Pacific Submission Championships

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST

June 28th & 29th

BEST OF THE WEST � May 18th, 2008

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PST

BEST OF THE WEST
Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Registration is still open. Please register at either a OTM Fight Shop and weigh-in Saturday May 17th OR at event location on Sunday May 18th.

Long Beach City College
4901 East Carson St.
Long Beach, CA 90808
Map & Driving Directions

Weigh-Ins (2 options)At OTM Fight Shops OR Tournament Location. Note: There will be no weight allowance. If an athlete is within 3 pounds of their weigh class they will have until an hour and a half before their scheduled division to make weight.

Day Before Weigh-ins will be Saturday, May 17th between 10am-7pm at the following OTM Fight Shops:

(Orange County) 17424 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (714) 847-6786

(Riverside County) 2410 Wardlow Rd. Corona, CA 92880 (951) 340-3311

(Los Angeles) 2414 Artesia Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (310) 376-3586

(San Diego) 1020 Grand Ave., Pacific Beach, CA 92109 (858) 270-5425

(Las Vegas) 3775 Spring Mountain Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89102 (702) 383-0002

(San Jose) 1020 The Alameda, San Jose, CA (408) 280-0200

Day Of Weigh-ins:

At the tournament location1 hour and 30 minutes before your scheduled cut off time at the tournament location.

Driving directions for Sunday Weigh-ins and Tournament:

Map & Driving Directions

Weigh-ins will close and you will be disqualified if you are not present by the below listed times.
Note: This is the earliest a division will be called. The following do not necessarily reflect the actual fight time. (Must be weighed in and ready to compete by listed weigh-in times.)
Juniors and Teens: 10am
Men�s, Executive�s (30-39) & Master�s (40+)
Advanced Divisions: 10am
Men�s Novice: 11:30am
Men�s, Executive�s (30-39) & Master�s (40+)
Beginner Divisions: 1:30pm
Women: 3:00pm
Men�s Intermediate: 4:00pm

Event Package Word Format

Event Package PDF Format

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' Quest for the Best' Submission Grappling - September 29th, 2007

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:00:00 PST

The 1st Annual 'Quest for the Best' Submission Grappling Championships are open to all Men, Women and Kids (10-12), Juniors (13-15) and Teens (16-17) years old.

The tournament will take place on Saturday, September 29th, 2007 at the World Class Las Vegas Convention Center.

Click read more below for all information

Pan American Results and Photo galleries

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:00:00 PST

All results and galleries will be posted soon. Thanks for your patience.

Best of the West 2006 Report, Photo Galleries & Results

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PST

Click read more below for Results and complete photo galleries.

On Sunday, April 23, 2006 the second �Best of the West No-Gi Submission Grappling Championships� took place in the Hall of Champions at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California.

The event was extremely well organized and ran very smoothly by the joint efforts of OnTheMat.com and GrapplingTournaments.com. The event also gained a lot of support from some of the best sponsors in Mixed Martial Arts, including the OTM Fight Shop, OnTheMat.com, TapouT, Sinister, Gameness, Bad Boy, DaHui, Rockstar, and Rated�s GrapplingRatings.com.

The twelve referees for the event were all jiu-jitsu experts certified and experienced in the rules of both jiu-jitsu and submission grappling. Their were over 600 men, women, and children from all over the world competing at every level from beginner to advanced and the super fight headlining the main event featured Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belt Ryron Gracie and Migliarese black belt Rick Macauley.

Both fighters are young, well-liked, jiu-jitsu studs that I expect will be seeing a lot of each other in the years to come. Okay so leading into the Best of the West, everyone was anticipating the Rick Macauley vs. Ryron Gracie showdown.

In one corner, there was Rick Macauley. Over the last few years one would be hard pressed to find a more active, exciting, and innovative fighter in the grappling game. In 2005 alone, Rick had over 75 fights, competed at the ADCC trials, and has beaten some of the world's most elite submission experts. It's great to see how fast and dangerous his game has progressed in the past few years.

In the other corner, there was Ryron Gracie. Son of Rorion, grandson of Helio, and the current torchbearer of the legendary............. CLICK READ MORE BELOW...

North American Western Regionals were a success!

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PST

The OTM & WGG crew loaded up and headed to the Northwest to host the largest and smoothest running production to hit the Northwest. The event ran right on schedule and the action was hot and non-stop.

For the third WGG tournament in a row, the absolute finals came down to Bill "the Grill" Cooper versus Jeff "The Snowman" Monson.

The top competitiors from the Pacific Northwest showed their stuff on the mat today as about 250 competitors competed in both gi and no gi divisions at the North American Western Regional tournament.

Pan American T-Shirt for sale!

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PST

6.1 oz Heavyweight black shirt available in M, L, XL & 2XL

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Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 PST

IGJJF Open Results and Pictures

Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 PST

Complete results and more photos added 8/19/05!!

International Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Federation produced their 5-Star RATED 3rd Annual IGJJF Open Championship on August 13-14 in Los Angeles, CA.

Day one began with well over 100 kids taking to the mats. The matches were action packed as the latest generation took to the mat in the spirit of competition and gave it their all.

The action then continued on with the white and purple belts as well as the women's divisions. The star of the day had to be Bill "the Grill" Cooper, who won both the under 181 purple belt division and the absolute division defeating the likes of Andrew "Judo Goat" Smith, Leo Santos, Sean Conley and Jarrod Kwitty.

Day 2 saw blue, brown and black belts competing.In the brown belts Jeff Glover took the under 181 division submitting.........

US Nationals May 14th, 2005

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PST

U.S. Nationals of Grappling became the Largest Submission Grappling Event on the Planet on Saturday, May 14th in Jersey City, New Jersey. More than 1,300 competitors graced the mats for nearly 9 solid hours on 10 competition rings and nearly 2,000 spectators filled the stands. The U.S.A. Nationals featured 135 submission grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu divisions plus the prestigious U.S. Trials, sporting the best 24 competitors.......

Best of the West Results

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PST

Best of the West Results

Best of the West Picture Gallery

4th American Championship DVD for Sale

Sun, 17 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PST

This is a great DVD Featuring Leonor Avelan, Leka Viera, Rebecca Faber and Cindy Magdaleno in a four woman division, Ryron Gracie, Cassio Werneck, Ralek Gracie, Mike Fowler among others!More info here....... More Info Here

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USA's Premier Tournaments Join Forces

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PST

Happy New Year to all our friends, staff and competitors!!!

The overdue RATED North American Circuit launched this year with extensive work put in by Grapplers Quest, WGG, Onthemat.com, Submission Fighter, USA Grappling and Grappling Tournament Association. The circuit is broken into 4 Regions. The East Coast, West Coast, Mid-West and the South.
The overdue RATED North American Circuit launched this year with extensive work put in by.....

Passing the Guard brings MMA Action to Television

Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:00:00 PST

Submitted By:
Gabe Barahona
Tough Media

For the past year, residents of the Los Angeles and surrounding areas have been treated to Mixed Martial Arts action as a part of their regular Saturday evening programming. In April of 2004, Ed Soares and Jorge Guimaraes introduced Passing the Guard to new audiences in the United States. Originally broadcast in Brazil, Passing the Guard brings to local television what most fans of MMA only get to read about on websites and magazines. Passing the Guard is the first television show in the United States dedicated to covering the sport of MMA and getting the behind the scenes to areas rarely seen by fans.
With its viewer ship reaching exponential growth and its new season being newly broadcast in Hawaii, Passing the Guard is quickly establishing itself as a respected news source. We caught up with Ed Soares the producer of Passing the Guard to get the details on his television show.

How did Passing the Guard gets started in the U.S.?

I went over to Japan with Chuck Liddell when he fought Quinton Jackson in the 2003 Pride Grand Prix. While I was there, I ran into Jorge Guimaraes, who Iâ€™ve known for a long time. While I was there Jorge told me about this MMA show that he was producing, and he invited me to film while he conducted interviews. At the time the show was only being broadcast in Brazil. I asked him who was doing the interviews in the U.S. and he told me that he was not able to do interviews in the U.S. due to his budget. I thought that this was an incredible opportunity to bring this unique show, which was a first of its kind to a U.S. audience. A couple of months later, Jorge and I began filming the first of the episodes that would premiere here in the U.S. Passing the Guard made its official debut in the U.S. KDOC-TV in April of 2004.

For the first time in history......

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 PST

For the first time in history North Americas submission grappling tournament promoters have joined forces to create a legitimate rating circuit. We hope that you will come out to make this a success for both the growth of the many grappling arts and for a further unification of the grappling community as a whole.

We welcome everyone to join us. Our vision sees no politics or heirachy system. We work amongst each other as equals in a positive enviornment that fosters sportsmanship, equality, integrity and building relationships with the entire community.

Our motto to you is to offer the competitors, fans and associates consistency on a level that assures that when attending a GTA approved event, you will get what you expect. We hope to have you all onboard!

Pan Ams of Submission Grappling

Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:00:00 PST

Saturday June 4th, 2005 In Los Angeles, CA

No-Gi Submission Grappling featuring Beginner thru Advanced Divisions for men, women and children.

Applications are being accepted for two Mens 4 man & one 4 Women round robin tournament. email: scott@onthemat.com a resume for entry.

This Will be a 5 star Rated event.

TAP or Not To TAP!?

Sat, 08 Jan 2005 00:00:00 PST

Our friend and reporter in the field Gumby brings us a little common sense!

Please take a moment to read the article as it touches points on controversy prevalent at all events.

When is a tap not a tap?The Great Tapping ControversyIn my early days of Jiu Jitsu, I was fairly infamous around the academy for being the guy that was impossible to tap..........

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North American Western Regionals were a success!

Pan American T-Shirt for sale!

IGJJF Open Results and Pictures

US Nationals May 14th, 2005

Best of the West Results

4th American Championship DVD for Sale

USA's Premier Tournaments Join Forces

Passing the Guard brings MMA Action to Television

For the first time in history......

Pan Ams of Submission Grappling

TAP or Not To TAP!?