Cole Abate

Cole Abate is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor training at Art of Jiu Jitsu (AOJ) under Guilherme and Rafael Mendes. His current BJJ belt rank is brown belt, having been promoted on the podium after winning the gold medal in the purple belt lightweight division at the 2023 IBJJF European Championship.[1][2]

Competitive career

2021

Abate has been competing against adult athletes throughout his younger teenage years, first appearing on the preliminary card of Who's Number One: Gordon Ryan v Vagner Rocha on March 26, 2021. He was 15 years old at the time and defeated Ned Johnson by submission with a straight-ankle lock.[3] He returned to the promotion at Who's Number One: Craig Jones v Luiz Panza on May 28, 2021, where he submitted Bird Wiltse with a triangle-armbar.[4]

Abate was then invited to compete in the lightweight division of the Who's Number One Championships on September 25 and 26, 2021 against a bracket of adult competitors.[5] He defeated 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu black belt Geo Martinez in the opening round before losing in the semi-final to Gabriel Sousa.[6]

Abate won the 66 kg division of the ADCC North American East Coast Trials on November 6, 2021[7] despite being 16 years old and a blue belt in BJJ at the time.[8] He was promoted to purple belt by Guilherme and Rafael Mendes shortly after this.[9]

2022-2023

Abate competed at the 66 kg division of the 2022 ADCC World Championship,[10] losing in the opening round to Fabricio Andrey by judge's decision.[11] Abate was invited to return to Who's Number One to compete against Josh Cisneros on November 11, 2022.[12] Cisneros withdrew from the match and was replaced by Damien Anderson, who Abate defeated by unanimous decision.[13]

He then won the IBJJF European Championship in the purple belt lightweight on January 25, 2023, being promoted to brown belt on the podium.[14]

In his first competition at brown belt, Abate won both the gi and no gi divisions of the IBJJF Los Angeles Open on March 11 and 12, 2023.[15] Then on March 23, 2023, Abate won the Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in the adult brown belt 168 lb category, his first appearance at an IBJJF major at brown belt.[16][17]

Abate competed in the IBJJF Nashville Spring Open on April 22 and 23, 2023 where he won three gold medals in the lightweight gi division, the middleweight no gi division, and the no gi openweight division.[18]

References
  1. Cole Abate Promoted To BJJ Brown Belt – After Winning European Championships January 26, 2023
  2. Cole Abate wins European Championship, promoted to brown belt on podium Ben Coate, Grappling Insider, January 25, 2023
  3. "Who's Number One: Gordon Ryan v Vagner Rocha Full Results And Review". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  4. "Who's Number One: Craig Jones v Luiz Panza Full Results And Review". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  5. Jones, Phil. "Who's Number One Lightweight Championships Full Lineup Announced". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  6. "WNO Championships Full Results And Review". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  7. "ADCC North American East Coast Trials 2021 Full Results And Review". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  8. Burne, Kathrine. "16 Year-Old Cole Abate Details How He Won ADCC Trials". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  9. Lindsey, Alex. "Cole Abate Promoted To Purple Belt By The Mendes Brothers". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  10. The Official Competitor List: Who's In For ADCC 2022 World Championship Hywel Teague, Flograppling, September 14, 2022
  11. "ADCC 2022 Live Results, Play-by-play, Analysis, Highlights, More". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  12. Lindsey, Alex. "Giancarlo Bodoni To Face Pedro Marinho For WNO Title". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  13. "Who's Number One: Brianna Ste-Marie v Mayssa Bastos Full Results And Review". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  14. Lindsey, Alex. "Cole Abate Promoted To Brown Belt After Winning IBJJF European Championship 2023". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  15. "IBJJF Los Angeles Open 2023 Attracts Elite Grapplers". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  16. Public Results IBJJF
  17. Burne, Kathrine. "Cole Abate Dominates In First IBJJF Major At Brown Belt". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  18. "Tons Of Action In IBJJF Nashville Spring Open 2023 Results". JitsMagazine. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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