Copa Podio Lightweight Grand Prix – Full Order of Matches

Copa Podio Lightweight Grand Prix – Full Order of Matches

Here you'll find the full running order for the Copa Podio Lightweight Grad Prix, to be held on Jan. 9, in Rio de Janeiro and live streamed exclusively here

Dec 31, 2015 by FloGrappling Staff
Copa Podio Lightweight Grand Prix – Full Order of Matches
Here you'll find the full running order for the Copa Podio Lightweight Grad Prix, to be held on Jan. 9, in Rio de Janeiro and live streamed exclusively here on FloGrappling.

The event will showcase the hotly-anticipated Lightweight GP, featuring defending champion Leandro Lo and a host of tough challengers including: 
• Davi Ramos, ADCC 2015 77kg champion and ATOS rep 
• Diego Borges, Zenith's tough grappler from Manaus 
• Lucas Lepri, one of Alliance's most decorated champs 
• Patrick Gaudio, of GF Team 
• AJ Sousa, representing Atos Jiu-Jitsu 
• Dillon Danis, one of Marcelo Garcia's top black belts 
• Edwin Najmi, the flying triangle master from Gracie Barra 
• Luan Carvalho, a Brazilian champion representing Nova Uniao 
• Felipe Silva, a Barbosa team member and submission specialist 

How The Groups Work


The competitors have been divided via a random draw into two round-robin groups. Each competitor will face off with all other members of their group. Points for the outcome of the matches are allocated via win, loss or draw, and the top two scorers in each group will advance to the semi finals 

The groups are as below: 

Green Group Yellow Group
Leandro Lo Edwin Najmi
Davi Ramos Dillon Danis
Lucas Lepri Diego Borges
Felipe Cesar Patrick Gaudio
AJ Sousa Luan Carvalho

Supporting the action are three challenge matches in the 'Vikings vs Cabras da Peste' series, which will run over multiple events in 2016. Three Norwegian grapplers (Espen Mathiesen, Tommy Langåker and Ida Floisvik) will face off against three 'Braziian rednecks' from the North East of Brazil, Yan 'Pica Pau', Rafael Vasconcelos and Kessy Pereira. 

A no-gi middleweight title bout also features, with Renzo Gracie's youngest brother Robson Gracie Jr taking on David Vieira. 

Take a look at the full schedule below and mark your calendars – you won't want to miss this one! 

Copa Podio Lightweight Grand Prix


Date: Jan. 9, 2016
Start time: 5pm / 17.00 local 

Start times: 
London 7pm (GMT)
Argentina 4pm
Peru 2pm
New York 2pm (EST)
Los Angeles 11am (PST)

All times below are local Rio time (-3 for EST, -4 for CST, eg 16.00 local time is 12.00 CST)

16:30 – Arena opens

17.00 – Broadcast begins, including pre-show and opening ceremony

18:00 – Opening fight 
Max Gimenis (GF Team Rio) X Rafael Teofilo (Nova Uniao)

1st ROUND OF GP

18:20 
Davi Ramos (BRA) X Lucas Lepri (BRA)
Felipe Silva (BRA) X AJ Sousa (USA)
Edwin Najmi (USA) X Dillon Danis (USA)
Diego Borges (BRA) X Luan Carvalho (BRA)

2nd ROUND OF GP

18:50
Lucas Lepri (BRA) X Felipe Silva (BRA)
Davi Ramos (BRA) X Leandro Lo (BRA)
Dillon Danis (USA) X Diego Borges (BRA)
Edwin Najmi (USA) X Patrick Gaudio (BRA)

3rd ROUND OF GP

19:20 
Felipe Silva (BRA) X Davi Ramos (BRA)
Leandro Lo (BRA) X AJ Sousa (USA)
Diego Borges (BRA) X Edwin Najmi (USA)
Patrick Gaudio (BRA) X Luan Carvalho (BRA)

4th ROUND OF GP

20:05 
AJ Sousa (USA) X Davi Ramos (BRA)
Lucas Lepri (BRA) X Leandro Lo (BRA)
Luan Carvalho (BRA) X Edwin Najmi (USA)
Dillon Danis (USA) X Patrick Gaudio (BRA)

5th ROUND OF GP

20:35 
Felipe Silva (BRA) X Leandro Lo (BRA)
Lucas Lepri (BRA) X AJ Sousa (USA)
Diego Borges (BRA) X Patrick Gaudio (BRA)
Dillon Danis (USA) X Luan Carvalho (BRA)

CHALLENGE - VIKINGS VS CABRAS DA PESTE (Stage 1)

21:20
1st Fight: Espen Mathiesen (NOR) X Yan Pica Pau (Ceará)
2nd Fight: Tommy Langåker (NOR) X Rafael Vasconcelos (Ceará)
3rd Fight: Ida Floisvik (NOR) X Kessy Pereira (Paraíba)

SEMI-FINAL

22:00
Semi #1: 1st place Green Group X 2nd place Yellow Group
Semi #2: 1st place Yellow Group X 2nd place Green Group

SUBMISSION CHALLENGE

22:20
Middle-heavyweight title: David Vieira (BRA) X Robson Gracie (BRA)

FINAL

22:30
3rd Place: Loser Semi #1 X Loser Semi #2

22:40 
GRAND FINAL: Winner Semi #1 X Winner Semi #2 

The event will be available live streamed and available via replay exclusively here on FloGrappling.