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Gutemberg Pereira: The Path to Double Gold at No-Gi Worlds

Gutemberg Pereira: The Path to Double Gold at No-Gi Worlds

GF Team super heavyweight brown belt Gutemberg Pereira conquered the double gold at No-Gi Worlds last weekend in Long Beach, California, winning both his we

Nov 11, 2015 by FloGrappling
Gutemberg Pereira: The Path to Double Gold at No-Gi Worlds
GF Team super heavyweight brown belt Gutemberg Pereira conquered the double gold at No-Gi Worlds last weekend in Long Beach, California, winning both his weight class and the openweight division.

We had included Pereira on our list of 6 brown belts to watch at No-Gi Worlds, and he proved his place on that list by ascending to the top of the podium twice in the same weekend.

Here’s what Gutemberg had to say about the experience – below we’ve included his original text in Portuguese / Portugues abaixo.


Every time I look at the medals I smile to myself, because this championship was very important to me. Last year I won as purple belt – weight and openweight – and this year as brown I won weight and openweight as well. So whenever I look at them they look back at me with shining eyes as if they wanted to say ‘congratulations’! Haha! But I’m still ecstatic, I’m so happy!

About my matches: I had 7 fights in total, three in my division and four in the absolute. I began the tournament well, thanks God. My first fight was against a Russian, when you fight with a Russian you know he’s going to be strong, and he was no different! I stayed strong but managed to submit him. The second I managed to link my guard passes together well, kept my workrate high and submitted him (that was the semi-final).

I went into the final against a really tough dude from ATOS, Jimmy Friedrich, I tried to impose my game but he’s really flexible and and like the 50-50 guard, every time I tried to pass he would put me in that ‘bullshit’ haha! I managde to get an advantage for passing, and it was with that I became champion!

In the final I started well finishing my first match, and in the second I fought with a really tough guy I respect a lot in Gabriel Arges. We had a war, thanks God I managed to put a little of what wrestling I’d learned into practice and it gave me four points in the match. The match ended 6-6 with one advantage to me, and I went through to the semi-final.

In the semis I met Jimmy once again, but he didn’t put me in that damn 50-50 haha! I tried passing but I couldn’t secure position. The fight ended with 2 advantages and I went through to the final. In the final I managed to get my guard game going, I’ve got a pretty good guard that sometimes pulls off some good stuff haha! I got a beautiful triangle and finished the fight and I cried like a little baby with happiness.

Portugues abaixo

EntĂ£o, toda hora eu olho pra elas ainda e fico sorrindo sozinho, porque esse campeonato foi muito importante pra mim, ano passado conseguir ganhar de roxa, peso e absoluto e esse ano de marrom peso e absoluto tambĂ©m, entĂ£o sempre quando olho pra ela, ela olha de volta pra mim com os olhos brilhando (risos) como se quisesse me dizer parabĂ©ns (mais risos), mas estou no momento Ăªxtase ainda, estou muito Feliz!

Sobre minhas lutas : Fiz 7 lutas no total, 3 na categoria e 4 no absoluto! Comecei o Campeonato bem graças a Deus, minha primeira luta foi contra um russo, quando vocĂª luta com um russo, vocĂª jĂ¡ vai sabendo que vai fazer muita força (risos) e nĂ£o foi diferente, fiz uma forcinha mas conseguir finalizar, a segunda conseguir conectar bem minhas passagens de guarda e meu giro e finalizei a segunda (semi-final) e fui pra final com um mlk muito duro da Atos o James Friedrich, tentei começar a impor meu jogo, mas ele Ă© bem flexĂ­vel e gosta do jogo de 50x50, toda vez que eu tentava passar ele me colocava nessa "maldita" (risos), conseguir fazer uma vantagem de passagem, e foi com ela que conseguir ser CampeĂ£o!

No absoluto eu comecei bem finalizando a Primeira e na segunda luta lutei com um mlk muito duro que eu respeito muito, que Ă© o Gabriel Arges, agente fez uma guerra, graças a Deus conseguir colocar um pouco do que eu aprendi de wrestling na luta e foi o que me deu 4 pontos na luta, a luta terminou 6 X 6 e 1 vantagem pra mim e conseguir passar para semifinal, na semi me deparo novamente com o James o da final da categoria, mas agora ele nĂ£o me colocou na "maldita" 50x50 (risos) fiz algumas tentativas de passagem, mas nĂ£o conseguir estabilizar terminou a luta por Duas vantagens e conseguir passar pra final, Na final conseguir conectar bem o meu jogo de guarda, tenho uma guardinha que de vez em quando sai umas gracinhas (muitos risos), e na final saiu um bonito TriĂ¢ngulo e conseguir finalizar a luta e chorar que nem um bebezinho de felicidade.