Work schedule's been nuts, haven't even watched the Full event/Rise Invitational (nor could I go because of work), so I'm catching up on events I've missed. That, and, TBH I'm not super sold on combat JiuJitsu, but the spread of names was interesting. A solid mix of notable sport grapplers, MMA fighters, tough black belts, et cetera.
Some odd thoughts on the matches. Josh Neer found time to land some nice forearm blows against Greene. Chambers hit a textbook Deep Half Guard inversion to the guy flees to you get the heel hook (I think it was a heel hook, was hard to tell by the angle). Was also refreshing that because it was Combat JiuJitsu they didn't have to stop for his bloody nose. Chambers would finish Fogolin with a triangle+Kimura combo in the first OT round.
Dan Martinez looked slick throughout threatening triangles in his first match against the guy from Eduardo Telles' gym, then faced the grizzly Josh Neer. Martinez utilized sit up guard, to a outside half-guard/deep half sweep combo to come on top, smash pass, 3/4 mount, pass to mount, back take that kept him out of the way of Neer's heavy palm strikes for the majority of the match. Martinez ran up ride time in the OT rounds with back control and survived an armbar position round with Neer to take the win via fastest escape. Martinez would then have another match go the distance with Matt Secor who beat him via fastest escape time. Secor shut down a lot of Martinez's dangerous guard work throughout regulation to make his way through the semifinal match. Martinez was my dark horse pick to win the whole thing TBH.
Jon Blank was on a tear. I've seen him locally/live at the Kasai, Finishers Sub Only, and some other events in superfights et cetera. Quick, versatile submission wins as I've seen him win even prior to this event with all kinds of submission from various positions. Jesse Taylor (who I got to roll with at Baret Yoshida's gym a year ago in San Diego - after he won TUF but before he got popped for PEDs) won his first match by RNC, then got caught in a triangle in the quarterfinal by Matt Secor.
Jon Blank would finish Checco (who appeared to beat his opponent to injury or just a hellacious amount of palm strikes in his first round match). Checco had survived a leg entanglement in his first match, and a lot of Granby/turtle roll through entry attempts to the legs by his first opponent, but Blank wasted no time picking up a single leg, sitting back to single leg ashi garami, bringing the foot across to inside heel hook land and getting the tap. Checco never tried to hide the heel or flee or turn out, but instead opted to solely fight the hands (rookie mistake).
Blank vs Chambers for the other semifinal would see Chambers utilizing knee shield guard, and a lot of Blank on his knees tactically looking to pass. Was surprised by this approach as I would've figured a guy that transitions as much as he does at times would've looked to get past the long legs and hunt for the finish that way. Blank eventually rolled over/for a guillotine/kimura type pass, then utilized the kimura grip to transition to the back. He VERY quickly trapped an arm, used the Vagner Rocha/smother/nightmare/pinch the nose muffler choke, to which Chambers gave up the neck, and Blank was through to the final to face Secor.
Final - Secor vs Blank
Blank utilizing a whizzer in a stand-up/takedown battle, chopping Secor down, then rotating to lock up the head & arm at about 7-8 mins in, then transitioning to a high elbow guillotine for the finish, winning him the belt/title/bragging rights/bunch of money.
Some odd thoughts on the matches. Josh Neer found time to land some nice forearm blows against Greene. Chambers hit a textbook Deep Half Guard inversion to the guy flees to you get the heel hook (I think it was a heel hook, was hard to tell by the angle). Was also refreshing that because it was Combat JiuJitsu they didn't have to stop for his bloody nose. Chambers would finish Fogolin with a triangle+Kimura combo in the first OT round.
Dan Martinez looked slick throughout threatening triangles in his first match against the guy from Eduardo Telles' gym, then faced the grizzly Josh Neer. Martinez utilized sit up guard, to a outside half-guard/deep half sweep combo to come on top, smash pass, 3/4 mount, pass to mount, back take that kept him out of the way of Neer's heavy palm strikes for the majority of the match. Martinez ran up ride time in the OT rounds with back control and survived an armbar position round with Neer to take the win via fastest escape. Martinez would then have another match go the distance with Matt Secor who beat him via fastest escape time. Secor shut down a lot of Martinez's dangerous guard work throughout regulation to make his way through the semifinal match. Martinez was my dark horse pick to win the whole thing TBH.
Jon Blank was on a tear. I've seen him locally/live at the Kasai, Finishers Sub Only, and some other events in superfights et cetera. Quick, versatile submission wins as I've seen him win even prior to this event with all kinds of submission from various positions. Jesse Taylor (who I got to roll with at Baret Yoshida's gym a year ago in San Diego - after he won TUF but before he got popped for PEDs) won his first match by RNC, then got caught in a triangle in the quarterfinal by Matt Secor.
Jon Blank would finish Checco (who appeared to beat his opponent to injury or just a hellacious amount of palm strikes in his first round match). Checco had survived a leg entanglement in his first match, and a lot of Granby/turtle roll through entry attempts to the legs by his first opponent, but Blank wasted no time picking up a single leg, sitting back to single leg ashi garami, bringing the foot across to inside heel hook land and getting the tap. Checco never tried to hide the heel or flee or turn out, but instead opted to solely fight the hands (rookie mistake).
Blank vs Chambers for the other semifinal would see Chambers utilizing knee shield guard, and a lot of Blank on his knees tactically looking to pass. Was surprised by this approach as I would've figured a guy that transitions as much as he does at times would've looked to get past the long legs and hunt for the finish that way. Blank eventually rolled over/for a guillotine/kimura type pass, then utilized the kimura grip to transition to the back. He VERY quickly trapped an arm, used the Vagner Rocha/smother/nightmare/pinch the nose muffler choke, to which Chambers gave up the neck, and Blank was through to the final to face Secor.
Final - Secor vs Blank
Blank utilizing a whizzer in a stand-up/takedown battle, chopping Secor down, then rotating to lock up the head & arm at about 7-8 mins in, then transitioning to a high elbow guillotine for the finish, winning him the belt/title/bragging rights/bunch of money.
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