My Second Tournament

My second tournament was with a guy who weighed 120 and he was 5'4. This was my first   tournament as a yellow belt so I was really scared because I never competed with the yellow belts. I was really nervous before my fight when they called my name to go up and I saw the guy I was competing against I was thinking that I was going to lose.  The referee told us to shake hands and he said "fight". When we started   he judo threw and I fell on the ground hard he go on my side and that position is called side control. He was trying to get to mount another position but he couldn't so I tried to get out the position I was in but he didn't let so when I tried again he did a kimura a submission in jiu jitsu I tapped out. The referee stopped the fight and I lost and that was the first time I lost and competed in a yellow belt tournament came home with nothing that was the first time I ever lost.

Videos, Gile In. An Inside Look At Rodolfo Vieira’s GF Team. Digital image. Bjjee. N.p., 16 Oct. 2012. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.bjjee.com/videos/an-inside-look-at-rodolfo-vieiras-gf-teamm/>.

                                                                                                                                                                                  

My First Tournament

My first tournament was with a person named Savannah Hightower. I took him down he fell down I got up and got on the side of him and that position is called side control I later sat on top and did an arm bar he tapped out and I one by submission. My second match in the tournament was with a little chubby kid he took me down and I defended it we got back up I pulled guard and I closed my guard. I sweeped him and I landed in mount. I was on mount and I did and arm bar he tapped out and I won both of my fights. I got the gold medal and after, my team and I went to go out and celebrate.That was my first tournament.

Tommy. Enjoy Jiu Jitsu. Digital image. Tapiture. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://tapiture.com/image/ryan-swirley-hurlz-on-myspace-1/>.

Battle of H-Town BJJ

On Saturday October 20 2012 I competed in a tournament named Battle of H-Town. My division was teens 100-115 pounds yellow belts I had two matches my first one was with Jimmy Bryan when we fought he took me down I defended it he was on the bottom I was on top of him he took me down, we fought   for five minutes before the referee stopped us he won with five points and me four points.

My second fight was with a higher ranking fighter than me I took him down he fell down I got on top of him but he turned over and I fell he was on the top   now and I was on the bottom I tried to turn but when I did he did an arm bar   I tapped out he won.


At the end I still got second place and my team and I  went out to Fuddruckers to celebrate. I still won at the end I came home with second place.

Grand Prix Grappling. Digital image. Txmma. N.p., 29 Oct. 2012. Web. 1 Nov. 2012. <http://www.txmma.com/event/battle-of-h-town-bjj-championship-houston-tx/>.

Rodolfo Vieira "The Black Belt Hunter"

Rodolfo Vieira was born on the 25th of September, 1989 in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. He started his training in jiu jitsu to help him lose weight when he was 13 years old with coaches Arlans Maia and Bruno Souza. Rodolfo trained and competed for the pair achieving blue belt at the academy. He then changed to Universidade Gama filho (that is now called GFTeam – Grappling Fight Team) and stayed there, being awarded his black belt by the Grappling Fight Team’s leader and head coach Master Julio Cesar Pereira.

Rodolfo Vieira became an overnight sensation in the jiu jitsu world by 2009 after he won the the World Pro Jiu Jitsu Cup - Brazilian Trials, in a combined division of brown & black belts, conquering the 1st spot as a brown belt against high level black belts with tons of experience in top tournaments. He repeated the deed in January 2011, this time as an established black belt winning his weight and the open weight division in the Brazilian trials of the World Pro Jiu Jitsu Cup and also winning the finals in Abu Dhabi. That same year Rodolfo also conquered the Pan American and the World championships in his weight and the absolute weight divisions.

Jits Magazine Volume. 5. Digital image. Jits Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://jitsmagazine.com/magazine>