Monday, September 29, 2008
Team SBG competition results! + more
It’s been a busy few weeks for Team SBGi.
First off, huge congratulations to Rosi Sexton for winning her fight against Debi Purcell in the Elite XC show, broadcast on Showtime. Way to go Rosi!
Hamilton stepped up and did a fantastic job and won via verbal submission. Erik was a class act, and we are grateful for him agreeing to give Hamilton the fight. Hamilton worked hard, and it would have been a bummer for him not to be able to glove up that night.
Corey Roska foght for the 135lb title in a re-match with Team Quest’s Damon Wood. Corey won a unanimous decision versus Damon in the previous show, dominating the action with takedowns, and total ground control. This time Corey kept it standing, having worked hard on his hands for this fight Corey walked in with a game plan of KO. He accomplished this with a wicked overhand, ending the fight at 39 seconds of the first round by knock out.
Big thanks to our boxing coach Brian Walsh for all his help, and to all the athletes on the Portland Comp Team who helped Corey and Hamilton prepare. Great job!
On that same card we had three athletes from our Berkeley CA affiliate Modern Combatives enter the cage for their first MMA fight.
We take our MMA fights seriously here at the Portland Gym. And I have to admit I was a bit nervous about having three athletes there who I have not observed first hand in training for the event. I’d feel the same about any athlete who had not fought MMA before, and who I had not had direct contact with while they prepared. No Portland athlete ever enters the cage unprepared, or out of shape. So although I know Alan, Lily and Corey are great coaches, after all they are SBG ; ) It’s still a bit nerve racking to see any fighter get in there fvor their first time.
That stated, any nervousness I had turned out to be completley missplaced. All three ModCom athletes performed amazingly well. Especially considering it was their first cage fights! All three came in prepared, in shape, and ready to compete. A true testament to the training going on at the Mod Com Gym.
The first athlete Kyle Strickland lost a very close decision against Xtreme Couture’s Donavan Pelaske. I could have called it either way, and we thought it may have been a draw until we heard the results. Kyle dominated the striking portion, and was able to control Donavan in the guard farily well. But Donavan came out on top by scoring the takedowns. Either way it was a great fight, and a fantastic first showing for Donavam We were all really impressed.
The second athlete Darren Modzelewski went the distance (3 rounds) and won a clear decision against the more experienced Bj San Nicols. Darren put on a technical workshop of MMA, striking, takedowns, passing, etc. Beautiful fight.
The last MODCOM athlete Dominick Haider had a fight against Team Quest’s Brandon Pitts. Dominick looked composed, technical, and in the words of our boxing coach Brian Walsh. . . . .”he can hit really-really hard on top!” A skill very few MMA athletes learn to do until later in their career. Dominick dominated this fight, and won by TKO in the second round.
So MODCOM goes 2-1. An extremely impressive showing, especially considering it was the first fight for all of them. And the Roseland is a fairly high pressure event/environment. Great job! Also congrats due to Corey and Joann for some very impressive corner work. Mod Com has all the makings for a very impressive MMA team.
On top of all these wins were many more from our East Coast gyms, Ireland, UK, and more locally. It’s becoming increasingly tough for me to keep track of all this, which is why we are in the process of putting up a Team SBG website which will track all the various results.
Stay tuned for4 more details!
In other news, Portland SBG Instructor James Davis is currently doing a 3 month teaching trip at our Iceland location. Though we miss having James on our mat, we know he will bring some great teaching to our Iceland affiliate. We highly suggest everyone close take advantage of his time there and get in some group classes, or privates.
Also, there is new interview featuring SBGi President Matt Thornton. You can read the full interview, which was done by Yael Grauer at: http://www.dirttime.org/
Have a great October and stay tuned for more big news from SBGi!
Monday, September 22, 2008
New SBGi DVD set is here!
In March 2007 the top SBGi coaches gathered in CA to train, and share the cutting edge material that they were working on. This DVD set was the result. This set was shot in documentary fashion, with the intention of giving you the feel of actually being there on the mat. If you have ever wondered what SBGi is all about, this set is for you!
All of the material covered is unique, and has never been shown before in any other SBGi sets. All of the DVDs feature detailed menus for easy navigation. The entire set is over well over 5 hours long.
See the top SBGi coaches, caught live in their natural environment! Matt Thornton, Luis Guiterrez, Karl Tanswell, John Kavanagh, Steve Whittier, Travis Davison, + More!
The set includes:
Disc 1: 70 minutes
BJJ warm ups
clinch with cloth (grip surfing)
BJJ Q & A with SBGi coaches
rolling footage
Disc 2: 60 minutes
butterfly guard attacks
BJJ Q & A with Matt
Disc 3: 50+ minutes
BJJ warm ups
MMA clinch off the cage or wall
submissions for no gi, or MMA
Disc 4: 75 minutes
Muay Thai for MMA
Disc 5: 67+ minutes
the low X guard
passing the upright butterfly guard
BJJ Q & A with Matt
Order your set today: