Wanted to give you all a heads up:

September 25 is Grapplers Quest down in Vegas.  A couple of guys I know are going – it should be a blast.

November 13 is the next Champion Submission Challenge.  The location hasn’t been pinned down yet, but they are usually pretty close for us Salt Lake guys.

Both tournaments have divisions for all levels.

Plus, for all registered competitors, there will be a free Brandon Ruiz seminar and you get a free tee-shirt.

As you may already know, Ruiz is top notch and always shows awesome stuff. See my previous recap of a Brandon  Ruiz seminar.

For more info, check

http://www.utahchampion.com/site/view/71804_UtahGrapplingGames.pml

UPDATE: December 1 – This tournament has been canceled.

If you missed the recent throwdown/Utah Champion submission grappling tournament, don’t worry. There’s another competition right around the corner.

MMA training camp Aggressive by Nature is holding a no-gi, no points, no-time limit tournament. The facility is up in the Heber/Park city, and I spoke with one of the head guys and it’s got a ridiculous amount of mat space.

I know it’s short notice for some, but registration before December is $30.  The rules will be on the same lines as grapplers quest.

The tournament starts at 6:00 pm.

For more details, go check out their official page here.

A fun time was had at the Utah Submission Challenge. Here a number of videos of the Gi and no Gi divisions. If you guys have any more that you’d like to put up – or that are already posted – let me know and I’ll update this page.

Great job all competitors!

Videos below the bump –

Gi matches:

Ben Gardner vs Fritz : gi finals

Aaron Vs Fritz,  Gi match

TJ vs Unknown – mid weight gi

Tony vs Unknown then Tony vs  Chris gi

Brad vs ? gi heavy weight division

Brad vs ? # 2 gi heavy weight divison

Jonah vs ? mens no-gi mid-weight beginner division

Aaron Vs Demarques Johnson no gi

Another cam angle here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRwwQLh_9a4

Noah vs Demarques no gi, part 1

My memory card in my cam, of course, fills up one minute before Darmarques finishes Noah via triangle.

Demarques vs Unknown No-gi

Noah vs Fritz  – no gi

Aaron vs Fritz – no gi

Taylor H vs ? – no gi mid weight division

Taylor H vs Coleman

Taylor H vs ?

Taylor H vs Will

Goliath Noah vs David – absolute (no weight classes) no gi division

Noah vs Hank no gi absolute division

Some of us from the Fusion Academy went down and competed in the 10th Champion Submission Grappling competition and so we wanted to post some photos and videos about this great event.

The competition was a ton of fun, especially because it was my first one since I started training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. If you’ve never been inside the Throwdown Elite Training Center, you’re in for a pleasant surprise. It’s huge, clean, and well-equipped (even has a high elevation room). The walls have huge artistic photos of local and big-name fighters as well as beautiful yoga girls. The octagon-like cage and the large grappling mats can be seen well by spectators from the second floor.

Also, quick shout out to all Fusion BJJ competitors. Out of 19 schools that competed, Fusion placed 3rd for overall top team. To see all the tournament results, see here.

Below are the some photo’s and videos.

Awards for the novice heavyweight division that I competed in. It was great that they started the novice division for those of us with less than six months training.

Aaron from Fusion Academy on the right taking 1st place in the superheavy intermediate division.

Video Downloads:

Shaun M. novice division, mounted triangle – 26 meg

Shaun M. novice division, armbar – 6 meg

Super Heavyweight division, Aaron part 1 - 97 meg

Super Heavyweigth division, Aaron part 2 – 128 meg

Noah J wrestles Steve Razor Sharp – 14 meg

Noah J vs Ben - 59 meg

Many more videos to come when we get some time to upload them!