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1/29/06: For the sixth time so far, both One Dragon's kids and teens took the North American Grappling Association's US Nationals! Thanks to T3, Aaron, Jimmy, Leo, John, Jonathan for all the help coaching. Congrats to the NAGA 2006 National Team Champs!

1/21/06: Team SBG had a solid night on Saturday at the Roseland Theater. Four athletes and a loud crowd of supporters made their presences known.

Bill Bradley (from the Portland Gym) started the night with a quick, dominant match. Bill started off with some probing hands, clinched, arm dragged, worked to his stunned opponent's back, jumped up and began setting on a rear naked choke while his opponent was standing. His opponent came crashing to the mat and then quickly tapped -- all in 26 seconds. It was a solid display.

The second match was Mike Harman. It was a BATTLE. As always, Mike showed tons of heart. The match went back and forth, with Mike throwing good hands and a few kicks while his opponent was set on shooting in for a take-down. After two action packed rounds (10 minutes in all) of battling back and forth, the final bell rank. Going to the judges' decision, they determined it to be a draw. No shame. Mike really showed great spirit and determination.

Daryl was up next. Fighting a tough opponent out of Curt's gym. Daryl found himself fighting off his back in guard bottom for the better part of 2 - 3 minutes. His opponent fended off a few sweep attempts and a potential triangle setup -- all while throwing down some solid shots to the body. Unfortunately, Daryl turned to his belly in his attempt to get off the matt and suffered a tough loss by RNC after a real battle against the fence. No shame.

Andy Lukesh had a title fight with Elijah Faye out of Team Quest. Andy has been training very hard, and came in for the title fight. Andy came out to show his ability with strikes ... instead of relying on his excellent wrestling / ground skills. And completely dominated the fight in every aspect. It was 10 minutes of punishment. It was amazing that Elijah was able to walk out of the ring at the end of the match - he dealt with a lot of heavy hits from Andy. The fight went to the judges' decision ... and it was Unanimous. Nothing short of FANTASTIC!

12/22/05: SBGi UK had a great end to 2005, with yet another MMA victory in December topping off a year of great performances.

SBG Manchester athletes Tom Laycock, Rosi Sexton, Hywel Teague, Anna Mayne, Andy Miles and Will Burke all stepped up to fight in octagons across the country, with no small measure of success.

Rosi, who not only defended her title as UK Women's champion in the promotion CageWarriors, but came back only 8 months after giving birth, went on to win against a much bigger opponent in a gutsy and classy performance.

Tom Laycock, with three contests under his belt this year, even fought twice in one night, losing his first fight, but stopping his second opponent with ground and pound.

Will Burke and Hywel Teague both notched up impressive wins on the show CageWarriors, with Will winning in a flawless TKO victory in little over 2 mins., and Hywel defeating a long-time nemesis and BJJ purple belt by verbal submission in one of the best fights of the year.

12/22/05: SBG Scotland have had a remarkable year in both MMA and Thaiboxing. With a stable of fighters active in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, they have been picking trophies and titles left right and centre.

One such guy is SBGi Scotland coach Paul McVeigh, who successfully defended his CageWarriors Bantamweight title on Nov 26th. Paul is the former CageWarriors Featherweight Champion, the Extreme Brawl Featherweight Champion and the former TKO Scottish Welterweight Champion. He relinquished all three belts due to university commitments.

12/20/05: SBGi Oregon athletes go 5 for 5!

James Davis, out of the Portland gym, was the first on the fight card. He was all business and dictated the entire match from bell to tap. James came in with a few strikes, body locked his opponent, mounted him, maintained position, and finished his opponent with an americana armlock. It was textbook. Great Job James.

Second up was Andy Lukesh. What can be said except Andy always comes to compete and let his best game shine. Saturday night was no exception. His opponent was Bobby Wilson, a familiar face for the Sub-League events last year. All props to Bobby, he gave Andy a handful in the first 90 seconds - though he was clearly in control. It was extremely exciting to watch - great clinch, great work off the fence, strong standing-up moves from both athletes, but Andy just had too much for Bobby to contend with. At the 2 minute mark, Andy was working a knee ride position, striking when appropriate, and finally settled into a beautiful armbar. It was a great match. Super Job Andy.

Daryl Cutler's match was a good win. Daryl came out looking to work his hands and move his opponent around. Daryl quickly took his opponent to the fence, arm dragged him, jump to his back, and held on as his cemented in his rear naked choke. Nicely Done.

Omar Santiago, from the Portland Gym, had a very aggressive, action packed match - though it was pretty short. Omar completely dictated the tempo and was in control the entire time. He worked from one submission attempt to another. It was impressive to watch. Ultimately, Omar tapped his opponent out with a very tight armbar. Great Job Omar.

The final SBG match of the night was Armand Debruge. Armand has been training very hard over the last 3 months in preparation for this match. He has come a long ways in his standup and clinch games ... it has been inspiring watch someone work so hard and make such significant gains. To say that Armand looked ready to go as he came out into the ring is an understatement - he was possessed. Armand was mentally and physically more focused than I've ever seen him. As his match began, he pushed the tempo, moving his opponent around the ring ... actively pursuing him and setting him up. On the first exchange with Armand throwing a hand combination, his opponent went to move off - and somehow dislocated his shoulder. It was a freak accident ... and a travesty. The fight was over before it really began. Many say that they saw relief in Armand's opponent's eyes ... I think he knew he was in way over his head and it was going to be a one-sided night. Even though Armand didn't get to finish the match the way he would have liked, it was a great night for him. In speaking to the crowd, he commented on how this had been one of the best experiences of his life -- go through the preparation process and facing the challenges that come with getting ready for an MMA match. Congrats Armand.

11/20/05: Scott Atkinson of Wolverine Martial Arts won a gold medal in intermedate cruiser weight no-gi at the Great Lakes BJJ Championships on Nov 20th.

11/12/05: Chad Angelocci from VT1 Gym defeated Russell from Qld via RNC in RD 1. Chad played a perfect MMA game, almost KOing Russel in a scramble with a knee right cross combo, shooting in a taking him down. Mount…GNP…Rear naked choke. Russel was greased up with baby oil but it didn’t help in the end I guess. Go to Ausmma.com to check out the pictures (look under Kumite).

10/24/05: Team SBG went 3 and 0 on Saturday with EXTREMELY convincing victories by all three athletes: Andy Lukesh, Keisuke Andrew, and Thomas La Cour.
All three athletes showed complete dominance while executing tight, technical games. All three matches ended with submissions via rear naked chokes. Andy's match was 57 seconds, Keisuke's was 54 seconds and Thomas' fight lasted only 1 minutes 20 seconds. All the guys did an amazing job. Keisuke was defending his title. Thomas won the Middle Weight Title by beating the previous Champion, Team Quest's Scott Trayhorn.
And let's hear it for the SBG Crowd! You guys rocked. It was impressive to hear the support and volume that you guys made. It was truly FANTASTIC.
It terrific night for Team SBG big congrats to everyone!

You can check out more pictures from the event online.

09/18/05: SBGI Instructor Louis Pilato won his debut MMA bout late in the first round by KO. He hit his opponent with a knee to the chin and dropped him. The match was non-stop with amazing action with takedowns, strikes and a triangle that almost worked our for Lou.
Special and huge thanks to Adam, Rory, Forrest and the rest of the amazing people at the HCG in Georgia for letting Lou and two more of my guys work with them for a week. The fantastic training and stable of athletes really, really gave Lou the confidence to go in there and sprint the entire round out with a very game opponent.
Lou is the guy in the ISR-PM video doing the CM and in the So Flo 2 clip. He has the bug now... after the fight he was asked to fight in two other events later this year and was all smiles.

09/06/05: One Dragon (SBGi Florida) Judo's Christian Perez is now the number one ranked Judoka at his weight class and age in the US! Way to go Christian!

08/09/05: Congrats SBGi East Coast's ODMA athlete Christian (Jigaro) Perez.He is now the number one ranked kid in the nation in Judo. All 25 kilos and 9 years of him. He is the kid in the PAW videos hitting all the takedowns at Naga and Grappler's Quest.

Huge congrats to Forrest, for winning the TUF contract after his amazing fight. What a display of heart and soul. In addition, huge congrats to Adam for being the great coach that he is (check out that clinch work!) and to Rory and all the Georgia crew... I am sure their bodies are sore from the training.

Congrats SBG-UK for taking home two golds and one silver from 5 brackets entered, one athlete per bracket. At the Gracie Invitational on Saturday , over 300 competed. Well done SBGi UK!

Congrats SBG-Ireland's John Kavanagh on taking home the Gold at the European BJJ Championships!

Congrats Team SBGi Oregon. Thomas "the viking" won Saturday night via arm triangle at just under 2 minutes of the first round. Keisuke won via armbar around two minutes rd 1, and Darryl won via triangle. They all trained hard, and were at HFL when I spoke with them Sat. Great job guys.

Congrats team DMA! Dynamic Martial Athletics' Team DMA entered our first grappling tourney yesterday. We took 5 competitors to the NAGA in Fall River Ma. and had a great showing.

Men's over 40 (This is open level, open weight, 9 competitors) Almost swept this one!
1st Sandy Lasa
2nd Rob Lodice
Unfortunately, I lost 3rd on points to a very jacked Team Elite MMA fighter with 35 lbs on me.

Men's 30-40 Beginner Heavyweight
2nd Jason Martin

Men's 30-40 Beginner Middleweight
2nd Karim "the Peach" Gabriel

Congrats Rory! I just wanted to say Major CONGRATS to Rory Singer who I just found out defeated Josh Tamsen at Full Throttle in Atlanta last night by triangle. Way to finish the drill my brother! Also, huge congrats to Chris Connelly for also scoring a win.

Congrats SBGi Denmark's Carina Jørgensen who won won both her weight class and placed second in the open class and the Kaisho Cup tournament in Sweden. Go Carina!

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