Jerry did phenomenal. He won 2nd place, losing only to Xande Riberio (2x ADCC World Champion, 5x BJJ World Champion at his weight plus 2x BJJ Absolute World Champion plus many other tournament titles) by 2 points.
List of competitors in the Under 99 kg. Weight Class:
Xande Riberio, Ilir Latifi, Radek Turek, Rafael Davies, Marcio Cruz (Pe De Pano), Anthony Perosh, Vinny Magalhaes, Rodrigo Henriques, Dean Lister, Andreas Olsen, Glover Teixera, Vesa Vuori, Ricco Rodriguez, Tomasz Szczerek, Jerry Rinaldi, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi.
Recap of the final match from www.allBJJnews.com:
Xande Ribeiro defeated Gerard Rinaldi (2 to 0)
Xande Ribeiro and Gerard Rinaldi are now battling for the -99kg gold. Xande is in an under hook half guard. Rinaldi seems stable. Now Xande goes for a deep half guard, and Rinaldi looks for a kneebar attempt. Xande defends and gets top position. Rinaldi amazingly goes for an omoplata and is able to stand.
Half guard again, now Rinaldi tries a kimura, Xande almost ends on top. Back in Xande’s 1/2 guard. Xande finally gets a sweep (2-0) but Rinaldi scrambles and is back on top. Rinaldi attacks Xande’s back, but the current champion defends well and almost goes on top. Rinaldi is now trying a kimura, Xande defends and almost sweeps. It’s a chess game, not really active but very technical. Xande is capitalizing on Rinaldi’s attacks and he’s the champion.