Semi Recent Outside Heel Hook Win of Mine

This is from December. The night before I had an EBI format superfight in PA at the Finishers Sub Only -125  (the superfight was a rematch with a guy I had previously beaten via back triangle armbar in OT at an EBI format event in Philly). I won the superfight in OT by RNC, then my coaches Jon Calestine & Matt Kaplan, drove me back to Port Authority in NYC to catch a 12:15am bus to head to Boston, slept about 4 hours to weight in only to find out there was only one guy at -145, so I moved up to -155. This is one of the 4 matches I won.

Onnit Invitational (135/205ers) This Saturday, May 6th:

As per the eventbrite:

Crelinsten is fresh off his win at ADCC trials on the west coast (where he defeated Ricky Lule among others. There's also a pretty violent shoulder snapping kimura video floating around the internet as well from one of the earlier rounds). Teammate Jon Calestine
I don't really watch a lot of LHW grappling events so I don't know much about the LHW bracket.







"The 135lbs bracket includes: Ricky Lule, Jon Calestine, Ethan Crelinsten, Sheridan Moran, Marcelo Cohen, Manuel Aguilar, Christobal Chavez Davila and John Torres.

The 205lbs bracket includes: Patrick Miller, Ty Orgeron, Shawn Gayton, Kyle Boehm, Tommy McCay, Vince Barbosa, Kalei Talamoni and Alex Skold.

Super Fights

Fabio Prado vs Tom Lawlor

Jose Llanas vs Will Durkee

Cora Sek vs Brandi Saunders

Chris Westfall vs Thiago Macedo

Dave Rickels vs Mike Torres

Jacob Harris vs Grayson Henley

Elisabeth Clay vs Kayla De Leon

Jeffro Mullanex vs Brian Brown"

Jeff Glover Dressed Like Wolverine Being Jeff Glover

I'll say this for Jeff Glover. The guy competes one moment like he could not care any less, any other moments flashes brilliantly. At any rate, he is one of our more enduring personalities among American Jiu-Jitsu practitioners. I'm slowly training a bit more NoGi every now and then. Coming back from ACL surgery, and being promoted to purple belt back in December, if I'm going to compete NoGi, I have to start looking at the leg locks and the like as they loom on the horizon for me. It's a different aspect of grappling, one I admittedly know very little about, and that means there is room for growth and learning and I'm considering doing the advanced division coming up at the end of August at US Grappling's Virginia Beach event.
That, and some days, I only get a match or two at purple belt featherweight. And mat time, is good time, so....time to put on my big kid pants and walk the line.


Enjoy.