My fight at the Gamma & BTT No-Gi Tournament 2008

[synthamesk]

Wow that asian dude is pretty amazing though! First time I've seen the "sambo" leg lock atempted in a tourny!

[seankim86]

oops did it twice

[seankim86]

:D 191 vs 147!

[seankim86]

:D checking this vid again. hey 191 vs 147! :D how the hell did u end up in 147 devision tho

[Lapo1sse]

@seankim86 Dude, I have no idea :P I weighed in at 188. I think they fucked up my experience division, too. I had only been grappling for about a year and 1/2 back then. How've you been doing ? Still training ? :)

[seankim86]

@Lapo1sse haha ya. training way more intense. did some amatuer and started pro ;)

[frankrock108]

if you dont mind let me give you some advice

EAT MORE TACOS!

[kforcer]

Holy cow, that was a heckuva match. Some slick stuff from both guys. Definitely far more exciting than the average grappling match. Awesome to watch two guys really go for it. Almost had that leglock...

[Lapo1sse]

Thanks bro. It was a fun match for sure, and a great learning experience.

Some of the missed opportunities/bad reactions make me cringe, but hey, you gotta start somewhere.

[thunderbaloney]

thanks for sharing that, man. you are a stand-up guy to post a loss. Nothing to be ashamed of with that roll at all. You did good. It's hard to tell, but it just looks like he's crushing your esophagus in the end, not really a choke.

[Lapo1sse]

Thanks man, I really appreciate the kind words. I made a lot of mistakes, but that's how you learn. I like to think I've gotten much better :P

Yeah, at the end, since he had trouble sinking in his arm for a rear-naked choke, he went for a pipe-crusher. I saw there was 5 seconds left, so I stopped fighting it and let him have it.

[honeyhunter111]

I am actually supised at how well you did considering you are a SAMBO guy comming to a BJJ tournament. Keep it up! :).

What belt rank was the other guy?

[Lapo1sse]

I wouldn't know, but he's very good an experienced, I can tell you that much.

He posted in the comments below, if you want to ask him directly.

[seankim86]

hey i was going through some vids and just checked. anyway, i trained some traditional stuff and just mma/no-gi/thai stuff. we dont have belts. it use to be igor yakimov's sambo school, i havent trained him but my trainer did. igor's name is big in sambo

[garynotrashcougar]

not a bad way to lose. at least you stuck in there and didn't tap

[supertoe]

nice video and editing

[seankim86]

haha thats me in fitmma rashguard

how did you end up in 147 devision when you are 187 :|

lol good job

[Lapo1sse]

I have no idea ... I lost over 30 pounds for nothing !!

But like I told you after the fight, more power to you ! It was great experience, thanks again ! :)

[jmil147]

nice jits man where do you train. What belt are you?

[Lapo1sse]

Thanks, man.

I've never actually trained in Jiu-Jitsu, so I guess I'm a white belt :P

I train in Combat Sambo @ Club Kozak, in Montreal, QC.

[jmil147]

your very smooth man, what belt are you, how long you been training?

[Lapo1sse]

Thanks bro.

I started Sambo in February of 2007, so I had about a year and a half back then.

There's no particular belt or level in Sambo, so I couldn't say :)

[thunderbaloney]

if i had to translate into belt, solid blue approaching purple.

[nikadaka]

nice fight. I liked it.

[rickrock1212]

Nice man!!! Continue mon gars!