Grapplers Quest SouthEast Championships Results

Jon “Devastator” Delbrugge anointed his new Purple Belt with a Grapplers Quest title.  Devastator finished his first two opponents – Kimura & Brabo choke before facing some stiff competition in the BJJ finals.  The championship of the Purple Belt division was a sweep-for-sweep affair with Jon coming out ahead by a single advantage.  Not bad for Jon who sustained a slight concussion and bloody cauliflower ear earlier in the day, competing in the Advanced No-Gi (lost in the Finals to an ATT Black Belt 6-4).

11 Months of Training for Jon Delbrugge's 1st Purple Belt Title

Kwami Mensah lost 4-0 in the first round of Adult Advanced and then had a very close match vs.  a Brown Belt in the Masters grappling division.  Kwami had his opponent in a tight choke from the back but his opponent did not have any quit in him and held on for the 6-4 victory.

Kwami then strapped his Gi on and cleaned out the Masters division: 4-2, 6-0, and 2-0.  He then jumped over to the Adult BJJ division where he had another 3 matches.  The round of 8 opponent had a tough top game but our teammate was able to take his back for the points W.  The second opponent was a guy who was double jointed.  Kwami had him in a full blown armbar that had the referee poised to stop the bout.  Kwami had to secure the armbar under his armpit and belly down before his opponent would submit.  After the match, his opponent demonstrated how he was able to resist for so long – he could bend his elbow in the opposite direction!  In the finals, Kwami outworked his opponent until he passed in the final minute.  Another Blue Belt division for “The Curious Case of Kwami Mensah”.

Tye Ryan Murphy won his first three gi matches: 10-0 then breadcutter, 10-0 then breadcutter again, 6-2 then armlock tap.  In the semifinals, he lost a 6-4 match but managed to hit some of the new DeLaRiva techniques that we have been focusing on.  In the Bronze medal match, he lost a tied match on a judge’s decision.

In the No-Gi, Tye competed in the Advanced division and lost on advantages to a wrestler from American Top Team.  Tye strayed away from his gameplan and spent most of the match grappling on the feet, his opponent’s comfort zone.  Still a solid performance from Tye who began training October 21, 2008.

Timmy “#1 Stunna” Spriggs‘ first match was against Marcel Goncalves, a Brown Belt under Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu.  The entire match was on the feet and #1 Stunna ended up losing 2-0 (0-1) on a late takedown.  He then entered the No Gi Absolute where he fell prey to a guillotine when he came up for a sweep.

In the Blue Belt bracket, Stunna submitted his first three opponents before getting disqualified in the Finals.  Timmy went for a kneebar (legal at Grapplers Quest gi divisions) but his opponent claimed it was reaping the knee creating the DQ.

“Big” Al Washington continues working hard, getting the valuable competition experience necessary for future success.  He has a full-time job and still trains everyday, sometimes more than once, in both Muay Thai or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.  He is the epitome of what we expect in our White Belt Competition Team.

Crazy 88 + Brad Court + Third Law = Team Lloyd Irvin in Florida