By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Anderson Fetter

Fábio Gurgel put the age barriers away. Celebrating his 40’s the leader of Alliance decided to fight between the young talents at 2010 European and went great on Lisbon, closing the heavy category with his student, Bernardo Farias.

“It was a nice experience. I decided to fight the grown up with 40 to celebrate my birthday and give an example not just to my students, but to everyone that pratice Jiu-Jitsu. The road is longer than looks like, you can keep in shape and health”, explains Gurgel, who submited the two fights before the final.

“Was very cool... And I could win, what was best“. Besides of the age, the Alliance’s General teels his birthday made any difference on his development on the Portuguese mats. “Competition is always though, but wasn’t a big problem. I do it for a long time. I don’t feel old“, guarantee, besides feeling the shorter break between one fight and other. “The worst was the transition between fights, but that wasn’t a big problem too“, finished.

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