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NAGA North Carolina Results
Posted on July 11th, 2009 No commentsAge Skill Weight Result Keith Cebula Adult Intermediate Lightweight (<160 lbs) 1st** Blue Belt Lightweight (<160 lbs) 1st** Zach Perret Adult Intermediate Lightweight (<160 lbs) 1st** Blue Belt Lightweight (<160 lbs) 1st** Tye Ryan Murphy Adult Intermediate Welterweight (<170 lbs) 1st Timothy Spriggs Adult Advanced Middleweight (<180 lbs) 1st Purple Belt Cruiserweight (<200 lbs) 3rd Cathy Tran-Zwanetz Adult Blue Belt Lightweight (<135 lbs) 2nd Al Washington Adult Beginner Super Heavyweight (225+ lbs) 3rd White Belt Super Heavyweight (225+ lbs) 3rd David Zwanetz Adult Intermediate Flyweight (<140 lbs) 2nd Blue Belt Flyweight (<140 lbs) 1st ** = 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.
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