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JJ World Championship includes stars

More than one thousand signed up

The thousand-person mark for people signed up has been passed (there have been at least 1060 confirmed) and the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship will include the presence of some of the greatest gi-wearing names on the planet. According to information obtained by GRACIEMAG.com from the International Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF), well-known and historic characters have guaranteed their participation.

Current lightweight black belt two-time champion, Celsinho Vinicius, Gordo JJ, will try for a third. His training partner, Antonio Braga Neto, last year’s standout for winning the absolute brown belt (repeating the feat at blue, brown and purple), debuts in the championship at black belt.

One to shine among the most advanced and also confirmed is Fernando "Margarida" Pontes, absolute black belt champion in 2001. The ADCC 2007 champion Robert Drysdale, as well as Eduardo Telles, Mario Reis, the Americans Mike Fowler and Rafael Lovato Jr., and Fernando Soluço are some other full-fledged celebrities that will be in action at the California State University Long Beach gymnasium, in Long Beach, California, from the 23rd to 26th of August.

It is worth paying attention to the fact that there are only 10 days remaining for the sign-up deadline. Click here to sign up.

Click here to check the updated list of those signed up for the 2007 World Championship and stay tuned to GRACIEMAG.com for more news relating to the greatest Jiu-Jitsu tournament on earth.