Gracie Regionals 1st place Blue Belt 155

Been a while since my last comp, but finally back on the mats in comp. Won gold in Blue belt at 155! Want to thank everyone who has helped me grow my game every day. :) Can't wait to keep competing

I did come out flat and cold. My first match was against close friend and training partner 10p Chicago's Dan Conway. He is very leg lock and RG heavy in his game and super tricky. He already competed the day before and had a match prior, so he seemed to come out ready, warm and instantly jumped onto his game. I had to jump into a defensive mode and just survive for a bit.. Had some chances of my own too but didn't finish. It was a really close battle. Halfway through my upset stomach and adrenaline dumped on me, so I gassed. It was a really bad match for me physically. But I had my chance at redemption in the finals to show my skills.


Unfortunately 7min into the match Dan blew out his LCL.. Not the way I would EVER want to advance to the finals.. It was an awesome match that ended in a terrible way.

Derek Stewart asked me to post match video to forums for educational purposes. Here is match 1.

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GRAPHIC VIDEO WITH SERIOUS INJURY

Match 1:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VahxvaPW2MI&app=desktop

Match #2 was the finals and my adrenaline was good. I felt focused and ready. My team called for leg locks on the guy. I went right out and grabbed the straight ankle lock for gold :) Definitely felt better and stayed more technical. Had fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46iT6ZGIxm4&feature=youtu.be

Really unfortunate accident with Conway. I was the guy who gave you eye drops by the way, fun fact.

Was nice to meet you! Thanks for the eye drops. I lost a contact and mouthguard in that match. It was tough. Oh, and sorry I never got to show you the bouncer from twister. :/

Haha no worries. Lucky for you my allergies were bombing me and I was packing

Why did you and Conway have go against each other for the first match? Don't most tournaments try to wait til later rounds to have teammates go against each other?

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Why did you and Conway have go against each other for the first match? Don't most tournaments try to wait til later rounds to have teammates go against each other?

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It was a super 10p heavy tournament so it was pretty unavoidable

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Why did you and Conway have go against each other for the first match? Don't most tournaments try to wait til later rounds to have teammates go against each other?

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The whole card also got jumbled. My first match was supposed to be vs bonnie from 10p St. Paul. I somehow got a bye last second. Not sure what happened. First she was to face Dan. Then Me. Then she ended up kneebarring a Gracie!!!

I can't even express how happy I am that you beat the guy in the green rashie

After he took out two of our 10p teammates, we needed redemption! We got it! :) was a pleasure to fight alongside all of you. And glad 10p got the gold in our division!

I'm proud of all you killers!

You sub was so smooth and well deserved.

We drilled leg locks all day this morning.... Definitely have to up our game. Congrats again.

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Originally Posted by nicholsanddimes

You sub was so smooth and well deserved.

We drilled leg locks all day this morning.... Definitely have to up our game. Congrats again.

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Sounds like you were the guy I had the honor of facing in the finals. You were killing it out there, and I appreciate the kind words. Been working my leg lock game a lot recently. Thanks for the compliments. Is ibjja also 10p Indianapolis or do you cross train?

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Why did you and Conway have go against each other for the first match? Don't most tournaments try to wait til later rounds to have teammates go against each other?

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There was only 3 non 10p guys in the bracket of 7 people... I took one of them out in my first match but he got bumped up weight due to not enough people in his bracket, didn't feel like a real win was too easy. Can't tell by the thread if the guy in the Finals was 10p or not, although I don't think he was registered as 10p in the tourney. It was kind of lame, the majority of the bracket was me, stan, bonnie, and stoner mike -- not much to be done about that though, normally its one of the thickest divisions in tournaments.

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I'm proud of all you killers!

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Thanks Josh! Working hard to rep well

He's my team mate, he doesn't do 10p. I do in Indy. He enjoyed the match and was embarrassed by your quick execution of him.

You looked great congrats

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Originally Posted by nicholsanddimes

He's my team mate, he doesn't do 10p. I do in Indy. He enjoyed the match and was embarrassed by your quick execution of him.

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#10p4l ;p he felt strong and I really didn't want to mess around in that match.. I didnt feel i got off to a good start in my last one so I really wanted to start by pushing my pace. He was doing well in the comp. Was fun! Tell him to come rematch me at our comp coming up May 30! And come with! Www.checkmatesubmissiononly.com

^ aww shit. Your tourney is on my 21st birthday. Maybe I'll come up and compete. Or maybe I'll stay in IL and get drunk, who knows?

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^ aww shit. Your tourney is on my 21st birthday. Maybe I'll come up and compete. Or maybe I'll stay in IL and get drunk, who knows?

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Get up here!
$500 super fight! Eric Schafer vs Nate Kleinfeld
Super fight title!
Submission only w an amazing rule set.
$30 to register
3+ match guarantee!

Then we party after at my place

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^ aww shit. Your tourney is on my 21st birthday. Maybe I'll come up and compete. Or maybe I'll stay in IL and get drunk, who knows?

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It bothers my ego that your so young... Lol... I thought you were 25+....

This looks awesome! Unfortunately our teammate, is in a 16 man sub only tourney here in Indiana that night. Hit me up in Facebook, let us know next time. We try and compete 1 or 2 times a month. Have been going strong since October.

Looks like I'll only be spectating this one D;

I'm so sorry about the injury. What exactly happened? I couldn't really tell from the video. It just got rolled up on? That wasn't the result of a sub attempt or anything as far as I could tell.

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I'm so sorry about the injury. What exactly happened? I couldn't really tell from the video. It just got rolled up on? That wasn't the result of a sub attempt or anything as far as I could tell.

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I was escaping the leg lock. I tried to go inverted but didn't hit it. Dan ended up attempting to go for a calf crush but the triangle was unfortunately on the wrong side. The load on the knee made it pop as he came up to put pressure onto my leg, I believe?

Ah crap. OK thanks for the info. I wish you a speedy recovery.

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I was escaping the leg lock. I tried to go inverted but didn't hit it. Dan ended up attempting to go for a calf crush but the triangle was unfortunately on the wrong side. The load on the knee made it pop as he came up to put pressure onto my leg, I believe?

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His description is accurate. Hopefully I won't be out too long, torn meniscus but overall not bad compared to what could have been.

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Nice job Bonnie! :)