DALLAS, TX, August 14, 2011 – It was a long, action-packed day yesterday at the Dallas Convention Center as over 850+ grapplers made the pilgrimage to the Europa 2011 tournament put on by Seth Daniels (F2W), Brett Boyce (WGC), and crew. As part of the 2011 EUROPA Super Show & Supplement Expo, this grappling tournament drew talent from all around the state, making it one of the biggest competitions seen in Texas this year.
As far as big winners go, Arsenal BJJ’s Carlos Diego Ferreira came up aces once again in winning the black belt and advanced absolute divisions – netting him about $1,500 of prize money. In the brown belt absolutes Nova Uniao representative Kaue Vitorino Damasceno won impressively, taking out J.J. Holmes (Alliance) in the final match of the division. His teammate Marcio Andre also scored well in winning his purple belt division while Isaque Basiense did the same in his teen bracket. There were many other performances worthy of mention but it’d be impossible to get all the names so we’ll just wait for the official results from the event organizers.
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Europa Dallas 2011 – Event Photos
- Kids and Teens Divisions
- Women’s Divisions
- Men’s No GI Divisions
- Men’s GI Divisions
- Coaches and Crowd Shots
Also, click here for 80+ match videos from Europa Dallas 2011. Thanks to Vincent Serrano and Kris Calimbas for help filming!
We now leave you with some of the top performances of the day (that we were able to record), courtesy of the Texas Grappling Channel.
Marcio Andre versus Clayton “Sunshine” Robinson
Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Josh Rosholt
Chris Westfall vs. Gustavo Carpio
JJ Holmes vs. Chris Spicer
Isaque Bahiense vs. Darren Willingham
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