CALENDAR
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December
12:
Demo
practice
7:30pm - 9:00pm |
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December
13:
Little Ninja
testing 1:00pm
S.W.A.T.
Event 1:30pm - 8:00pm |
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December
20:
Lloyd
Irvin's Holiday Party at the Academy
in house BJJ tournament and Christmas Party time
to follow
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Team Lloyd Irvin Wins The
King Of The Ring 165lb NHB Tournament
Lloyd Irvin Blue Belt Dave Kaplan
fought in a MMA Tournament for the King of the Ring
165lb title. Dave fights out of The Hybrid Academy in Va
Beach and is trained by Lloyd Irvin Brown Belt Ken
Parham and Lloyd Irvin Blue Belt Buck Grant. To win the
165lb title, Dave would have to fight 2 times in one
evening. Everyone in the crowd was very excited, because
Mixed Martial Arts Tournaments are very rare now days,
unlike the early years of the UFC. Dave's first fight
was against the super skilled Erin Moser.
Round 1
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Dave immediately
stalked Erin, using his punches to set up the
clinch. Dave transitioned to a beautiful takedown,
passing the guard and getting the mount. Dave
severely punished Erin from the mount. Throwing
punch after punch. People in the audience mentioned
they have only seen this type of punishment on
International Vale Tudo Tapes from Brazil. The
referee noticing that Erin was about to be KO'd
stopped the fight at 1:38 of the 1st round.
The celebration
was short-lived.
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One
Down, One to Go
THE FINALS
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In the finals Dave
was to meet Binky Jones, who is an ex-collegiate
wrestler with excellent takedown and submission
skills. Binky fights out of Renzo Gracie Affiliate,
John Rallos Ground Control in Baltimore.
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This fight was the MAIN EVENT!
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Binky Jones used to
train at Lloyd Irvin’s Martial Arts and David
promised to bring the Belt back to Team Lloyd Irvin.
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Round 1
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When
the fight started, Dave showed off his Muay Thai
skills throwing punches and landing a nice high kick
to the head of Binky who immediately clinched. Binky
landed a nice hip throw on Dave landing on top in
side control.
However, Dave was ready for a WAR!
For those that know Dave, he LOVES going for leg
locks and this fight would be no different. Dave
quickly escaped out of side control and transitioned
into an ankle lock. Binky fought threw it and then
they scrambled for position where Binky gained
control of the mount. Once again Dave reversed the
position, landing on top of Binky's guard. From the
top Dave was landing some very effective strikes.
Although Dave probably could have taken Binky out
with strikes, Ken trained him to finish with
submissions. So Dave was hungry to make Binky tap
with another ankle lock attempt. This time it was
tight as Binky was wincing in pain. But remember
this WAR was filled with many mini battles and once
again Binky powered out and again regained the top
position, landing in Dave's 1/2 guard where the
round ended.
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Round 2
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The
second round was all Dave. He came out and took
control of the fight. After the round started, Binky
shot in with Dave sprawling back and catching binky
in a tight front headlock. Dave quickly began
punishing Binky to the head and body with punches
and knees. Binky went to his guard where Dave did
something that caught everyone by surprise.
He stood up, kicked Binky in the legs several times
and then did a Sakuraba jumping kick on Binky; the
whole entire crowd went crazy! In the process, Binky
gave up his back, and Dave continued to hammer down
onto Binky. Dave attempted a rear naked choke, and
he was close to getting it, but somehow Binky
escaped. Both fighters went back to standing and
Binky desperately tried to take Dave down. Dave went
for a guillotine choke, and everyone thought for
sure Binky was going to tap, but he withered his way
out.
The round ended shortly thereafter with the entire
crowd on their feet cheering for both combatants.
Dave was declared the winner and the new King of the
Ring 165lb MMA Champion. Look for even bigger and
better things from Dave in the near future.
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WAY TO GO DAVE
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May 1st, 2004: |
Team
Lloyd Irvin Brings Home The GOLD!!!
This weekend we had competitors in NC for theGrapple
Mania event and the US. Judo Nationals.
These are partial results from Grapple Mania.
Brett Tillet won his Advance Division making this
his first competition in a long time. Look for BIG
things from Brett, he's looking aggressive and
technical.
Doug stepped up to the plate and took home the GOLD.
Doug is one of our best kept secrets but he won't be
a secret that much longer.
In the 8 man super fight invitational two of our
Black Belts stepped up to the plate.
First Leo Dalla who will be opening a new school in
Falls Church Virginia this month.
Dalla showed an excellent triangle set up in the
first match that caught everyone off guard. His
opponent was forced to tap out in regulation.
In his second match at the end of the regulation
time the score was 0*0. In over time Dalla turned up
the heat and scored 11 unanswered points winning
11*0.
On the other side of the bracket Todd went back to
the basics and submitted his opponent with a old
school leg/knee lock. His second round opponent had
to pull out.
In the finals we closed the bracket winning the title for
Team Lloyd Irvin.
One step closer to the Olympics
Rhadi shows why his groundwork is considered one of
the best in
Judo in the World. Finishing his first opponent. On
the other
side Barnes dispatches his first opponent. Second
match for Rhadi
his opponent tries to bring the heat but Rhadi is to
much for him.
Then in Barnes second match something interesting
happened. He
was fighting the ever crafty Curly and guess what.
Curly Tapped
Barnes with an armbar. It was over Rhadi would be
number one and
didn't have to fight another match. Everyone from
our camp was
excited. It was time to go home and not risk an
injury fighting
anymore matching that didn't help us reach our goal
of the Olympics.
Then Rhadi made a decision that caught everyone off
guard. He wanted
to fight at least one more match. Why would he do
this? Why would he
risk this before the Olympics? Well if you remember
that Rhadi just
returned from a 7 month injury layoff you will
understand this story.
When Rhadi was injured and had total reconstructive
knee surgery the
match that it happened in was against a guy named
Mark Fletcher. After
the match rumors started floating around and it came
back that Fletcher
had said that Rhadi wasn't really injured he was
just scared, He could
see the fear in Rhadi's eyes. For those of you that
know how we train
you understand the having fear isn't even a
possibility. Maybe we'll
lose but fear, NEVER.
So here we are with the number one seed already and
we can go home. But
guess who Rhadi would face next if he decided not to
pull out? YOu
guessed it, Mark Fletcher. So Rhadi doesn't pull out
and continues to
let Fletcher know that we fear no man born of woman.
At one point Rhadi
picked Fletcher up so high and dropped him the
entire stadium went "Uh AH"
After putting Fletcher out of the tournament Rhadi
was in the finals
where he now did the smart thing and pulled out
giving Curly the National
title.
So that all being said on June 5, 2004 Team Lloyd
Irvin Competition
Team member Rhadi Ferguson will be the number one
seed for the
2004 Olympic Trials.
Good job to everyone
April 3rd, 2004: NEW JERSEY NHB |
Mike Easton Wins Reality Fighting Lightweight Title By
Knock Out
April 3, 2004 we
had to fighters fighting for Titles. Mike Easton was
fighting for the Reality Fighting 145 lb Title and
Muhsin Corbbrey fighting for the 155lb Title.
This was a fun filled night. We had over 50 students
make the 4 hour trip to support their training
partners.
In the first fight Mike Easton made his way to the
ring in what may people in attendance said was “The
best fight entrance they’ve ever seen”. If you
haven’t seen the tape yet make sure you watch it.
After his electrifying entrance it was all business.
The when the bell rang Mike Easton charged across
the ring and jumped into the air going for a flying
knee. The knee missed the in deeded landing
destination but landed on the chest. The crowd is
going crazy. From this point on the pace was set and
neither competitor stepped down from the challenge.
His opponent Jay Isip meant business as both
competitors were letting their hands fly as if they
could smell a knock out over the horizon. In one
exchange Jay hit Mike with a 4-count combination
that had the crowd on their feet again. Isip being
from New Jersey had almost the entire convention
center filled with his fans.
After the combination Mike threw a double jab, over
hand right that if he had landed it we’re sure it
would’ve ended the fight. Jay wasn’t having it and
continued to throw bombs. Mike was working the
clinch-throwing knee after knee, while Isip was
going for the KO.
Mike finally took Jay down into the mount where Jay
used his amazing strength to power out and end up in
the guard. From the Guard Jay threw punishing blows
from the top, Mike weathered the storm and was able
to catch Jay in a triangle choke where he pounded
Jay. Incredibly Jay was able to escape the triangle,
flip Mike over and apply a choke of his own. Mike
escaped the choke while gaining the mount position;
with about 10 seconds left in round one Mike threw
bombs from the mount until the bell rang.
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ROUND
2
Mike comes out with a big take
down. Jay gives his back to avoid the mount; at this
point Mike takes his back. This was the beginning of
the end for Jay. Mike went from the back to the
mount back to the back to the mount delivering a
tremendous amount of punches. At one point we
thought that the match should’ve been stopped. But
to Jay’s credit he is one tough guy. He kept
fighting with everything he had. In the end Mike got
the mount with Jay’s arms trapped throwing vicious
shots then all you could see was Jay’s entire body
go limp. He was out. The ref jumped in and Mike
Easton was the Reality Fighting Champion.
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We want to give
the utmost respect to Jay Isip who was a true
warrior and |
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MIKE EASTONE
is the new Reality Fighting Lightweight
Champion.
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Our next fight featured Muhsin
Corbbrey vs. Kurt Pellegrino
This fight went 3 rounds in the same exact fashion
each round. Fight started Kurt secured a takedown
with Kurt throwing punches while Musing was trying
submission and sweeps.
Kurt was a takedown machine that night and was able
to keep Muhsin from getting to his feet. Muhsin
showed the heart of a LION fighting from off his
back the entire night.
Both of these competitors gave it their all with
Kurt winning the decision at the end.
This was Muhsins first loss and we know he’ll be
back stronger than ever
April 2- 4, 2004: CALIFORNIA |
Team Lloyd Irvin Brings Home 4 GOLDS, 3
SILVERS, and 3 BRONZE Medals from the Pan American
Championships
Members from Team Lloyd Irvin
went to compete in the Countries biggest Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu Competition “The Pan American Games”.
After it was all said in done we brought home a lot
of hard wear.
To start off this year was the first year of the
Team USA vs. Team BRAZIL CHALLENGE.
This is how this works. At the American Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu National Championship the American
National Champion gets to face a Champion from
Brazil in a one on one competition.
Two Team Lloyd Irvin Competitors were victorious
against the Brazilian Champions this year.
Team USA vs. Team BRAZIL Champions
Mike Fowler and Brandon Vera. CONGRATULATIONS
GUYS!!!
Now to the regular weight divisions.
In the Blue belt division Mark Lafone took GOLD in
his weight division and SILVER in the Open Division
In the Purple Belt division Brandon Vera told GOLD
in his weight division.
In the Female Purple/Brown/Black Sharon Bonewicz got
the BRONZE>
In the Brown Belt division David Womack to SILVER in
his weight division.
In the Black Belt division Mike Moses took SILVER in
his weight division
Black Belt Jared Wiener Black Belt Bronze
4 GOLDS, 3 SILVERS, and 3 BRONZE Medals. Way to
Represent.
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Febuary
22nd, 2004: |
The
Grapplers Quest Beast of the East Results
Mike
Fowler victorious over Jeff "The Pipe Layer" Glover
Super
Fight Results
This weekend
at the Grapplers Quest there was great competition.
Tyrone
Glover was training with us from West Coast taking on Team Renzo Gracie
fighter Joe Scarola, Mike Fowler was in the 160 pound tournament and
Jared Weiner was featured in a Black Belt Super fight against a Ryan
Gracie fighter from Brazil.
First up
was our own Mike Fowler who was taking on the West
Coasts Jeff
" The Pipe Layer" Glover (Paragon Jiu Jitsu), Undefeated and
Unscored-Upon 4-Time Grapplers Quest West Champion. This was a battle
of two submission hungry machines.
The match
started with Jeff pulling guard. Mike was trying
to pass but
Jeff's guard
was unreal. At one point Jeff transitioned in to
a omo
plata on Mike which he calmly escaped. Jeff was throwing submission
attempts while Mike was trying to pass his guard. Finally like a
Magician pulling out a trick deck of cards Mike was able to solve the
riddle of Jeff Glovers guard and secure a pass where he immediately
caught Jeff's arm for a Kimura and Jeff was forced to tap out. Jeff was
a GREAT competitor.
Next up
was Jared Weiner.
This match
looked like a Judo match in the beginning. With Jareds
Judo
experience and later finding out that his opponent Renato Migliaccio
was
a Brazilian National Champion in Judo also explained why. Both fighter
were working for their grips when Jared had to readjust his right grip.
When Jared tried to re-grip Renato threw Jared with ippon seionage for
the 2 points. Jared popped right back up and pulled guard. The fight
stayed on the ground with Renato trying to pass; with about 15 seconds
left Jared caught Renato in a full-blown triangle/armbar submission.
The crowd was going wild. While Jared extending his arm the time ran
out. Talk about teeth clinchers. Renato wins 2 * 0.
Great job
Jared. Renato was also a really great guy!
Next up
Tyrone Glover(Cassio Werneck)
Tyrone on Joe's back securing 4 points
Tyrone going for a footlock
Tyrone had
been training with us all week getting ready for
this battle
again Joe Scarola. Tyrone went out and did what he does best, GO FOR
SUBMISSIONS!!! This was probably the most exciting fight of the day and
anyone trained by Matt Serra you know they are submission machines also.
Tyrone would go for a submission then Joe would go for a submission and
this went back and forth for quite some time. At one point Tyrone had
a
toe hold on Joe that everyone thought the match was going to be over
but
Joe being tough as nails gutted it out and escaped. During a fast paced
scrabble Tyrone took Joe's back and got the 4 points. At the end of this
great match Tyrone had won 6*2. Congrats Tyrone.
In the Finals
of the 160 lb tournament Mike faced Kurt "Batman"
Pelligrino from Team Renzo Gracie. In the first part of the match Kurt
went for a take down that Mike defended with a hard sprawl, then Mike
jumped to his guard. About 20 seconds later the ref awards two points
for a take down. People couldn't believe that the ref awarded the
points. The match ended with Kurt trying to pass and Mike trying to
sweep. Kurt wins 2 * 0.
Congrats
to Mike for putting up a great fight and defeating
the
previously undefeated Jeff Glover.
Congrats
to Jeff for winning the match for third/fourth by
forcing Brian
Dushez from Team Yamasaki to tap out to a triangle choke.
Mike Easton
won his weight division and now is going to fully
concentrate on his upcoming NHB Title Fight on April 3, 2004.
www.realityfighting.tv
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February
7th , 2004: |
Team
Lloyd Irvin representative Muhsin Corbbrey
Team
Psych Ward remains undefeated
Saturday
night 3 - 0
Fight
#1
Ken "Shaft" Hartley
(168 lbs) by unanimus decision improves to 2 -
0 (1 KO)
Fight
#2
Erin O'neil
(140lbs) (6 months of training) debut with a 1, 2
Clinic resulting
in 5 standing 8 counts. Devastating Abigail Yahudah
for 5
rounds in
route to a unanimus decision.
Fight
#3
Brandon "Sayfullah" Gay
(Sword of Allah) (145 - 150 lbs) Stormed
his way
to 2 - 0 (2 KO's) Relentless aggression hands of
stone with crushing
kicks forced
undefeated fighter to crumble beneath Sayf's onslaught
of
punishment.
Way to go
everyone.
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February
1st , 2004: |
“Team
Lloyd Irvin Dominates the Combat Sports Challenge
and goes 3*0.”
The Question
was how did Team Lloyd Irvin do?
The answer
to this question was taken from an internet forum
and was posted by Gazzy Parman. This is what she
had to say.
Team Lloyd
Irvin were BEASTS!!!!
First up
was Mike Fowler in a Grappling Super Fight.
Mike Fowler
had a grappling match against a guy named Andrew,
about 15 lbs heavier than Mike F., that he's fought
4 other times before Sat. night.
I believe
Mike Fowler was victorious every time they fought.
Last night Mike took Andrew off his feet, lifted
him about 5 feet off of the ground and dropped
him right on his back. This was a great fight!
It started
with Mike F. in Andrew's guard since Mike got the
double. Mike proceeded to pass when Andrew attempted
a figure four on Mike's foot, aka a toe hold, but
Mike didn't budge and continued for his pass and
got it. At one point I believe Mike began an attack
for the arm bar when he fell to his back. Andrew
defended it but now Andrew was stuck in Mike's guard.
Mike was trying for the $100 DOLLA move (inside between
Master Lloyd and Mr. Mike) cuz he wanted his HUNDRED
DOLLA!! He actually got it too!! Andrew hung on for
dear life and was positioning his hand right about
to tap, actually almost did when Mike released and
started working for a different finish. If Mike F.
would have held on for another 2 seconds, it would
have been a finish
via some kinda traingle...
Mike Fowler showing off his championship trophy
Next up
was Mike Easton in a NHB match.
Mike aquired
the nickname "HULK". His opponent tried
to work from the guard but Mike E. didn't even give
him a chance to move. After a beautiful takedown,
Mike proceeded to punch the guy's face relentlessly.
After numerous blows to his body and face, Mike stood
up and slammed the guy at least 5 times. Before the
poor dude even hit the ground, Mike was already punching
at his face. That was pretty much the way the whole
fight went.
In the
beginning, Mike's opponent looked pretty strong with
his stand up. When he realized Mike was a little
beast and stayed standing with him for a while delivering
some hard knees from the clinch, kicked and punched
a few good ones then finished with a hard double-
leg sweeping the guy off of his feet, his spirit
was broken. Mike's opponent did a great job at continuing
with everything he had, but Mike was just relentless.
After winning the fight, Mike looked at Master Lloyd
Irvin and his father with a big smile then did the
cutest little dance number that impressed everyone
once more.
Mike Easton
is a proud NEW sponsoree of TAPOUT...
To
see a short video clip of this fight, click
here
Next up
was Muhsin Corbbrey.
Muhsin's
fight was also off the hook!! Muhsin is on a mission
in 2004 and Giovanni just happened to be his first
opponent. It was a quickie. They went standing for
a while trading blows before Muhsin took the guy
down and continued working his ground game. He passed
the guys guard, mounted, fell back for the arm bar
when his opponent sat up right into the traingle.
Muhsin slipped it in
right quick
and it was TAP TAP TIME...
Muhsin is victorious
After Muhsin's
hand was raised for the victory, he looked right
at Master Lloyd with a big smile just like Mike Easton
and Mike Fowler, and represented his love for Master
Lloyd Irvin by holding up the team shirt and walking
around the ring showing it to the crowd.
Team Lloyd
Irvin was ruling that night. It was great to see
how much love Master Lloyd's students have for him.
Hats off
to team Lloyd Irvin. Strong spirit, deep love, total
teamwork.
To
see more photos of the event click
here
This is
a team photo that was taken after the event before
everyone went out to eat. Everyone that came to support
is not shown in the photo as some people had to leave
after the event. We had well over 50 parents, family,
friends, team mates pack up in their cars and make
the trip. Talk about team support.
Next stop
March 6,2004, The King of the Ring. Jose villirisco
will be fighting for the lightweight title. For more
information about this event visit http://www.kingofthering.org/
April 3,
2004 Muhsin will be fighting Kurt Pelligrino from
Team Renzo Gracie for the 155 lb title at Reality
Fighting 6. Mike Easton will be fighting Jay Isip
for the 145 lb title. For more information about
this event visit. http://www.realityfighting.tv/
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December
6th , 2003: |
Mike Fowler Defeats Ralek Gracie to Win
Purple Belt Open Division
This weekend
there was fierce competition in California’s
Grappling Games.
Team
Lloyd Irvin brings home TWO GOLD MEDALS!!!
The day
started off very disappointing. After traveling almost
3000 miles to compete in an event that we thought
would be loaded with purple belts Mike found out
that there was only one competitor in the 148-160
pound division.
So in the first
match it was Team Lloyd Irvin’s
Mike Fowler against a very game Brazilian. The
Brazilian pulled guard and the game began. Mike
was aggressively trying to pass the guard, but
his opponent had a excellent open guard that was
giving Mike some problems. The Brazilian was attacking
sweep after sweep, while looking to come on top.
At one point he elevated Mike into the air, which
looked like he was going to be swept, but Mike
was able to cartwheel out to avoid it. With about
2 minutes left, Mike finally solved the mystery
of the Brazilians guard and was able to secure
a guard pass. Once in the cross it was time to
look for submissions, Mike started moving in for
his patented choke, once there the time ran out.
Mike
Wins the GOLD in his division
After the
match, Mike was feeling the effects of being sick
all week and decided not to enter the open weight
division. But when they announced that Ralek Gracie
had entered the purple belt open division, Mike couldn’t
pass on the chance to possibly get to fight a Gracie.
So he entered the open division.
The Brackets
were set with Mike on one side of the bracket and
Ralek on the other side. You could feel the excitement
building in the stadium. If both could make it to
the finals, this would be a match for the ages.
In the first
match of the open, Mike faced an opponent
from Jean-Jacques Machado that out weighed him
by 60 pounds.. This was a very boring match for
the first six minutes.
Mike started
by pulling ½ guard, his opponent was awarded
an advantage then it appeared that he was content
on not moving at all. The referee warned him for
stalling, but he just wouldn’t move. Mike was
trying to escape but he just couldn’t budge
this giant. Realizing that his day was about to be
over if something didn’t change he started
using every technique he knew and finally was able
to regain his guard. From there, being down an advantage,
he went on a non stop flurry trying to submit and
sweep his opponent, but it was clear that his opponent
trying to stall out a victory.
With about
one minute left, Mike went to open guard to look
for more sweeps, when out of nowhere his opponent
sat back for a leg-lock. Mike was able to come up
on top where he landed in his opponents ½ guard.
The crowd was on their feet routing for the little
guy. With only 10 seconds remaining Mike was able
to free his leg for the guard pass. Talk about clinching
your teeth.
On the other
side of the bracket Ralek Gracie submitted his first
opponent rather quickly.
Mike’s second
match was against the Brazilian he fought
in his weight division. This time Mike pulled guard
first and was able to pull off his triangle from ½ guard
in about 2-3 minutes.
Mike’s
in the FINALS!
On the other
side of the Bracket Ralek taps his opponent within
a minute by foot lock.
It’s
set, Mike Fowler vs. Ralek Gracie in the
FINALS.
You could
feel the excitement in the crowd. Everyone in the
entire stadium gathered around the mat to see this
epic East Coast vs. West Coast match up.
On one side
of the bracket you have one of the East Coasts brightest
stars, who since getting his purple belt only 4 months
ago has been on a tear fighting as much as he can.
On the other
side of the bracket you have the son of Rorion Gracie,
the man responsible for bringing Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
to America and the creator of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting
Championship.) Ralek Gracie, is a person that has
been doing Jiu-Jitsu since he was a child.
Mike, having
won the 148-160 pound division, and Ralek, having
won the 174-188 pound division. This was a battle
of Champion vs. Champion.
THE
FINALS
This match
was so fast and high speed that I won’t even
try to do a play by play and would highly recommend
that if you get a chance to see this match, to get
the video, download the link, or whatever.
Here it
is in a nutshell.
Mike went
for a takedown that was unsuccessful, but ended up
getting a sweep from his guard moving directly into
a guard pass making it 5 * 0. At this point the game
began, everyone one knows that Mike is always looking
for the finish but what made this so exciting is
that Ralek is a submission machine also. Mike almost
took Raleks back, but his defense was excellent.
These guys were moving so fast going for sweep and
submissions at rapid speeds. At one point Ralek caught
Mike in a foot lock that everyone in the stadium
thought it was lights out for Mike but he is well
versed in foot lock escapes and was able to gut it
out. Ralek started attacking for more submissions.
One time he had Mike in a Kimura and Mike was somehow
able to spin into his own armbar on Ralek, landing
out of bounds. The crowd was going wild, everyone
was shouting. Mike was winning 8 * 4 with 90 seconds
left. The Gracie corner was giving Ralek instructions,
while Master Lloyd was getting Mike motivated for
a 90 second war, this is where those 30 second drills
come in handy. Mike pulled guard again and Ralek
went on a constant attacking spree almost passing
to the mount but Mike was able to trap his leg to
avoid the pass. Ralek immediately went for a sleeve
choke and with 10 seconds left swithed it to a armbar.
Mike was defending with just seconds left he was
able to get his elbow below Ralek's groin to begin
a counter when the time ran out.
Mike
Fowler passing Ralek's guard
Mike
Fowler work for a submission on Ralek
After the
Referee raises Mikes hand in victory, Mike collapses
on the mat. Both Mike and Ralek received a standing
ovation from the crowd.
Rorion Gracie
comes over to congratulated Master Lloyd and Mike
for the victory.
Mike showing off his well-deserved hardware
After the
match Mike said,
“That
was the most fun I’ve had in a match. It
was a great experience fighting someone that goes
for so many submissions like I do. I’m glad
I always work on my counters. (Laughing) Ralek
was great both on and off the mat.”
What was
it like fighting a Gracie?
“It
was fine, my mental preparation went well. I think
I can beat anyone when Master Lloyd is in my corner,
he didn’t want me to think about him being
a Gracie and had me focus more on fighting my best
trying to impose my game.”
Mike Fowler with Ryron Gracie, Rener
Gracie Rorion Gracie and Ralek Gracie
Click
here to see more photos
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December
6th , 2003: |
After
defeating Relak Gracie Mike Fowler gets a new
sponsor
Tap Out Gear is Mike Fowlers
newest sponsor. Congratulations
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December
1st , 2003: |
Team Lloyd Irvin brings home Two
National
Champions and a SILVER Medal
Mike Folwer
This
weekend we sent three members of our
competition team to compete in the
2003 American National Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Championships in California hosted by the CBJJ
headed by Carlos Gracie Jr..
Mike Fowler Purple Belt
Brad Court Brown Belt
Jared Weiner Black Belt
The winners of this event not only will
become BJJ National Champions but they will
represent Team USA vs. Team Brazil at the
2004 Pan Ams.
Last year Jared Weiner became our first
National Champion as a Brown Belt.
This year we add Two more National Champions
to Team LLoyd Irvin and a Silver Medalist.
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First
match
Mikes
opponent pulls guard. Mike is aggressively working
to pass his opponents guard and finally end up in
the cross mount position getting his 3 points for
the pass. Once in the cross side Mike did what he
does best, look for the submission. After going for
different set ups Mike Fowler finally submits his
opponent with a collar choke.
Mike
Fowler becomes the “2003 American National
Purple Belt Champion”
Mike
is super excited about his first National Title but
wants more fights so he decides to jump into the
purple belt Open weight division.
Open
Weight Division
In
his first match he faces a touch competitor from
Jean Jacques Machado. This was a battle with both
competitors scoring multiple advantages on each other.
Late into the match Mike decided to play his new
inverted game that he’s been working on lately.
Well it sure came in handy, Mike was able to keep
his opponent off balance with this very awkward position
and finally was able to sweep his opponent for the
2 points and the VICTORY. What a close one.
In
his second match Mike’s opponent
pulled guard, Mike was able to work one of his new
passes to end up in the cross side where he immediately
started working for a submission. After many positional
changes Mike secured a chokehold and his opponent
was force to tap out.
Now
came the FINALS.
Remember
that this is the open division with NO WEIGHT class.
Mike is weighing in around 155 pounds but sometimes
fights at 149 pounds. Well his opponent in the finals
was at least 40-50 pounds bigger than Mike and had
just tapped both of his opponents with foot locks.
Not
wanting to try to trade takedowns with the Giant
Mike pulls guard and is very careful to protect his
feet. Once Mike pulled guard everyone thought it
was over because we found out that this guy is a
guard-passing machine. Well Mike is used to tight
guard passing pressure and it’s a good thing
that he’s been adding some new things to his
guard over the last two weeks because they really
came in handy. Mike and Master Lloyd have been working
on a new triangle variation that is practically undetectable
to an opponent until it’s too late (YES another
one on top of the ½ guard triangle). Well
Mike caught his opponent in this choke but lost his
grip because he was so big. Mike was able to get
some more advantages and almost got his patented ½ guard
triangle but couldn’t completely lock his legs.
Time ran out giving Mike the victory.
Mike
Fowler “2003 American National Purple Belt
Open Class Champion”
Brad Court
In
Brad’s very first fight as
a brown belt he pulled guard, got a sweep, took his
opponents back went to the mount and took the back
again. Looking for different submissions Brad was
attacking from the mount and attacking with brabo
chokes. Time ran out with Brad winning the match.
Brad said his opponent was a really nice guy.
“It’s
always nice to get the first fight at your new
belt out of the way”
In
the finals Brad got caught with a big
throw in the beginning of the match. Brad was able
to work back to ½ guard and eventually back
to his butterfly guard. At this point Brad was
attacking trying to get a sweep. After several
different attacks Brad executed a beautiful butterfly
sweep. From the top position Brad starts to work
his guard passing, with beautiful technique Brad
passes the guard, his opponent come back up and
Brad jumps guard. Now back in the guard Brad is
attacking working for submissions finally landing
a triangle, his opponent is aggressively trying
to counter the triangle choke and forces Brad to
let go. After such a hard fought battle the split
second he escaped he appeared to take a rest to
get himself together or something and Brad slapped
another triangle choke back on this time there
would be no escaping Brads triangle. He had no
other choice but to tap out to Brad’s triangle.
Giving Brad the WIN!!!
Brad
Court “2003 American National Brown Belt
Champion”
Jared Weiner
Let
me start off by saying Jared was fighting against
everyone’s wishes because he just recently
suffered what many thought was a very serious knee
injury. We still don’t know exactly what it
is because he refuses to go to listen to the Doctor.
(Sounds like someone else we know) Jared is the true
representation of Team Lloyd Irvin loves to compete
and put it on the line. So here we go.
Jared’s
first match is against Joao Silva who’s
a black belt under Aloisio Silva. OH one more thing
no one showed up for Jared’s weight division
so if he wanted to fight he had to move up two
weight divisions, which he did. Now back to the
fight. Jared pulled guard and the fight began.
Joao trying to pass and Jared trying to submit
or sweep. This went on for some time. In a transition
out of no where Jared went for an omo plata, then
went inverted and change it to the omo plata sweep
coming on top getting the two points for the sweep.
Jared is working hard for the pass coming close
a few times but no control. The fight gets back
to the feet where the time runs out. Jared WINS!!!
In
the Finals Jared pulls guard. With his
opponent trying to pass Jared opens his legs to
work his position, in a transition his opponent
swung around and went for a knee bar on Jared getting
the finish.
Jared
Weiner “2003 American National Black Belt
Silver Medalist”
Team
Lloyd Irvin Can’t begin to tell you how proud
we our of these guys. When it seems that less and
less people are putting it on the line our guys are
still going out there giving it their all WIN, LOSE
or DRAW and that’s what it is about for those
that want to compete.
Mike
Fowler and Jared Weiner just received their belts
within the last few months and Brad Court just received
his brown belt weeks ago. Way to go guys. Keep up
the good work.
pictures
coming soon
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November
23rd , 2003: |
Wander Braga Seminar
On
Sunday Team Lloyd Irvin had the honor of hosting
a seminar with on of
our Family members Wander Braga. You see Wander Braga and Master
Lloyd's instructor Leo Dalla both received their BJJ Black Belts from
Jorge Pereira. So we are in direct lineage with Wander. Once again
Wander showed some very good positions that students will be able to
put
into their game immediately. If you missed this seminar you missed a
good one. WATCH OUT IN CLASS.
INSTRUCTOR
- Professor Wander Braga is considered to be among
the top
ten rated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters in the world. Professor Braga's
accolades include being five-time Vale-Tudo (NHB) winner, two-time Pan
American champion, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion. Wander Braga
is considered one of the best Vale-Tudo (NHB) fighters in the world.
He
is trained by Jorge Pereira.
Here's a
picture of the seminar attendees. Pay close attention,
there
were 7 Black Belts in attendance.
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November
22nd , 2003: |
Team Lloyd Irvin brings home two SILVER medals
from Judo Event
Phil Proctor brought home
the SILVER medal in this weekend's
Judo competition.
James Valentine brings home the
SILVER medal in this weekend's
Judo competition.
Way to go guys. Keep up the GREAT work.
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November
17th , 2003: |
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Team Lloyd Irvin welcomes aboard Evolve
Academy of Martial Arts
We
are very proud to announce the Evolve
Academy of Martial Arts will now be representing
Team Lloyd Irvin. We look forward to great things.
You can get more information about Mike Moses's
Evolve Academy in the school
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November
15th , 2003: |
KING OF THE RING VII -
November 15, 2003
Seph
Smith Fought in the King of The Ring VII Vale tudo
event Defeating
Brian Lyttle With a triangle Choke about 2 minutes into the first round.
CONGRATS
Seph way to go.
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November
15th , 2003: |
Mike
Fowler Wins The Grapplers Quest West November 15,
2003
Fresh
off his NAGC Expert division No Gi Championship
last week Mike Fowler traveled back to the West
Coast to test his No Gi skills at the Grapplers
Quest West Championships. Flying into Las Vegas
Friday night Mike competed Saturday against the
West Coast best fighters. Mike had three matches
against some very tough fighters.
First
up was a tough Brazilian. The match was very
fast paced when all of a sudden the Brazilian
did a very nice move to escape a pass when
Mike caught him in the Brabo choke. We all
though the match was over but the Brazilian
wouldn't tap out. Mike was forced to release
the hold. Less than a minute later Mike has
him in another brabo choke but can't finish
it. With about a minute left there is a fast
scramble with Mike pulling out an INCREDIBLE
move like a Magician and somehow took the Brazilians
back securing the win. |
Mike applying a full blown
Brabo choke.
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Mike catching The Rock in a Triangle
In
the second match Mike faced the one and only "ROCK" Mr..
David Jacobs from the Yamasaki Academy. In a much
anticipated match Mike pulled guard and immediately
starting working his guard, David was well versed
in defending Mikes submission attempts until out
of no where Mike pulls out a triangle. David lifts
Mike into the air where Mike works to tighten the
grip forcing David to put him back on the ground.
Once on the ground Mike tightened up the triangle
and David was forced to tap.
Mike's
hand raised in the Semi finals
In
the Finals Mike was facing an opponent who blazed
through the other side of the bracket with a WICKED
guard. Mikes plan was to pull guard first but wasn't
able to, he landed in his opponents very difficult
rubber guard after hitting a perfect takedown.
Instead of playing a low pass game Mike played
a standing pass game and performed a beautiful
knee cut across pass landing in the cross side.
Mike
secures the guard pass in the finals
One
in the cross side Mike moved to the North South
position where he performed one of Master Lloyds
new secret sneaky chokes. This was the first time
in competition anyone from our team used this new
move but now that it has been used effectively
I'm sure everyone at the school will want to learn
it now. Mike held the choke solid with his opponents
face turning purple, he had to tap giving Mike
the GOLD!!!
Mike
gets his hand raised and is declared the Champion
in the Finals
After
the match quite a few people came up to us asking
to see how the choke works. For now it's a SECRET.
GREAT job MIKE FOWLER. Keep up the good work.
Click here to hear what Mike had to say right after his match in the
finals.
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November
9th, 2003: |
NORTH
AMERICAN GRAPPLING CHAPIONSHIPS
November 8,9, 2003
Team
Lloyd Irvin wins TWO Championship Belts
and
2 Gold Medals
This
past weekend Team Lloyd Irvin entered 2
adult competitors into the newly created EXPERT
division at this years Nage Championship,
dubbed "The
Largest Grappling Tournament in the World"
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First
was James Valentine who battled his way into
the finals showing beatiful technique. In
the finals he faced a very strong wrestler
that had amazing balance. At the end of the
match James was succesful at sweeping his
opponent and maintaining the mount position.
At
the end James had his hand raised in victory.
Giving him the win and the HUGE Championship
belt!
Our
second competitor was Mike Fowler who also
had some very tough matches working his
way into the finals. Once again Mike prevailed
in the finals winning a very difficult
match on points. With his hand raised in
victory this young kid could do nothing
but smile. This victory secured another
Championship belt for Team Lloyd Irvin.
Mike Fowler
Now
where did the two medals come from?
Jose " The Pistol" Villirisco is the name. Jose less
than a week after receiveing his BJJ Blue Belt went to the NAGA
Championships competing in the No gi and his first ever Blue Belt
division.
In the No Gi once
again Mr. Jose was
out weighed by everyone
by at least 20 pounds.
Just in case you
don't know already
Jose is
only 118 pounds and can NEVER find an event that has his weight
class so he always has to fight in the 139 pound division. Regardless
Jose entered the No Gi division going for submission after submission,
in one of the most bizaar scenes ever witnessed in submission
grappling Jose and
his opponent went
for a flying armbar
at the exact same
time bumping heads and landing on the ground, everyone thought
they were out but the kept fighting. After a few grueling matches
Jose was in the finals where he fought the man that can do magic
to videos, Belder from Belder Productions. This was a GREAT match
as Belder showed his experience sweeping Jose with little time
left, it looked as if the match was going to end until Jose started
working Team Lloyd Irvin's signature triangle attack and before
you know it he landed it for the submission.
Jose Brings
home the GOLD in
the No Gi.
Jose
Brings home the GOLD |
Next
Jose fights in his very first Blue
Belt Gi division. When he got to the
event he found out that 2 of the competitors
had beat him last year as a white belt
and they beat him pretty good. All
week he wanted to know how everyone
thought he would do as a blue belt
and he quickly found out having 2 major
epic battles with his opponent from
Alliance where he was going for sweeps,
brabo chokes and more. His first match
as a Blue belt he wins 7*2. In the
Finals he faced a tough Renzo Gracie
blue belt, this match was VERY close
and in the end Jose won 4*2 giving
him the GOLD medal and the title 139
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Way to go everybody.
Keep up the good
work.
To see how our
kids did please click
here
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November
5th , 2003: |
Master
Lloyd Promotes Brad Court to Brown Belt.
Brown
Belts beware, there's a new man around town
and his name is Brad. Congratulations Brad,
we know you'll represent the Brown belt well.
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November
3rd, 2003: |
"Jose "The
Pistol" Villarisco Promoted to Blue
Belt"
After
winning his division at the Copa Atlantica
this past weekend Master
Lloyd
promoted Jose to BJJ Blue Belt tonight.
You should've seen the belt train, WOW!!!
Congrats Jose, your hard work and persistence
really paid off.
CONGRATULATIONS
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November
2nd, 2003: |
Team
Lloyd Irvin Wins Team Title at the Copa Atlantica
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu:
Official
Results from the 2003 Copa Atlantica Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu Championships
Copa
Atlantica Team Championships:
1st
Place: TEAM Lloyd Irvin - 370 points
2nd Place: Renzo Gracie Association - 318 points
3rd Place: Royler Gracie/Dave Adiv USA - 168 points
4th Place: Alliance - 164 points
5th Place: Machado Association - 162 points
6th Place: Yamasaki - 152 points
7th Place: Linxx - 134 points
8th Place: Groundhog - 84 points
9th Place: Balance Studios/Hasset - 78 points
10th Place: GAMMA - 62 points
10th Place: Odyssey - 62 points
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We
had a GREAT showing this weekend. Some highlights.
Phil
Proctor was
winning his final match 21 * 0 before he
submitted his opponent.
Mike
Fowler submits
everyone in his weight division
and in the Open division.
Mr.
Jose put on a pure BJJ clinic
fighting in a weight division 20
pounds heavier than his own.
Brandon
Vera wins
his division and splits open title
with Mike Fowler.
Brad
Court showed
why he’s the man to beat. Having
been plagued by injuries all year
Brad jumped into the purple belt
mix and dominated in all of his matches
finishing his opponent in the finals
with a wicked armbar.
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Mr.
Mike and Brandon Vera after winning
the Absolute class. They closed out
the brackets.
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James
Valentine entered the open division
submitting his first opponent with a collar
choke and stepped to the side to allow
team mate Mike Fowler to continue.Paul
Greenhill perfectly executed everything
he’s been working in class in his
match.
Team
Lloyd Irvin after a long day of work.
Women’s
Purple/Brown/Black Belt Absolute
2nd Place: Sharon Bonewicz (Lloyd Irvin)
Executive
; Blue Belt ; Lightweight: 159 lbs. and below:
2nd Place: Steve Bowers (Lloyd Irvin)
Executive
Purple Belt ; Middleweight - 160-179.9 lbs.:
3rd Place: Paul Greenhill (Lloyd Irvin)
Executive
; Purple Belt ; Heavyweight - 200 lbs. and
over:
1st Place: Phil Proctor (Lloyd Irvin)
Mens
White Belt; Flyweight; 139.9 lbs. and Below
1st Place: Jose Villarisco (Lloyd Irvin)
3rd Place: Jas Frawley (Lloyd Irvin)
Mens
White Belt &; Light-Heavyweight; 190-204.9
lbs.
2nd Place: Denarvet Adair (Lloyd Irvin/BJJ United)
Men;s
White Belt ; Heavyweight &;225 lbs. and
over
2nd Place: William Scott Davis (Lloyd Irvin)
Men&;s
White Belt &;Superweight ; 225 lbs. and
over
2nd Place: Steve Holt (Lloyd Irvin)
Mens
Blue Belt &; Featherweight &; 140-149.9
lbs.
3rd
Place: Rafael Stoppazzollo (Lloyd
Irvin)
Men&;s
Blue Belt &; Lightweight &; 150-159.9
lbs.
3rd Place: Steve Bowers (Lloyd Irvin)
Mens
Blue Belt &; Cruiserweight &; 180-189.9
lbs.
Mens
Purple Belt &; Lightweight &; 149
lbs. and below
3rd Place: Justin Montano (Evolve/Lloyd Irvin)
Mens
Purple Belt &; Welterweight &; 150-164.9
lbs.
1st Place: Michael Fowler (Lloyd Irvin)
Mens
Purple Belt &; Middleweight &; 165-179.9
lbs.
1st Place: Brad Court (Lloyd Irvin)
3rd Place: James Valentine (Lloyd Irvin)
Mens
Purple Belt &; Heavyweight &; 200
lbs. and over
1st Place: Brandon Vera (Lloyd Irvin)
2nd Place: Phil Proctor (Lloyd Irvin)
Mens
Purple Belt Absolute
1st Place: Michael Fowler (Lloyd Irvin)
2nd Place: Brandon Vera (Lloyd Irvin)
Jose
- 1st white belt Jason Frauley 3rd
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Mike Fowler on the podium sporting the new Team Lloyd Irvin
patch.
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October
25th , 2003: |
Mike
Fowler Wins the US. OPEN
October 25-26, 2003
Mr.
Mike went to california to compete in one
of the toughest competitions on the West
Coast and brought back the GOLD.
Congratulations
Mr. Mike. Can you believe he's only been
a purple beltfor 2 months?
Click here to hear what Mike thought about his trip California to compete.
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October
5th , 2003: |
Team Lloyd Irvin results Virginia
Beach Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships October
5, 2003
Phil
Proctor wins Purple belt Open Division.
Mike
Fowler continues his win streak
in the purple belt division tapping all
of his opponents.
Remember
Mike has only had his purple belt a few months
now.
Mr.
Jose moves up two weight divisions
fighting guys 30 pounds heavier and brings
home the GOLD.
Brandon
Vera shows he's going to be a
force at the COPA November 1, 2003.
Even
in our losses we had some GREAT learning
experiences. Can't wait for the next one.
Here
are the rest of the results of last weeks
BJJ tournament:
Greg
Leary - Fought a really tough
1st round match, but lost by points
Rafa haha -
took GOLD Medal
Jose
Villarisco - excellent flying
armbar attempt- GOLD Medal
Charles
King - 1st white belt by armbar.
GOLD Medal
Brandon
Vera - 1st all by submission GOLD
Medal
Mike
Fowler - 1st all by submission
GOLD Medal
Phil
Proctor - 1st in the absolute
after losing first round of his division...CONGRATS
PHIL!!!!!! GOLD Medal
Brian
O'Conner -
lost tough first match
Albie -
1st by submission GOLD Medal
TC -
2nd place one submission
Master
Paul Greenhill - lost a tough
first round match, but look out for him
at the future tournaments, he was fighting
with the younger guys in this one, when
he didn't have to, and in my opinion, he's
going to take those divisions soon.
James
Valentine - won his first match
and lost the second on points.
Jared
Weiner - rough day this was, he
was defending a take down and knee popped
loud as can be. he will be back in no time,
he's had injuries worse than this one,
i cant see anything short of a train wreck
stopping Jared from doing jiu-jitsu.
I
think I covered everyone and forgive the
spelling because I am rushing. I apologize
if I didn't put you in here, so e-mail
me if I forgot you.
Next
stop the COPA November 1, 2003.
It's
rumored that our BIG GUN Brad Court will
be representing at the COPA. .
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Sept
22nd , 2003: |
Team
Lloyd Irvin's Brandon Vera WINS
Vale Tudo Event Remains Undefeated.
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In
Ohio's Reatlity Combat Bradon Vera had a NHB
match and it was his first time fighting in
a steel cage. His weight division was 220lb
but his opponent didn't show up and he ended
up fighting 250 lb Purple Belt Don Richards
from Team Caique.
Brando
started the fight off with a BIG body suplay
but he threw his opponent into the fence
and he bounced back on top landing in the
mount. Brandon escaped the mount position
working his way off of the fence back to
the feet. They traded some more shot then
Brandon took the fight to the ground.
Brandon maintained good positioning where he landed great shots.
The fight went like this both rounds with Brandon winning a unanimous
victory.
This was a really well ran event that looked like a smaller pride
show because of the set up. Celebrities like Mark "The Hammer" Coleman
was in the house.
CONGRATS
BRANDON
Look for BIG things from Brandon in the near Future
Group picture after Brandon won his Vale Tudo fightteam
Lloyd Irvin Jose, Ken and Buck.
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Sept
20th , 2003: |
Mike
Easton Wins his very first Muay Thai Competition.
damage
inflicted
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Mike in his corner looking over to see if they're going to let
the fight continue.
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Fortunately
the doctor stopped the fight. MIKE
EASTON WINS.
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Sept
13th , 2003: |
Mike
Fowler wins GQ World Championships- 4 fights 4 submissions
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Grappling
Quest World Championships
September 13, 2003
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Mike
Fowler who is just about to hit the 2
year training mark. Mike Fowler could
very well fight in the intermediate divisions
because of his time in but he doesn't
Mike Fowler won the men's adv. 159 lb division of the Grappler's
Quest World Championships this weekend. Mike won all four
of his matches by submission. |
Brabo
choke, rear naked choke and two triangles.
In the finals he fought a very experienced
and talented BJJ Brown Belt namedKeith Florian
from Boston Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, finishing
him
in under a minute.
We can't begin to explain how big of a deal this is for Mike
because Keith is REALLY good, he has placed in the Pan Ams as
a Purple Belt and a Brown belt. He has been training Jiu-Jitsu
as long as Master Lloyd has. Mike has been on cloud nine ever
since. When you see him I bet he'll still have that BIG smile
on his face.
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Sept
12th , 2003: |
Master
Lloyd promotes his very first Black Belt in BJJ.
Jared
Weiner becomes the very first student
to receive a Black Belt in BJJ under Master
Lloyd Irvin. Jared received this great honor
on September 6, 2003 in front of all of his
Team Members from around the East Coast and
5 other Black Belts. We're sure he'll continue
to represent like he's always done CONGRATS
JARED!
Jared
highlighted and finished his Brown Belt days
becoming the American National Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu Champion winning the first ever
American National BJJ tournament in California.
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Just weeks
ago Jared fought in a Brown belt superfight against
a Brazilian Top Team student under Jorge Gurgel winning
9*0.
Once again congrats Jared. This is a HUGE accomplishment.
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August
22nd 2003: |
On
August 22, 2003 Master Lloyd Promoted Ken
Parham to Brown Belt in Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu
Congrats Ken.
Ken
Parham
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July
28th , 2003: |
Sharon
Bonewicz Receives Purple Belt.
July
28, 2003 Master Lloyd Promoted both Sharon
Bonewicz and Mike Fowler to
Purple belt in Brazil.
Congrats from Team Lloyd Irvin
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July
2nd , 2003: |
Lloyd
Irvin's Martial Arts accomplishes a remarkable feat
only done by 2 schools in the WORLD ever! LIMAA
sent members of it's competition to the Worlds most
grueling Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Competition in Rio,
the Mundials. After the World Championships
had concluded students Melvin Yates and Rhadi
Ferguson emerged with the Silver medal in their
perspective belt divisions.
Team
Lloyd Irvin and American Top Team Tie for first
place to
decide who is the best team on the East Coast.
1st
Place (TIE):
Team
Lloyd Irvin and American Top Team
3rd
Place:
Freestyle
Fighting Academy
4th
Place:
Team
Renzo Gracie
The
following match by match results were posted by
Puma of ATT, I think he explained everything completely,
thank you Puma!:
First
Round:
Ives
vs. Weiner- Ives wins 4-2
Parrumpinha
vs. Cardosa- Parrumpinha wins 8-0
Popovitch
vs. Avellan- Popovitch wins 4-2
D'arce
vs. Dalla- Dalla wins 0-0
JD
Boca vs. Ruiz- Boca wins 0-0
JD
Irvin vs. Mordente- Irvin knocks himself out going
for a flying triangle.
Bitetti
vs. Avellan- Avellan wins 6-4
Ferguson
vs. Alvarez- Furguson wins 0-0 JD
Monson
vs. Hernandez- Monson wins 4-0
Total
For First Round: ATT wins 4-1 over FFA
Irvin
wins 3-2 over Renzo's
Second
Round
Ives
vs. Cardosa- Cardosa wins 0-0 JD
Parrumpinha
vs. Weiner- Parrumpinha wins JD
Avellan
vs. Williams- Avellan wins 2-0
Ruiz
vs. D'arce- D'arce wins 2-1
Boca
vs. Dalla- Dalla wins 2-2 JD
Avellan
vs. Mordente- Avellan wins 6-0 (Not 100% on point
total).
Monson
vs. Ferguson- Monson wins 2-0
Alvarez
vs. Hernandez- Alvarez by keylock
FFA
takes third place beating Renzo's 3-2.
After
4 matches ATT and Lloyd Irvin are tied 2-2. The Irvin
Amaury match was skipped due to Lloyds injury. Because
the prize money was substantial ($5000 for 1st and
$2500 for 2nd) Lloyd asked to fight. The doctor refused
his request.
After
discussing the situation, ATT fighters and coaches
refused a victory by forfeit and offered to split
the first place and the prize money. We have nothing
but respect for a guy who is in his first competition
since breaking his neck last year and still wants
to fight despite being unconscious an hour earlier.
We do not want Lloyd's warrior spirit to get in the
way of common sense and lead to injury. Irvin's team
accepted ATT's offer and in a show of gratitude,
Lloyd handed the first place trophy to Liborio and
ATT at the award ceremony.
One
other note. Just want to mention the sportmanship
displayed by Jared Weiner of Irvin's team. His match
with Parrumpinha ended 0-0. Parrumpinha controlled
the match and hit a takedown that the referee later
admitted he missed and wasn't awarded points for
the mount position b/c the ref did not believe he
held position long enough. No criticism of the reffing
it is a thankless job and its impossible to get it
perfect. Anyway, there was a long discussion amongst
the 3 sets of judges b/c one claimed he didn't want
to decide against Weiner out of friendship even though
if pressed for a decision, he would give it to Parrumpinha.
When Weiner saw what was happening he immediately
told Kipp Kollar that he clearly lost the fight and
took it out of the judges hands. You do not see that
type of honor in any sport very often and we were
happy to return the favor when the issue later arose
concerning Lloyd's condition. Congrats to everyone
who competed. It was a great event.
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Master
Lloyd is awarded "The 2002 United States Judo Federation International
Coach of the Year" award!
Master
Rhadi is awarded "The 2002 United States Judo Federation International
Player of the Year" award!
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November
3, 2002: |
Lloyd
Irvin's Martial arts own Jeff Ruth (second from left) won
his Vale Tudo Match this weekend by TKO triangle Choke. GREAT
JOB Jeff! Your hard work paid off.
Play
by Play: Jeff Ruth vs. Gary Russell
Both men working good stand up. A strong punch by Ruth
and a take down. Ruth into side mount working punches to the
head. Good defense by Russell as he works Ruth to half guard.
Ruth working hard to pass half guard, but Russell defends
well. Ruth works over to side mount again, landing decent
punches to the head. Back into half guard. Ref restarts the
fighters
standing up. Russell going in for some strong strikes. Ruth
with a knee to the face from the clinch. Both fighters swinging
hard. Fighting from the clinch ends up in the ground, Russell
holding half guard. Ruth working a strong arm lock from side
mount that Russell fights out of. Ref calls for a cut check
on Ruth. The match continues. Ruth comes out swinging . Russell
defending well and pushes Ruth to the ground ending up in
Ruth's guard. Ruth working for a strong triangle. Ruth pulling
on the head. Russell taps out.
(Ruth by Triangle Choke at 5:35)
Tournament Results:
- Fight
#1- 165 lbs 1-10 minute round Elvis Garcia Vs. Brad
Daddis Garcia by corner stoppage due to a cut
- Fight
#2- 160 lbs 1-10 minute round Scott Honecker Vs. Wally
MacDonald Macdonald by split decision
- Fight
#3- 265+ lbs 1-10 minute round Carlos Cline Vs. Mike
D'Angelo Cline by ref stoppage from strikes
- Fight
#4-160 lbs 1-10 minute round John Chupak Vs. Jeff Darienzo
Darienzo by KO
- Fight
#5- 175 lbs 1-10 minute round Jeff Ruth Vs. Gary Russell
Ruth by TKO, triangle choke
- Fight
#6- 185 lbs 1-10 minute round Jorge Santiago Vs. Jose
Rodriguez Santiago by tapout from guillotine choke
- Fight
#7- 190 1-10 minute round Dave Tirelli Vs. Jerry Spiegel
Spiegel by tapout from ankle lock
- Fight
#8- Women's 135 lbs 1-10 minute round Laura D'Auguste
Vs. Shannon Logan D'Auguste by corner stoppage
- Fight
#9- 175 lbs 1-10 minute round Wald Bloise Vs. Dave Garcia
Bloise by tapout from rear naked choke
- Fight
#10- 185 lbs Super Fight 3-5 minute rounds Charles Ferrara
Vs. Stephen Haigh Haigh by ref stoppage (knee to the face)
- Fight
#11- 225 lbs Super Fight 3-5 minute rounds Antoine Braga
Vs. Rob Constance Braga by unanimous decision
- Fight
#12- 145 lbs Flyweight Title Fight 3-5 minute rounds
Zach Maslany Vs. Nick Cottone Maslany by ref stoppage due
to a cut
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October
16 , 2002: |
Lloyd
Irvin's martial arts took a few students to the
US Grappling Championships...
Results
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Mike
Easton:
1st No Gi and 1st place Gi
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Mike
Fowler:
2nd place Gi
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Donald
Achnick:
2nd place No Gi
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