Grapplers Quest Las Vegas Results

It was couples weekend in Vegas as Jon “Devastator” Delbrugge and Tye Ryan Murphy flew out to Las Vegas with significant others in tow.  They had to do some work at the Grapplers Quest before they could relax though.  Devastator started the day off, with 10-0 victory in the Quarterfinals.  He was winning 3-0 in the Semi-finals but lost via Kimura in the final minute of the match, placing him the 3/4 match.  He won dominantly there with another 10-0 annihilation.    A Bronze at the GQ West Advanced as a Blue Belt is a strong accomplishment.

Devastator then had 5 more matches in the Gi division, winning by Brabo, 3-0, 5-0, and 3-2 before coming up 2 points short in the finals.  A long day of competition for our teammate.

Copa Nova Results

** = split division w/ teammate; no losses.

Keith “Trainspotting” Cebula battled hard and finally earned Adult division Gold.  After warming up with a points victory in the 16-man bracket, Keith seio-nage’d and choked his next opponent.  A narrow 2 point victory in the semifinals gave Keith a finals berth where he split the division with teammate, Lenny Maggio.  Great job from the old man! 

Ryan “Ladies Man” Corsillo split Gold with teammate Clarence Melton in the Intermediate division.  He has only one match there that he won 6-0.  LadiesMan also dominated the Gi division, armlocking his 1st opponent, winning by a record-breaking 30-0 in the semifinals, and topping it off with an 8-0 Championship.  4-0 for the day!

“Young” Clarence Melton split Gold with teammate Ryan Corsillo in the Intermediate division.  He has only one match there that he won via armbar submission. 

Cathy Tran-Zwanetz took her first career “L” in a controversial match.  Cathy bumped up a weight class because there were no other girls in her weight.  She was down 2-0 (0-3) in her first match and came up on top of the other girl but time ran out before the referee awarded points causing her to enter the consolation which turned into a classic Cathy match – pass –> mount –> ezekielle.   Fantastic job!

“Lawyer” Dave made his No-Gi Advanced division debut.  He triangled his first opponent before facing Luis Pantoja in the finals.  Luis is an experienced Brown Belt from Yamasaki and it showed as the score was 6-2 before he submitted Dave with a triangle with 30 seconds remaining.