NY Open Results – Team Lloyd Irvin Wins Silver in Overall Team Standings!

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Tyrone Eaton went 4-1 for the weekend, submitting his first three opponents with breadcutter chokes after passing their guards.  He won a close referee’s decision in the semifinals and lost on points to another very tough grappler from Team Lloyd Irvin; Tyrone came out on the losing end of a takedown scramble and spent the remainder of the match defending his back.  Strong performance from Kwami’s brother.

Evan “Oz” Gideon won 6-0 (4-0) in the Sweet 16 vs. a BJJ’er from Yamasaki Academy.  Oz then tapped the next two opponents with chokes from the back to close out the bracket with Frank Camacho.

Fred “Brad” Thomsen won a slobber-knocker first match 10-9 but fell victim to the eventual champion in the next bout.  Fred bumped up to Heavyweight in order to be “A” team and it was good to see how competitive he could be with the weight disadvantage.

Cathy Tran-Zwanetz submitted her first two opponents from the mount before losing in the semi-finals.

Team Lloyd Irvin Ladies - Kim Rivers (1st) & Cathy TZ (3rd)

Alfonso “Big Sal” Washington had a tough first match but dominated  his final three opponents, submitting all of them to win Gold!  Big Sal didn’t get a chance to work on his new quarter guard techniques but did manage to employ the footsweep he has been drilling.  Not bad for a guy who was having surgery less than a month ago!

“Lawyer” Dave Zwanetz won his first match 6-2 (back take and sweep), defeating the 2009 World Silver Medalist, and then submitted a tough grappler from Gracie Humaita in the Championship round.

2 of Crazy 88's Gold Medalists - David Zwanetz & Evan Gideon

Also,

• Jake “Bro Man” Huffman – GOLD @ White Belt Feather  *Jake is 15!*
• Jeremiah West – SILVER @ Blue Belt Feather
• Kevin McMullen – BRONZE @ Blue Belt Light
• DJ Jackson – 2x GOLD @ Blue Belt Middle & Open
• Kenneth Brown – BRONZE @ Blue Belt Ultra
• Kimberly Rivers – GOLD @ Female Blue Belt Light Feather
• Tracey Goodell – 2x GOLD @ Female Blue Belt Light & Open
• Rachel Demara – GOLD @ Female Blue Belt Middle & SILVER @ Open
• James Harbison – SILVER @ Brown Middle & Open

Team Lloyd Irvin ended up taking second place overall!  Ouss!

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

NY International Open Results

** = split division w/ teammate; no losses.

Keith “Trainspotting” Cebula easily won the Masters Blue Belt division, submitting his first two opponents with breadcutter chokes before posting a 6-0 victory in the Championship round with 2 guard passes.  Having placed Top 3 in his weight division, our teammate qualified for the Open division. Unfortunately, there were only 2 other competitors in that division so Trainspotting won his match on a massive number of points and then split the Open Division title with Pere from Camp Springs! Awesome showing!

Timothy “#1 Stunna” Spriggs dominated the Meio Pesado division, going 4-0.   He won 18-0, 2-0, 8-2, and 4-0 to win his first CBJJ Gold medal.  He controlled every match and did not look like a full-time college student who trains during vacations.  #1 Stunna has been working out hard and studying video heavily and has been able to maintain his skills even when he is not in Maryland.  Great job from the 18 year old.

Cathy Tran-Zwanetz made her IBJJF debut…luckily.  There was originally no one in her division to fight but the officials were kind enough to let her bump up a weight class to compete against another girl who was also opponent-less.  Cathy used her crushing shoulder pressure to pass her opponent’s guard, mount, and ezekielle in 45 seconds.  A textbook match that brings Ms. Cathy’s record to 3-0.