Tom LeCuyer vs. Denny Prokopos FILA Grappling Finals '09

Tom LeCuyer defeats Denny Prokopos 1-0 in FILA Grappling World Championship Finals to become 2009 66kg (145lb) World Champion.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA December 12, 2009

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[SenseiScott2]

Denny and Tom are teammates and friends here. neither has talked a single word of sh!t toward each other. be glad that the USA team took 1st and 2nd, instead of bickering over who won.

[mjbagsN1475]

Great Job Tommy haven't seen you since NCAA tourney.  Tommy clearly won, if Denny wants to win, he needs to work on his standup. If the choke isn't working, break free and move to the next move. If your down you need to make a move to get ahead. I watched Tommy wrestle in Highschool and College. His style in highschool always kept his matches close. Not sure why he does it but that has always been his style. When I compete and down I don't stick with the same move, I make a new move to win

[m1dewitt]

The reason why you don't switch to another sub when you have one locked in like that is because all it takes is a little tiny adjustment to turn the guys lights out. It was obviously not a perfect triangle, even though Denny has a great squeeze it wasn't perfect. I agree that under these rules he lost and you have to play to the rules. He had to know he was down on points and if he thought he wasn't going to get the tap he would have went for the points.

[CannabisGanja]

wow he actually caught him in the submission, and they still gave it to the other guy?

[filthyfun]

how did Tom stay concious so long...?

[stephenespn]

Great match!! Tom skated by on this one..Denny's technique is sick...And Tom is strong as a god damn ox...Would of love to seen Denny finish Tom but was a great match....

[skaterkidhma]

great match but if u werent able to get the triangle how come u didn't just reverse it to an armbat did u not have his arm or somthin

[bzterp]

Lame how that was scored. But Denny probably had a couple opportunities to sweep when that guy was flailing around. He should've tried to sweep, at least at the last 30 seconds or so.

Oh, the perils of guard pulling. :)

[devygoodtimes]

agreed. i was pretty what the hell when they raised his hand, that guy was on his way to getting choked the fuck out.

[bdbrolly]

tommy was beat from the jump , winning off an idiotic system of awarding points means nothing. Anyone with half a brain can see Denny won this match. He pulled guard to the other guy gets a takedown point but denny puts the guy in a triangle and keeps him there for more than half the match but is awarded nothing and loses. Completely moronic.