The inaugural combat jiu jitsu EBI event just concluded. The event lived up to the hype with plenty of finishes and impressive action.
In the 4 men Combat jiu jitsu tournament.
Chad George defeated JM Holland with a d’arce choke.
Nick Honstein followed that up with an overtime victory over Sheridan Moran and a submission victory over Chad George by way of Twister.
In the welterweight EBi 16 men tournament there were plenty of upsets but perhaps none as big as one coming from down under -Nathan Orchard was eliminated by Australia’s own Craig Jones. This wasn’t the only upset by Jones who also managed to defeat Darragh O’Conaill in the quarter finals only to be stopped by Vagner Rocha in the semi finals. As the luck would have it Rocha managed to pull off the fastest escape.
Elsewhere on the bracket Gordon Ryan is feeling back to his old self. In round one he got the submission over Jean Paul Lebosnoyani by rear naked chokes. Slightly later on he as met by Chris McKarski who he defeated via arm in guillotine.
The other member of the Danaher Death Squad that was allowed to compete met an early end when Marcel Goncalves managed to defeat him via fastest escape.
Goncalves met with Gordon Ryan in the semi finals anyway where the fight abruptly ended once Ryan managed to secure the cross face choke from the back.
full results:
Gordon Ryan defeated Jean Paul Lebosnoyani by way of RNC
Chris McKarski advanced as Dustin Akbari suffered a rib injury while attempting to apply a kimura
Marcel Goncalves defeated Oliver Taza in overtime
Dan Borovic defeated Kyle Griffin by way of mounted triangle/kimura
Sergio Ardila defeated Richie Martinez by way of straight ankle lock
Vagner Rocha defeated Joe Baize in overtime (fastest submission)
Darragh O’Conaill defeated Jose Llanas in overtime (fastest submission)
Craig Jones defeated Nathan Orchard by way of inside heel hook
Round 2
Gordon Ryan defeated Chris McKarski by way of arm in guillotine
Marcel Goncalves defeated Dan Borovic in overtime
Vagner Rocha defeated Sergio Ardila by way of palm-to-palm choke
Craig Jones defeated Darragh O’Conaill by way of kneebar
Semifinals
Gordon Ryan defeated Marcel Goncalves by way of cross face choke from the back
Vagner Rocha defeated Craig Jones in overtime
Finals
Gordon Ryan defeated Vagner Rocha by way of RNC
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