Dubai, UAE, September 24, 2018: Abu Dhabi King of Mats® second edition was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center with some tactical and action packed matches among ten of the best heavyweights in the black belt division, who competed for a combined total cash prize of $42,000. Erberth Santos won the title of the Abu Dhabi King of Mats®, after he defeated Jackson Sousa in a very defensive and strategic fight. The match ended 0-0 in score but the decision was awarded to Erberth Santos, who was deemed the worthy winner by the referee. Erberth Santos will now face the reigning Abu Dhabi King of Mats® champion - Alexander Trans in a super match. “I didn't have any strategy for the final match, I went in the match and gave my best, I am here to fight. I think this is the secret of my success.” Said Erberth Santos “I would like to give all the credits of my performance to my team and teammates, they are helping me develop my game and my career as an athlete. It’s been an amazing tournament and I will keep working hard and eventually become what everyone dreams to become - “the best of all times”. He said “I am very anxious for the super match, I want this fight and I can’t wait for that fight”. He said Jackson Sousa who lost a very close fight in the finals said: “Erberth Santos is a top guy in the jiu-jitsu community, so I congratulate him for the win. I want to thank my team and also I am grateful for the UAEJJF for organizing this amazing tournament.” “The UAEJJF can count on me to compete in the future tournaments, unfortunately I lost this fight due to the referee’s decision, he did a good fight, very aggressive. As a professional athlete we need to learn how to win and how to lose, but win or lose, we always learn.” RESULTS GROUP A Ricardo Evangelista Tanner Rice Gabriel Arges Adam Wardzinski Gutemberg Pereira GROUP B Erberth Santos Gerard Labinski Jackson Sousa Alexandro Ceconi Rudson Teles Match 1. Ricardo Evangelista vs Tainer Rice Evangelista won by Submission Match 2. Erberth Santos vs Gerard Labinski Erberth Santos won on points 2-0 Match 3. Gabriel Arges vs Adam Wardzinski Adam Wardzinski won on points 2-0 Match 4. Jackson Sousa vs Alexandro Ceconi Jackson Sousa won on points 4-0 Match 5. Ricardo Evangelista vs Gutemberg Pereira Gutemberg Pereira won on points 4-0 Match 6. Ereberth Santos vs Rudson Teles Erberth Santos won by submission Match 7. Tanner Rice vs Gabriel Arges Gabriel won on points 4-0 Match 8. Gerard Labinski vs Jackson Sousa Jackson Sousa won on points 2-0 Match 9. Adam Wardzinski vs Gutemberg Pereira Adam won on points 2-0 Match 10. Alexandro Ceconi vs Rudson Teles Rudson Teles won by submission Match 11. Ricardo Evangelista vs Gabriel Arges Evangelista won on points 2-0 Match 12. Erberth Santos vs Jackson Sousa Erberth Santos won on advantage point (score 2-2) Match 13. Tanner Rice vs Adam Wardzinski Adam Wardzinski wo on points 2-0 Match 14. Gerard Labinski vs Alexandro Ceconi Gerard Labinski wins on points 2-0 Match 15. Gabriel Arges vs Gutemberg Pereira Gutemberg Pereira won on advantage point (Score 2-2) Match 16. Jackson Sousa vs Rudson Teles Jackson sousa won on points 2-0 Match 17. Ricardo Evangelista vs Adam Wardzinski Evangelista won on advantage points (Score 0-0) Match 18. Erberth Santos vs Alexandro Ceconi Erberth Santos won by submission Match 19. Tanner Rice vs Gutemberg Pereira Gutemberg won on advantage points (Score 2-2) SEMI FINALS 1. Ricardo Evangelista vs Jackson Sousa Jackson Sousa won on points 2-0 2. Erberth Santos vs Gutemberg Pereira Erberth Santos won by walk over as Gutemberg Pereira pulled out due to injury FINALS Erberth Santos vs Jackson Sousa Erberth Santos won by referee decision
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