Manny Rocha, Sam Davis, Clint Bender and Others

We have so many talented people on the Warrior Of The Year thread. I'm proud to be represented by all of those folks.

There are also a ton of people who quietly go out and represent us in competition; they may not post a lot (or ever for a lot of them), but they are still Warriors!

I have a couple of guys I want to take a moment to brag on before the year closes out: Sam Davis, Clint Bender and Manny Rocha. Nobody at our gym trains harder or competes more than these guys.

I'd like to hear about and see some video of other guys/girls who bust their tail to represent us, but may get overlooked.

I'll start with Clint Bender. He was a State Champion in Wrestling this year and decided to take on MMA full time. He competed and won grappling tournaments, as well as going 2-0 in Amateur MMA this year with 2 finishes. Here is a video of him winning the State Title with a 21 second pin in the Finals!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no5PGPNZFug

Clint's 2nd MMA win. 2nd Round RNC after a hard fight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndDmCiEbgng

I post Manny's Sorcerer videos, but a lot of other stuff gets missed. No one competes more than this kid. And no one believes in and uses the Rubber Guard more than him. He is 14 years old and he gives grown men fits. I'll start with his 3 Sorcerers in comp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md2lSp0YOLk

http://youtu.be/2YhMma0nBco

http://youtu.be/0bYSeaV8rwo

Flying-ish Triangle
http://youtu.be/Q96tMrIFahc

RNC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=igVZWEGrWcQ

Straight Jacket from Rubber Guard
http://youtu.be/nNB9aCapQsA

Triangle from Rubber Guard
http://youtu.be/lG9bJpXd8Og

Triangle
http://youtu.be/D11AwP6YABI

RNC
http://youtu.be/QW5eglskeNY

Marcelotine
http://youtu.be/AzWu6mBjLyU

Armbar from Rubber Guard (Invisible Croc-ish)
http://youtu.be/Xz4e7cyNYnY

Mounted Triangle
http://youtu.be/psHfrsiC81c

Gogoplata from Rubber Guard (in the Gi)
http://youtu.be/kwYfrDmSpj4

D'arce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ubu_ZDUW3c

Gogoplata from Rubber Guard
http://youtu.be/3jEwAf-CU0o

Bustamante Swim to Spider Web to Arm Crush
http://youtu.be/0DMtJfycvsg

Gogoplata from Rubber Guard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcNZ_HzD3mI

And this is one of our killers Sam Davis. He doesn't post much. But believe me, he's a murderer. Dude is 125 pounds of animal fury. He consistently competes in and places in Advanced Absolute, despite always being the smallest in the bracket, by far.

We don't have as much video of him as we do of Manny (Manny's dad films every match), but this ought to give you an idea of what the kid can do.

Heel Hook
http://youtu.be/bRDkzp8G3VI

Arm Drag to RNC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=t5PXjbK6jkE

Inverted heel Hook from 50/50 in the Advanced Absolute finals.

This is vs Red from 10th Planet Gulf Shores, who is another killer. They have met several times, and they switch wins. Both lots of fun to watch.
http://youtu.be/djQAxj867wI

Rear Naked Face Destruction
http://youtu.be/Q5YkgM9QDaI

Marcelotine in the Absolute.
Against one of Puccio's guys. Both Sam and this guy (Justin Cavender) got their Purple Belts this year.
http://youtu.be/jYiL-8hSPOg

RNC
http://youtu.be/86zOJOpu7Zc

RNC
There's a theme developing here...
http://youtu.be/4MSSF9Desc8

Here's an awesome match that ends with Sam winning on points. But I think this was a pivotal moment for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mRJVMFYs1yM

And here's one of him choking out a woman. What a jerk. :)
http://youtu.be/AulHbK9aXag

And this is Sam's Medal collection from this year, which includes a Silver at Gracie Worlds in San Jose.

The first 2 medals are actually from 2012.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

And this is one of our killers Sam Davis. He doesn't post much. But believe me, he's a murderer. Dude is 125 pounds of animal fury. He consistently competes in and places in Advanced Absolute, despite always being the smallest in the bracket, by far.

We don't have as much video of him as we do of Manny (Manny's dad films every match), but this ought to give you an idea of what the kid can do.

Heel Hook
http://youtu.be/bRDkzp8G3VI

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At 3:02, what type of rolling (leg lock/guard pass?) attempt was I looking at? I'm familiar with the one that Caio does from a similar spot, but he rolls the other way.

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Originally Posted by Brian Debes

At 3:02, what type of rolling (leg lock/guard pass?) attempt was I looking at? I'm familiar with the one that Caio does from a similar spot, but he rolls the other way.

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I think he was looking for a rolling back take there, a la Samurai.

I like the coaching Brando!!! your guys are looking good!

Thanks, for posting these! Great job to all, including you!!

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Originally Posted by Scott Yockel

I like the coaching Brando!!! your guys are looking good!

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Scott, throw up some Rochester stuff from 2013!

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Originally Posted by Brian Debes

At 3:02, what type of rolling (leg lock/guard pass?) attempt was I looking at? I'm familiar with the one that Caio does from a similar spot, but he rolls the other way.

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Watch the Mendes bros do the back take from top deep half.

wish i could... I was only in 3 tournaments last year. this coming year I should be on the mat a lot more!

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Originally Posted by Scott Yockel

wish i could... I was only in 3 tournaments last year. this coming year I should be on the mat a lot more!

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Throw the other guys from the team up, though.