Breakthrough Grappling Series 9 Event Recap
Presley BJJ vs. Woodshop BJJ in an epic team elimination match
BGS 9 thoughts
Giving my thoughts on the recent Breakthrough Grappling Series 9 event in Springhill, Nova Scotia. The event is available to watch free online on YouTube. I will provide a link below.
This was one of the best local events of all time! Almost every match ended in a submission.
30 total matches. 27 submissions. I did not include the match that ended in DQ.
27 submissions. 90% of the matches on this card finished with a submission. Wow!
I listed all the submissions at the end of this article.
The idea behind the show was to kickoff the year long 2025 team tournament. We were invited to participate in the tournament on February 18th. The match was Sunday March 9, 2025.
In the quintet team tournament championship all the best BJJ teams from across Atlantic Canada will put in teams of 5 grapplers to face off for the team championship.
My team Presley BJJ (Wellington, Nova Scotia) going up against Woodshop jiu-jitsu (Antigonish, Nova Scotia) to start the tournament!
Rules are all submissions are legal, five members on each team one match at a time if there’s a submission, the winning person stays in and goes against the next participant if the match is a draw, both people are eliminated. The match goes until one team is eliminated.
Also on the show was 16 athletes in an under 160 pound bracket to determine a number one contender to the under 160 pound title and a heavyweight bracket for athletes over 220 pounds. All of these matches had a 10 minute time limit. This was all taking place in Springhill, Nova Scotia.
I sat front row for most of the show before I had to warmup for the main event. I also watched the matches later on YouTube.
The first match was a youth match. Kaleb Nichol vs. Barnett Gundy. I like how they give young people a chance to start off the show. It shows that the future is bright for the next generation of jiu-jitsu athletes.
Really good to see a lot of wrestling mixed with jiu-jitsu on this card. It seemed like the duck under technique was a really, really popular move that was used a lot. This was a great back-and-forth match. It looked like at one point Barnett might have a chance to win by an arm triangle choke, but Kaleb proved how tough he was to survive that. Barnett won an entertaining decision for the first match of the night.
The next match was Brad Smith out of Halifax BJJ against Andy Campbell from Pictou County Jiu-Jitsu. I know both guys. I have trained with Brad a lot and competed against him twice. Brad Smith is a very talented BJJ black belt. Andy Campbell trains with Jaret Macintosh. Andy just got his brown belt. Good on him for jumping right into competition.
The story of this match was both guys wanted to be on top.
Brad got the crowd going with an attempted flying triangle early in the match. Andy knew that he needed to be on top to have a chance to win this match. Brad is gonna be a tough guy to beat in this bracket. He’s one of the most experienced competitors in the bracket and a black belt.
Brad did a great job of being patient and not forcing things. In this bracket these guys could potentially have four matches in one night so you need to think about your pacing and gas tank. You don’t wanna go too hard too early and gas out. Potentially 40 minutes of fighting for whoever wins.
With about five minutes left in the match Brad pulled guard and was able to hit a tripod sweep to force Andy to his back. Immediately after the sweep , Brad followed up with a tight darce choke submission to get the win. Brad is like a hornet when he attacks. It’s a swarm and guys really have to fight very hard to survive. Andy was not able to survive that time. Nice win.
The next match was Eric MacDonald from The Pit in Gagetown, New Brunswick against James Richardson from Grant’s Martial Arts in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Eric MacDonald has improved a lot in the last year. He has worked his way up into the advanced divisions and he’s competing in some high-level brackets despite not having as much experience as some of the other guys in this bracket. He seems like he’s really doing well. Good guard retention and good leg locks will go a long way.
Eric had a nice ankle pick to get top position. Eric won this match by inside heel hook. James Richardson seems like he has a lot of potential. I know he’s also an MMA fighter. He’s got a great team behind him at Grant’s. I’m sure James Richardson will be back and I’m excited to see more of Eric MacDonald in the future.
Next, we had Micky Meahan from Westside MXT (New Brunswick) against Simon Stretch from West River Martial Arts (PEI). New Brunswick versus PEI - a classic rivalry. I had previously seen Micky Meahan compete at tap or tag last fall and he did very well. He’s a young competitor. So is Simon. It’s great to see these young guys going in fearlessly in these brackets in these big shows.
Micky Meahan came out fast and immediately got on Simon‘s back within the first 10 seconds using an arm drag. He jumped on the back from standing and sunk in a rear naked choke. Very impressive by Micky Meahan winning in 23 seconds! Tough match for Simon. It would be great to see him have another chance.
It’s tough as a competitor when you lose a quick match. You feel like you didn’t even get a chance to show your technique. Unfortunately, in combat sports and martial arts that’s often the name of the game - trying to finish an opponent quickly. It sucks in some ways, but it’s really just part of the game. It’s hard not to take it personally, especially when it’s happening to you in the moment.
I’ve had plenty of matches that I’ve lost in quick fashion. The best thing to do is just try to use that as data and to try not to get overly emotional about it. It’s like when a goalie allows a goal, they need to get over it and quickly move on.
Often when I was younger and less experienced at BJJ, I would give myself a few days or even a week before I would go back and watch matches cause I would get too emotional. Now that I’m older I don’t care as much if I win or lose. I’m able to use the video of the match as feedback for my current training progression.
The next match is Conner Cantwell from Sprawl or Brawl (SOB) out of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia going up against Evan Tom from Grant’s Martial Arts Academy.
Conner Cantwell made HISTORY in this event because he’s only 15 years old and he’s competing in the adult bracket against grown men that are in their 20s 30s 40s and have full-time jobs. He’s the youngest competitor they have ever allowed in the adult bracket. I got to teach a private lesson to Conner Cantwell a few weeks ago and he’s a really nice, talented young man. He has a really bright future in BJJ and in MMA.
In this match I was surprised to see Conner attacking heel hooks because heel hooks are not usually legal until you reach brown or black belt and Conner would not be allowed to do heel hooks if he’s in an age bracket with people in his own age. It was cool to see him trying something new and going for the heel hook.
I was in the front row of this event, so I was trying to coach Conner and give him some advice while he was trying to finish the heel hook. This was the advice I was trying to give him was as Conner was trying to apply the heel hook. Evan was defending by holding Conner’s head pulling Conner toward him and preventing the extension and the submission on the heel hook. So what I was telling Conner to try to do was to break the grips off of his head. He needed to quickly release the heel hook, break the grips and then re-attack. If you watch in the match, as soon as Conner was able to attack the heel hook when Evan did NOT have grips, he got the submission and won the match. Great win by Conner. Awesome job by Evan. Excited to see both of those guys on future shows.
The next match was another opening round match in the 160-pound bracket we had “Relentless” David Chapman from Breakthrough jiu-jitsu (Springhill, NS) taking on Michael Graham from PEI martial arts Academy. David Chapman is one of my favourite local competitors. He always brings it on every show.
Michael Graham hit one of the best moves of the night on David Chapman with a slick kimura throw. “Relentless” David Chapman tried to take him down with a single leg takedown and Michael Graham was able to secure a kimura lock and hit a beautiful kimura throw to take David Chapman down to the ground.
Mike Graham was able to finish this match with a reverse triangle choke. Really nice submission that you don’t often see.
The next match in the 160-pound bracket features “The Whopper” Jessie Opper from Sprawl or Brawl taking on Tyler Lydiatt from West River jiu-jitsu.
I know Jessie he’s got a lot of experience in jiu-jutsu (brown belt) and MMA. He competes everywhere all-over North America along with his partner Sarah Wilson (black belt). They are both high level competitors. Tyler showed some good technique here but the in the end, Jessie was able to secure back control and get the rear naked choke. Winning in just over five minutes.
The next match in the 160-pound bracket was Will Kerr from Grant martial arts against Charlie Ross from Renzo Gracie PEI. Renzo Gracie PEI is run by one of my old pals, Matt McGrath. Matt was one of the most well rounded MMA fighters when I started training BJJ in 2007. Matt has a black belt in BJJ, black belt in judo, and he’s a wicked wrestler. All of his athletes are well trained.
Both competitors come out shirtless. Let’s go, baby!
Will Kerr as completed for Breakthrough multiple times and he has had lots of chances to show his stuff with some entertaining matches. Both these guys are heavy with the wrestling in the first minute. Nice exchanges. Will is able to land on top. Charlie Ross is eventually able to get top position and he’s now on top in half guard.
Will attempts to go underneath for a leg attack. Charlie Ross did an awesome job of turning Will’s leg attack into an arm triangle choke and get the submission.
The next match featured Brown belt Levi Nickerson from Abhaya mixed martial arts (Windsor, NS) taking on Luke Clarke from Halifax BJJ. I believe Luke is a blue belt so in terms of experience he’s going against someone that’s two belts ahead of him. That is a lot to overcome in a 10-minute match. I believe with a larger experience gap, shorter matches usually are gonna have a chance to favor the less experience grappler. The more time that you have means the more time that you have to make mistakes. A very experienced brown belt or black belt is going to be able to take advantage of those mistakes.
Luke did a really nice job with a guard pass early in the match. He got an under hook and was able to control Levi’s head, circle around and pin him down with a guard pass. Levi showed his experience and his composure and was able to work out of the position.
Just over four minutes into the match Levi locks up a guard and attacks an armbar on Luke. After defending for a while Luke was eventually forced to submit. Levi is on to the next round against Charlie Ross.
The next match was one of the highlights of the card. Jake “Snakebite” Stevens against Patrick Rattay. Snake bite was one of the hometown favorites. He even had a custom rash guard that said snake bite on it. I don’t know how someone gets the nickname snake bite, but they are not to be messed with. This guy is awesome.
Snake bite was able to get the win and just over three minutes with an Americana shoulder lock submission. I would like to see snake bite in one of the brackets to have a chance to go for a title!
The next match was the first quarterfinal match in the 160 bracket Brad Smith against Eric MacDonald. I knew this had the potential to be a very exciting match as both guys had impressive victories in the first round.
This was Brad Smith’s night. Eric pulled guard. Brad immediately went for a jumping triangle. Eric attempted the same ankle pick from the first match, but Brad was able to defend it. Brad attempted a rolling kimura attack. Brad hit the rolling kimura right into a side triangle choke.
One of the advantages with the rolling kimura attack - it’s a very versatile attack and you can use it to pass the guard as well as go for the kimura submission AND other submissions. Not just the kimura. Like this one the side triangle choke aka yoko sankaku if you speak Japanese. Beautiful side triangle choke submission win by Brad Smith!
The next match was two young guys Micky Meehan going against Conner Cantwell. This could be a future Breakthrough title match for 2035! Micky Meahan has good movement and seems to do well anytime he’s on top. Micky is always chasing the back and looking for the rear naked choke. Another quick win for Micky, he’s on fire.
One of the problems I’m seeing in some of these matches is when people are pulling guard they’re doing so without a grip or connection and that can be an issue. Sometimes it’s a rule that you have to have a grip/connection. It’s not always a rule but the point is if I have a connection to my opponent when I pull guard, it’s gonna make it harder for them to attack me. If I just sit down the guard without a connection and there’s all this open space between me and my opponent, he has unlimited options as to what he could try and do to attack you. It’s good when you pull guard that you have a connection like a risk grip or an ankle grip or something to get you into the battle and to start you possibly on offence instead of being forced to go on defence right from the start.
We have a semifinal match of Brad Smith against Mickey Meehan.
Next quarterfinal match was Michael Graham from PEI martial arts Academy against Jesse Opper.
Jessie had an opportunity to show his leg lock game in this match after attacking an ankle lock. Jessie ended up in a leg entanglement but was able to get a really nice inside heel hook submission to secure his spot in the semifinals.
The final quarterfinal match of the 160 bracket was Levi Nickerson against Charlie Ross. Levi has a strong guillotine choke and he was able to use it. Bringing the match to the ground by locking in the guillotine and pulling guard. He did a good job of following that up by immediately switching into a triangle choke and securing the submission. Two very nice submission wins by Levi.
The next match was the first match in the 220+ pound bracket. Four guys in this bracket, so we had a semifinals and then a finals match. The first match honestly could’ve been the finals match. Ro Rochon taking on Paolo McNeil. This is one of the matches I was the most excited for. I have trained with both guys a few times.
Rochon is an amazing judo black belt. Paolo McNeil is really good with leg locks. Both are very athletic. This is gonna be an interesting clash of styles. Rochon hit an awesome foot sweep to start the match. I really wanna learn that style foot sweep.
Paolo was able to use the momentum of the takedown to get on top and turn it into a leg entanglement situation. There was a little bit of controversy as the referee jumped into stop the action and both guys appeared to be going for leg locks on each other. They did not want to stop so the referee let them continue on the edge of the mat.
After a minute of the action, Paolo was able to hit an incredible move to transition to Rochon‘s back and secured an arm bar submission to book his spot in the finals.
Awesome win. I just wish that match was a little bit longer so we could’ve got to see more of the action from both of those guys.
The next match was the second semifinal in the heavyweight bracket. Thomas Mahoney from Halifax BJJ going against Ryan Budd from Cumberland martial arts.
During the rules meeting before the show, there was basically only one rule. The rule was you are not allowed to slam your opponent. They told us that would result in immediate DQ. Twenty seconds into the match. Thomas jumped guard and Ryan Budd slammed Thomas Mahoney hard to the mat with a spinebuster that would have made Arn Anderson proud. Budd was immediately disqualified. I didn’t catch it live as I was walking back to my seat but I heard the entire crowd go “ooooohhhhhhh!”
I think it’s possible Ryan Budd may have missed the rules meeting. I have been in that situation before as a referee where there was a slam, and I was forced to stop the match and disqualify the person that performed the slam. It’s hard in that situation as a referee because everyone would rather see the match happen, but there’s really no place for people breaking the rules that aggressively so that was the right call.
Sucks to see anyone get disqualified, but hopefully he can learn from this experience.
In the first semifinal of the men’s 160 bracket, we have Brad Smith taken on Micky Meahan. This is gonna be tough for Micky to win this. He’d have to beat one of the best local black belts around. It would be quite an upset. Brad Smith is on a mission tonight to win this bracket but the pressure is on him against a younger competitor.
Brad pulled guard early in the match. You can really tell the patience of a BJJ black belt, not being too overly aggressive and waiting for the opportunities to present themselves. As Micky attempted to go for a guard pass, Brad locked him up and quickly got him in the guard before transitioning to an armbar and finishing with a wrist lock submission! Strong performance by Brad to book his spot in the finals.
Man, there were so many submissions on this event. It was awesome.
The next match was Levi Nickerson against Jessie Opper. The final semifinal of the 160-pound bracket. I was excited to see who would come out on top of this match.
Levi was able to secure the back early and transitioned to an armbar. Despite Jessie‘s best efforts in trying to hitchhiker escape, Levi was able to secure the armbar submission and book a spot in the finals. He will be taking on Brad Smith.
The next match was Andrew MacRae against Justin Sears. I have got to train with Andrew a few times he’s very skilled and he knows how to train. He’s got some great competition experience recently at some ADCC events in Texas.
Justin Sears has a move he loves and that move is the Imanari roll. He goes for it at least once every single match.
Justin went for the Imanari roll, but Andrew was able to stop it immediately. Andrew transitioned into an arm in guillotine choke. Sears fought hard to escape but Andrew got the win. That was a nice guillotine. That’s a move we drilled for a few classes at Presley BJJ.
The next match was Christian Phinney from Jungle Foul in Sackville, New Brunswick against Corbin Levi from Quantum BJJ in Moncton, New Brunswick.
This was an awesome heavyweight match! It was back-and-forth. Both guys got to show a lot of technique. Corbin had some strong leg attacks including a toe hold attempt that I thought at one point was gonna get the submission.
You don’t expect heavyweights to have nonstop action in a match like this, but that’s what we got. With just over two minutes left in the match Christian was able to hit a nice double leg takedown secure the mount and get a submission. One of the best matches of the night.
Next match was two exciting young grapplers, Breton Maloney against Peter Reidle. I’ve got to train once with Breton Maloney. He’s really dynamic he can hit attacks from anywhere and likes flying attacks.
Breton tried to work a K guard early, but Peter was able to shut it down. It seemed like Breton’s strategy was to go for leg locks. He got a good position where he was in a calf slicer situation but Peter grabbed a toe hold. With Breton putting himself in the situation where he went for the calf slicer, his leg was trapped and that made it dangerous for him so Peter is able to secure the toe hold and Breton did not have a free lag to try to escape the toe hold. That’s why Peter was able to get the submission. Nice one.
The next match was the finals and the heavyweight bracket Paolo McNeill taken on Thomas Mahoney in this match. Thomas attempted to get it to the ground with a guillotine choke. Paul was able to defend. Thomas transitioned to an Omaplata attack but Paolo smartly used that to transition to a leg attack securing and finishing the outside heel hook submission. Great performance by Paolo securing the heavyweight bracket in just a few minutes of work!
Next, we had the finals for the under 160 bracket Brad Smith against Levi Nickerson. This is a black belt versus a brown belt in the finals.
Theme of this night is quick submission finishes. After a quick stand-up exchange, Brad was able to transition and hop on the back while still standing up.
The action went to the ground and Brad was able to get the rear naked choke submission 40 seconds into the finals match. Awesome performance by Brad Smith!
Next, we had the semi main event. Women’s under 145 pound title match. The champion Tori Smith (MXT Saint John, New Brunswick) taking on Jen Jennings from Sprawl or Brawl. These are two of my favourite grapplers in Atlanta Canada.
Tori Smith is a purple belt in BJJ. She competes every single weekend and she’ll take on any challenge. Jen Jennings is one of the toughest jiu-jitsu competitors you’ll ever see. She has a lot of tenacity, and she wants this title more than anything. I talked with Jen‘s coach Sarah Wilson before the match and she talked about how hard Jen was training for this match. I was really excited for this.
I thought the story of this match would be whoever can get the takedown and be on top would likely win. Jen Jennings was able to get a single leg but Tori did a nice job reversing that using a guillotine choke.
Jen was able to fight out of that position and get the match back to standing. Another single leg takedown this time securing the position. I think Jen’s strategy was to use the single leg. Tori in bottom side control showing good composure. Tori is able to escape and attack an outside heel hook, they stand back up. Jen shoots on a double leg and Tori uses that to secure a guillotine choke and get the submission just barely on the edge of bounds. That was a very ADCC style finish.
Time for the main event. Presley BJJ versus Woodshop BJJ.
We had to set the order for our lineup before the first match, not allowed to make any changes. We did not see the other team’s lineup. We did not know who we were facing until we came out for the match.
I was the first competitor for our team. We chose the order before the match to be: myself (black belt), Mike Desaulniers (purple belt), Noah Jacobs Peters (blue belt), “The Madman” Oliver Mohan (blue belt), and finishing with Scott King (purple belt).
Woodshop BJJ went with a lineup of Corey Ross, Morgan Hayes, Dylan Beaton (black belt), Keenan MacNeil (purple belt), and Ken Beaton (black belt).
My first match was against Cory Ross. I know Woodshop really like leg locks. Within the first 30 seconds of the match after Cory Ross tried to go for an Imanari roll. Imanri roll is a spinning technique that involves falling to your back, grabbing your opponents leg and pulling yourself in to go for a leg lock. I was able to recognize this move as soon as he went for it and I was able to shut it down and transitioned to his back securing the position that I am best at. Back control. From there after a few failed rear naked show attempts I tried to transition into a triangle. Cory was able to show really good technique escaped, but I was able to catch him and finish him with an armbar submission.
Presley BJJ – 1
Woodshop BJJ – 0
(First to 5 wins)
Josh Presley vs. Corey Ross - BGS 9
Second match
Next, I took on Morgan Hayes from Woodshop BJJ. I could tell from the intro he was a big strong guy. I did not want to wrestle with guys that were bigger than me because I thought it would make me too tired. My strategy for going against bigger guys was to burn a little bit of time on the feet to try to see what they were gonna do. Maybe they would pull guard against me. Maybe I could get them tired. Maybe I could see an opening and take advantage, but I knew it was likely that I was going to pull guard.
As soon as I pulled guard, I tried to go into a classic Marcelo Garcia style double ankle sweep, which did not work, but I made sure to put myself back into the centre of the mat because the out of bounds was playing such a role in the other matches. I didn’t want to play a role here.
My opponent grabbed my head, so I used that to transition into a butterfly half guard. I rocked to the side to bring his hips over top of me and before I knew it, his foot was right in front of my face. I was able to secure an ankle lock submission for the win.
Presley BJJ – 2
Woodshop BJJ - 0
Next was a showdown with fellow black belt, Dylan Beaton. I knew this was gonna be a really tough match. I was really happy to get the back early on in the match. Honestly, I thought I was gonna be able to get the submission but Dylan‘s defence was very good and he was able to escape.
I felt like I controlled the first half of the match. I had some good attacks. I even tried to go for a twister when the opportunity presented itself. I couldn’t not at least try a twister!
Dylan started to have his moments and he went for a Peruvian necktie which I could sense coming just in time. Dylan’s game plan I think was to attack and go for leg locks. I’m very comfortable exchanging leg locks so I felt good in the leg positions. I occasionally attacked a leg myself.
My game plan was to try to secure the back and win by submission. I felt myself getting tired and fatigued with around five minutes left in the match. I started to think I should try to play to the draw to eliminate Dylan and I did not want to get submitted myself. The match ended in a draw.
Presley BJJ – 3
Woodshop BJJ - 1
Next for Presley BJJ is Mike Desaulniers taking on Woodshop jiu-jitsu’s Keenan McNeil. Both guys are BJJ purple belts.
Mike’s strategy was to pull guard and try to use his guard retention to try to tire his opponent out. Mike has a really tough guard to pass and he has really good leg locks.
One of the reasons why I chose Mike for this bracket because he has really strong leg attacks and I thought he might catch someone by surprise with one.
It was a tough task for Mike to try to take out the biggest guy on the Woodshop team. Keenan did a great job playing to his strengths using pressure to pass the guard. Mike did a good job of recovering. Keenan kept up the pressure and finished Mike from the back with a rear naked choke.
Looking back on this match, I think Mike would probably have chose to stand a little bit longer and try to tire Keenan out a bit more from stand-up before getting it to the ground. But that’s the tricky part as a smaller grappler going against someone that’s bigger.
Presley BJJ – 3
Woodshop BJJ - 2
Next for Presley BJJ was Noah Jacobs-Peters. Noah is a blue belt. Noah has good leg locks and he’s very difficult to submit. I knew any opponent would have a hard time submitting Noah and he was a good choice for this event.
This was a critical match for the Presley BJJ team. If Noah lost, we would be at a big disadvantage. Noah was able to do what he does and hang tough and survive a few very bad looking positions. Noah was able to recover, and he even had a chance had a heel hook before Keenan was able to escape in the nick of time.
Noah did an amazing job of tiring the bigger guy out. Taking Keenan to a draw and taking him out of the competition for Woodshop.
Presley BJJ – 4
Woodshop BJJ - 3
Next for Woodshop is their final competitor, Ken Beaton. Ken is one of the best black belts in Nova Scotia, so I knew to take him out would be very difficult. We had two Presley BJJ team members left. “The Madman” Oliver Mohan and Scott King.
Oliver came out against Ken. Oliver is a well rounded blue belt who likes to wrestle. The strategy was for Oliver to tire the opponent out. Oliver went for a collar tie. Ken immediately sat to his back and right away hit an armbar. It was a quick and beautiful transitioning into a submission.
Presley BJJ – 4
Woodshop BJJ - 4
Next submission wins!
The final match came down to Ken Beaton versus Scott King. Ken Beaton is a black belt. Scott King is a purple belt.
I picked Scott King for the team because he is a tough purple belt with good submission skills. He eliminated an entire team by himself just a few weeks earlier at a team event in Truro, Nova Scotia. I debated with myself about having Scott start and myself finish the match.
We trained a lot of leg attacks leading up to this event. Almost every class for three or four weeks leading up. Most of our time training was spent drilling and practising leg positions. Despite this Ken Beaton was still able to hit a kneebar to win the team elimination championship match for Woodshop.
Lessons. It goes to show you that you can hyper focus on one element of your BJJ game for a few weeks or even a few months, but that is not gonna beat someone that has been practising that same area for years and years.
Congratulations to Woodshop Jiu-Jitsu!
Thanks to my teammates, all my fans and supporters. Special thanks to my family for helping me prepare for this.
That was one of the most memorable jiu-jitsu experiences of my career. I can’t thank my teammates and students enough for the time and effort that you put in.
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Also thanks to Breakthrough Grappling Series for a great event. Hopefully we have more Presley BJJ students on shows in the future.
All Submissions - BGS 9
Darce choke - Brad Smith
Heel hook - Eric MacDonald
RNC - Micky Meahan
Heel hook - Conner Cantwell
Triangle choke - Michael Graham
RNC - Jessie Opper
Arm triangle choke - Charlie Ross
Armbar - Levi Nickerson
Americana - Snakebite
Side triangle choke - Brad Smith
RNC - Micky Meahan
Heel hook - Jessie Opper
Triangle choke - Levi Nickerson
Armbar - Paolo McNeil
Wrist lock - Brad Smith
Armbar - Levi Nickerson
Guillotine choke - Andrew MacRae
Smother choke? - Christian Phinney
Toe Hold - Peter Riedle
Heel hook - Paolo McNeil
RNC - Brad Smith
Guillotine choke - Tori Smith
Armbar - Josh Presley
Ankle lock - Josh Presley
RNC - Keenan MacNeil
Armbar - Ken Beaton
Kneebar - Ken Beaton
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