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Grappling World Championships Dec 11th-13th
I just got back from Disney and I hear there's a spot for a 145 lb fighter. I jumped all over it, signed up the next morning and started cutting weight right away. It was a hard cut. Over 15 pounds in about a day. I met some great people while I was in the sauna chilling, talking to them made the weight cutting not as bad and make the time go by quicker. It was tough waiting until like 6:30pm to weigh-in but it was sweet when I made it. Then just went home, ate some Pizza Fusion and chilled with Lian. I went to sleep fairly early and got a good rest. It was hard to find the place at first, I was a nervous wreck I remember.. lol. I didnt know what to expect. I was thinking it was USA vs brazil or whatever.. I realized when i got there that its a tournament between all the countries, which is what I should of figured. I just rested up and chewed on some bread and took a lot of pisses and etc lol..
My first match was pretty even, I went for a balls out flying armbar and almost had it and at the end of the round the score was tied 1-1. We went to overtime and I went for another balls out flying armbar and just held it for the entire overtime, I started screaming while i was holding it cause i was getting so tired. I ended up winning the match ^^!!!
My dad then came to me, he saw the match so that was cool, he was all happy for me and gave me some special drinks and food to eat and drink which really re-energized me and filled my tank back up.
My second match was coming up against the guy who won the trials earlier in the year. He was a stud wrestler who was also a black belt in jiu jitsu. We had a pretty sick match going on, I was able to get him to closed guard without losing any points and I had him in a triangle for a little while there. He ended up passing my guard due to a ballsy sweep I was going for, its alright though. I ended up replacing and the match ended 2-1 for Tom Lecuyer. I have mad respect for that guy, tough as they come.
After that match I found out that I'm up for Repecharge or whatever its called. Which is basically where you fight for 3rd and 4th. So I was set to face the other guy that Tom beat and he was being cool with me and telling me what the French guy likes and what I should watch out for and etc. So that was mad straight of him.
There was a big break between finals and repecharge. So we all went to a pizza place and ate some tasty brick oven pizza, bread and a salad. Which was just what I needed ;D!!!
We then went back to the warm up area and it was completely empty so we just slept on the mats for a couple hours until they were about to start up again.
So my match was against the french guy Karim Saki was his name. Shark came from the belt testing and was all happy for me that I was in the finals section and was showing me a bunch of stuff to try and do. So I was telling him my gameplan and my energy just went up. It was great having him there helping me out with my gameplan and having his enthusiasm, got me all pumped up and ready to go.
When I went in there I looked around while I was on the raised stage, took it all in and was ready to go. We started the match and I was working to try and get to guard without having to lose a point. I failed at that lol, got to closed guard but he got the point. Almost the whole match he was working for a leg lock on me and I kept defending then when match was almost over he held me in his closed guard mad tight. I remember Shark told me before that match "remember to go out of bounds when you're in trouble." So I got up and took him out of bounds on purpose. They then reset us in open guard and there were less then 10 seconds left. I went to half guard and stayed madddddd tight and passed to mount the last couple of seconds. The ref put up his hand for the points right as the buzzer went off. I looked and saw that I got the points. I fucking lost it after that man.. I got up and started screaming at the top of my lungs and the crowd was just feeding my energy. I was yelling so much and man it was awesome... Greatest win out of any of my fights by far....
So I got 3rd in No-Gi in the worlds biggest grappling tournament for trying to get the sport into the olympics. I feel honored just competing in this tournament... People came up to me just congratulating me and saying there all big fans of my matches and etc. THEN Shark called me to the side and pulled out a purple belt and slapped that shit onto my waist and was like "ya.. I dont think you need to test.". Perfect time... Day before gi and everything. One of the best days of my life.
That was just No-Gi day. I get home at 12 or so then sleep by 1 to get ready to do it allll over again on sunday lol.. I thought it was USA vs Brazil or whatever, but apparently thats like a separate thing that they were doing in between the gi tournament. So Sunday is just like no-gi except with a gi on pretty much.
First guy I'm facing in gi is a black belt, this guy Rudy who i think placed 3rd in the trials. He's a real nice guy who came up to me and said he was a big fan of all my matches and etc. I was telling my self that I have nothing to lose in this match since im just a fresh purple and all these guys in my weight are black belts and shit.
So I'm talking to Shark and we come up with a sharp gameplan to beat this guy. So the match started and I am just frustrating this guy stnading and stuffing his attempts at takedowns. I push him out of bounds enough times and got a point. That frustrated him enough to where he pulled guard and gave me another point, and I just stayed tight and stood up when I could and ended up winning the match by points. The guy was mad cool and he knew I played a smart gameplan and hopefully wasn't to upset over it. He was a good guy, I hope for nothing but success in this guys future fights.
Shark was mad happy with my gameplan and etc. My next match is against Renato Tavares so I'm talking to Shark about a smart gameplan to beat this guy. I take my dads concoctions and special snacks lol. That shit re-energized me right away lol.
So when im walking on the mat to face Renato I was pretty nervous at first but man I just told myself, "I just have to stick to my gameplan and I know I can beat this guy using the rules to my advantage." So the match starts and im just playing tight and tryign to grip fight with him. It's hard grip fighting with a guy so experienced. His grip felt so deadly, he kept trying to judo throw and sweep me. It wasn't working though, I kept trying to circle around him and push him out of bounds. I think he knew what I was up to from seeing my last match and set me up dirty. He let me push him back and got me in a dirty Judo throw. He then got my back from there and was setting up a choke, I defended well and when he went to mount I went to half-guard and started replacing. He then passed and went for an armbar, a tight one. I defended that shit textbook and got back into his closed guard which gave me a point, then I started fighting to get back up to my feet. He caught me in a beautiful cross sweep variation and I started trying to work de la riva then he backed up and I got up and went for a flying armbar and he just backed up and I held on to the sleeve and faced him and got up and ran towards him for the takedown and the buzzer went off... It was a tough match... Im happy I survived against Renato in a gi lol.. That guys a Jiu jitsu legend, all the Brazilians respect that guy like Liborio and shit..
After that I found out that I'm facing the French guy Saki I beat for 3rd and 4th again. So I know that hes mad pumped up to try and beat me. So I'm just resting up and drinking a lot of my dads concoctions.
I talked to Shark and our plan was to do the same game plan. I was feeling him out a lot and he must of seen my match against Rudy to lol.. Cause he threw me with the same exact sweep that Renato got me with earlier that day. So he got points for that shit, so thats a little frustrating. I'm circling with him and he got me with the same throw but I got up right away and he went for a takedown and I defended and pushed him out of bounds. So I feel like I'm losing time here so I go for a flying armbar and almost had it. I lost it and he was holding on to my leg to go for another straight leg lock. I slipped my leg through to the triangle and got that shit tight. Saki got up and deliberately walked out of bounds, so the ref called the match there and said it was a catch. I completely forgot about that rule lol.. But man it felt good to get the win via submission even if it wasn't technically a tap ^^!! So that sealed the deal for 3rd place Gi 66kg.
It felt good to be on that podium with all those tough guys... My dad was there to and mad happy for me so thats really cool that he was there. My moms upset that she didnt come but its alright I know that she was super exhausted with everything thats been going on with her and etc. Liborio was mad proud of me to saying stuff like "2.. you have nooo idea how proud I am of you, I am soo proud of you!". It was an honor to receive so much praise from so many of world class coaches. Shark was mad happy for me to.
Great weekend, great tournament. I think I qualify for next years championships not sure.. but im part of the team man, top 3 in the world gi and no gi!!!! I feel great man.. I really stepped it up and put myself out there and im mad happy... One of the best weekends of my life..
My first match was pretty even, I went for a balls out flying armbar and almost had it and at the end of the round the score was tied 1-1. We went to overtime and I went for another balls out flying armbar and just held it for the entire overtime, I started screaming while i was holding it cause i was getting so tired. I ended up winning the match ^^!!!
My dad then came to me, he saw the match so that was cool, he was all happy for me and gave me some special drinks and food to eat and drink which really re-energized me and filled my tank back up.
My second match was coming up against the guy who won the trials earlier in the year. He was a stud wrestler who was also a black belt in jiu jitsu. We had a pretty sick match going on, I was able to get him to closed guard without losing any points and I had him in a triangle for a little while there. He ended up passing my guard due to a ballsy sweep I was going for, its alright though. I ended up replacing and the match ended 2-1 for Tom Lecuyer. I have mad respect for that guy, tough as they come.
After that match I found out that I'm up for Repecharge or whatever its called. Which is basically where you fight for 3rd and 4th. So I was set to face the other guy that Tom beat and he was being cool with me and telling me what the French guy likes and what I should watch out for and etc. So that was mad straight of him.
There was a big break between finals and repecharge. So we all went to a pizza place and ate some tasty brick oven pizza, bread and a salad. Which was just what I needed ;D!!!
We then went back to the warm up area and it was completely empty so we just slept on the mats for a couple hours until they were about to start up again.
So my match was against the french guy Karim Saki was his name. Shark came from the belt testing and was all happy for me that I was in the finals section and was showing me a bunch of stuff to try and do. So I was telling him my gameplan and my energy just went up. It was great having him there helping me out with my gameplan and having his enthusiasm, got me all pumped up and ready to go.
When I went in there I looked around while I was on the raised stage, took it all in and was ready to go. We started the match and I was working to try and get to guard without having to lose a point. I failed at that lol, got to closed guard but he got the point. Almost the whole match he was working for a leg lock on me and I kept defending then when match was almost over he held me in his closed guard mad tight. I remember Shark told me before that match "remember to go out of bounds when you're in trouble." So I got up and took him out of bounds on purpose. They then reset us in open guard and there were less then 10 seconds left. I went to half guard and stayed madddddd tight and passed to mount the last couple of seconds. The ref put up his hand for the points right as the buzzer went off. I looked and saw that I got the points. I fucking lost it after that man.. I got up and started screaming at the top of my lungs and the crowd was just feeding my energy. I was yelling so much and man it was awesome... Greatest win out of any of my fights by far....
So I got 3rd in No-Gi in the worlds biggest grappling tournament for trying to get the sport into the olympics. I feel honored just competing in this tournament... People came up to me just congratulating me and saying there all big fans of my matches and etc. THEN Shark called me to the side and pulled out a purple belt and slapped that shit onto my waist and was like "ya.. I dont think you need to test.". Perfect time... Day before gi and everything. One of the best days of my life.
That was just No-Gi day. I get home at 12 or so then sleep by 1 to get ready to do it allll over again on sunday lol.. I thought it was USA vs Brazil or whatever, but apparently thats like a separate thing that they were doing in between the gi tournament. So Sunday is just like no-gi except with a gi on pretty much.
First guy I'm facing in gi is a black belt, this guy Rudy who i think placed 3rd in the trials. He's a real nice guy who came up to me and said he was a big fan of all my matches and etc. I was telling my self that I have nothing to lose in this match since im just a fresh purple and all these guys in my weight are black belts and shit.
So I'm talking to Shark and we come up with a sharp gameplan to beat this guy. So the match started and I am just frustrating this guy stnading and stuffing his attempts at takedowns. I push him out of bounds enough times and got a point. That frustrated him enough to where he pulled guard and gave me another point, and I just stayed tight and stood up when I could and ended up winning the match by points. The guy was mad cool and he knew I played a smart gameplan and hopefully wasn't to upset over it. He was a good guy, I hope for nothing but success in this guys future fights.
Shark was mad happy with my gameplan and etc. My next match is against Renato Tavares so I'm talking to Shark about a smart gameplan to beat this guy. I take my dads concoctions and special snacks lol. That shit re-energized me right away lol.
So when im walking on the mat to face Renato I was pretty nervous at first but man I just told myself, "I just have to stick to my gameplan and I know I can beat this guy using the rules to my advantage." So the match starts and im just playing tight and tryign to grip fight with him. It's hard grip fighting with a guy so experienced. His grip felt so deadly, he kept trying to judo throw and sweep me. It wasn't working though, I kept trying to circle around him and push him out of bounds. I think he knew what I was up to from seeing my last match and set me up dirty. He let me push him back and got me in a dirty Judo throw. He then got my back from there and was setting up a choke, I defended well and when he went to mount I went to half-guard and started replacing. He then passed and went for an armbar, a tight one. I defended that shit textbook and got back into his closed guard which gave me a point, then I started fighting to get back up to my feet. He caught me in a beautiful cross sweep variation and I started trying to work de la riva then he backed up and I got up and went for a flying armbar and he just backed up and I held on to the sleeve and faced him and got up and ran towards him for the takedown and the buzzer went off... It was a tough match... Im happy I survived against Renato in a gi lol.. That guys a Jiu jitsu legend, all the Brazilians respect that guy like Liborio and shit..
After that I found out that I'm facing the French guy Saki I beat for 3rd and 4th again. So I know that hes mad pumped up to try and beat me. So I'm just resting up and drinking a lot of my dads concoctions.
I talked to Shark and our plan was to do the same game plan. I was feeling him out a lot and he must of seen my match against Rudy to lol.. Cause he threw me with the same exact sweep that Renato got me with earlier that day. So he got points for that shit, so thats a little frustrating. I'm circling with him and he got me with the same throw but I got up right away and he went for a takedown and I defended and pushed him out of bounds. So I feel like I'm losing time here so I go for a flying armbar and almost had it. I lost it and he was holding on to my leg to go for another straight leg lock. I slipped my leg through to the triangle and got that shit tight. Saki got up and deliberately walked out of bounds, so the ref called the match there and said it was a catch. I completely forgot about that rule lol.. But man it felt good to get the win via submission even if it wasn't technically a tap ^^!! So that sealed the deal for 3rd place Gi 66kg.
It felt good to be on that podium with all those tough guys... My dad was there to and mad happy for me so thats really cool that he was there. My moms upset that she didnt come but its alright I know that she was super exhausted with everything thats been going on with her and etc. Liborio was mad proud of me to saying stuff like "2.. you have nooo idea how proud I am of you, I am soo proud of you!". It was an honor to receive so much praise from so many of world class coaches. Shark was mad happy for me to.
Great weekend, great tournament. I think I qualify for next years championships not sure.. but im part of the team man, top 3 in the world gi and no gi!!!! I feel great man.. I really stepped it up and put myself out there and im mad happy... One of the best weekends of my life..
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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Friday, November 27, 2009
real talk!
training was good. drilled.
practicing purp test tomorrow with matt and some other people.
eatting tons of grub.
work sucked ass. im only person who is fluent in english in that store. dont give a fuck about whether or not i get fired from there.
lians coming over so we can do Environmental science tests. get that shit over with.
pretty good summary of my day o.o!!
practicing purp test tomorrow with matt and some other people.
eatting tons of grub.
work sucked ass. im only person who is fluent in english in that store. dont give a fuck about whether or not i get fired from there.
lians coming over so we can do Environmental science tests. get that shit over with.
pretty good summary of my day o.o!!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
rough weekend
training monday kinda sucked but its whatever just had a tournament saturday. i think it sucked because i was really disappointed in myself from this tournament..
i just didnt prepare right for this one i feel like.. i ate pure shit night before, i didnt lose any weight for this tournament even though weigh ins were day before. now im paying for it.. driving myself crazy over it. before this weekend i felt like i deserved a purple belt and was ready for it. now a part of me feels like i dont deserve shit..
shark said he really feels like im ready to be a purple and shit.. its just my call whether or not i want to test. i think i just put myself in a mental slump cause of my poor performance at naga... im at a low point.. im waiting to see if i feel better this week and next week.. that'll decide what i decide to do about the testing i suppose. ive re-dedicated myself to learning new guards and sweeps and just expanding my game. ive also decided that i need to get stronger.. my main training partners are at least 30lbs heavier than me.. if i was a little stronger i would feel 10x better against these big guys.. i hate that feeling of just not being strong enough..
i feel i do deserve one.. i just need to see how i feel and how i feel mentally in the next few days or weeks.
i just didnt prepare right for this one i feel like.. i ate pure shit night before, i didnt lose any weight for this tournament even though weigh ins were day before. now im paying for it.. driving myself crazy over it. before this weekend i felt like i deserved a purple belt and was ready for it. now a part of me feels like i dont deserve shit..
shark said he really feels like im ready to be a purple and shit.. its just my call whether or not i want to test. i think i just put myself in a mental slump cause of my poor performance at naga... im at a low point.. im waiting to see if i feel better this week and next week.. that'll decide what i decide to do about the testing i suppose. ive re-dedicated myself to learning new guards and sweeps and just expanding my game. ive also decided that i need to get stronger.. my main training partners are at least 30lbs heavier than me.. if i was a little stronger i would feel 10x better against these big guys.. i hate that feeling of just not being strong enough..
i feel i do deserve one.. i just need to see how i feel and how i feel mentally in the next few days or weeks.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
late night ramblings.
i want to sleep and get a full night of sleep to burn some weight and have a good bathroom session!!!!
but alas im drawn in to watching the finale of Project Runway with my mom and brother c_c!!
weight was 158 on my scale before i brushed my teeth. Naga scales are usually like a pound or more heavier than my scale. its mad annoying.. i feel like ibjjf and gq make their scales lighter to give the fighters some slack but whatever its fine. my weight should be perfectly fine though so im not worried. just gonna head out to boca right after i teach the kids at sharks then go straight home and eat and relax.
hmm... well the person that i didnt want to win won. o well. i dont know why im still sitting here watching models of the runway.. ugh.
sorry if my capitalization is basically nonexistant. this app doesnt auto capitalize so i dont really want to go through the trouble of capitalizing manually 8(... ooo technology!
after this tournament i plan on to start lifting more to get stronger and shit. im not like the weakest guy in my divisions, but im definately not the strongest. i dont mind usually but sometimes it gets frustrating. i dont have a tournament after the one saturday until the end of january. so ill definately have time to lift like every other day or something.
i dont have to leave until about 3:45 or so. maybe earlier since shark wants to train kevin on working the front desk and stuff. so i definately have time to sleep in.
well this shit is over. i better run to bed before i get sucked in to some other program on tv >.
but alas im drawn in to watching the finale of Project Runway with my mom and brother c_c!!
weight was 158 on my scale before i brushed my teeth. Naga scales are usually like a pound or more heavier than my scale. its mad annoying.. i feel like ibjjf and gq make their scales lighter to give the fighters some slack but whatever its fine. my weight should be perfectly fine though so im not worried. just gonna head out to boca right after i teach the kids at sharks then go straight home and eat and relax.
hmm... well the person that i didnt want to win won. o well. i dont know why im still sitting here watching models of the runway.. ugh.
sorry if my capitalization is basically nonexistant. this app doesnt auto capitalize so i dont really want to go through the trouble of capitalizing manually 8(... ooo technology!
after this tournament i plan on to start lifting more to get stronger and shit. im not like the weakest guy in my divisions, but im definately not the strongest. i dont mind usually but sometimes it gets frustrating. i dont have a tournament after the one saturday until the end of january. so ill definately have time to lift like every other day or something.
i dont have to leave until about 3:45 or so. maybe earlier since shark wants to train kevin on working the front desk and stuff. so i definately have time to sleep in.
well this shit is over. i better run to bed before i get sucked in to some other program on tv >.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Twitter?
I made a twitter account and im wondering right now if its worth having one.. If anyone has a twitter add me up and maybe ill have more of an interest in checking up on my twitter account.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Trying to save money is lame D8!!
So I made a "super-cute budget" plan that ive been trying to follow, trying to build up my savings. For some silly reason I haven't been saving my money at all until now >8(...!! O well, at least im starting now.. I already reached my weekly budget for eatting out, danm you Moon Thai for being so damn expensive...!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Hmm...
So I've been researching High-Yield Savings accounts all fucking day. Right now I have a Bank of America savings account with Keep the Change. The interest is terrible, .2%, but Keep the Change makes up for it a little.. But still, Keep the Change takes extra cash for debit purchases from my checking acct, so im not really gaining anything. I dont have much money in my savings anyways. If anyone has any uber good suggestions on a good company for a savings acct, throw that info my way plz ;D! Thx ladies and gents!!
Monday, March 2, 2009
good weekend
So this weekend was pretty crazy. I didn't do so hot unfortunately, I didn't feel like I was myself. Probably cause I'm still rehabbing my knee and don't want to have it pop out again.kevin did well though, got 2nd even though he should of won 1st. He tapped the guy out in the absolute division later anyways, so that was a pretty sweet win. But this weekend was uber fun, chillin with teammates and my jiu jitsu coach and shit. good times good times ^^!!
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Woot
Knees feeling better, or at least it did training earlier. I was going pretty hard to, so I definately pushed my knee, so if it didn't pop out then, then i should be alright ;D!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Been a while..
I injured my knee monday going with this big dude who didn't exactly know what he was doing. I should of held back a little bit, but my coach Shark gave me the thumbs up to go hard on him. Probably because he was being a douche to Kevin earlier when we were drilling. So ya I was pwning this guy and at the very end i was holding him in half-guard or something and then my knee popped out of place and i started yelling, most people would stop at that point. But this guy just started pushing harder on me, so while we were rolling, I popped my knee back into place and continued smashing the dude. Well, afterwards shark had me do a bunch of knee strengthening drills and shit. So tuesday I was ridiculously sore in my legs and butt, so to be safe I took tuesday off. I trained at coconut creek wednesday and my knee popped out bad again during drilling. Kind of a shitty time to rest from training since I have a huge grappling tournament next weekend. But whatever.. I'll hit it saturday and hope it feels fine. I was thinking about training in the morning, but I dunno, I should be safe and let this shit rest.
This tournament coming up next weekend is pretty serious. I have my hotel reserved and paid for already, entering blue belt 149, and absolute blue belt. If I win both I get 800$ of prize money and a ticket to Abu Dhabi and an invitation to the world championships in california I believe. So thats pretty sweet ;D. All my training lately has been jiu jitsu and I feel like im getting way better all the time, like if I rolled with myself a year ago, I would totally smash me ^^!!
I gotta start dietting at the start of next week and drop last few pounds in water weight to make my division. I have like 10 or 9lbs to lose or so. I hate losing weight but whatever its part of the game. Its late, im gonna watch some more tv and maybe watch some pro bw matches lol, peace!
This tournament coming up next weekend is pretty serious. I have my hotel reserved and paid for already, entering blue belt 149, and absolute blue belt. If I win both I get 800$ of prize money and a ticket to Abu Dhabi and an invitation to the world championships in california I believe. So thats pretty sweet ;D. All my training lately has been jiu jitsu and I feel like im getting way better all the time, like if I rolled with myself a year ago, I would totally smash me ^^!!
I gotta start dietting at the start of next week and drop last few pounds in water weight to make my division. I have like 10 or 9lbs to lose or so. I hate losing weight but whatever its part of the game. Its late, im gonna watch some more tv and maybe watch some pro bw matches lol, peace!
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