I Fight in Pajamas: November 2012

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

2012 Nogi Worlds (Post Analysis)

Caio Terra (Gracie Fighter) x Fabbio Passos (Alliance) Rooster Final

I unfortunately missed this match but thankfully Budovideos posted it on Youtube for our viewing pleasure. Note that at the beginning of the match two funny things happen. First, there is discussion about the IBJJF forbidding the use of thong underwear for female competitors and Caio takes a timeout prior to the start of the match to fix his hair. This match was nothing short of brilliant on the part of Caio Terra. As the match begins, Passos moves into a sitting guard single leg and transitions into deep half guard. It looks like Passos wanted to sweep into a single leg but Caio is almost two steps ahead of him. Caio responds by grabbing a kimura before Passos can initiate the sweep which allows him to sneak around to the back of Passos. VERY SLICK! Caio moves into the top rear mount position and slaps on a RNC. As Passos attempts to bring his left arms out to defend the choke Caio traps it with his left knee which enables him to finish easily by RNC.

The stream was improved in some ways this time around by Budovideos. For this tournament they utilized instant replays which was GREAT. All too often I miss crucial moments that happen and one glance away from the screen is all it would take to miss out on something amazing. They also made the mat assignments available so the viewer was aware of everything that was going on. There was an aerial view provided which made it much easier to know if switching to a different mat was even worthwhile since not all mats always have a match ongoing. My only complaint about the stream this year was the quality of the video stream seemed to be down a little bit. There didn't seem to be too much lag (not anymore than normal) but that could be a combination of traffic and/or my Internet connection.

Onto overall impressions from the tournament. My initial impressions (at the black belt level) was that the brackets seemed a little thin. I have to wonder if some of this is due to the increasingly busy IBJJF schedule and upcoming IBJJF Pro shows. The IBJJF Masters/Seniors tournament was less than a month ago as was the Metamoris PPV event. I was unable to watch the stream on Saturday but did see a good portion on Sunday. I came away from this having a new found respect for Team Lloyd Irvin. I have been following them more closely since last summer and they have a recipe for building top level competitors. Their results at the Worlds this year speak volumes. DJ Jackson is now officially the first TLI adult male to claim a world championship. They were only two points behind Alliance in overall adult men's rankings which shocked me. Some may argue with the style and/or marketing of Lloyd Irvin but it's hard to dispute that they are creating some awesome competitors the likes of Ryan Hall, Jonathan Torres, DJ Jackson, Jordon Schultz & Kennan Cornelius (who by the way submitted everyone on his way to gold). It will be interesting to see if they can keep this momentum when the 2013 Pan Championships roll around next Spring.

Academy Results

Adult Male:

1 - Alliance - 82
2 - Team Lloyd Irvin - 80
3 - Gracie Elite Team - 50

Female:

1 - Gracie Humaita - 53
2 - Gracie Barra - 38
3 - Alliance - 35

Juvenile:

1 - Gracie Barra - 22
2 - Nova União - 21
3 - Carvalho Teixeira BJJ - 18

Masters & Seniors:

1 - Gracie Barra - 103
2 - Brazilian Top Team - 86
3 - Nova União - 76

The remainder of the results can be found here on the IBJJF website.

https://www.ibjjfdb.com/Campeonato/PublicResults?CampeonatoId=149&CultureInfo=en-US

I've added some videos that Budo just released from Lloyd Irvin's matches. I thought it would be cool to post them because there aren't a ton of competition videos out there of Lloyd.

Match 1 is against Paul Halme of Peak Performance