NY Open Brackets Posted

Team Lloyd Irvin is sending a killer team to the NY International Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament. The squad consists of quite a few Pan Am medalists including Tracey Goodell (2x Gold), Kim Rivers (Gold), Evan Gideon (Bronze), DJ Jackson (Bronze), Jim Harbison (Bronze), Kenny Brown (Silver), among others.

Its phenomenal that we are able to send such a strong group to NYC despite having the Brazilian Nationals the following week (had to split the team). Should be an exciting weekend and Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is happy to play its part. Ouss!

David Zwanetz faces 2009 Jiu Jitsu World Silver Medalist Son Duong for the fifth or sixth time.  Dave has managed to win each of their encounters but they have always been tough and this time promises to be no different.

Blue Belt Rooster

Kwami Mensah on page 2 of the bracket.  The ageless Kwami Mensah will be building off momentum from a strong performance at the Copa America BJJ tournament.  The plan is to meet the other 2 Lloyd Irvin competitors who are on page 1 of the bracket.

Blue Belt Feather (2 of 2)

Keith “Trainspotting” Cebula in a BIG division.

Blue Belt Light (2 of 2)

Eric Palmer will be making his IBJJF tournament debut.  Eric has made some big improvements in his game since he decided to “get serious” and the NY Open is a good chance to test the waters!  2009 No-Gi World Champion and 2010 Pan Am Bronze Medalist, DJ Jackson is Team Lloyd Irvin’s mainstay in this weight and he hopes to win the NY Open for the 2nd time.

Blue Belt Middle (1 of 2)

Evan “Oz” Gideon is continuing his run to a World Medal in June and will be facing a familiar DC area competitor in his first bout.  Team Lloyd Irvin has two very strong competitors in this bracket; Frank Camacho will be leading the charge from the other side!

Blue Belt Medium Heavy

Fred “Brad” Thomsen‘s first time competing for Crazy 88.  Looking forward to seeing how he does in a higher weight class than he usually competes in.

Blue Belt Heavyweight

Phil Thorn rematerialized a few weeks onto the Crazy 88 mats and even went to North Carolina to win a bunch of Gold medals at a US Grappling tournament.  Hopefully, he will rematerialize again – this time to the top of the medal stand.  The other Team Lloyd Irvin member is the very talented and hard-working Kenny Brown from Evolve Academy; Kenny just took Silver at the PanAms last month and is probably the odds-on favorite for this division.

Blue Ultra Heavy

Cathy Tran-Zwanetz won this tournament as a White Belt last year and hopes to repeat this year at a new belt.  Helping her out will be Third Law BJJ’s own Pan Am Champion Kimberly Rivers!

Female Blue Light Feather

Brad “Fred” Pearson also competes for the first time since joining Crazy 88 and will be in the Purple Belt Medium Heavy division.  A 2nd-round match vs. Thomas Beach poses an interesting challenge but he will have to win the first before we worry about that!

Purple Belt Medium Heavy

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