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Tom Hardy Won Gold at a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament Over the Weekend

What did you do over the weekend? Water the plants? Clean the house? Or did you, like Hollywood superstar Tom Hardy, turn up to a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament and take home the gold medal.

This past Saturday, the 45-year-old Venom actor appeared at the 2022 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championship, held by Ultimate Martial Arts Championships, and reportedly dominated his section before securing the top prize.

You can see footage of Hardy competing below.

A spokesperson for the tournament told The Guardian, “Tom was a really nice guy. Everyone recognised him but he was very humble and was happy to take time out for people to take photographs with him. It was a real pleasure to have him compete at our event.”

Meanwhile, the martial arts social media account Taped_Fingers shared some images of Hardy from the event, including one of him collecting his gold medal certificate, which you'll notice is made out to his real name “Edward Hardy”.

Although we're sure it's surprising when a Hollywood megastar turns up to your Jiu Jitsu meet, Saturday isn't Hardy's first time in a Dojo nor his first time competing in the sport. He's been studying the martial art for years and currently holds a blue belt. Back in August, he also won the REORG Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Wolverhampton, a tournament aimed at raising funds for military personnel, veterans and emergency service workers.

One of Hardy’s opponents on that occasion, Teessider Danny Appleby, told his local newspaper he was stunned to find out he would be competing against the actor in the tournament’s semi-final and was surprised by how much strength he had.

“He's a really strong guy,” he continued, “you wouldn't think it with him being a celebrity. I've done about six tournaments and I've been on the podium in every one, but he's probably the toughest competitor I've had – he certainly lived up to his Bane character, that's for sure.”

Hardy by name. Hardy by nature.

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