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Last night, for those of you who don't know, Gordon Ryan became the EBI Absolute champion, defeating Rustam in the finals. Aside from that, the super fight between Grace and Bianca was incredible. Such young talent, so amazing. Grace was able to pull off a very smooth dead orchard with only a minute and a half remaining. She truly is the future of the sport. What did you guys think of last night, and are you pumped for EBI 7!!!!!??
I loved the show. Was glad Ryan is getting the attention he deserves. Not at all surprised he won. I had Yuri as the favorite, but once Yuri was out of the way I figured Ryan was going to take it. I would have loved to see a Diniz/Ryan final instead of Rustam but I have no complaints. Great event and all of the OTs were very exciting.
Mike got promoted I see, congrats brotha!
Show was amazing, super professional. No jiu jitsu event has that level of production and professionalism.
What does Yuri Simoes' face look like today after face blocking that RNC for so long? That was an impressive display of will :)
We really enjoyed all of the fights and seeing how everyone would respond to their different size opponents! The OT matches were intense! Bring on EBI 7!!
I thought it was a great show, I just hope all of the new non-jiujitsu-savvy eyeballs enjoyed it as well. Yuri was absolutely exhausted after his match with Tonon, which I felt was the best of the night. He was dry heaving backstage just before his match with Ryan. Gordon is amazing and was absolutely on point last night, so I'm not taking anything away from him... but I wonder how a fresher Yuri would do against him. Also, it seemed to me that Yuri was physically softer than during the ADCC; I have to wonder if his training went well or not.
He did look less fit than ADCC or other tourneys. If this had been a weighted-division, I imagine he would have come in like his usual self. Congrats, by the way, Amir, on getting out on the mat! Much respect. I thoroughly enjoyed EBI again. I'm convinced they have the formula - tournament style, overtime rules, definite winners - for pro grappling. I'm hoping the UFC fight passers watched and enjoyed it, too.
It was amazing. I thought the event was pretty unpredictable and when you look back at all that happened... wow!!!
P.S. I had to check my closet for Rustam Chsiev last night. Frightening power on that dude.
I peeped in on some of the live stream/blog sites and the overall feeling I got was that it was being received well by the casual UFC fan. Hope to see a spike in memberships around the system in the coming weeks.
Screw that. I wanna see him walk without a limp.Quote:
Originally Posted by NameLikeNoOther
That too:) He showed some serious resilience.Quote:
Originally Posted by William Schrimsher
Awesome show. Unreal display of heart from all the competitors.
Yuri Simoes v. Garry Tonon was one for the history books.
Garry vs Yuri was an incredible match. So impressive from Garry. He only came in weighing 173 to Yuri's 220. He looked like he was starting to get the better of Yuri towards the later half of regulation time too. Yuri's pressure passing was impressive too though. He consistently passed Garry pretty easily. It just got taxing for him to keep passing and Garry never stopped counter attacking.
Ironically, the way Yuri surprised Garry and won the match in that last OT round with a quick escape was also the same way he lost to Gordan. He purposely put his hand under Garry and Gordan's foot in order to immediately throw the hook out once Eddie said go. Garry just had a mental lapse and wasn't tight enough, so it worked. Gordan however immediately trapped that hand and it was all over after that. Garry only lost by 27 seconds, so very likely he could have held that long if he wouldn't of had that mental lapse and took advantage of it like Gordan did.
Admittedly I had no idea who he was until Sunday but I think my favorite competitor was DJ Jackson. His posture and base were pretty astonishing. The way he manhandled that giant Bruno Bastos was absolutely unreal to me.
Then for his match with the Russian Bear he immediately pulled quarter guard to lockdown to electric chair attempt? If he was able to finish that submission it would have been hands down the sickest of the night... especially considering it is Eddie Bravo's tournament. If I had a match against the Bear that is exactly what I would attempt personally, so It was crazy exciting for me to watch.
Definitely match of the night was Tonon vs Yuri. And, of course Grace did her thing and showed why she IS the best girl in the country hands down.
thank you guys, I appreciate the positive feedback, hopefully we can keep the show going in this direction :)
It was the best no-gi event I have ever seen! Why do we even have points tournaments anymore? I am pretty much keeping the fight pass subscription purely for EBI, everything else is just extra. Gordon really showed the world how good he is. It would have been great to see some post tournament interviews (at least for the finalists).
It also seems like more and more fighters are taking notice of EBI as an amazing tournament to compete in (Frank Mir said he would be down) so crossover stars it the future would be amazing to see. Any idea about what might be coming up after the Featherweights?
Maybe Middleweights (Davi Ramos is one guy I would like to see, and plus Gordon vs Keenan could potentially happen for that one!) and Heavyweights (the possibilities for this warp my mind - Cyborg, Barnett, Buchecha, Lister, Mir, Werdum, Drysdale, Big Red...)
Anyhow it was an amazing event by all involved and I will continue to support and tell everyone I know about it