ADGS Istanbul: Check out the Professionals registered to compete in Turkey

June 26, 2025

Bringing a lot of action this weekend, the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour Istanbul is the next major tournament on the AJP's calendar and the first stop on the tour's itinerary for the 2025-2026 season. Starting this Friday, June 27th, and extending all the way to Sunday, June 29th, the event brings athletes of all ages and graduations to compete at the Ayhan Şahenk Spor Salonu, in Turkey, and offers 2000 global ranking points to each of its champions.

Taking over the venue on the last day of the competition, the Professional category once again makes its way to the mats in full force, with some of the most talented athletes in the sport putting their skills to the test to reach the top of the podium. In addition to the purple and brown belts that make up the class, the aces of the black belt division will also be ready to use their technical prowess and show the world what it takes to compete at the highest level. Check out the registered highlights for the Professional Black Belt category below, and follow the action live and exclusively on the TX7.com platform.

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56kg

Omar Alsuwaidi

Marko Oikarainen

Bruno Borges

Haitham Hanawi

Emerson Cassio

62kg

Yuri Hendrex

Khaled Alshehhi

Andrew Santos

Matheus Onda

69kg

Nurzhan Batyrbekov

Thiago Macedo

Mohamed Alsuwaidi

João Mendes "Bisnaga"

Nikita Devyatov

Leonardo Neves

77kg

Jefferson Goteu

Lucas Protasio

Alexander Redvanov

Abdulla Almarzooqi

Nikolas Ramos

85kg

Uanderson Ferreira

Artem Kaigarodov

Ives Sacramento

Iurii Kuznetsov

Pablo Custodia

94kg

Jackson Sousa

Marcos Carrozzino

Clemer Canario

Vladimir Blium

Telmo Castro

Tamerlan Eslemesov

120kg

Felipe Bezerra

Wallace Costa

Luis Henrique Betta

Wesley Silva

Alexander Sak

WOMEN

49kg

Diana Teixeira

Grasielle Brandão

55kg

Gabriela Pereira

Laurie Rocha

62kg

Lina Grosset

Maria Luisa Delahaye

Dayane Bazzoni

Tamara Toros

70kg

Giovanna Carneiro

Sabatha Lais

Anna Remneva

95kg

Stefhanie Costa

Angelina Leonidova