World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship Grows Each year

Each year we’ve seen the World Pro grow in size, attendance and stregnth. It’s good to see an event that really pays competitors, rewards these great fighters of BJJ, Jiu-Jitsu and Grappling get recognition and a little payday for their dedication.

Moving forward the sport is a positive influence on the world overall, let’s not forget we don’t own JiuJitsu – it belongs to the world.

See below the growth in the number of trials by contry by which the Abu Dhabi World Pro has grown from 6 in 2009 to 18 in 2011.  And we hope to see it expand beyond 25 next year.

World Trials

[social][/social][einset][/einset]Prior to the main event (World Pro Championship) there are a number of trials which are held in countries all over the world, and the number of nations participating has increased significantly since 2009.

2011
18 Trails
Australia
Bahrain
Brazil (North)
Brazil (South)
Brazil (Center)
Canada
China
Japan
S. Korea
New Zealand
Portugal
Poland
South Africa
Sweden
U.K.
U.S.A (East)
U.S.A (West)
U.S.A (Central)

2010
11 Trials
Australia
Brazil (North)
Brazil (South)
Belgium
Canada
Japan
New Zealand
South Africa
U.K.
U.S.A (East)
U.S.A (West)

2009
6 Trials
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Japan
Spain
U.S.A

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