Campeonato Dos Lutadores - Official Results
First and foremost, thank you to all competitors, spectators, coaches and volunteers! The tournament had a surprisingly large turnout, both by fighters and spectators.
It's great to see that grappling in Canada is strong and growing. Congratulations to all of you who attended and took part in ensuring the continued development and success of the sport. Many of us share the same desire to see grappling gain the recognition it so rightly deserves. Thank you to everyone who took part in the event and showed their support throughout!!!
SALVOSA BJJ ASCENSION "Campeonato Dos Lutadores"
Official Results:
NO-GI:
Women's Absolute
1st Rebecca Sweeney - Martial Arts Planet
2nd Sherra Westerfeld - Dragon's Den
3rd Lisa Pancino - Toronto BJJ
4th Amanda Strutt - Dragon's Den
Lighweight Beginner
1st Marc Alan Jhingran - Ultimate
2nd Kash Mahdi - Ultimate
3rd Japeth Kwan - Franco Behring
4th Mike Lamb - Man Alive MA
Welterweight Beginner
1st Geoff Gorvitz - White Tiger
2nd Lanny Federman - Rebellion JJ
3rd Steve Westner - Rebellion JJ
4th Drew London - Rebellion JJ
Middleweight Beginner
1st Julian Ganton - White Tiger
2nd Alex Halkias - Rebellion JJ
3rd Ignat Green - Kretan Denamo MA
4th Davis Okordu - Rebellion JJ
Light Heavyweight Beginner
1st Scott Fockler - Franco Behring
2nd Jason Campbell - Warrior MMA
3rd Daniel Hardstaff - Borelands
4th Chris Gondos - Rebellion JJ
Cruiserweight Beginner
1st Matthew Northcott - Franco Behring
2nd Ritch Cruz - Ultimate
3rd Matt Killbourne - Suffer Systems
4th Matt Hall - Borelands
Heavyweight Beginner
1st Sam Osman - Schilling BJJ
2nd Nick Michalak - Kombat Arts
3rd Steven Faria - Edge Combat
Super Heavyweight Beginner
1st Jordan MacDonald - Schilling BJJ
2nd Sean Seiling - Fateh's Fight Club
3rd Michael Aubin - Ken Bu Kan
Lightweight Intermediate
1st Jonathan Lee - Schilling BJJ
2nd Joe Renaud - Franco Behring
3rd Jack Bateman - Warrior MMA
4th Eric Yu - Toronto BJJ
Welterweight Intermediate
1st Wylie Ford - Warrior MMA
2nd Mike Large - Borelands
3rd Matthew Soroka - CMA
4th Matt Kocal - Rebellion JJ
Middleweight Intermediate
1st Jason Barker - Warrior MMA
2nd Sam Katsuras - Rebellion JJ
3rd Aaron Buchner - White Tiger
4th Justin Glovish - Dragon's Den
Light Heavyweight Intermediate
1st Richard Kruk - Ice House Combat Academy
2nd Anthony Romita - Bravado JJ
3rd Ernie Fairles - Rebellion JJ
4th Eric Morrin - Martial Arts Planet
Cruiserweight Intermediate
1st James Arva - Warrior MMA
2nd Jay Chin-Leung - Rebellion JJ
3rd Haan Palcu-Chang - Franco Behring
4th Chris Andkonakos - Kretan Denamo MA
Heavyweight/Super Heavyweight Intermediate
1st Joe Cherkas - Warrior (fought up)
2nd Andre Grandbois - Martial Arts Planet (fought up)
3rd Jonathan Marconi - Gladiator
Lightweight Advanced
1st Richard Nancoo - Franco Behring
2nd Mark Recaido - Artefis.com
Welterweight Advanced
1st Jack Szatko - Joslins
2nd Andrew Redden - Kombat Arts
3rd Keith Haist - White Tiger
Middleweight/Light Heavyweight Advanced
1st Eric Yu - Joslins
2nd Jagmeet Dhaliwal - Rebellion JJ (fought up)
3rd Shawn Hartwig - Martial Arts Planet
4th Dane Graham - Warrior MMA (fought up)
Cruiserweight/Heavyweight Advanced
1st Mikhail "Misha" Cirkunov - Kobra Kai (fought up)
2nd Claudio Aguirre - Rebellion JJ (fought up)
3rd David Haynes - Fateh's Fight Club
3rd Paul Stark - Kumo
Super Heavyweight Advanced
1st Mike Marshalleck - Gladiator
2nd John Cole - Ken Bu Kan
GI:
Women's Absolute
1st Amber Gallogley - Franco Behring
2nd Rebecca Sweeney - Martial Arts Planet
Lightweight Beginner
1st Japeth Kwan - Franco Behring
2nd Edwin Foo - Rebellion JJ
Welterweight Beginner
1st Matthew Ratcliffe - Bravado JJ
2nd Jared Pollard - Franco Behring
3rd Alex Osmiwn
4th Jonathan Kehoe
Middleweight Beginner
1st Julian Ganton - White Tiger
2nd Jason Grenier - Sudbury Ryu Syokai
3rd Sonny Lee - TPAAA
4th Ian Sandusky - Robinson's Karate
Light Heavyweight Beginner
1st Jordan Banting - Franco Behring
2nd Shawn Felhazi - Esfiha
3rd Jason Campbell - Warrior MMA
4th Cam Somerville - Sphere of Influence
Cruiserweight Beginner
1st Shean Brauer - Esfiha
2nd Matthew Northcott - Franco Behring
3rd Chad Clayton - Dragon's Den
4th Dan Kooy - Boreland's
Heavyweight Beginner
1st Sam Osman - Schilling BJJ
2nd Ken Vale - The Lab
3rd Steven Faria - Edge Combat
Superheavyweight Beginner
1st John Cole - Ken Bu Kan
2nd Jordan MacDonald - Schilling BJJ
3rd Sean Seiling - Fateh's Fight Club
Lightweight Intermediate
1st Jonathan Lee - Schilling BJJ
2nd Joe Renaud - Franco Behring
3rd Graham Quirk - Borelands
Welterweight Intermediate
1st Wiley Ford - Warrior MMA
2nd Mike Large - Borelands
Middleweight Intermediate
1st Tom Waters - Warrior MMA
2nd Justin Glovish - Dragon's Den
3rd Jason Barker - Warrior MMA
Light Heavyweight Intermediate
1st Ernie Fairles - Rebellion JJ
2nd Jurgen Rudolph - Joslins
Cruiserweight Intermediate
1st Jay Chin-Leung - Rebellion JJ
2nd James Arva - Warrior MMA
3rd Haan Palcu-Chang - Franco Behring
Heavyweight Intermediate
1st Joe Cherkas - Warrior MMA
2nd Andre Grandbois - Martial Arts Planet
Lightweight/Welterweight Advanced
1st Richard Nancoo - Franco Behring (fought up)
2nd Keith Haist - White Tiger
3rd Jack Szatko - Joslins
Middleweight Advanced
1st Pedro Waick - Franco Behring
2nd Chris Amboas - Toronto BJJ
3rd Dane Graham - Warrior MMA
4th Mario Curran - Hamilton School of Martial Arts
Light Heavyweight Advanced
1st Leo Santos - Toronto BJJ
2nd Eric Yu - Joslins
3rd Jordan Jewell - BAMA HJJ
4th Tim Scott - Schilling BJJ
Cruiserweight/Heavyweight Advanced
1st Mikhail "Misha" Circunov - Kobra Kai (fought up)
2nd David Haynes - Fateh's Fight Club
3rd Paul Stark - Kumo
OVERALL TEAM RESULTS (Adult Divisions):
1st Franco Behring - 65 points
2nd Warrior MMA - 45 points
3rd Rebellion Jiu-Jitsu - 33 points
4th Scott Schilling BJJ - 29 points
Results of the Kids/Youth Divisions to follow shortly!
Due to the long day, it's unfortunate we didn't get to hold the Absolute Divisions, but we are happy to announce that we will be giving prizes on behalf of our event sponsors to the following randomly picked double-gold and Women's Absolute winners:
Jonathan Lee - Keiko Raca Board Shorts, courtesy of BJJGEAR.CA
Mikhail "Misha" Circunov - Keiko Raca, Koral or Vulcan Gi, courtesy of BJJGEAR.CA
Rebecca Sweeney - Keiko Raca Rashguard, courtesy of BJJ GEAR.CA
Wylie Ford - Gracie Sports or HotBlood Fight Shorts, courtesy of Marcus Soares BJJ & Salvosa BJJ Ascension
Julien Ganton - No-Gi, Gracie Sports or HotBlood Board Shorts, courtesy of Marcus Soares BJJ and Salvosa BJJ Ascension
It's been a long , but very rewarding week. I'd like once again to thank my volunteers: Dave King, Gail Shyan, Clint Allert, Mike Hong, Andrew Dyer, Jason MacDonald, Almir Tavares, Kiersten, Eddy, MSR (Native Singers), Joe De Los Reyes, Rob Salvosa, my parents for the food (man, they were troopers!) and all others--it was a small staff, but they stepped up and worked tirelessly. You guys are the best!
Thanks to all referees that stepped up and helped, especially those for long periods of time. Thank you to Almir Tavares, Clint Allert, Mike Hong, Jason MacDonald, Scott Schilling, Rick Ammendolia, Mark Stables, "Maiz" Alinejad and Joe Ghorayeb.
Congrats to all the kids--it was amazing to see them out... they deserve the attention because they are the future of our sport!
It's time to pass the baton to the organizers of the West-End Rumble on March 26th at Turner Fenton H.S. Good luck, train hard and support this tournament! This tournament is being hosted by our friends at Kombat Arts Training Academy. Please visit www.kombatarts.com for more information.
Thank you to Rick Ammendolia of BJJGEAR.CA, Terry Riggs, Greg Cappuccitti & my evil twin Joey De Los Reyes of Kombat Arts, Yusuf @ SYCPAINTBALL.COM for his tremendous efforts, Richard Chan & crew at FLEX FITNESS CANADA in Richmond Hill - I'll be running my second location out of that great facility starting next month. Eddy Robinson and Gabe Gaudet (Morningstar River singers) for the beautiful tribute song to Carlson Gracie. Gerald Chopik has been awesome, bringing more BJJ & MMA to the centre stage of martial arts in Toronto--I look forward to giving a seminar at his MMA EXPO along with some of my colleagues. Marcus Soares, my teacher and friend: the example of your humility and loyalty as a student of Carlson Gracie is an inspiration--I honour you as my teacher through dedicating this tournament to yours. Carlson Gracie, R.I.P.
Personally and most of all, my wife Beverley. I'm the luckiest man alive because this woman can do it all, immensely talented, and she had my back like no one else the whole way through--I'm happy to be married to you. I love you Malik, my #1 son. You two are my world.
One Love & Respect,
Omar J. Salvosa
Salvosa BJJ ASCENSION
It's great to see that grappling in Canada is strong and growing. Congratulations to all of you who attended and took part in ensuring the continued development and success of the sport. Many of us share the same desire to see grappling gain the recognition it so rightly deserves. Thank you to everyone who took part in the event and showed their support throughout!!!
SALVOSA BJJ ASCENSION "Campeonato Dos Lutadores"
Official Results:
NO-GI:
Women's Absolute
1st Rebecca Sweeney - Martial Arts Planet
2nd Sherra Westerfeld - Dragon's Den
3rd Lisa Pancino - Toronto BJJ
4th Amanda Strutt - Dragon's Den
Lighweight Beginner
1st Marc Alan Jhingran - Ultimate
2nd Kash Mahdi - Ultimate
3rd Japeth Kwan - Franco Behring
4th Mike Lamb - Man Alive MA
Welterweight Beginner
1st Geoff Gorvitz - White Tiger
2nd Lanny Federman - Rebellion JJ
3rd Steve Westner - Rebellion JJ
4th Drew London - Rebellion JJ
Middleweight Beginner
1st Julian Ganton - White Tiger
2nd Alex Halkias - Rebellion JJ
3rd Ignat Green - Kretan Denamo MA
4th Davis Okordu - Rebellion JJ
Light Heavyweight Beginner
1st Scott Fockler - Franco Behring
2nd Jason Campbell - Warrior MMA
3rd Daniel Hardstaff - Borelands
4th Chris Gondos - Rebellion JJ
Cruiserweight Beginner
1st Matthew Northcott - Franco Behring
2nd Ritch Cruz - Ultimate
3rd Matt Killbourne - Suffer Systems
4th Matt Hall - Borelands
Heavyweight Beginner
1st Sam Osman - Schilling BJJ
2nd Nick Michalak - Kombat Arts
3rd Steven Faria - Edge Combat
Super Heavyweight Beginner
1st Jordan MacDonald - Schilling BJJ
2nd Sean Seiling - Fateh's Fight Club
3rd Michael Aubin - Ken Bu Kan
Lightweight Intermediate
1st Jonathan Lee - Schilling BJJ
2nd Joe Renaud - Franco Behring
3rd Jack Bateman - Warrior MMA
4th Eric Yu - Toronto BJJ
Welterweight Intermediate
1st Wylie Ford - Warrior MMA
2nd Mike Large - Borelands
3rd Matthew Soroka - CMA
4th Matt Kocal - Rebellion JJ
Middleweight Intermediate
1st Jason Barker - Warrior MMA
2nd Sam Katsuras - Rebellion JJ
3rd Aaron Buchner - White Tiger
4th Justin Glovish - Dragon's Den
Light Heavyweight Intermediate
1st Richard Kruk - Ice House Combat Academy
2nd Anthony Romita - Bravado JJ
3rd Ernie Fairles - Rebellion JJ
4th Eric Morrin - Martial Arts Planet
Cruiserweight Intermediate
1st James Arva - Warrior MMA
2nd Jay Chin-Leung - Rebellion JJ
3rd Haan Palcu-Chang - Franco Behring
4th Chris Andkonakos - Kretan Denamo MA
Heavyweight/Super Heavyweight Intermediate
1st Joe Cherkas - Warrior (fought up)
2nd Andre Grandbois - Martial Arts Planet (fought up)
3rd Jonathan Marconi - Gladiator
Lightweight Advanced
1st Richard Nancoo - Franco Behring
2nd Mark Recaido - Artefis.com
Welterweight Advanced
1st Jack Szatko - Joslins
2nd Andrew Redden - Kombat Arts
3rd Keith Haist - White Tiger
Middleweight/Light Heavyweight Advanced
1st Eric Yu - Joslins
2nd Jagmeet Dhaliwal - Rebellion JJ (fought up)
3rd Shawn Hartwig - Martial Arts Planet
4th Dane Graham - Warrior MMA (fought up)
Cruiserweight/Heavyweight Advanced
1st Mikhail "Misha" Cirkunov - Kobra Kai (fought up)
2nd Claudio Aguirre - Rebellion JJ (fought up)
3rd David Haynes - Fateh's Fight Club
3rd Paul Stark - Kumo
Super Heavyweight Advanced
1st Mike Marshalleck - Gladiator
2nd John Cole - Ken Bu Kan
GI:
Women's Absolute
1st Amber Gallogley - Franco Behring
2nd Rebecca Sweeney - Martial Arts Planet
Lightweight Beginner
1st Japeth Kwan - Franco Behring
2nd Edwin Foo - Rebellion JJ
Welterweight Beginner
1st Matthew Ratcliffe - Bravado JJ
2nd Jared Pollard - Franco Behring
3rd Alex Osmiwn
4th Jonathan Kehoe
Middleweight Beginner
1st Julian Ganton - White Tiger
2nd Jason Grenier - Sudbury Ryu Syokai
3rd Sonny Lee - TPAAA
4th Ian Sandusky - Robinson's Karate
Light Heavyweight Beginner
1st Jordan Banting - Franco Behring
2nd Shawn Felhazi - Esfiha
3rd Jason Campbell - Warrior MMA
4th Cam Somerville - Sphere of Influence
Cruiserweight Beginner
1st Shean Brauer - Esfiha
2nd Matthew Northcott - Franco Behring
3rd Chad Clayton - Dragon's Den
4th Dan Kooy - Boreland's
Heavyweight Beginner
1st Sam Osman - Schilling BJJ
2nd Ken Vale - The Lab
3rd Steven Faria - Edge Combat
Superheavyweight Beginner
1st John Cole - Ken Bu Kan
2nd Jordan MacDonald - Schilling BJJ
3rd Sean Seiling - Fateh's Fight Club
Lightweight Intermediate
1st Jonathan Lee - Schilling BJJ
2nd Joe Renaud - Franco Behring
3rd Graham Quirk - Borelands
Welterweight Intermediate
1st Wiley Ford - Warrior MMA
2nd Mike Large - Borelands
Middleweight Intermediate
1st Tom Waters - Warrior MMA
2nd Justin Glovish - Dragon's Den
3rd Jason Barker - Warrior MMA
Light Heavyweight Intermediate
1st Ernie Fairles - Rebellion JJ
2nd Jurgen Rudolph - Joslins
Cruiserweight Intermediate
1st Jay Chin-Leung - Rebellion JJ
2nd James Arva - Warrior MMA
3rd Haan Palcu-Chang - Franco Behring
Heavyweight Intermediate
1st Joe Cherkas - Warrior MMA
2nd Andre Grandbois - Martial Arts Planet
Lightweight/Welterweight Advanced
1st Richard Nancoo - Franco Behring (fought up)
2nd Keith Haist - White Tiger
3rd Jack Szatko - Joslins
Middleweight Advanced
1st Pedro Waick - Franco Behring
2nd Chris Amboas - Toronto BJJ
3rd Dane Graham - Warrior MMA
4th Mario Curran - Hamilton School of Martial Arts
Light Heavyweight Advanced
1st Leo Santos - Toronto BJJ
2nd Eric Yu - Joslins
3rd Jordan Jewell - BAMA HJJ
4th Tim Scott - Schilling BJJ
Cruiserweight/Heavyweight Advanced
1st Mikhail "Misha" Circunov - Kobra Kai (fought up)
2nd David Haynes - Fateh's Fight Club
3rd Paul Stark - Kumo
OVERALL TEAM RESULTS (Adult Divisions):
1st Franco Behring - 65 points
2nd Warrior MMA - 45 points
3rd Rebellion Jiu-Jitsu - 33 points
4th Scott Schilling BJJ - 29 points
Results of the Kids/Youth Divisions to follow shortly!
Due to the long day, it's unfortunate we didn't get to hold the Absolute Divisions, but we are happy to announce that we will be giving prizes on behalf of our event sponsors to the following randomly picked double-gold and Women's Absolute winners:
Jonathan Lee - Keiko Raca Board Shorts, courtesy of BJJGEAR.CA
Mikhail "Misha" Circunov - Keiko Raca, Koral or Vulcan Gi, courtesy of BJJGEAR.CA
Rebecca Sweeney - Keiko Raca Rashguard, courtesy of BJJ GEAR.CA
Wylie Ford - Gracie Sports or HotBlood Fight Shorts, courtesy of Marcus Soares BJJ & Salvosa BJJ Ascension
Julien Ganton - No-Gi, Gracie Sports or HotBlood Board Shorts, courtesy of Marcus Soares BJJ and Salvosa BJJ Ascension
It's been a long , but very rewarding week. I'd like once again to thank my volunteers: Dave King, Gail Shyan, Clint Allert, Mike Hong, Andrew Dyer, Jason MacDonald, Almir Tavares, Kiersten, Eddy, MSR (Native Singers), Joe De Los Reyes, Rob Salvosa, my parents for the food (man, they were troopers!) and all others--it was a small staff, but they stepped up and worked tirelessly. You guys are the best!
Thanks to all referees that stepped up and helped, especially those for long periods of time. Thank you to Almir Tavares, Clint Allert, Mike Hong, Jason MacDonald, Scott Schilling, Rick Ammendolia, Mark Stables, "Maiz" Alinejad and Joe Ghorayeb.
Congrats to all the kids--it was amazing to see them out... they deserve the attention because they are the future of our sport!
It's time to pass the baton to the organizers of the West-End Rumble on March 26th at Turner Fenton H.S. Good luck, train hard and support this tournament! This tournament is being hosted by our friends at Kombat Arts Training Academy. Please visit www.kombatarts.com for more information.
Thank you to Rick Ammendolia of BJJGEAR.CA, Terry Riggs, Greg Cappuccitti & my evil twin Joey De Los Reyes of Kombat Arts, Yusuf @ SYCPAINTBALL.COM for his tremendous efforts, Richard Chan & crew at FLEX FITNESS CANADA in Richmond Hill - I'll be running my second location out of that great facility starting next month. Eddy Robinson and Gabe Gaudet (Morningstar River singers) for the beautiful tribute song to Carlson Gracie. Gerald Chopik has been awesome, bringing more BJJ & MMA to the centre stage of martial arts in Toronto--I look forward to giving a seminar at his MMA EXPO along with some of my colleagues. Marcus Soares, my teacher and friend: the example of your humility and loyalty as a student of Carlson Gracie is an inspiration--I honour you as my teacher through dedicating this tournament to yours. Carlson Gracie, R.I.P.
Personally and most of all, my wife Beverley. I'm the luckiest man alive because this woman can do it all, immensely talented, and she had my back like no one else the whole way through--I'm happy to be married to you. I love you Malik, my #1 son. You two are my world.
One Love & Respect,
Omar J. Salvosa
Salvosa BJJ ASCENSION
