Rio Intl Open of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – Day One Results

The Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competition team did not take a summer vacation and continues to compete all over the world. It was back to Rio de Janeiro for Crazy 88′s Tye Ryan Murphy and Third Law BJJ‘s Roberto Torralbas as they would enter the IBJJF’s Rio International Open, a 4-day tournament for <30 years olds,  which runs concurrently with the International Masters and Seniors.

Tye Ryan Murphy started things off with a choke from the back after racking up 10-0 against his opponent from BTT (unconsciousness ensued).  He then choked his second opponent unconscious with a choke from the front headlock position.  In the quarterfinals, he faced eventual division winner, Luiz Fernado from Gracie Barra PE in Northeast Brazil and lost 2-0 (2-3) with some controversy.  Apparently the scoreboard was not being updated and it read 0-0 (2-3) *Tye winning by one advantage* until the whistle blew in which case it was discovered that it was 2-0.  During the match, Tye also had a sweep back so there was a lot of confusion over whether it was 0-0 (scoreboard) or 2-2 (mental count).  Either way, a good showing by Tye.  All part of the process for the 2011 World Championships!

Look for a longer writeup to be posted on our blog from Tye upon his return to the USA.

Blue Belt Medio (1 of 2)

Roberto Torralbas won his first Jiu Jitsu match 8-0 with 4 takedowns (!) and then took the back to defeat his quarterfinals opponent 4-0.  In the semifinals, he faced Francisco Iturral (Alliance) who had footlocked his first two opponents.  Unfortunately, Roberto ended up being the 3rd opponent to fall victim to the grappler from Alliance Ecuador – a “crazy” footlock as Roberto almost took his opponent’s back.  Francisco ended up taking a fourth foot with him and won Gold.  Roberto is icing up his ankle and is looking forward to the Open division tomorrow!

Purple Belt Medio (2 of 2)

Rafael Mendes & Guilherme Mendes BJJ Seminar was PACKED!

It was a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu overload this Saturday in Camp Springs, Maryland where Team Lloyd Irvin hosted Rafael and Guilherme Mendes for the first day of a two-day Jiu-Jitsu extravaganza. The brothers have actually been here since Monday, training with the team 3x a day, but today would be the start of the “official” seminar.

Rafael and Guilherme are two “prodigies” of BJJ and grappling (I use quotes because they have strong beliefs regarding talent and training).  Both are World Champions at the Black Belt level.  Guilherme is the 2nd person in history to win the Worlds at every belt in consecutive years and Rafael also holds a Gold medal from the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships.

The mats were filled with enthusiastic students – some from Texas, some from New York, and even some from Florida!   As a coach, I am excited to begin implementing some of the new drills, positions, and philosophies that we picked up over the course of the week.

Brazilian Nationals – Athlete Lists

The Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu JItsu Team is in Rio this weekend for the Brazilian Nationals. The Brazilian Nationals or Brasileiro takes place over two weekends with Blue belts and Purple belts competing the first weekend and Brown and Black belts competing the following weekend.

Willie Leonard and Tracey Goodell from the main school will be competing this weekend along with Tye Ryan Murphy, Jon Delbrugge, and CJ Melton from our Baltimore BJJ academy.  Roberto Torralbas, who runs Third Law in Naples, Florida, is the sole representative from his school.  I have posted the athlete lists for each of the competitors from Crazy 88 and will post the brackets if the CBJJ releases them online.  Good luck to all the competitors!

Azul Adulto Masculino Pluma

Agnaldo Goes Lucas R. Cabral

Alliance Eduard Lisboa

Alliance Wagner Mauro Oliveira

Alliance SP William Mello de Oliveira

Asle Saymon Adam Mattos

Atos JJ Denilson Rogerio Silva Bischil

Brazilian Top Team Ighor Luis Alvim Horta

Brazilian Top Team Joel Rodrigues da Silva

Check Mat Brasil BJJ Wagner Lacerda

Checkmat BJJ Gustavo Motta Sedório

Checkmat BJJ Thiago Coriolano Ribeiro

DDR Jiu-Jitsu Igor Palagar Petrutes

De La Riva Raimundo Nonato

Deo Igor Fonseca de Oliveira

Dojo/James Adler Bruno Rafael Moreira Araujo

Equipe PH MArcos Paulo Evangelista

Game Fight BJJ Vanderlan Costa de Lima

GF Team Filipe Rodrigues

GF Team Vinicius Moreira

GF Team Academia Jonathan Carvalho de Jesus

GF Team Academia Pierre Benac

GF Team Jiu-Jitsu Anderson Duarte de Oliveira

GF Team Jiu-Jitsu Joale Jefferson

GF Team RJ Henrique Freire Lima

Gracie Barra Henrique Eiji Prates

Gracie Barra Miguel Eusebio

Gracie Humaita Cleyton Martins

Gracie Humaita Yuri Mesquita

Gracie Tijuca Miguel Angelo

Heleno Maia JJ Fabio Junior

Instituto Reação Wallace de Abreu

Lloyd Irvin M.A. Academy Clarence Melton

Monteiro Moises Nascimento de Souza

Nova Uniao Daniel Vieira Santana

Nova Uniao Ruan Gomes Marques

Osvaldo Alves Alexsandro Pimentel

Osvaldo Alves Walter Wendell Benes

Ryan Gracie Paulo Henrique Bezerra

Top Brother Jonathan correa

Total: 39

Jon Delbrugge & CJ Melton

Azul Adulto Masculino Medio

Alliance Edson Antonio Filho

Alliance Flavio Junqueira

Alliance SP Raphael de Castro Vieira

Brasa/Muzio Ruan Marques de Oliveira

Brazilian Top Team Douglas Fernandes da Silva

Carlson Gracie Team Fernando Magdenier Daixum

Castro JJ Warley Mendes

Check Mat Brasil BJJ Guilherme George da Silva

Check Mat Brasil BJJ Piter frank Almeida

Checkmat BJJ Alvaro Silvestre Ribeiro

Checkmat BJJ Revilis Barcelos Apolinario

Cidade Viva JJ Wagner Wilker dos Santos

De La Riva Geremias Marcos Dias

De La Riva Lauro Anfiano Pinto

De La Riva Jiu-Jitsu Hugo Leonardo Cabral

De La Riva Jiu-Jitsu Jorge Furtado Correa

Jr Dojo/James Adler Dowver Azevedo Cruz

Jr Dojo/James Adler Gustavo Monteiro Fontoura

GF Team Wellington Ferreira

Gracie Barra Luciano Teixeira Filho

Gracie Barra Vinicius Magalhaes

Gracie Barra PB Ismael da Costa Lima

Gracie Barra PE Luiz Fernando Lima

Gracie Barra PE Rodolphe Nery

Gracie Barra PI Bruno de Sousa

Gracie Barra Recife Adriano Amaro

Gracie Barra Recife JJ Aldir Jose Barbosa

Gracie Barra Recife JJ Valdeir da Rocha

Gracie Barra Sul Rafael Romani

Gracie Humaita Daniel Felipe

Gracie Humaita Emerson Sarmanho

Gracie Humaitá Argentina Daniel Chung

Gracie Meier Cristian Pereira Rocha

GracieTijuca Rafael Neves Palermo

Heleno Maia JJ Bruno da Silva Felinto

Instituto Reação Vinicius Batista

Lloyd Irvin M.A. Academy Tye Ryan Murphy

Marcio Pinheiro BJJ Bruno de Ugalde Mello

Nova Uniao Joaquim Campos Maia

Nova Uniao Philipp Francisco

Nova União – N.U. Eduardo Henrique Amaral

Nucleo Diego Mendonça Perseguin

Osvaldo Alves Geovany Fernandes

Osvaldo Alves Rafael Evaristo

Soul Fighters Roberto Barboza filho

Striker JJ/ Góes Adolpho Luiz Campos

Striker JJ/ Góes Gleidson Henrique Germano

Total: 47

Tye Ryan Murphy & Jon Delbrugge

Roxa Adulto Masculino Meio-Pesado

Barbosa JJ Mauricio Henrique Cristo Lima

Brasa Bruno Ferreira

Brazilian Top Team Odair Jose MArtins

Broca Team Cesar Willyan Vieira

Carlson Gracie Team Marcello Vieira Daflon

Carmen Cascagrossa Henrique Silva Vieira

De La Riva Manoel Fernandes Neto

Evolve Gordo Jiu-Jitsu Marcello Areas de Mello

GF Team Nalmir Oliveira

GF Team Rafael de Oliveira

Giovanni Reis Silas Robson de Oliveira

Godoi JJ Club Yuri Gregório Schneider

Gracie Barra Felipe Carsalade

Gracie Barra Pedro Henrique Dutra

Gracie Barra Alagoas Danillo Jose Vieira

Gracie Ipanema Adriano dos Santos

Instituto Reação Paulo Cesar Cunha

Lloyd Irvin M.A. Academy Jonathon Delbrugge

Manimal Marcos Aurelio Goulart Jr

Nova Uniao Bruno de Souza Lima

Osvaldo Alves Vinicius Ladeira

Queiroz Saude Thiago Felipe de Lima

Soul Fighters João Gabriel Rocha

Striker JJ/ Góes Raphael Inacio

Sul Jiu-Jitsu Gustavo Rosa da Silva

Top Brother Vitor Oliveira Vieira

Total: 26

2010 Pan Am Brackets Released

Evan Gideon is on page 3 of a 4 page bracket (at the big IBJJF tournaments, each ring operates a page independently of each other and the winners of each page face off in the later, usually medal, rounds) for Blue Belt Meio-Pesado.  Guilherme Lima (Drysdale BJJ) is also on Evan’s page – Evan won their last encounter 2-0 at the US Nationals but it was hard fought!  Teammate Frank Camacho will be taking care of business on page 1.  Interestingly enough, Frank’s first match will be against Shiloh Roberts from Rafael Lovato’s school, a grappler that Evan has faced twice already.

Roberto Torralbas is on page 3 of a 4 page bracket as well.  The big challenge on his page is Alex Baulding (Alliance) who is the returning World Silver Medalist.  Before Alex Baulding, Roberto might face Jeffrey Shulze (Gracie Barra), who at Blue Belt won a controversial Judges Decision over Jon Delbrugge.  Purple Middleweight is a notoriously difficult division so we should get some good matches out of the Third Law BJJ coach.

Jon Delbrugge has 3 matches to get into the Medal Round and 5 matches to win the Gold in the Purple Belt Medium-Heavy weight class.  The only name I know on his page (2 of 4) is Elias Ramirez (Gracie Barra), last year’s Blue Belt Pan Am Silver Medalist.

Mike Atkin will be competing Senior 3 Brown Belt Heavyweight (he moved up from Medium Heavy because there was no one in his weight division).  There are a few guys in this bracket that Mike has not faced before and Willie Rodriguez who Mike has competed against a few times.  Should be fun!

Copa America Florida State Championships Results

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2010 Houston International BJJ Open Results

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Three Competitors – Four Medals so far for Crazy 88 BJJ Baltimore Jiu-Jitsu Team. 100% Medal Rate for Team Lloyd Irvin so far.

Evan “Oz” Gideon dominated his two opponents, finishing his first one off with a triangle and then submitting his second with a bow-and-arrow choke.  Due to a bracketing mix-up, Evan received a bye into the semi-finals but like they say, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.”  The final match was especially sweet as it was against an opponent that had beaten Oz 2-0 at the US Nationals last year.  This time, Oz left no doubt as he passed, mounted, and finished his opponent from the back.

In the Open, Evan faced Daniel Robb (Gracie Humaita).  Super close match with a single advantage giving the “W” to Robb.

Evan Gideon Wins Blue Belt Medium Heavy!

Tye Ryan Murphy submitted his first opponent via triangle and outpointed the second by 20+ points.  In the quarterfinals, he faced one of Rafael Lovato’s blue belts who had taken 2nd at the American Nationals.   Tye submitted him with a Kimura and then caught the semi-finals adversary with another triangle to enter the finals.  In the finals, Tye was up 5-0 with approximately a minute left but fell prey to a Hail Mary armbar!  A tough learning experience but an easy mistake to fix.

Tye came back hard in the Blue Belt Open battling through some TOUGH early round matches.  He won his Elite Eight match 0-0 (3-2) and then gutted out a win the Final Four.  The score was 2-2 with two advantages for Tye.  Tye’s opponent locked on a tight triangle but Tye held out until the buzzer winning by one advantage!  In the Finals, Tye dismantled his opponent, mounting him and submitting him!  Congrats to Tye Ryan Murphy on a BIG win!

Tye's Muay Thai training really came through! Also, Third Law's Kevin Dalton with the Bronze!

Blue Belt Open Gold for Tye Ryan Murphy!

“Big” Al Washington defeated Orlan Lyle (Gracie Barra) by Ezekiel choke and then Edgar Perez (Gracie Barra America) via 9-0.  Final four – Al applies the Kimura to get a ticket to the Finals.  The Championship match was a war; Al gave it everything he had but came up one point short in a 7-6 barnburner!

BIG!!!

Also, congrats to Team Third Law (Florida Team Lloyd Irvin affiliate) – they had:

• Roberto Torralbas – 1st Adult Purple Middle, 2nd Adult Purple Open
• Kevin Dalton – 3rd Adult Blue Middle
• Kim Rivers – 1st Female White Feather
• Joey Ruggiero – 1st Adult White Light

It was an interesting rules meeting at the Houston BJJ Open.

Brackets for the Houston BJJ Open Posted…

Alfonso Washington wants to redeem himself after a 0-0 Judges Decision at the European BJJ Championships. Al also has a Muay Thai smoker bout next weekend so he is keeping himself busy in all areas of fighting!

Big Al's Division - White Belt Ultra

Tye Ryan Murphy and Kevin Dalton are both looking to get solid IBJJF tournament experience. Tye had a strong showing at the European BJJ Championships where he won 3 before losing on points to the eventual champion and will build upon that to get onto the medal stand in Houston.  In Tye’s way is US Nationals medalist Trevor Cowan, who should be the biggest challenge on that page.  On the other side of the bracket is Team Third Law’s Kevin Dalton, who is one of Roberto’s most active competitors and also a political activist.

Tye Ryan Murphy's Division - Blue Middle page 1/2

Tye Ryan Murphy Division - Blue Middle page 2/2

Evan “Oz” Gideon should have some good matches and is one of the favorites to win the division. Evan is looking forward to a rematch with Shiloh Roberts (Lovato BJJ) who defeated him by two points in the semi-finals of the US Nationals last year.  This is “Oz” first IBJJF tournament of the year and he is excited.  In 2009, with less than one year of training, he was able to make the Elite Eight of the PanAms and take double Bronze’s at the US Nationals – a solid foundation for the 2010 competition season.

Evan Gideon's Division - Blue Middle Heavy

Roberto Torralbas' Division - Purple Middle

NAGA Tournament of Champions Results

The guy I fought in the blue belt division was actually a 4 stripe white belt from a De La Riva school whose instructor was there telling him to fight up because he was promoting him to blue belt this week.  I beat the guy 11-0 and was very happy with the match.  I had been telling myself to be more aggressive with submission attempts, and I threw a bunch at him.  Pulled guard, broke him down and locked the diamond on him but we had to shift before I could turn it into the triangle because we were near the edge of the mat.  Right away I put an armbar on him…  turned it belly down but he had long legs and managed to step over my shoulder so I had to bail on it and rolled him back into my guard.  Locked the diamond on him again but I didn’t control his posture and he got out.  Sunk a pretty deep cross choke in and I thought I had it done there but he toughed it out for a bit so instead of burning my grips on the first match I let it go.  He reached back and I locked on a triangle… he stood up, so I hooked his leg and swept him with it.  I tried to come up into the mounted triangle but couldn’t quite make it al the way up on top and we got caught in a scramble which I won.  Passing him and getting side control.  I transitioned to mount, then S mount with his arm wrapped around his neck.  He bridged and rolled me, I turned around and swept him back to mount one more time at the bell.

So that was gold.  Not that I really counts, considering it was only one match and a blue belt who was a couple of days short of his actual blue.

Where it got all jacked up was that they had the blue belt and purple belt masters go first… then they decided to split the master an adult white belt divisions between two separate rings.  So I had to decide which one to forfeit… so I bailed on masters and went for the adult division.

That match started well.  Pulled guard (but guard pulls were as technically sound as I know how to do by the way…  sleeve pulled tight, foot on hip, etc…) but I had a hard time keeping this guys posture broken.  He kept trying to violator pass me, and on his third attempt he managed to get his knee wedged in.  I grabbed his pant leg so he couldn’t knee cut and went to half guard… he wasn’t able to flatten me out and we fought from there for a bit.  I tried to go deep half on him but he stymied it, then with about 45 seconds left to go I swept him.  It was a sloppy sweep though, and I ended up in his guard instead of in side control.  So at this point I am up 2-0.  I had his lapel by his belt with my right hand, and I made a stupid mistake and stepped up with my left instead of my right.  He hail mary armbars me… it isn’t too deep and there is 30 seconds left on the clock.  I stand and he rolls me with it.  It is deep, but I have my arm turned just enough so there isn’t any danger.  I reach up to pull his leg off of my head and the guy yells “He tapped” to the ref… and the ref stops it with under 20 seconds left on the clock.  Telling me he was afraid my arm was going to get hurt.  I protested but there was nothing I could do.

And of course at this point I can’t go do the master’s division.  So I am pretty pissed at myself and NAGA right now to say the least…

2nd Florida Grappling Championship

Jon “Devastator” Delbrugge visited Third Law BJJ in Naples, FL for 4 days. Jon had an awesome time. During his stay he ate great food (in vast amounts of sushi) and also competed side by side by Third Law BJJ’s crew in the Robson Moura’s 2nd Florida Grappling Tournament where he continued his undefeated streak at Blue Belt.

US Nationals Day 1 – Roberto Wins GOLD!

Crazy 88 was back in Los Angeles for another weekend of Jiu-Jitsu competition. This time it was the 2-day US Nationals run by the IBJJF. A total of 4 Team Lloyd Irvin competitors went out there with a shot at getting four medals apiece (Gi Weight, Gi Open, No-Gi Weight, and No-Gi Open).

Michael Florey was the first Team Lloyd Irvin competitor up and he did not dissapoint.  After passing his first opponent’s guard, Michael used an armbar to get the tap.  In the semifinals, he faced Dan Schon who was coming off a Gold medal at the Worlds this summer.  Michael went to sleep rather than tap to a clock choke and ended up with a Bronze medal.

In the Blue Belt Open, Michael submitted his 1st opponent again with an armlock but lost 2-0 in the next round.

Roberto Torralbas jumped up to Medium Heavy for this tournament.  He dispatched the Purple Belt in the quarterfinals with a choke and then passed Chris Engle (Team Mica) to make the finals.  The Championship match was very even with Roberto trying to pass his lanky opponent’s guard.  Despite his hard work, the scored ended up being 0-0 with zero advantages.  The officials awarded the Gold medal to Roberto thanks to his aggression!  Great job!

Roberto continues his win streak into the Open division, with a 5-0 victory.  In the following round, Roberto again got up 5-0 and then used a bread cutter to get the tap.  In the Final Four, two sweep points courtesy of James Puopolo (NW JJ Academy) separated our Cuban friend from a finals berth but he did get himself another piece of hardware!

Fred Ramie did not look like his normal self today.  Fred squeeked out a narrow 2-0 victory in the quarterfinals over a grappler from Roger Machado’s team.  In the medal round, he faced Fadi Khouri who outpointed him to enter the Finals.

Brad Court, one of our Black Belts, defeated Sam Joseph (Hollywood BJJ) in the first round, and then grappled Fredson Paixao.  Fredson is a multiple-time Black Belt world champion and Brad gave him all he could handle.  The final score was 7-6 in Paixao’s favor but Brad got everyone’s respect by taking the veteran to the wire.

Roberto Wins Gold at Medium Heavy

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