US Grappling – Mid-Atlantic Grappling Championship 2 Results

Today was the third straight weekend of grappling competitions for Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This time, we sent a few of our grapplers to US Grappling’s event in Boothwyn, PA.

Russell Atkinson won his first tournament match ever via triangle choke before losing in the following round.  Great job by Russ who has made tremendous improvement in his Jiu-Jitsu.  When he first started, he struggled through the warmup and now he is doing multiple classes a day and competing!

Scott Heindl rebounded from a first round loss in his weight class to win the Beginner Open division: 12-0, 9-2, and  7-0.  This was Scott’s first tournament!

A Hat Trick for David Zwanetz as he won his third blue belt division in as many weeks.  Dave received a bye in the 1st round, flash-triangled his 2nd opponent, and then defeated the 2009 Blue Belt Galo World Silver medalist in the Finals.  Great job by Dave who weighed in at 123 for the 123-135.5 lb weight class.

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** = Split division with teammate; no losses

Mike Easton Runs Successful Baltimore Mixed Martial Arts Seminar

Mike Easton & Frank Camacho

Mike Demonstrates How to Properly Hold Someone's Hand as They Cross The Street

Mike Sees Some Cupcakes in the Corner

Mike Explains Intricacies of Fighting Off the Cage

Mike Easton and Frank “The Crank” Camacho visited our Baltimore MMA school to give a seminar on Mixed Martial Arts.  Even with short notice and a grappling competition on the same day, we had good turnout for the event.  The seminar covered everything from the feet to the ground, from wrestling to ground and pound.

Mike is professional fighter and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt with victories in multiple promotions.  Frank Camacho is a young fighter (under 20 years old) from Guam who moved to Maryland just to train at Lloyd Irvin MMA academy.  Between the two of them, they have close to 20 professional MMA fights so it was great to have them in the room, sharing their knowledge.

Mike has an upcoming fight in Tennessee in February and is also considering doing the Abu Dhabi Gi next weekend.  Frank, despite dominantly winning his last fight, plans to focus on his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training (he already has great standup) this year before getting back into the cage.  They are true Mixed Martial Artists!

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