By Guilherme Cruz

Report by Eduardo Ferreira, directly from California

Photos Monte Massey

World champion in the blue and purple belts, Ary Farias, the Aryzinho (Checkmat), won one more title to his collection. In action at the World Championship of Jiu-Jitsu with the purple belt, the fighter took home the gold medal among the feathers.

Finalizing all his opponents, Aryzinho repeated the dose against Samir Chantre (Carlson Gracie) in the semifinal, with an key lock, in just 94 seconds. To face Aryzinho in the final, Bruno Sena beat his opponent in the semifinal. After opening 6x0 on the scoreboard, the athlete of the Nova União ended with a bottleneck, with just over three minutes of fight.

Coming with moral to the final, Bruno ended defeated in only 48 seconds. Finalizing again standing, Aryzinho got the title for Checkmate. "It’s a position that I don’t even like a lot, but is championship and nobody can play... Here the son cries, the mother and father watch, but can’t help", plays the fighter, celebrating another title, full of finalizations on the road.

"Thank God I finalized all my fights, I’m very happy... This is the result of a very intense training for a time that I spent training with the Megaton. For two months, he gave me a lot of support, then I came to Los Angeles and stayed a week training with Lucas, Cavaca, Leozinho, the whole gang. Thank God I got here doing the soft Jiu-Jitsu", recalls the brown belt, who still doesn’t think on getting the black belt.

"Is everyone putting a pressure in me, saying that I have to get the black... I have about six or seven months of brown belt. What happens is that, for you to get the black belt, you get with a more technical Jiu-Jitsu, but the guys that are there for a longer time has more man strength, experience and cunning... And I’m just with 18 years old”, ended the champion. Even with the second place, Bruno Sena, who didn’t compete for six years, received the black belt after the final.