectively the kid’s from Atos HQ won 8 gold, 7 silver, and 7 bronze medals. We are extremely proud of our kids program and we look forward to another great year.

Overall

1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 275

2 – Gracie Barra – 269

3 – Alliance – 264

Mighty-Mite

1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 37

2 – Coyote Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy – 18

3 – Rodrigo Freitas Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu – 15

Junior

1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 106

2 – CheckMat – 89

3 – Gracie Barra – 79

March

Atos followed up the success at Pan Kids with another outstanding performance at Pans, winning the adult male team title by a huge margin. We racked up more points then 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place combined. The Atos women’s team also had a fantastic showing winning the 2nd place team trophy, just barely missing out on the female team title by 9 points. The Atos ladies showed the world that they are a force to be reckoned with, and look to claim their first place spot at worlds.

Adult Male

1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 142

2 – Alliance – 60

3 – Cicero Costha Internacional – 44

4 – GF Team – 30

5 – Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu – 21

6 – Team Lloyd Irvin – 19

7 – Ns Brotherhood – 18

8 – CheckMat – 18

9 – Unity Jiu-jitsu – 17

10 – Brasa CTA – 14

Adult Female

1 – Alliance – 44

2 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 36

3 – Gracie Humaita – 33

4 – Gracie Barra – 29

5 – CheckMat – 28

6 – Soul Fighters BJJ – 22

7 – GF Team – 18

8 – Infight JJ – 18

9 – Ares BJJ – 18

10 – Team Lloyd Irvin – 16

Juvenile

1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 87

2 – Gracie Barra – 52

3 – Alliance – 48

4 – GF Team – 39

5 – Team Lloyd Irvin – 33

6 – Brasa CTA – 18

7 – Carlson Gracie Team – 16

8 – Maracaba BJJ – 14

9 – Evox BJJ – 12

10 – Paragon BJJ Academy – 10

Atos closed out multiple divisions from blue belt all the way up to black belt. The team as a whole won a total of 81 medals: 30 gold, 24 silver, and 27 bronze.

June

Atos became the best team in the world for the second year in row! As a team Atos won over 50 medals (15 Gold, 17 Silver, and 22 Bronze). We look forward to defending our title again in 2019.

Adult Male Team Title

1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 114

2 – Alliance – 89

3 – CheckMat – 56

Overall Novice Team Title

1 – Atos Jiu-Jitsu – 36

2 – CheckMat – 28

3 – Ralph Gracie – 27

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December

We topped the year off by winning our fifth consecutive No Gi World Adult Male team title. We are not only the best team in the world for adults and kids in gi, but for no-gi as well! The team pulled together as one unit the entire year, and we are so proud of all of you.