2nd Arizona Open of BJJ (Results)
The 2nd Arizona Open of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was held in Mesa , Arizona on March 10th,2007. The Event was sponsored by Soyo Group Inc., Orion Fight Gear, Fight Ground Magazine, HCK Kimonos and AZ Power and Sound.
For the first time at the AZ Open, we held a Professional Black Belt Division for competitors under 173 lbs. Wilson Reis and Jared Weiner (Both from BJJ United) came all the way from Philadelphia to win the $1500 cash prize sponsored by soyo group,inc. Adam Ursiny (Megaton), took home the first place medal (master/middle/white) and a Soyo 42” LCD TV, which was raffled between the winners of all divisions.
The standouts of the tournament were: in the purple/feather weight division, David Boehme (Megaton), who defeated Bob Merriman (Gustavo Dantas BJJ) by points (9x6) in the best match of the day. Pat Runez (Gustavo Dantas BJJ) defeated Pedro Diaz (Gustavo Dantas BJJ) displaying great skills in all his matches of the blue/feather weight division. And Jon Breese (Gustavo Dantas BJJ), defeated Dan Matei (Megaton) to win the White/Middle weight Division.
Special Thanks to the Referees: Robson Moura, Megaton, and Chris Lopez.
Adult Team Results
1st place – Gustavo Dantas/AZCS (130 points)
2nd place – Megaton (53 points)
3rd place – BJJ Revolution (32 points)
Kids Team Results
1st place – Gustavo Dantas/AZCS (49 points)
2nd place – Megaton (31 points)
3rd place – BJJ Revolution (22 points)
BLACK
1st Round
Jared Weiner (BJJ United) defeated Destin Simmons (Megaton) by choke
Wilson Reis (BJJ United) defeated Paulo Guilliobel (Saulo Ribeiro) by points 4x0
Final
Jared Weiner and Wilson Reis split the $1500 cash prize for the first place (both from BJJ United).
Fastest Submission (Adults) - David Blau (ISMA) – 00:22 Seconds
Fastest Submission (Kids) – Abel Flores (Gustavo Dantas BJJ) – 00:20 seconds
Full results available soon at www.gdjiujitsu.com