2nd Arizona Open of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

The 2^nd Arizona Open of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was held in Mesa,Arizona on March 10^th,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 (9×6) 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
1^st place – Gustavo Dantas/AZCS (130 points)
2^nd place – Megaton (53 points)
3^rd place – BJJ Revolution (32 points)

 

Kids Team Results
1^st place – Gustavo Dantas/AZCS (49 points)
2^nd place – Megaton (31 points)
3^rd place – BJJ Revolution (22 points)

BLACK

1^st Round:
Jared Weiner (BJJ United) defeated Destin Simmons (Megaton) by choke
Wilson Reis (BJJ United) defeated Paulo Guilliobel (Saulo Ribeiro) by points 4×0

 

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

Kids

40lbs
1^st place – Enzley Brooks (BJJ Revolution)
2^nd place – Nikolas Forkum (Megaton)

 

50lbs
1^st place – Abel Flores & Orion Masseur (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Jacob Garcia (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)/ John Estrada (Megaton)

 

65lbs (7-8 yrs)
1^st place – Jake Swift (Laurita BJJ)
2^nd place – Dante Gaines (ISMA)
3^rd place – Tony Root (Pankration M.A.)/Tristan Farrow (BJJ Revolution)

 

65lbs (10-11 yrs)
1^st place – Chaz Marsicano (Laurita BJJ)
2^nd place – Aubrey Pond (Pankration M.A.)
3^rd place – Taylor Key (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)

70lbs (9 yrs)
1^st place – Mark Carter (Megaton)
2^nd place – Truman Wood (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Cameron Richardson (BJJ Revolution)/Aaron Oviedo(Megaton)/Garret Freiwald (Megaton)/Dominic Perez (Ultima)

 

85 lbs (12-13 yrs)
1^st place – Brandon McGinnis (Gustavo Dantas)
2^nd place – Conrad Rodriguez (BJJ Revolution)
3^rd place – Joseph Swift (Laurita BJJ)/Krystle Root (Pankration M.A.)/Diego Perez (Ultima)

 

90 lbs (10-11 yrs)
1^st place – Ian Villafuerte (BJJ Revolution)
2^nd place – Joseph Fletcher (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Andrew Lindner (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)/John Bruer (Megaton)

 

95 lbs
1^st place – Savannah Genet (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)&Chaz Fletcher (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Fabien Perez (Ultima)

105 lbs (14 yrs)
1st place – Renne Rivera (Ultima)
2^nd place – Mackenzie Dern (Megaton)
3^rd place – Danny Root (Pankration M.A.)

 

105 lbs
1^st place – Ryan Gahm (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Kenric Freiwald (Megaton)
3^rd place – Bryce White (Megaton)

 

110 lbs
1^st place – Ashley Genet (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Colin Zinn (ISMA)
3^rd place – Michael Felton (Megaton)/Storm Dotson (Ultima)

 

115 lbs
1^st place – Sean Godfrey (Megaton)
2^nd place – Stone Billy (W.O.C. JJ)

JUVENILE

Feather
1^st place – Jameson White (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Daniel Lasky (Megaton)

 

Middle
1^st place – Samuel Stegg (BJJ Revolution)
2^nd place – Jesse Billy (W.O.C. JJ)

Girls
1^st place – Jamie Roe (W.O.C. J.J.)
2^nd place – Daniela Vincent (BJJ Revolution)
3^rd place – Mary Mudd (Megaton)

MASTERS

Light
1^st place – Steve Heilman (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Rob Marchese (ISMA)
3^rd place – John Petruit (Megaton)

Middle
1^st place – Adam Ursiny (Megaton)
2^nd place – Daniel Navy (Yuma BJJ)
3^rd place – Eric Kaufman (Megaton)

Heavy
1^st place – David Blau (ISMA)
2^nd place – Kevin Dee (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Randy Horn (Laurita BJJ)

ADULT

Female
1^st place – Samantha Roe (W.O.C. JJ)
2^nd place – Donna Andress (Yuma JJ)

WHITE

Super Feather
1^st place – Tyler Stern (Pankration M.A.)
2^nd place – Andrew Cole (Megaton)
3^rd place – Carlos Partida (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)

 

Feather
1^st place – Brett Millea (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place –Andre Rivera (Megaton)
3^rd place – David Velasquez (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)

Light
1^st place – Ross Cromartie (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Angel Fuentes (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Randy Steinke (Pankration M.A.)

Middle
1^st place – Jon Breese (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Dan Matei (Megaton)
3^rd place – Jade Porter (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)

Middle Heavy
1^st place – Jeff King (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Brad Anderson (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Robert Copeland (Megaton)

Super Heavy
1^st place – Michael Daye (Laurita BJJ)
2^nd place – Grant Smith (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Randy Jackson (Laurita BJJ)

BLUE

Super Feather
1^st place – Ryan Heilman (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Geoff Villareal (Yuma BJJ)

Feather
1^st place – Pat Runez (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Pedro Diaz (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3rd place – Justin Hedges (ISMA)

Light
1^st place – Santino Novelli (BJJ Revolution)
2^nd place – Greg McLarty (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Jay Inciong (BJJ Revolution)

Middle
1^st place – Joe Solorio (Ultima)
2^nd place – Mark Spray (Megaton)
3^rd place – Michael Feeley (BJJ United)

Middle Heavy
1^st place – Jason Madigan (Megaton)
2^nd place – Wayne Hicks (Megaton)
3^rd place – Justin Baehring (Brotherhood F.S.)

Heavy
1^st place – John McKeever (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Carl Oviedo (Megaton)
3^rd place – Mark Christian (Ultima)

Super Heavy
1^st place – Steve Villa (BJJ Revolution)
2^nd place – Ed Kogan (BJJ Revolution)
3^rd place – Michael Simpson (Megaton)

PURPLE

Feather
1^st place – David Boehme (Megaton)
2^nd place – Bob Merriman (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
3^rd place – Jake Gaston (Megaton)

 

Light
1^st place – Steve Rosenberg (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Stephen Solomon (BJJ Revolution)
3^rd place – Joe Daley (Laurita BJJ)

 

Middle
1^st place – Mike Martin (Laurita BJJ)
2^nd place – Brandon Hopson (Megaton)
3^rd place – Tony Bruno (Yuma BJJ)

 

Middle Heavy
1^st place – Jon Wagner (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)
2^nd place – Ed Sun (BJJ Revolution)

 

Super Heavy
1^st place – Matt Rich (Laurita BJJ)
2^nd place – Jon Wagner (Gustavo Dantas BJJ)

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