Aniss Hajjajy Wins Desert Force MMA World Championship

Brazilian Top Team Boston Aniss Hajjajy won the title at 170lbs. This was Aniss second fight at Desert Force and Professors João Amaral and Daniel Gazoni flew to Jordan to coach.

Facing the dangerous egyptian Amr Wahmann, Aniss fought very smart and after a kick, took the opponent down and quickly got Amr’s back working the punches until the ref stopped the fight.

Hard work, dedication and a commitment to a strict training regiment paid off for Aniss Hajjajy

A new Desert Force Welterweight was born!

Desert Force is a dominant Middle East Professional MMA brand that brings the best talent in the region competing against each other to become champions. It was first launched back in 2010 in Amman, Jordan.

In 2011, Desert Force launched the “Elimination Series”, a single-elimination tournament for Arabs MMA fighters competing to become the first regional MMA title holders in 5 weight classes. Participants countries included: KSA , Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.

Congratulations Aniss!!!

Watch Aniss Hajjajy’s victory at the Desert Force

Great Results at the World Championships in California

Congratulations to everyone from BTT that participated in the World Championships that was held in Long Beach, California the first weekend on June.

This is the biggest tournament of the year and regardless of the result, just stepping on those mats and competing is a great accomplishment.

Our local talent that competed was Bruno Amaral, Nathalia Azoff, Ariel Axelrod-Hahn, Aniss Hajjajy, and Renan Borges.

They all fought very well and Nathalia and Ariel were able to bring home third place medals back home.

Nathalia Azoff wins at the PanAmerican Championship

On March 24th, three athletes from BTT Boston represented at the PanAms in California;

Nathalia Azoff, Bruno Amaral, and JJ Purifory.

They all fought very well and we are proud of them.

Nathalia Azoff won in her brown belt division. She had some tough matches and all her hard work and dedication paid off on the mats.

Great Job!

Brazilian Top Team Competition Team at the Boston Winter Open 2013

For the first time the IBJJF hosted a championship in Boston during the winter.

The 2013 Boston Winter Open was a success , held at the UMASS on sunday march 3rd had hundreds of competitors fighting from 9:00am to 9:0pm.

Brazilian Top Team Competition Team had a good performance overall, several medals and lots of experience for further competitions.

Congrats everyone, including those who didn’t compete but helped our teammates!

Special thanks to our coaches, Prof. Daniel Gazoni and Prof. Joao Amaral!

BTT Boston Team at 2013 World Pro Trials Montreal

Prof. Fábio Holanda (

BTT Canada

) hosted the trials for the 2013 World Professional Jiu Jitsu Championship this past weekend in Montreal, Canada.

Once again, the event was a great success, held at the prestigious Pierre Charboneau center in Montreal. From all across North America, hundreds of competitors representing almost 30 teams, from three countries fought to win an all expenses paid trip to the world championship main event at Abu Dhabi in April 2013.

Brazilian Top Team Boston’S athletes Roberto Cezar, Aniss and Renan Borges helped Brazilian Top Team finish in first with almost the double the points of the second place.

Roberto won his division while Aniss Al Hajjajy took 3rd with Renan Borges earning the silver medal in a very close match, in their division.

The year is just starting and the BTT Competition Team is growing stronger.

The World Professional Jiu-jitsu Championship

Last year’s world championships, saw some of the best in the world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu compete in the United Arab Emirates for the world title. In the end, Claudio Calasans reigned the absolute champion!

With qualifiers worldwide, the tournament seeks to determine who the true best in the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu are.

The World Professional Jiu-jitsu Championship is considered to be one of the most prestigious Jiu-jitsu competitions in the world.