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Unfortunately they wouldnt let us take any pics. they searched us like we were going on an airplane, metal detector and everything.
People I saw there included : Diego Sanchez, Jeff Glover, Renzo Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Rolls Gracie Jr, Marcelo Garcia, Jacare, Xande Ribeiro, Saulo Ribeiro, Rickson Gracie, Daiju Takase, Shinya Aoki ........ list goes on
This was unlike any grappling competition I've been to. There was one central stage, that was elevated, there were no ropes. The fighters had entrances, there was an announcer. The fighters also wore blue and red belts to symbolize the corners they were from.
the rules really did make the fights exciting. Almost every fight ended in submission. There were three, three minute rounds, and more points were awarded for submission attemps than for advancing positioning.
My favorite fighters were Jacare (crushed both his opponents with ease) and Shinya Aoki, who finished one opponent with an incredible flying armbar in 20 seconds, and he also finished Cameron Earle with some kind of very fast rolling leglock, it was difficult to see.
Aoki was the underdog to win his division, and had hilarious reactions to winning his fights. He made a samurai sword motion with his arm, like he had just cut down his opponent.
Overall, AWESOME event, only complaint was the time was way too long between fights. But it was my first time seeing world class BJJ and Judo black belts compete.
I went to buy a sandwich and Rickson literally bumped into me and cut in front of me! I shook his hand, and he was a gentleman. He has this suave latin kinda thing going on. Like a ricky ricardo.
Lastly, Kyra Gracie is the hottest BJJ black belt in the world
People I saw there included : Diego Sanchez, Jeff Glover, Renzo Gracie, Ralph Gracie, Rolls Gracie Jr, Marcelo Garcia, Jacare, Xande Ribeiro, Saulo Ribeiro, Rickson Gracie, Daiju Takase, Shinya Aoki ........ list goes on
This was unlike any grappling competition I've been to. There was one central stage, that was elevated, there were no ropes. The fighters had entrances, there was an announcer. The fighters also wore blue and red belts to symbolize the corners they were from.
the rules really did make the fights exciting. Almost every fight ended in submission. There were three, three minute rounds, and more points were awarded for submission attemps than for advancing positioning.
My favorite fighters were Jacare (crushed both his opponents with ease) and Shinya Aoki, who finished one opponent with an incredible flying armbar in 20 seconds, and he also finished Cameron Earle with some kind of very fast rolling leglock, it was difficult to see.
Aoki was the underdog to win his division, and had hilarious reactions to winning his fights. He made a samurai sword motion with his arm, like he had just cut down his opponent.
Overall, AWESOME event, only complaint was the time was way too long between fights. But it was my first time seeing world class BJJ and Judo black belts compete.
I went to buy a sandwich and Rickson literally bumped into me and cut in front of me! I shook his hand, and he was a gentleman. He has this suave latin kinda thing going on. Like a ricky ricardo.
Lastly, Kyra Gracie is the hottest BJJ black belt in the world
