With the IBJJF recently announcing the cancellation of both the gi and no gi editions of the World Championships this year, this meant that the no gi Pan-Ams was the final major event of the year. ATOS made a huge impression as the openweight division was closed out by Kaynan Duarte and Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa, after both men won their respective weight-classes with relative ease.
Kennedy Maciel also extended his phenomenal form this year by beating three top-tier grapplers on the way to a gold medal after falling just short in this year’s gi edition.