Müller performs above par at championship
Young kickboxer Delano Müller of Namibia took first spot at the recent UAEJJF National Pro Jiu Jitsi Championships which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 3 to 4 February.
Müller was part of a team of four kickboxers from the national BJJ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) participating in the event. All four kickboxers performed excellently but the unstoppable Muller who won the national junior sportsman of the year last year showed that he is a force to be reckoned with as he won the under-13 division in the under-60kg category.
Müller took first place with an old-school choke on his opponent; Kai Schnaitmann took fourth place in the 110kg blue belt division; Lesley Hoaeb took third place in the 77kg blue belt division; and Henrique Aramburu Cardoso took fourth place in the brown belt division.
The Namibian Kickboxing Federation (NFK) president, Anita de Klerk, said the federation was proud of the achievements of the athletes as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was quite a new sport in Namibia.
The Namibian athletes have been invited to Abu Dhabi for the Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu challenge Championship from 23 to 24 February, and an international event in Brazil in June.
The UAEJJF South Africa National Pro is part of the UAEJJF World Ranking and Abu Dhabi World professional Jiu-Jitsu Qualifying Series and was attended by athletes from Angola, Namibia, Brazil, Japan, DR Congo and South Africa.
LIMBA MUPETAMI
Müller was part of a team of four kickboxers from the national BJJ Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) participating in the event. All four kickboxers performed excellently but the unstoppable Muller who won the national junior sportsman of the year last year showed that he is a force to be reckoned with as he won the under-13 division in the under-60kg category.
Müller took first place with an old-school choke on his opponent; Kai Schnaitmann took fourth place in the 110kg blue belt division; Lesley Hoaeb took third place in the 77kg blue belt division; and Henrique Aramburu Cardoso took fourth place in the brown belt division.
The Namibian Kickboxing Federation (NFK) president, Anita de Klerk, said the federation was proud of the achievements of the athletes as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was quite a new sport in Namibia.
The Namibian athletes have been invited to Abu Dhabi for the Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu challenge Championship from 23 to 24 February, and an international event in Brazil in June.
The UAEJJF South Africa National Pro is part of the UAEJJF World Ranking and Abu Dhabi World professional Jiu-Jitsu Qualifying Series and was attended by athletes from Angola, Namibia, Brazil, Japan, DR Congo and South Africa.
LIMBA MUPETAMI
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