Flint Michigan, the best Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Gym in Michigan, the Ultimate Fighting Academy (UFA) sent three youth members of Team Andres Garcia (TAG) to the Nok Out Charity Tournament held in Lansing, Michigan and came home with gold. David competing in the kids Jiu Jitsu 115 – 129 weight class bought home gold and silver for TAG. Both teens Tyler and Royce had to move into the adult divisions in order to better balance the competitor’s weights and classes. Tyler went into the light-heavy adults division at 180 pounds while Royce moved into a mix of fly weight and light weights that went between 145 – 162 pounders.
The best MMA gym in Michigan also brought the best instructor to the charity event as Andres Garcia was busy going from mat to mat coaching all three competitors and sometime two competitors as the same time. Despite this being Tyler’s first Jiu Jitsu tournament and moving from the teen division to the adult division he put on a great show and brought home the Bronze. A big accomplishment and our congratulations go out to Tyler. David dominated the action from start to finish and showed control of his opponents by taking the fight to the mat and gaining side control and mounts often enough to take wins in the semi-finals and moving onto the finals in both the Gi and No-Gi. Congratulations David on capturing the Gold and Silvers.
Royce made his matches interesting and in the semi-final controlled his opponent with a sweep and full mount, the match went the distance with Royce winning 6 – 0 on points. In the Championship round Royce took on his 31 year old competitor, down 2 – 0 with under a minute was able to escape, pass and get full mount winning 3 – 2. Congratulations Royce on bringing home Gold in the Gi division.
Andres Garcia was happy with the results but as we all know Andres was not satisfied. “all three guys Tyler, David and Royce represented UFA well but during the matches they made mistakes, its always great to be on-site because we cover the good and the bad right after the matches giving the students an opportunity to play the match back in their head while it is still fresh”. “We will be doing some correcting in gym and maybe a few extra push ups (laughing) Andres stated”.
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