Urban Gorillaz Southern Open Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament Report
(European Fight Network Ltd)
With the long summer over and with everyone back training, the Southern Open was the first major tournament of the Autumn in the UK. Competitors had been eager to show their stuff after the long layoff and it showed. The super fight between Claudio 'Mineiro' Henrique from Brasa and Gracie Invitational brown belt winner, Nicolas Gregoriades from Roger Gracie Academy was fought at such a pace, even the crowd fell silent for a while with what apparently felt like shock. Claudio who makes his MMA debut in November came out with all guns blazing, taking Nic down twice in a matter of minutes, then almost getting his back a few times, going to the mount and placing on an ‘Americana’ only to be reversed and having to escape a choke and then escaping an arm bar himself. He eventually finished Nic with a choke in the final few seconds of the fight.
In the other super fight MMA fighter and Ze Marcello (BTT) Brown belt Danny batten, beat Gracie Barra’s Paul Bridges on points in a hard fought and very technical fight.
Fresh off his win in the Juvenile division at the Mundials, Braulio Estimas student Stephen Martin from Gracie Barra decided to enter the Adult division at the Blue belt Feather weight division and showed why he is one to look out for in the future. Sweeping aside strong opposition in Oliver Geddes and Sam Rice-Edwards from Roger Gracie Academy to win his division.
Another stand out from the tournament was Medium Heavy weight competitor in the white belt division, Delroy Mcdowell from BTT Ze Marcello. With a commanding performance and a large variety of take-downs, he won his division in what one competitor said “……. in style”.
Croation born MMA fighter and Roger Gracie blue belt Goran Reljic again repeated his dominating performance by winning the blue belt Super Heavy weight and the blue belt absolute division. Roger then awarded him his Purple Belt at the end of the competition.
The aim however by The European Fight Network for this tournament was the growth and future of BJJ in the UK. For the second time this year EFN held a Kids, Teen and Juniors division. With over 40 kids from the southern area of the United Kingdom, it was a chance to encourage the kids to make sure after we are gone, our beloved sport survives and are in safe hands.
(picture: Steve Haydock, Jude Samuel, Rodrigo Cabral, Felipe Souza, Roger Gracie and Thiago "Monstro" Borges)
Gracie Barra Derby gained 7 golds, 5 silvers and 2 bronzes to win the overall in the junior division.
A big thanks for all those that supported the event and helped run a very successful day.
Felipe Souza, Jon Shotter, Andy Roberts, Rui Abrantes, Max Lima, Daniel Strauss, Dickie Martin, Nic Brooks, Rob Stevens, Neil Owen, Paul Bridges, Oliver Geddes, Pippa Granger, Mike Taylor, Greg Sulznan, Alex Ashby.
All the Coaches: Ze Marcelo, Roger Gracie, Felipe Souza, Pedro Bessa, Tiago Bordes, Steve Haydock, Rob Stevens, Luiz (Brasa), Eduardo Carriello, Dickie Martin, Dave Broughton, Eduardo Ferreira and anyone that we have forgot to mention.
All pictures taken by James Oluoch-Olunya from Tsavo Photographic.
www.tsavophotographic.com
Northern Open will be in November!
Date: Sunday November 25th 2007
Venue:
Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre
and Golf Course
Alcester Road South
Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 6ER
Registration begin will begin next week.
Junior Teams 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Gracie Barra Derby 7 5 2 80
Team Brasa Wales 2 2 4 28
Roger Gracie Academy 1 2 5 20
Applied Fighting Systems 1 1 10
Brasa 0 1 0 3
Adult Tam Results 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Roger Gracie Academy 5 7 4 70
BTT Ze Marcello 3 3 0 36
Gracie Barra Derby 3 1 2 32
Brasa Wales @ Akins academy 2 2 1 25
Carlson Gracie Bjj Revolution Team 2 2 1 25
Ricardo Da Silva jiu jitsu 2 0 1 19
Nova Forca 1 1 1 13
Brasa 1 1 0 12
Carlson Gracie London 1 1 0 12
Pedro Bessa Jiu Jitsu 1 1 0 12
Applied Fighting Systems 1 0 2 11
Nova Uniao 1 0 0 9
Gracie Barra Birmingham 1 0 0 9
Pedro Bessa Exeter 1 0 0 9
Torbay BJJ Team Pedro Bessa 0 2 0 6
Brixton MMA 0 1 1 4
Brazilian Top Team Slough 0 1 0 3
Gracie Barra Hastings 0 1 0 3
Reading Reapers 0 1 0 3
Shen-ti Academies 0 1 0 3
Gracie Barra Lagarto 0 0 2 2
Carriello Jiu-Jitsu 0 0 1 1
Lagarto Doncaster 0 0 1 1
Next Generation 0 0 1 1
Sweatbox 0 0 1 1
Individual results
Juniors
Age: 8 - 9
Weight: 32 - 35 kgs
Kaelum Lane Team Brasa Wales
Lewis Reed Gracie Barra Derby
Jessica Winter Team Brasa Wales
Haitsm Ajban Roger Gracie Academy
Age: 10 - 11
Weight: 38 - 40 kgs
Johan Osborn Gracie Barra Derby
Sohaib Ajban Roger Gracie Academy
Allan Hacatoroglu Roger Gracie Academy
Age: 9 - 10
Weight: 42 - 44 kgs
Ben Cooper Gracie Barra Derby
Katie
Charlie Davies Team Brasa Wales @ Akins Academy
Age: 9 - 10
Weight: 27 - 31 kgs
Ayoub Hadria Roger Gracie Academy
Jay Herridge Roger Gracie Academy
Gareth Harris Team Brasa Wales @ Akins Academy
Hassan Ahmed Roger Gracie Academy
Age: 13 - 14
Weight: 39 - 41 kgs
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Josh Potts Gracie Barra Derby
Kasper§ Roger Gracie Academy
Age: 13 - 14
Weight: 44 - 46kgs
Sean McDonagh Gracie Barra Derby
Louis East Team Brasa Wales @ Akins Academy
Shani Testro Gracie Barra Derby
Gary Harkin Roger Gracie Academy
Age: 13 - 14
Weight: 57 - 60kgs
Callum McPhee Team Brasa Wales @ Akins Academy
Mike Lazzer Team Brasa Wales @ Akins Academy
Rhian Irwin Team Brasa Wales @ Akins Academy
Age: 13 - 14
Weight: S.feather 53.50kg
Knight St Clair Gracie Barra Derby
Ben Docherty Gracie Barra Derby
Taylor Martin
Callem Jones
Age: 14 - 15
Weight: Light 58.00kg
Luke Jennings Gracie Barra Derby
Lauren Reed Gracie Barra Derby
Age: 16
Weight: Heavy 79.00kg
Lawrence Searle applied fighting systems
Jack Cronin Brasa
James Anderson applied fighting systems
Age: 14-15
Weight: Light 64.00kg
Layton Melladay Gracie Barra Derby
Kane Davis Gracie Barra Derby
Kimberley Osbiston Gracie Barra Derby
White Belt Division
Rooster 57.50kg
Christine McDonagh Gracie Barra Derby
Richard Clover Nova Forca
Adam Ticehurst Brasa Wales @ Akins academy
Super feather 64.00kg
Mark Stephenson Nova Força
James Normanshaw Gracie Barra Derby
Conor Macleod Lagarto Doncaster
Feather 70.00kg
Luiz Claudio finocchio Nova Uniao
Noel Bartley Brixton MMA
David Hulland Gracie Barra Derby
Light 76.00kg
Colin Penn Ricardo Da Silva jiu jitsu
Sean Maghami Carlson Gracie London
Sandip Sekhon Nova Força
Middle 82.30kg
James Fletcher Gracie Barra Birmingham
Daniel Birks Roger Gracie Academy
Stuart Barclay Sweatbox
Medium Heavy 88.30kg
Delroy Mcdowell BTT Ze Marcello
Laurie Neil Pedro Bessa Jiu Jitsu
GRZEGORZ NOWAK Roger Gracie Academy
Heavy 94.30kg
Laurie Dodson Carlson Gracie Bjj Revolution Team
Keith Taylor Brazilian Top Team Slough
Paul Shelton Gracie Barra Derby
Super Heavy -100.50kg
RYAN MORGAN BRASA WALES AT AKINS ACADEMY
Tamas Istvan Carlson Gracie Bjj Revolution Team
Stefan Cook Roger Gracie Academy
Super Super Heavy Over 100.50kg
Janos Feher Carlson Gracie Bjj Revolution Team
Adrian Symons Brasa Wales @ Akins academy
Alister Fulton
Absolute
Luke Costello Pedro Bessa Exeter
Scott Taylor Reading Reapers
Colin Penn Ricardo Da Silva jiu jitsu
Fernando Veldi Gracie Barra Lagarto
Blue Belt Division
Rooster 57.50kg
Greg Dummer Brasa Wales @ Akins academy
Ralph bennett Torbay BJJ Team Pedro Bessa
Feather 70.00kg
Stephen Martin Gracie Barra Derby
Sam Rice- Edwards Roger Gracie Academy
Oliver Geddes Roger Gracie Academy
Light 76.00kg
David Broughton Carlson Gracie Bjj Revolution Team
Gareth Dummer Brasa Wales @ Akins academy
Alex Ashby Roger Gracie Academy
Middle 82.30kg
Daniel Ballinger Ricardo Da Silva
Gavin Loh Roger Gracie Academy
Marcin Tobera Carriello Jiu-Jitsu
Medium Heavy 88.30kg
Jamil Sorouji Applied Fighting Systems
Dominik Debrec Roger Gracie Academy
Dave Pawan Applied Fighting Systems
Heavy 94.30kg
Harry Purcell Roger Gracie Academy
Tom Wilson Shen-ti Academies
Michael Bailey Carlson Gracie Bjj Revolution Team
Super Heavy -100.50kg
Goran Reljic Roger Gracie Academy
Ian East Akins Academy
Absolute
Goran Reljic Roger Gracie Academy
Oliver Geddes Roger Gracie Academy
Dave Pawan Applied Fighting Systems
Purple Belt Division
Super Feather 64.00kg
Kevin Capel Roger Gracie Academy
Chanaca Weerasinghe BTT Ze Marcello
Simon McGovern Gracie Barra Lagarto
Light 76.00kg
Michael Russell
David Lee BTT Ze Marcello
Austin Gardener Brixton mma
Middle 82.30kg
Tim Radcliffe Nova Forca
Glyn Powditch StraigtBlastGym - Manchester
Gareth Neale Gracie Barra Lagarto
Absolute
Michael Russell
Darren Yeoman Torbay BJJ Team Pedro Bessa
Brown Belt Divisions
Feather 70.00kg
Danny Batten BTT Ze Marcello
Paul Bridges Gracie Barra Hastings
Medium Heavy 88.30kg
Claudio 'Mineiro' Henrique Brasa
Nicolas Gregoriades Roger Gracie Academy
Womans Belt Divisions
Light Weight White
Christina Mcoraga Gracie Barra Derby
Paula Carolina Brasa
Heavy Weight White
Sasha Hook Pedro Bessa
Berenice Gold Carlson Gracie Revolution Team
Hannah Radford Next Generation
Light Weight Blue
Pippa Granger Roger Gracie Academy
Katie Rodd
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