We would like to thank everyone that came out this past Saturday to Mt Zion High School in Jonesboro GA and participated in our 3 rd annual grappling tournament.
First and we want to thank all of the over 200 competitors that came from as far north as Rhode Island and west from Texas and Louisiana to Atlanta without you our tournament would have not been a success.
Special mention and thanks to the following people for their valuable help, time and input to improve our tournament.
Kipp,Mary,Kirik and the rest of the NAGA staff for their patience and guidance in helping us prepare and answering all of our questions.
Team Praxis ( Macon GA ) and The Hardcore Gym ( Athens GA ) for helping out in the rings, referring and doing everything else that needed to be done. Mathew Waller , Mathew and Jenny Corsey, Sean Wilson, Mat Santos, Adam Singer,Fabio Costa, Brad Pierce, Juan Guevara,Frank Mullins and Co,The Turton Family who came from New Jersey to compete and help run the event, The Mt Zion Wrestling Team, Gumby from On The Mat who flew from California to cover our event and all of the other staff that was on hand that we forgot to mention.
We also want to thank our very generous sponsors for their contributions:
BIZ , Cotton Graphics, Good Time Rides, Head Blade, Hot Blood, MMA.TV, NAGA, On The Mat, The European Specialist Group, The Fight Party.com, Torah Kimonos, Ranked and the US MARINE CORPS.
Congratulations to the winners of the $ 500.00 Pro Divisions
sponsored in part by the above companies.
Raphael Assuncao - Velocity Kickboxing & MMA - Atlanta
Light Weight Division
Junior Assuncao - Velocity Kickboxing & MMA - Atlanta
Middle Weight Division
Forrest Griffin - The Hard Core Gym- Athens GA
Heavy Weight Division
See you next year.
Happy Holidays
Team Casca-Grossa
