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Arizona State Championship Results:

The 1st Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championship was held in Tempe, Arizona on June 25th. Schools from Arizona, California, Nevada, and New Mexico competed at the tournament. The AZ State Championship was sponsored by Throwdown Fight Gear, Gilbane, One Stop Nutrition, HCK Kimonos, United States Air Force, Ouano, Arizona Combat Sports, and www.gdjiujitsu.com.

The standouts of the tournament were:

Cody Tripp (Megaton), who won the white belt/Lightweight division. The stand out of the tournament was Steve Rosenberg (Gustavo Dantas/ACS), who the Blue Belt/Middleweight division, winning all his matches by submission. In the purple belt class, Michael Graeber (Megaton) took the lightweight Division.

In the Super Fight, Alberto Crane (Santa Fe BJJ) submitted Pal Mark (Judo Black Belt) by choke.


Kids Teams Results:
1st place – Santa Fe BJJ (56 points)
2nd place – Cobra Kai (34 points)
3rd place – Megaton (26 points)
4th place – Gustavo Dantas/ACS (22 points)
5th place – Chris Lopez (18 points)

Adults Teams Results:
1st place – Megaton (72 points)
2nd place – Gustavo Dantas/ACS (65 points)
3rd place – BJJ Revolution (35 points)
4th place – Hollywood BJJ (21 points)
5th place – Santa Fe BJJ (18 points)

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KIDS

43 lbs
1st place – Samuel Decker (Chris Lopez)
2nd place – Abel Flores (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – Colton McIntosh (Megaton)

48 lbs
1st place – Andre Beltran (Santas Fe BJJ)
2nd place – Christopher Baca (Santa Fe BJJ)
3rd place – Todd Buck (Megaton)3rd place – Ryan McIntosh (Megaton)
3rd place – James Alejandro (Megaton)

53 lbs
1st place – Julian Garza (Santa Fe BJJ)
2nd place – Alan Robles (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)
3rd place – Taber Spray (Megaton)
3rd place – Mason Hurlocker (Megaton)

58 lbs1st place – Dione Cunanam (Cobra Kai)2nd place – Trent Waller (Megaton)3rd place – Arek Moslander (Santa Fe BJJ)

61 lbs 1st place – Dylan Nohl (Santa Fe BJJ)2nd place – Truman Wood (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)3rd place – Garret Freiwald (Megaton)3rd place – Wesley McIntosh (Megaton)
66 lbs1st place – Armando Hernandez (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)2nd place – Joey Shonk (Megaton)

75 lbs
1st place – Collin Lopez (Chris Lopez)
2nd place – Nicholas Palomares (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – Ronan Burch (Megaton)

80 lbs
1st place – Jess Martinez (Santa Fe BJJ)
2nd place – Sylver Quemado (Cobra Kai)

85 lbs
1st place – Nicholas Harguindeguy (Megaton)
2nd place – Levi Escobar (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)
3rd place – David Polanco (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – Kenric Freiwald (Megaton)

90 lbs
1st place – Micah Hummel (Megaton)
2nd place – Tyler Waller (Megaton)
3rd place – Tanner Spray (Megaton)

115 lbs
1st place – Jason Moon (Cobra Kai)
2nd place – Dillon Harris (Santa Fe BJJ)
3rd place – Nathan Kellum (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – Isaac Angel (Santa Fe BJJ)

125 lbs
1st place – Tyler Kellum (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
2nd place – Quincy Thomas (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)

130 lbs
1st place – Luke Kaplan (Santa Fe BJJ)
2nd place – Dale Garza (Santa Fe BJJ)
3rd place – Whitney Ornelas (Cobra Kai)

140 lbs
1st place – Keelin Burch (Megaton)
2nd place – Tatiana Ornellas (Cobra Kai)

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Juvenile

Feather
1st place – Zach O’Kane (Megaton)
2nd place – Ian (BJJ Revolution)

Light
1st – Justin Ramos (Chris Lopez)
2nd – Jason Moon (Cobra Kai)

Middle
1st – Arian Karim (BJJ Revolution)
2nd – Christian Diaz (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)

Female
Light
1st – Courtney Guthrie (Megaton)
2nd – Angie Chiara (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)

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Master
White
Middle
1st place – Chris Jonson (Megaton)
2nd place – Bill Hanson (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)
3rd place – Will Holder (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)

Heavy
1st Place – Michael Simpson (Megaton)
2nd place – Carl Oviedo (Megaton)
3rd place – Jeff Morgan (Chris Lopez)

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Adult

White
Super Feather
1st place – Jonathan Nakashima (Hollywood BJJ)
2nd place – Chris Rivera (Ultima)
3rd place – Dan Johnson (Santas Fe BJJ)

Feather1st place – Toni Ozlanski (Megaton)
2nd place – Jasper (BJJ Revolution)
3rd place – Anthony Dunn (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)

Light
1st place – Cody Tripp (Megaton)
2nd place – Chris Baca (Santa Fe BJJ)
3rd place – Chris McGraw (Chris Lopez)

Middle
1st place – Joe Padilla (Santa Fe BJJ)
2nd place – Basil Schaheen (Rey Diogo)
3rd place – Jerome Frontino (Santa Fe BJJ)

Middle/Heavy
1st place – Robert Maldonado (BJJ Revolution)
2nd place – Andrew Bryant (Chris Lopez)
3rd place – David Solorio (Laurita)

Heavy
1st place – Lucas Hodges (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
2nd place – Sal Flores (BJJ Revolution)
3rd place – Ryan Smeltkop (Rey Diogo/ De Brazil)

Super-Heavy
1st place – Ken Aiello (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
2nd place – Gustavo Lindsey (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – Brad Reynolds (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)

Open
1st place – Gustavo Lindsey (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
2nd place – Lucas Hodges (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – Kevin Wyrick (Megaton)

Blue
Feather
1st place – Ulysses Gomes (Cobra Kai)
2nd place – Valentino Hernandez (Megaton)
3rd place – Gabe Gaston (Megaton)

Light
1st place – Ryan Beauregard (Megaton)
2nd place – Anthony King (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – John Vieira (Chris Lopez)

Middle
1st place – Steve Rosenberg (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
2nd place – Joshua Ramos (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)
3rd place – Toni Thompson (BJJ Revolution)

Middle Heavy
1st place – Frank Pierson (BJJ Revolution)
2nd place – Matt Nixon (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – John Wagner (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)

Heavy
1st place – Brad Petterson (Megaton)
2nd place – Rodney Hammonds (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
3rd place – Ed Sun (BJJ Revolution)

Super Heavy
1st place – Michael Westbrook (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)
2nd place – Roe Harris (Rey Diogo/De Brazil)

Purple
Light
1st place – Michael Graeber (Megaton)
2nd place – Tom Pless (Santa Fe BJJ)
3rd place – Ben Sandoval (Santa Fe BJJ)

Middle-Heavy
1st place – Warren Stout (Hollywood BJJ)
2nd place – Sean Canley (Hollywood BJJ)
3rd place – Gene Folgo (Gustavo Dantas/ACS)