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Given my recent successes at Kakuto, and sweeping the white division, BMac and I decided that it would be best if I competed in the blue belt division at the Good fight. Always up for a challenge, I entered gi and no gi, tweaked my knee in my first match, and had to pull out of the no gi. =(
First fight is an absolute war, which I win in quadruple overtime, a la EBI-esque rules.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqCPP2AkfTo
Second match. Not much to say, he was very patient and very technical, loss to Americana from mount. Guess I need to polish those mount escapes.
When I told this guy I was pulling out of the no gi, he hugged me, thanked me, and said "I couldn't have beat you again."
On finding out I'm a no stripe white belt, he hollered at BMac "Give this man a STRIPE!"
Losing this gave me second in the <170lbs Blue Belt Men's Gi, the guy I beat in my first match won gold, not really sure how that happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpkyVP91G7U
Fourth match, lost again, mounted and submitted again.
Kinda upset that I was unable to throw the guy in my second match, I took it out on this guy, and was a bit overzealous, you'll see a bad Harai Goshi that results in me almost getting my back taken at the beginning. At least I didn't get choked out off my throw, that would be embarrasing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD1pgLgUqDo
No video for third match, sad on that, because after I threw the guy and he got a concussion, while he was unable to see straight, he successfully defended my kimura attempts and then tapped me with a rolling inverted triangle. He couldn't see straight or comprehend that he had won when the ref pulled us apart.
Heck of a warrior, would love to rematch him when he can see straight, I bet he's a murderer.