The Berimbolo Kid's Match of the Week - Week 29 - Jeff Glover vs. Leo Vieira - ADCC 2007

(The previous edition can be found HERE)

Jeff "The Pipelayer" Glover is a black belt under Ricardo "Franjinha" Miller and fights for Team Paragon. Jeff is one of the best American grapplers in the world today and holds victories over multiple time World Champions, Caio Terra and Robson Moura. He is also a fan favourite at competitions, demonstrating a very creative and unorthodox style of Jiu-Jitsu. 

Jeff is a 27 time Grapplers Quest Champion, only losing 4 times over 8 years of competing in their tournaments. To date, this is the best record in Grapplers Quest history. Besides this, Jeff is also a two time Pan American Champion (2006, 2005 brown), and a one time World NoGi (2007 black) and World Jiu-Jitsu Expo Superfight Champion (2012). He is also a one-time ADCC (2011) bronze medalist. 

As I mentioned previously, Jeff's style of Jiu-Jitsu is very unique to say the least. He is especially creative with the types of guard which he uses, most notably the deep half and donkey guard. In terms of submissions, Jeff uses quite a diverse range of submissions including the triangle, guillotine, darce choke, knee bar and rear naked. 

Jeff Glover

Leonardo Vieira (commonly known as simply Leo Vieira) is a true legend in the world of Jiu-Jitsu. He is a black belt under Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti, and is the co-founder of both Brasa and Checkmat BJJ. He is also the instructor to some of today's finest talents such as Marcus "Bucheca" Almeida, Joao Assis, and Lucas Leite. 

Over is long competition career, Leo has formed an impressive competition record. He is a two time ADCC (2005, 2003) and Pan American Champion (2004, 2002), and a one time World (1999) and Brazilian National Champion (1998). He is also a two time ADCC silver medalist (2011, 2007), and a one time World silver (1997) and bronze (2000) medalist. 

Leo is well known for his guard passing and back takes. For his time, Leo had quite a unique and flamboyant style of grappling. Often executing cartwheel style guard passes and taking his opponents back by initiating a forward roll whilst in the turtle position, this has since become known as simply the Leo Vieira back take. 

Leo Vieira

When this match took place, Jeff had only been a black belt for about a year. So considering that, he does phenomenally well in this match against a legend such as Leo Vieira. Jeff's unique game seems to cause trouble for Vieira throughout the match, but both competitors exchange and sweep attempts throughout. An excellent match. 

The video of the match can be found below! I hope you guys enjoy!

See you next week!

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