Eddie Bravo’s baby, The Combat Jiu Jitsu World Championships are back with a bang as they started off with the first weightclass of 2020, the Featherweights! The event was action-packed from start to finish and delivered an astounding number of finishes for an elite level Jiu Jitsu tournament. The individual superfights didn’t disappoint with all of them resulting in finishes in less than half of the regulated time.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of all though was the winner of the World Championships as Tom Halpin ran through an entire field of the best competitors on the planet with relative ease. In just a little over 8 minutes, he had tapped out four elite grapplers including two legends of MMA, Masakazu Imanari and Hideo Tokoro. The highlight had to be his match with Imanari however. The Irish grappler knew exactly what Imanari was going to do (his famous roll) and he countered it better than anyone ever has in Imanari’s decades of experience:

Think Tom Halpin was prepared for an Imanari Roll? #CJJW pic.twitter.com/hwZzgIGh3p — UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) March 9, 2020

Combat Jiu Jitsu Superfights

Luis Quinones def. Cody Owens via submission (rear-naked choke) 3:40.

Spencer Mumme def. JM Holland via submission (heel hook) 3:14.

Elvira Karppinen def. Brooke Mayo via submission (heel hook) 3:44.

Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds: Featherweights Opening Round

Elias Anderson def. Richard Alarcon via submission (Armbar) in Overtime.

Masakazu Imanari def. Demian Balderama via submission (Heel hook) 8:42.

Tom Halpin def. Sheridan Moran via submission (Heel hook) 3:52.

Hideo Tokoro def. Pablo Alonso via submission (Armbar) in Overtime.

Jordan Holy def. Geoff Real via submission (Rear-naked choke) 3:13.

Sam Hardy def. Gabriel Daffron via submission (Rear-naked choke) 3:24.

James Partridge def. Eddie Fyvie via submission (Heel hook) 2:58.

Kevin Berbrich def. Victor Galdon via submission (Armbar) in Overtime.

Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds Quarter Finals

Masakazu Imanari def. Elias Anderson via submission (Heel hook) 2:06.

Tom Halpin def. Hideo Tokoro via submission (Rear-naked choke) 2:48.

Jordan Holy def. Sam Hardy via submission (D’arce choke) 2:16.

Kevin Berbrich def. James Partridge via submission (Rear-naked choke) in Overtime.

Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds Semi Finals

Tom Halpin def. Masakazu Imanari via submission (Heel hook) 0:20.

Kevin Berbrich def. Jordan Holy via submission (Rear-naked choke) in Overtime.

World Championship Final

Tom Halpin def. Kevin Berbrich via submission (Heel hook) 1:01.