The match that almost wasn’t went down last night. You might remember Geo Martinez initially said this was a match up he had nothing to gain for. And he certainly nailed that right. The 10th planet ace ended the match with Nicky Ryan holding on to a kimura and controlling Geo with a body triangle.
It's getting scrappy late! pic.twitter.com/GTt3jI9yEd
— FloGrappling (@FloGrappling) April 15, 2018
Here’s what Geo said post fight:
His brother added:
Gordon Ryan captioned the event as:
Nickys goes out and wins a 15 minute match against a world class @freakahzoidtfs. He ended with a fully locked kimura and reverse triangle but time ran out. Much respect to geo and the 10p team for an amazing performance and very even match most of the way through.. Kasai ran a great event once again with top level guys. Can’t wait for the next one. @musclepharm
Victory in NYC! Nicky Ryan won his grappling superfight versus the very tough and distinguished Geo Martinez tonight in NYC. He won a unanimous decision and in the final seconds had a fully locked triangle from the back (an advanced element of the back attack system) and appeared moments from a decisive submission victory. In addition he appeared to have the stronger submission attempts throughout the match, along with more positional reversals. It was a truly remarkable performance from this young man. He went through a tough training camp and tonight on the big stage he did everything he trained for perfectly. He has a maturity and elan that is truly remarkable for a man his age. Eddie Cummings won a hard fought decision over the very talented Renato Canuto as he had the better submission attempts and overall aggression. Frank Rosenthal has his best performance ever with a beautiful heel hook victory over 10th Planet stand out Zach Malany in one of the nights highlight moments. I am so proud of these remarkable athletes here in front of their home crowd. Bless you all from NYC! Hope you all enjoyed the show!
Elsewhere in Kasai AJ Agazarm tried to drum up some much needed publicity by calling out Joe Rogan.
Thoughts @joerogan @TheFloridaBoy pic.twitter.com/ZAXlqVooaI
— FloGrappling (@FloGrappling) April 15, 2018
Sadly he seemed to be forgetting getting subbed by a Nate Orchard a while back:
Full results:
AJ Agazarm defeated Marcos Galvao by inside heel hook
Nicky Ryan defeated Geo Martinez by referee decision
Eddie Cummings defeated Renato Canuto by 2×1
And in the Middleweight GP:
Craig Jones defeated Nick Calvanese by triangle choke
Mike Perez defeated Dante Leon by outside heel hook
Nick Calvanese defeated Mike Perez by 4×2
Craig Jones defeated Dante Leon by 2×0
Dante Leon defeated Nick Calvanese by short choke
Mike Perez defeated Craig Jones by 3×2
Felipe Mota defeated Pierre Leclerc by 9×0
Matheus Diniz defeated Richie Martinez by 7×0
Matheus Diniz defeated Felipe Mota 2×0
Richie Martinez drew with Pierre Leclerc 0x0
Richie Martinez defeated Felipe Mota by armlock
Matheus Diniz defeated Pierre Leclerc by Japanese necktie
Finals:
Matheus Diniz defeated Mike Perez by 2×0
For 3rd Place:
Craig Jones defeated Richie Martinez by inside heel-hook
Sloth Jiu-Jitsu: you can be slow and unathletic and still kick butt in Jiu-Jitsu.
