Amazing effort from the Absolute MMA Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team this weekend at the 2019 IBJJF Pan Pacific Championship! We would like to congratulate our fantastic team, who took away 23 medals as a whole, you all have shown extreme dedication and we appreciate all the tireless training that has been put into preparing for this competition!
We are so proud of all our team who competed in the Pan Pacs this year, and we hope that you all have come away inspired and motivated to improve, irrespective of whether you took away a medal or not. We cannot wait to see how your competition experience has enriched your BJJ game, and look forward to seeing how you all have improved on the mats! Special mention to Coach Cooper Burnham who took out Gold in the purple belt lightweight division, fighting through four hard matches to secure his position as champion. Great to see Cooper on the podium once again after a long battle with injuries earlier on this year! Congratulations also to Coach Livia Giles, who took away a double gold in both gi and no-gi this year, amazing work Liv!
Our total results for the Gi from the team are as follows:
Adult / Male / White / Feather – Jacob Chun Meng Kong (Bronze)
Adult / Male / White / Medium-Heavy – Gilberto Giorgianni (Bronze)
Adult / Male / Blue / Light-Feather – Brendi Lien Jun Ang (Bronze)
Adult / Male / Blue / Feather – Binh Le (Gold)
Adult / Male / Blue / Middle – Hugh A. Boyd (Silver)
Adult / Male / Blue / Ultra-Heavy – Luis Gabriel Contreras Olave (Gold)
Adult / Male / Purple / Light – Cooper Tye Burnham (Gold)
Adult / Male / Purple / Ultra-Heavy – Jayden Stein (Gold)
Adult / Male / Black / Middle – Gabriel Muniz da Conceição and Lachlan Warne (tied for Bronze)
Adult / Female / Blue / Middle – Brooke Butler (Gold)
Adult / Female / Purple / Light-Feather – Lauren Thompson (Silver), Chisaki Akiyama (Bronze)
Adult / Female / Purple / Light – Sarah Chapman (Gold)
Adult / Female / Purple / Open Weight – Sarah Chapman (Bronze)
Adult / Female / Black / Feather – Livia Giles (Gold)
Adult / Female / Black / Open Weight – Livia Giles (Bronze)
Master 1 / Male / Brown / Heavy – Evandro Carvalho (Silver)
Master 2 / Male / Brown / Ultra-Heavy – Doug Kaegi (Gold)
Master 2 / Female / White / Light – Alison Loft (Silver)
Master 3 / Female / Black / Light – Kim Cousins (Gold)
Master 3 / Female / Black / Open Weight – Kim Cousins (Gold)
Master 4 / Male / Purple / Open Weight – Darren Murphy (Gold)
Source: https://www.ibjjfdb.com/ChampionshipResults/1334/PublicResults