Great first day at the Pan Asians!

Had a good time watching the matches today.

Rodrigo Caparal and Makoto fought for their 6th time this year in the opening round of the Black Belt Gi division with Rodrigo winning via submission.

On the other end of the bracket Oswaldo Neto defeated Erick Bothsombat by mounted choke. Props to Erick a Rodrigo Black Belt for a strong fight. Oswaldo had a significant weight advantage.

In the finals Caporal looked to even the score defeating Oswaldo by decision. (missed some of this match as I was cornering Mark Simmerman of Q23 Academy)

Caporal only entered the Gi portion of the tournament this year…so unfortunately I wont have an opportunity to play against him Nogi.

Tomorrows Elite Nogi division will only have 3 competitors…via luck of the draw I will be paired up with the winner of Oswaldo Neto Vs Chris Ng for a 10 minute Superfight in the finals.

Chris Ng has a good guard, but will be giving up size-strength-and a bit of experience against the 200lbs+ Brazilian…should make for an interesting matchup to decide my opponent.

I haven’t done a grappling tournament in awhile…so I’m just looking forward to the opportunity to compete and play my game against other high level players in the region. Excited for tomorrow…and have already laid out my work clothes!!