Mohamed Itoumaine was refereeing at a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament last month in Wolverhampton, England. To his surprise, one of the participants was Tom Hardy, a big-time Hollywood actor with credits from Mad Max: Fury Road to Venom to the Batman franchise. He also starred in the MMA movie "Warrior" in 2011.
Hardy, a blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, ended up winning the REORG Open on Aug. 20 -- in both the gi (the traditional uniform of the martial art) and no-gi tournaments. Hardy competed in the 36-years-old-and-up division, 85.5kg in no-gi and 82.3kg in the gi. Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which has an emphasis on fighting on the ground, is one of the key martial arts used in MMA.
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