Grapplers Quest Pro Allstar in Review
Posted in Popovitch's BJJ- Mixed Martial Arts on July 6th, 2009 by admin –It’s great to be competing again, I loved it. I had good matches and it was a great warm up for the ADCC. Got to use my BJJ and my wrestling in every match and it gave me the opportunity to see what I need to work on to make my game better.
Here is the breakdown of my matches:
Pablo Popovitch VS Jo Jo Guarin:
Started with a quick takedown, passed the guard and established side control. Made a mistake on the side mount and Jo Jo had a good single leg attack. I defended the single and counterattacked with a double leg. From there we stayed on closed guard for about a minute where he was spending a lot of energy, I felt that he got winded. After that I passed again, mounted, took his back and choke him out with Rear Naked Choke.
Score 15-0 and I submitted in the end via Rear Naked Choke
Pablo Popovitch Vs Jorge “Macaco”Patino
This was our 2nd match on the year; we had previously competed against each other in January. I worked to get a takedown, passed his guard and took his back. From there I went to an Arm bar but could not finish. End up on the bottom (guard) and that was the end of the match.
Score 8-0
Pablo Popovitch Vs Tom Manelski
Tom is a student of my great friend Bill. He surprised everyone by defeating the likes of: Efrain Ruiz(FFA Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Head Instructor), Matt Arroyo(UFC Fighter) and Bill “The Grill “Cooper, in which was the favorite to be in the finals against me. In the end it was Tom that made all the way to the finals. I started the matched with a takedown, we kind of went out of bounds, the referee pushed us back to the middle but I felt I didn’t have a chance to control the half guard that well. He turned on the knees and stood up on me. After a minute or so I shot a single leg and switched for a double(it was a nice takedown). One more time we went out of bounds, back in the middle I shot another single leg but this time I was able to secure his back with the hooks. After a minute or so on the back I went for an arm bar but the time expired. Great match!
Score 8-0
