NAGA CHICAGO- Results On Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 the NAGA made its debut in the Mid-West with the 2004 NAGA CHICAGO GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIP. An incredible 582 grapplersand 97 Teams from across the country made the trip to Chicago to compete. Even though the NAGA has had over 1,300 competitors at it's events, NAGA Chicago was the largest event 1st time event tournament to be held in a new part of the country! MASSIVE DAY In one day we held100 Gi & No-Gi Grappling Divisions; Three Spectacular Superfights; Two 8-Man Pro Divisions and the Oxydol Challenge! The 9 rings of action stared at 12 Noon and finished around 10 PM that evening. With so many competitors, the NAGA has decided to make our next NAGA Chicago event in November a two day event with Adult No-Gi on Saturday and Kids/Teens and Adult Gi on Sunday.
SPECIAL THANKS The event was sponsored by Oxydol and we cannot thank them enough for their awesome contribution to this event and the sport! We also want to thanks Chris Dranka from Team Combat Do who spent most of his weekend traveling back and forth to the 2 airports picking up NAGA staff members. Many of our flights were delayed until 3 and 5 in the morning and Chris came through in getting everyone to the event. He also sponsored all the vehicles we used. Also a special thanks to Bob Schirmer and Combat Do who had numerous volunteers help run the event that day. Our NAGA staff that was flown in did a great job running the event, several of our referees were not able to make it to the event due to cancelled flights so the ones that did make it worked extra hard including: Dustin Ware, Joe & Laura Cuff, Eddie Fyvie Sr & Jr., Kirik Jenness, John Hagopian, Jeff Edwards, Dan Simmler, Meghan O'Brien, Mike C., Danny Ives. The Turton Family, Doug Roenncamp, Zee, Mat Santos & Jamie Tony.
PICTURES AND VIDEO Podium Winner pictures, Actions pictures and DVD of the Superfights will all be available on the www.nagafighter website this weekend.
Thank you to all who attended, we look forward to seeing you all again in November 2004!
SUPERFIGHT RESULTS: The event kicked off with an exciting Superfight between Danny Ives (Bolao) and Bob Schirmer (Combat-Do). Ives won the match submitting Schirmer with a rear naked choke. Look to see a rematch at the next NAGA Chicago event in November.
John Stutzman (Jorge Gurgel) defeated Jeff Curran (Curran's MA) in overtime in what was one of the most exciting, fast paced matches of the day!
Jens Pulver (Miletich Martial Arts) defeated Marcos "Parrumpinha" Damatta (American Top Team) is a close but extremely exciting match. Parrumpinha had a tight triangle choke on Jens for the first minute of the match however Jens was able to escape and eventually win the match by a single point.
EXPERT DIVISION RESULTS: UNDER 175 lbs. EXPERT DIVISION ($1,000 Purse): Fabio Holanda (Brazilian Top Team) & JZ Calvacante of (American Top Team) split the 1st place purse for the Under 175 lb. Expert Division.
OVER 175 LBS. EXPERT DIVISION ($1,000 Purse): Jeff Monson (American Top Team) won the over 175 lb. Expert Class.
$3,000.00 OXYDOL CHALLENGE By far, the most exciting grappling match of the day was the OXYDOL Challenge. OXYDOL, a major sponsor of the NAGA CHICAGO event, offered all amateur competitors an opportunity to win $3,000.00 that day if they could last 6 minutes against Wade Rome (ATT). Amateur grapplers participating in the NAGA Chicago event were able to enter their name into a drawing. The winner was Ryan Patterson, a Purple Belt from Team Curran who had just placed in the Men's Purple Belt Gi Division. Before congratulating Ryan on his tremendous victory, we wanted to give a huge shout out to Wade Rome. Wade really was in a no-win situation being the Pro in the Oxydol Challenge. All of the spectators in attendance cheered for his opponent. Even if Wade did submit Ryan, he had the advantage of being larger and more experienced. Wade put on a hell of a fight, never once letting up the pressure on his opponent. He also did not do anything that would be considered in bad taste and in the end, he went home the winner in our book.
Thank you to Wade and especially OXYDOL for sponsoring this great match! A huge congratulations to Ryan Patterson on his $3,000 victory!
NAGA CHICAGO CHILDREN & TEENS TEAM CHAMPIONS 1st Place Combat-Do 257 Points 2nd Place Gracie-Barra 55 Points 3rd Place Master Alliance 54 Points 4th Place Team Curran 45 Points 5th Place Caique 31 Points 6th Place Nikko-Ki 27 Points 7th Place Ivy League 26 Points 8th Place Brazilian Top Team Gamma 18 Points 9th Place G2 Grappling 15 Points 10th Place Matamoros 14 Points RGDA/MrKulic 14 Points 12th Place Carlson Gracie 12 Points Gilbert Grappling 12 Points 14th Place America Top Team 11 Points 15th Place Dojo USA 10 Points Hapkido Institute of Self Defense 10 Points Vaghi 10 Points 18th Place All American 9 Points White Lake 9 Points 20th Place Renzo/ Riccardo Almeida 7 Points Third Heaven 7 Points TSK 7 Points 23rd Place Gurgel 5 Points Pro Gym 5 Points Seasons Martial Arts 5 Points 26th Place Pedro Sauer 4 Points 27th Place Force Jiu-Jitsu 3 Points
GI Men's White Belt Feather Weight 1st PlaceJames McMahanCorral 2nd PlaceGary HuenTeam McVickers 3rd PlaceAaron SteeleVaghi 4th PlaceNick PollaroTeam McVickers GI Men's White Belt Light Weight 1st PlaceMatt GehrtMatamoros 2nd PlaceChristopher StarrVaghi 3rd PlaceFrancois HacheBrazilian Top Team GI Men's White Belt Welter Weight 1st PlaceAlexander PintoGracie Barra 2nd PlaceDominik SkwarnickiTeam McVickers 3rd PlaceMike ContrerusDino Contrerus 4th PlaceJamie ToneyJorge Gurgel GI Men's White Belt Middle Weight 1st PlaceIdriz RedzovicGracie Barra 2nd PlaceAndrejus CernicenkoGracie Barra 3rd PlaceRodrien SorianoCarlson Gracie 4th PlaceMichael KadiurCosteas GI Men's White Belt Light Heavy Weight 1st PlaceJarrett HageneGracie Barra 2nd PlaceNicholas CoveliersGracie Barra 3rd PlaceDavid RogerTeam McVickers 4th PlaceDwight David Decker GI Men's White Belt Heavy Weight 1st PlaceNoah InhoferRigan Machado 2nd PlaceKyle NordstromVaghi 3rd PlaceAnthony CarlsonVaghi 4th PlaceEarl HayesTeam McVickers GI Men's White Belt Super Heavy Weight 1st PlaceJeff MorrisMartial Concepts 2nd PlaceBruce HoyerRigan Machado 3rd PlaceStephen GavinVaghi 4th PlaceMicah RayJorge Gurgel GI Men's Masters Blue Belt & Above Light Weight 1st PlaceAdam Miller Pedro Sauer 2nd PlaceSean Burke Force Jiu-Jitsu 3rd PlaceNorman AlexanderWeiller Jui-Jitsu 4th PlaceRamiro MotaDino Contrerus GI Men's Masters White Belt Light Weight 1st PlaceDavid Cardenas Gracie Barra 2nd PlaceEugene Amante Force Jiu-Jitsu 3rd PlaceChris Hughes Team McVickers 4th PlaceNick PollaroTeam McVickers GI Men's Masters Blue Belt & Above Heavy Weight 1st PlaceArmando ReynaCarlson Gracie 2nd PlaceRudy JimenezCarlson Gracie 3rd PlaceKevin ClavsenForce Jiu-Jitsu 4th PlaceWally HolemTrap Academy GI Men's Masters White Belt Heavy Weight 1st PlaceMichael OstrowskiMephis Judo/JJ 2nd PlaceRaed MishalChampion JJ 3rd PlaceJason AndresTeam Cuman 4th PlaceRoger Harrell GI Men's Directors 1st PlaceSean Burke Force Jiu-Jitsu 2nd PlaceKevin ClavsenForce Jiu-Jitsu 3rd PlaceSid BlustainGracie Barra 4th PlaceJim LeeVaghi GI Men's Executive 1st PlaceBarry PhilipsGracie Barra 2nd PlaceDavid MartinMonkey Bar GI Women's Blue Belt & Above Light Weight 1st PlaceStephanie MariscalCombat-Do 2nd PlaceAmoe TurtonIvy League 3rd PlaceKanako InabaChampion JJ 4th PlaceJuliana Nogueira GI Women's White Belt Light Weight 1st PlaceLiya DavidovaMatamoros 2nd PlaceSusan ShenDino Contrerus 3rd PlaceMonica GonzalesCombat-Do 4th PlaceYesenia CordovaCombat-Do GI Women's White Belt Heavy Weight 1st PlaceNatasha TsourisCarlson Gracie 2nd PlaceCassandra RiversMonkey Bar 3rd PlaceKelly DavisMilitech
