Jun 242017
 

On June 24, 2017 I competed in the NAGA Texas Championship. I was in the teen 140 lb division but competed in the adult male 140 lb purple belt divison, adult male 150 lb purple belt division and the adult male nogi expert 150 lb division. I won first place in both purple belt weight divisions and third place in the nogi division. I won my first nogi match and lost my second match to Thiago Macedo. Continue reading »

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Apr 242016
 

On April 24, 2016 I competed in the BFA 7 Gi World Championships. The Battle 4 The Ages Championships is a tournament designed to find the most dominant boy and girl Brazilian Jiu Jitsu player, across the country, at ages 8 thru 16, Preteen Female(10-12), Young Teen Female(13-14) and Female Teen(15-16).It is submission only tournament, no points tallied, with points for submission attempts if sudden death overtime. The matches are 6-minute matches. It is an invitational only tournament. There is no weight class. Competitors are grouped by age only. I won the 16 year old championship. I lost in the absolute finals by submission with about six seconds to go in the match. There is no second place at BFA tournaments. Continue reading »

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Jul 252015
 

On July 25, 2015, I competed in the Kids World Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships, the worlds largest international Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament for kids. I competed in the 16 and 17 year old blue belt middle weight divisions for both gi and no gi. The maximum weight for my gi division was 163.5 pounds and for no gi it was 158 pounds. For my gi division, I had to weigh in with my gi on, right before my first match and for my no gi division, I had to weigh in with my fight shorts and rash guard on, right before my first no gi match. I had two matches in my gi division and two matches in my no gi division. I weighed in at 153.5 pounds for no gi and 156.3 pounds for gi. Continue reading »

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Jan 242015
 

On January 24th, 2015, I competed in the Fight to Win Tounament of Champions 15. This tournament was held at The Zone Sports Complex in Houston, Texas. I weighed in at 152 lbs and competed in the Adult Male Blue Belt 145-154.9 lb Division, the Adult Male Intermediate Nogi 145-154.9 lb Division and the Adult Male Blue Belt Absolute Division.  In Gi, I lost my first match to Roberto  Jimenez then won my second, third and forth Gi matches and finished in third place. In Nogi, I won my first match, lost my second match, won my third match and lost my forth match. I did not place in Nogi. In the Adult Male Blue Belt Absolute Division, I won all three of the matches I had, finishing in first place. My final match in the Absolute Division was against Brandon Luttrell who outweighed me by almost 80 pounds. You can click on “Continue Reading” to see some videos and pictures from this tournament. Continue reading »

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