World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup


The Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition that takes place at the Zayed Sports City Tennis Complex in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates The tournament is managed by UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation. It draws hundreds of high caliber athletes every year
Supported personally by his Highness the Supreme Prince and Commander In Chief of the United Arab Emirates National Army, H. H. Sheik Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the inaugural 2009 tournament had the prize purse of US$111,000. This amount was increased further to US$150,000 in 2010 and is planned to increase to US$272,000 in 2011, which are the largest money prizes in history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments.
Participation in the trials is not mandatory; however the winners of the trials have an all expenses paid trip to Abu Dhabi for the tournament.

List Of Champions

2009-2011

2012-2014

2015

Year65 kg75 kg85 kg95 kg+95 kgAbsolute
2015 Gianni Grippo Lucas Lepri Leandro Lo Felipe Pena Marcus Almeida Marcus Almeida

2016

2017-2019

Year56 kg62 kg69 kg77 kg85 kg94 kg110 kg
2017 Rodnei Junior Mikey Musumeci Gianni Grippo Gabriel Arges Claudio Calasans Felipe Pena José Junior
2018 José Carlos Lima João Miyao Paulo Miyao Espen Mathiesen Isaque Braz Felipe Pena Erbeth Santos
2019 Hiago George Joao Batista De Souza Paulo Miyao Tommy Langaker Hudson Mateus Teles Kaynan Duarte Joao Rocha

Nogi World Cup

Results

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2010

Purple, Brown and Black Belts

Open Weight Champion received an additional $12,000 bonus.

White and Blue Belts

Female

World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2009

This was the year before the inaugural event...

Purple, Brown and Black Belts

White and Blue Belts