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Awesome tournament. It was small and there were some kinks to be worked out on the 1st day, but the rule set is fantastic and the people who run the tournament were really great to us.
I competed in the pro division. Should have those videos uploaded soon. I'll post em here as they go up.
This first match is from The Roach. Mount, Swim Move, Arm Crush, Arm Bar.
http://youtu.be/0DMtJfycvsg
The Roach. Match #2
Pull Guard. Gogoplata.
http://youtu.be/kwYfrDmSpj4
The Roach #3.
Darce choke.
http://youtu.be/6Ubu_ZDUW3c
Good meeting you man! Gui and Jerrid are both tough as fuck, heh. I know this firsthand, as I've trained with them a bunch (they come by to get extra work in for MMA fights). Beating Juan also deserves big props man! That guy may only be 145lbs, but he's as tough as they come. Those pro divisions were competitive as hell, and you did great man. Congrats!
The Roach #4.
Pull Guard. Gogoplata.
http://youtu.be/3jEwAf-CU0o
This is Josh McMurray. He's one of our Blue Belts. Took 3rd in Intermediate and submitted a quality Purple Belt in the process.
Unfortunately, this is the only vid we got of his matches and it's cut short before the finish. He taps the guy with a spinning arm bar from knee on belly. Real slick.
The match is worth the watch just for the Waiter Sweep he pulls off, though. Guy he is matched up with here is a Blue Belt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oewN30czuqM
Here are my matches from the "pro" division. $1000 cash was on the line for the winner. I was only an alternate, but one of the competitors no-showed the tourney, so I was in.
I lost my first 2 matches and won my 3rd.
The guy I lost to here in match #1 ended up winning the money (the 2 guys in the final actually split it). He waxed me pretty good. I did some good things, but they were all defensive in nature. Good jailbreak, baseball bat choke counter, arm bar escape, omoplata escape.... starting to get the picture? It was an honor to compete against this guy. Quality fella. He is a Brown Belt instructor at Knuckle Up under Ricardo Murgel.
He finishes me with a no-gi Baseball Bat choke. Nasty. My neck is gonna be sore for a month.
Please feel free to critique these matches all you want. I'm always down for feedback.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpqQDT5u04c
This is match #2.
I felt like we were really close in skill level. He has been training for over 10 years and I believe he said he was with Hardcore Gym. I could be wrong about that.
He caught me with a knee bar out of a transition. I never saw it coming until it was too late.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yssPzxknWNQ
And finally, I get a win.
This guy was 2-0 with 2 footlocks coming in to the match. If he would have beaten me, he would have been in the finals playing for the money. Sorry to ruin his day, but it felt good to leave on a high note.
I catch him with a hideous calf crusher/ knee compression that Herzog taught during the week long leg lock camp we did here in Decatur.
Many thanks, Coach :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAbWmpccYPk
Hey Brandon - I love you!
That is all.
***no homo***
Thanks man. It was great to meet you, too. Yeah those dudes were tough.Quote:
Originally Posted by GMathewsMMA
Jerrid fights for Bellator?
Yep, most of those guys were pro fighters. A bunch with Bellator like Joe Elmore, Jerrid, Dave Vitkay, Tex and a few others. It was a really tough group to compete in, that's for sure.
Beautiful, perfect control of the heel he dragged you right into it! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren
Good Stuff Brandon!
Good work bro!
great icepick all good matches all around, i learned something from each one
Sam Davis wins his first match at weight (128lbs) with a rear naked choke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MSSF9Desc8
Sam at weight again. Same guy. Another rear naked choke. Really smooth back take here.
http://youtu.be/86zOJOpu7Zc
This is Sam in the Absolute. He had already fought at weight and this is his 3rd match against the big guys, but it's the only video we have from the absolute.
This was the 3rd place match.
http://youtu.be/mOZm8Nj8tEM
Manny was a man among children that day. He's looking like a star in the making, solid guard pulling with professional gogos, great work manny. Brandon's calf crush was super sweet. Yeah, you got outclassed a bit there but like you said, you did alot of good things defensively. Lets study those losses and begin to fill those holes in your game :-)
Great job to everyone that represented 10P! It was a great tournament. NAGA Atlanta coming up a week from Saturday!
Manny is getting good. I love watching him progress. He's my little science project.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo
I got dominated in that first match, for sure. But I also think that was a big education moment for me. I was ready when the next 2 matches rolled around, because I believed I belonged there. I wasn't so sure before that first one; it was more of a "I'm just happy to be here" kind of attitude.
They invited me back in September; this time I won't be an alternate. And I'll be ready.
Found a vid of one of Josh's other matches on my phone. This is him beating a Purple Belt in the absolute division. Granted, he was significantly larger, but I was still proud of him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCd3uY_a4_k
Prof. B, I've got to tell you that Brandon's matches were among the most exciting to watch. When he snatched Juan off of his feet for that Zog Crush, Juan looked surprised as hell! These 10th Planet Decatur guys were awesome and we promise that our next event (sept 28th) will run much smoother. I hope that we'll get to see more of the 10PJJ reps showing up at our events!
I got to chat with Rose G on the phone for quite a while and she had some really important information to share with me that will make things much better next time. We also expect, based on the feedback so far, to have a much larger turnout in Sept.
Brandon and his crew were a lot of fun in person and it was a blast to watch them roll. These guys are some of the funniest people and Byron and I really enjoyed having them (Sam and Brandon kept me cracking up). We were very impressed with Brandon and we'll be glad to bring him back in Sept. The fact that he agreed to drive 4 hours in the off chance that someone was hurt or no-showed was awesome and the fact that he showed up with some game was also awesome....the fact that a 10thPJJ guy showed up when a GB guy flaked is even better...and we were grateful that Brandon was there to keep our brackets neat!
Eddie, thanks for getting me inspired enough to actually attempt a sub-only. I hope you'll join us for one some time. This would not have come to fruition without some of your spot-on rants!
www.kakutochallenge.com and www.facebook.com/kakutochallenge if anyone wants to stay current on us.
This was one of the highest compliments you could have paid us about our pro-invitational. These guys are all great and we were glad to have every single one of them come out and roll under our banner! Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by GMathewsMMA