NAGA North Carolina Results

** = split division with teammate; no losses.

Zach “SWAT” Perret and Keith “Trainspotting” Cebula closed out <160 lb Blue Belt as well as Intermediate division.  Both guys were dominant in their performances, racking up big points, and getting submissions along the way in their 5 matches apiece. Look for both guys to make the big jump to Advanced at their next tournament.

Tye Ryan Murphy wins <170 Intermediate No-Gi with 4 dominant wins (this is only his 2nd time competing at Intermediate). Tough ref decision loss at Blue Belt.

Timothy “#1 Stunna” Spriggs entered 3 tough divisions, the Advanced Open, the Advanced weight class, and Purple Belt. Why would a Blue Belt enter the Purple Belt division? Well, the NAGA instituted a strange rule where Blue Belts were not allowed to fight in the Advanced division – so #1 Stunna would either have to fight Intermediate (which he already won) or Purple Belt (while wearing a Blue Belt). We decided to do the latter and were able to get good results! Hopefully, the NAGA will remove this rule in the future as the promoters of a grappling event should not have any say in what color belt an individual should wear.

Cathy Tran-Zwanetz entered her first Blue Belt division and proved she belonged with a dominating 16-2 then Ezekielle first round match. Because of her flight time, Cathy fought up a weight class and was a bit nervous but it obviously did not affect her too much as she was able to take second, losing 0-6.

“Big” Al Washington went out there and fought hard.  He is putting the time in, in the room and on the mats, and looks to become a top producer for the White Belt competition team.

“Lawyer” David Zwanetz comes back from North Carolina with a Gold and Silver.  Dave triangled his first No-Gi opponent but came out on the losing end of a heel hook battle in the Finals.  Dave then won his first match in the <140 lb Blue Belt division 7-2 armlocked his next opponent for the Gold.

Arizona BJJ State Championships 2009 Results

Last time in Arizona, Jon “Devastator” Delbrugge won Gold in the Medio weight class so this time around, he moved up a division to Meio Pesado. 

He won over Luiz Lopez (Rey Diego) 3-0 in his first match of the day.  His 2nd match was against Timothy Wagoner of Siege MMA.  Devastator pulled off the perfect match with sweep (waiter) –> pass –> breadcutter to enter the Final Four.  In the semifinals, Devastator pulled guard again, swept immediately and passed to enter the Championship round.  Jonathan Hill from the MMA Lab was the finals opponent and Devastator was dominant from start to finish, racking up 20+ points before submitting him with a Kimura. 

Look for Jon to be competing at Pesado in his next AZ Tournament.