We have been so busy here at Revolution MMA. After coming home from the European Jiu Jitsu Championships, it was right back to training!

Our first event was the Inaugural Benton vs Bryant Wrestling Meet. This was our first home meet and the first wrestling meet to continue the strong rivalry between these 2 towns. Bryant is in their 2-3 season of Wrestling. We had to forfeit a lot of matches since we don't have all the weight classes filled. However of the matches we wrestled we won 5-3. We also won 2 exhibition matches. All wins by pin!



Next up was state. We had a great time and several of the guys won several matches. They did great.
We went straight in to the off season after state, and we have a lot of new 9th graders coming on next year. We will be having tryouts soon, so if you are in Benton schools and want to be part of the exciting wrestling team, come to tryouts.









We have some exciting events coming up here at Revolution as well.
We have the Fight to be Fit 2010 Contest going on to help all of our new customers get in the shape they want to be in. It's great seeing so many people lose weight and get in shape with us.

This Saturday from 12-3 we also have a BJJ seminar/ testing on the 93 guard. We look forward to seeing you there.

We finished off January and kicked off February in the most exciting fashion at Revolution by competing in the European Jiu Jitsu Championships held in Lisbon Portugal! It was exhausting and fun!

Day 1 we got here around 2:45. We came to the hotel. After getting ripped off by the tax,i we got things going. The hotel is super upscale and nice (thanks Kenny). I took a quick nap and then we went walking. We walked quite a ways and found a Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse. The prices werent bad at all, even considering the deflated dollar. We plan to eat there every night. I went to bed early, but woke up after 5 hours. I stayed awake another 3 then took a pill and went to sleep another 9. Normally jeg lag isnt a problem on the way, u stay up longer and just go to bed like normal. Not this time. I never adjusted to the sleep.





Day 2 we got up and went to the competition. Jory was up first:
The fight was in the Absolut division. Jory scored good with takedowns. Once on the ground his opponent scored a good sweep and was able to pass Jory's half guard. Jory reestablished his half, which he advanced to full guard. From full guard, he scored an advantage for a good x choke attempt. Then his opponent was penalized twice for stalling, which brought the match to 2-3 for the opponent. With under a minute left Jory went after takedowns forcing his opponent to pull guard to avoid the final takedown of the match, however the ref didn't score the takedown. We're not sure why he didn't score it, but that's how it goes some times.

Abby's first match in the women's absolute was abby jumping guard against a black belt girl and working her submissions. Abby got a triangle but was unable to finish and a couple of choke attempts. Her opponent wanted to stand and break the guard but was unable to maintain good enough balance standing. She spent most the match broke down in Abby's guard defending submission attempts. Abby was awarded the judges decision at the conclusion of the match. She played a pretty conservative game, but looked good.

Abby's next match in the semi-finals, Abby shot on her opponent but got sprawled on. Her opponent went for an Anaconda choke but Abby was able to spin and unwrap herself twice. Due to a recent injury she was unable to sit through or brace out to prevent a roll to the one side and had to play conservative with the escape. We knew going in to the competition that this could pose a problem in a match. On the third attempt Abby was unable to spin out, as she was giving up too much weight and size to her opponent and was forced to tap. Abby finishes the absoluto with the bronze medal!!!






Day 3 didn't start off great. Jeg lag set in, Abby got no sleep and for various reasons didnt do her division. After participating in the absolute this once, she will focus on her division from here on out.
Jory competed against a legend of the sport: Fabio Gurgel. He is the founder of Alliance Team and an 8x World Champion. In fact he won his first Worlds before Jory started training. It was a great fight, but Jory lost to an armbar at the very end. The arena stopped to watch and several were impressed that he did such a great job in the fight. We ended up having to hangout there all day to wait for Abby's Absolute medal which came at the end. We left for a bit and took a walk, and we watched Demente, a student of Robson's, compete and win the Men's Super Heavy Black Belt. Overall it was a great competition, with over 1500 competitors.





Day 4 begins sightseeing! Here's some great pics of the places we visited and you can see more HERE

~Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno (a bullfighting arena)
~Convento do Carmo
~Arco da Rua Augusta
~Se Catedral de Lisboa
~Castelo de Sao Jorge
~Mosteiro dos Jeronimos
~Padrao dos Descobrimentos
~Torre de Belem
~...and a few other statues and miscellaneous things along the way











Here's some videos, tour with us:

Padrao dos Descobrimentos


Old church with tombs and the excavation of a Roman City from 1 AD


Castelo do Sao Jorge