local comp 3/15/14

We rolled into a local nothern Wisconsin comp 11 people deep. They made divisions and weight classes day of. 4 divisions, less than 2 years exp 170 under and 171 over. more than 2 years 170 under, 171 over. All matches were in mma cage, and final were at night as prelims for MT event that night. We were in all four final matches and won 2 of the 4. I won my first match that was actually pretty technical. had good control with the wedge and had the heel hook, but the kid wouldn't tap. don't think he had ever been in a heel hook before. since I was ahead on points I just held him until time ran out rather than bust his knee. No good deed goes unpunished. In my next match a 20 year old wrestler,186 pound beast that actually cut for this, drove his knee through my ribs and seperated ribs from sternum cartledge. Spent afternoon in ER cuase of huge bump sticking out. They didn't even push the bump back into place. Out for 6 weeks. I could write a book on incident, but won't stir the pot. Lets just say, this match represented what I feel is a fundamental wrong with BJJ these days. I did see a whole bunch of positive things come out of this comp, that out weigh the bad. Our team is great and learning and growing well.

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Nice job guys!

Awesome Job Greg and Crew! Wishing you a speedy recovery!!

Hope that heals fast. Ribs are a pain in the....ribs. Get some arnicare gel, it really helps. Out of curiosity, in your opinion, what is wrong with BJJ these days? We're not baking cookies at bjj tournaments and accidents happen in general but definitely when someone is going hard. You have to be prepared to deal with people like that, especially if you plan on competing regularly. Of course I prefer getting a real bjj guy that I can play chess with but sometimes you get that hardcore wrestler and need to handle the situation accordingly with an appropriate strategy.

Karyn- the girl on the right in the photo has been doing BJJ for several months now, but she seems very timid in class. Last class she really made some progress, during a roll with me she nailed some slick routes. The day of comp she decided to compete. They found her a match, and she pulled guard and landed a slick armbar. Serious popential.

Amanda, not pictured, decided to step up and do a pankration fight in the main event. WTF, pankration. Basically MMA without head punches and strange points. Amanda kicked butt in the stand up and when she she scored a sweet takedown and ran her route to near perfection, was unable to finish it from the sub, but dang close. It is her personal dead zone that she drills every class. She will be "Ronda" with it very soon. Just a little more squeeze!!

Connor, The guy on lower right, one first in his first ever comp via armbar. I think this may have struck a spark in him for BJJ comps.

Nick- lower left. Well just cool and slick as usual. first match via RNC, second via dominate control of match to win via points.