One of the smaller competitors in his division, Pedro Machado conquered the +180lb blue-purple bracket to win at World Series of Grappling.
The Gordo Jiu-Jitsu representative had to wade through a tough line-up of opponents to make it into the final. He opened up by beating Diego Vasquez and Charles Johnson before facing Conner DeAngelis of Atos in the semifinal.
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Machado’s final opponent was ultra-heavyweight Wallace Costa of GF Team. They fought three five-minute matches for the grand prize with Machado winning two matches to one.
When asked what his biggest challenge of the day was, Machado responded: “Every match. Every match was tough, I had a really tough semifinal and then of course the final with Wallace. I just got to the States two days ago, now I’m going to stay until December and train with Gordo in Florida and hopefully compete in the No-Gi Worlds.”