AZ BJJ RESULTS:

AZ BJJ State Championship 2007 Results


The Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championship 2007 was held in Mesa , Arizona on June 23rd,2007. The Event had 270 competitors and it was sponsored by Soyo Group Inc., Orion Fight Gear, Fight Ground Magazine, Knockout Graphics, Custom T-shirt Warehouse, and Arizona State BJJ Federation.

The tournament had three Black Belt Super Fights: Alberto Crane (New Mexico BJJ) defeated Jack McVicker (Megaton/IN) by one advantage. Marcos Torregrosa (Cassio Werneck/CA) defeated Jared Vanderzyl (Yuma BJJ) by Armbar and, Dustin Simmons (Megaton/AZ) defeated Peter Han (Wander Braga/CA) by referee decision (2x2 advantages).

Quinn Mulhen (New Mexico BJJ) took home the first place medal (Purple/middle) and a Soyo 37” LCD TV, which was raffled between the winners of all divisions.

The standouts of the tournament were: In the brown belt, Hocine Bourouba (Megaton) won the feather weight. In the purple belt, Brad Peterson (Megaton) took first in the heavy weight division and, took home the award of fastest submission (10 seconds). Paul Kelly (Gracie Barra A.V.) and Steve Heilman (Gustavo Dantas/AZCS) respectively won the Blue Belt/Light and White/Middle weight division. Even though both competitors belong to the senior division, they had great performances winning adult divisions.

Special Thanks to the Referees: Robson Moura, Megaton, Kazeka Muniz, Steve Rosenberg and Chris Lopez.
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Adult Team Results

1st place – Gustavo Dantas/AZCS (94 points)


2nd place – Megaton (51 points)


3rd place – Relson Gracie (29 points)


Kids Team Results

1st place – New Mexico BJJ (31 points)


2nd place – BJJ Revolution (29 points)


3rd place – Relson Gracie (28 points)