Crazy 88 Goes Undefeated at MMA / Muay Thai Kickboxing Smoker!

Ben Lipov TKO’s his opponent in the 2nd round of his Muay Thai fight.

Jermaine “Judge” Mathis AKA “Big Burr“ wins the Unanimous Decision in a Muay Thai smoker.

Zach “SWAT” Perret wins the Unanimous Decision in his Muay Thai match.

“Big” Al Washington wins via Americana submission in a Mixed Martial Arts match.

4-0 this time around.  Great job everyone!  Also, thanks to Brad Daddis for putting on these events to allow everyone in Team Lloyd Irvin to get good experience.

Emergency Room Physicians Attend MMA Seminar

Dr. Veronica Deza & Jon Delbrugge at the MMA Safety Presentation

Dr. Veronica Deza invited the instructors of Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu up to Franklin Medical Hospital to speak on some of the medical issues involved with Mixed Martial Arts training. With the popularity of MMA increasing and the explosion of “MMA schools” trying to cash in on the trend, doctors will unfortunately be seeing a lot more injuries from MMA training. It is commendable that they are attending these presentations as to better understand the mechanics of the sport.

Dr. Deza is the mother of Aiden and Madeline who are both involved in our Childrens Martial Arts Program and is actively involved herself in the Womens Only Kickboxing.

Miami International Open 2009 Results

Two Competitors – Three Medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver)

Keith “Trainspotting” Cebula road to Blue Belt Lightweight Gold…

(waiting on details)

Tye Ryan Murphy‘s road to the Blue Belt Middleweight Gold…

First round foot trip to top half guard, passed to side control, north/south to bread cutter

Semis jumped closed guard, cross choke to soften him up, swing arm lock to switch to traingle, finish with full blown triangle and tapped him with paint brush

Finals: opponent jumps guard, I open and smash for an advantage in half. Cross face and switch to brabo cross choke from top of half, he turns to knees as I pass and tries for single, I smash him down and turn him over with knee is chest, pass into side control, then north south then breadcutter finish. Tapped all three guys

In the Open division, Trainspotting won his first match 0-0 (2-1) and then lost 5-2 in the round of 8.  Tye dominated his first round competition 6-0 and submitted his 2nd opponent via breadcutter.  The semi-finals were against the guy who had beaten Trainspotting earlier and Tye was able to avenge his teammates loss with a narrow advantage win to enter the finals.  In the Championship, Timothy Snyder (Alliance) controlled the match and handed Tye the 2nd place medal on points.  Great performance from Tye!

Also, congrats to Team Third Law (Florida Team Lloyd Irvin affiliate) who had quite a few medalists as well as to BJJ Black Belts, Mike Fowler and JT Torres who closed out the Middleweight Black Belt division.