Ultimate Grappling Challenge Results

5th annual Open European Championships

in Submission Wrestling and Submission Fighting 

September 18, 2004

German Sports high school

Cologne, Germany

On September 18th 2004, Shidokan Germany and the European Luta Livre Organization hosted the 5th

annual Open European Championships in Submission Wrestling and Submission Fighting - the

"Ultimate Grappling Challenge V"! With competitors from all over Europe and the USA. The UGC V showed

tremendous fights, with more than 90% of the fights ended with Submission! A real ULTIMATE Grappling

Challenge, without any time limits in the fights and tons of fighters with the hearts of lions! Here are the

official results and some remarkable notes:

Best Technical Fighter:

Andreas Schmidt (Luta Livre Kerpen/German Top Team)

Fastest Submission:

Andreas Schmidt (Luta Livre Kerpen/German Top Team) in 0:09 minutes against Marius Maissen (Fight

Gym Aarau/Switzerland) by Guillotine-Choke

Fight of the Night:

Malte Janssen (Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf) vs. Jakob Stademann (Alliance BJJ): Malte Janssen won by

points (7-0) after 23:31 minutes

Most Impressive Fighter:

Franco De Leonardis (Team Friedrich Obertshausen/German Top Team)

Submission Wrestling:

Women -54.9 kg (121 lb):
1st Place: Birgitta Schmitz (Cologne Free Fighters/Germany)

Birgitta's opponent Joanna Ziobronnovic (Poland) couldn't fight

Women -65.9 kg (145 lb):

1st Place: Ludmilla Sundunkova (GS Ju Jitsu Perugia/Italy)

2nd Place: Claire Haigh (Team Impact/Luxembourg)

3rd Place: Sandra Kunz (Suum Cuique Mainz/Germany)

Men -65.9 kg (145 lb):
1st Place: Mike Cüppers (Cologne Free Fighters/Germany)

2nd Place: David Moissmann (Fight Gym Aarau/Switzerland)

3rd Place: Matthias Lany (Asia Kampfkunstzentrum Linden/Germany)

Men -76.9 kg (170 lb):

1st Place: Franco De Leonardis (Team Friedrich Obertshausen/German Top Team)

2nd Place: Niklas Wiesenfeld (Alliance BJJ/Germany)

3rd Place: Thorsten Werner (Cologne Free Fighters/Germany)

Men -87.9 kg (194 lb):
1st Place: Andreas Schmidt (Luta Livre Kerpen/German Top Team)

2nd Place: Henry Navorra (Alliance BJJ/Germany)

3rd Place: Özhan Altintas (Pankration Gelsenkirchen/Germany)

Men -98.9 kg (218 lb):

1st Place: Bartholome Aguilera (Team Impact/Luxembourg)

2nd Place: Michal Bobrowski (Academia Sarmatia Gdansk/Poland)

3rd Place: Tom Evans (Ultimate Combat Massachusettes/USA)

Men +99.0 kg (+218 lb):

1st Place: Alex Hallier (Luta Livre Kerpen/Germany)

2nd Place: Denis Dunincovic (Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf/Germany)

Absolute Class:

1st Place: Andreas Schmidt (Luta Livre Kerpen/German Top Team)

2nd Place: Michal Bobrowski (Academia Sarmatia Gdansk/Poland)

3rd Place: David Moissmann (Fight Gym Aarau/Switzerland)


Submission Fighting (SHIDO MMA D-Class):
Men -83 kg (183 lb):

1st Place: Matthias Lany (Asia Kampfkunstzentrum Linden/Germany)

2nd Place: Jerome Habegger (Fight Gym Aarau/Switzerland)

3rd Place: Piskac Velimir (Team Fightstuff Hannover/Germany)

Men -89 kg (196 lb):

1st Place: Ramo Durmic (Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf/Germany)

2nd Place: Deniz Haciabdurrahmanoglu (Pankration Gelsenkirchen/Germany)

3rd Place: Hazi Nazari-Adli (Team Fightstuff Hannover/Germany

- From UGC with a little editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)

(9/20/04)