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so i made weight on the morning of the tournament 168, i felt good no headache but my muscles felt weak, i weighed in at 9:00 and didn't fight until around 12:00-12:30 so i had time to rehydrate and eat a little bit, gi was first, i won my first gi match on points, my opponent attempted a takedown we both ended up going down and i ended up on top I spent the whole fight in his guard or half guard attempting to pass, he locked on a decent triangle at one point but i fought through and survived with about 13 seconds left i was able to get the pass and win on the 2 points from the pass.

In my second gi match I fought a guy who had hurt a good friend of mine in a tourney last november so I wanted revenge, he has a high school and college wrestling background and is a tough guy, he ended up beating me on points from 2 takedowns, I was really pushing the pace hard on him but his standup was just too good for me, so that was it for me in the gi devision. 1-1

next came no-gi which i feel is my strong point also no-gi was a double elimination tourny which i thought was sweet.

In my first match i got the takedown and ended up in my opponents half guard, he was able to sweep me from there, and i was able to continue the sweep in my favour eventually ending up in his guard, but i ended up in perfect triangle position as he had control of my arm and pushed it through and cranked on a slick triangle armbar. i was feeling pretty down at this point being 1-2 after working so hard to make 170, i was considering just forfiting my next match thinking maybe i didn't have it in me or i was in the wrong sport, i thought fuck that and knew i had to keep at it and keep trying, so i continued on.

My next match i faced a wrestler who came at me extremely hard, he slammed me in some kinda headlock hip toss kinda throw, slamming me on my head and ending up in side control with a vicious headlock crushing my head, I was able to get back to my feet but he still had the headlock and slammed me on my head again, this time i saw some stars and heard my teeth clink together. i was able to hook his legs from behind and get out of his headlock and back to my feet, i ended up taking him down three times and mounting him twice to win on points.

My next match I fought the same guy I had beaten in my first gi match, this time around I took him down twice mounted him twice, and passed his guard once to win on points.

Next fight the guy shoot in for a single I used my sprawl then single leg escape to take my opponents back he turtled up and I worked to get my hooks, eventually securing a body triangle and RNCing my opponent out, in about 1 or 2 minutes.

Next I fought some jacked looking guy who was very strong i was able to take him down pretty much at will i mounted him a couple times, and passed his guard a few times, there were a bunch of good scrambles also, and I almost got caught in a very close kimura from in his guard. after this fight I had a bunch of people come up to me telling me it was an awesome fight, which felt pretty good.

Immediately after my last fight I was called for my next fight which the winner would have gone on to fight for 3rd place I was exhausted from my last match but just tried to do my best, i got double underhooks on him then a trip teakedown ending up in his guard, started to work on passing his guard, but he was able to lock up a tight triangle and submit me.

I felt alright after, felt that 5-3 was a decent record for the day it kinda sucked I didn't get a medal though considering my teammates with records of 3-5, 3-1, 3-0 all got medals, but oh well there's always next time, next tourny may 25th for the bravado no-gi classic. only 6 weeks to get ready.

sorry for the long post, and thanks for the tips.

EDIT: i forgot my buddy got my last 3 fights recorded so when he gets them to me im gonna see about getting them up on here