That's the only way to describe the performance of our team at the Submission Wrestling League Seattle Qualifiers this past Saturday. Totally unbelievable.
I had thought that only a few of our guys were competing. And while it wasn't an overwhelming turnout for our guys, the performances spoke for themselves: Pat winning five out of five matches in his division, all by submission. Connor cleaning out his division, winning I can't remember how many fights--again, all by submission. Chris Serna in the advanced light middle weights(I think). Todd winning beginner welterweights. Shawn Wilson in the advanced lightweights. Stephen with the advanced welterweights. Win after win after win. Submission after submission after submission. It was really something incredible to see.
A lot of teammate support, which was always great. Angela was there taking video, so hopefully there will be some competition footage up at the website soon.
A very good event. I'm starting to believe that all no gi competition should be submission only. I got there pretty early and stayed until more or less the last fight. A nice way to spend a Saturday. Huge congratulations to everyone who competed.
One personal observation: if I'm able to compete in the next event, it will certainly be at advanced featherweight. 149 and under leaves a lot of room, and there were plenty of guys who looked like they were 135 at best. But the alternative is the lightweight division (150-169) where guys like Shawn compete. And that's all I need to know.
