Ultimate Grappling Challenge

5th annual Open European Championships

in Submission Wrestling and Submission Fighting 

 

September 18, 2004

German Sports high school

Cologne, Germany

 

 

On Saturday, September 18th, the "European Luta Livre Organization" (www.luta-livre.de) and Shidokan

Germany will host the 5th annual Open European Championships in Submission Wrestling and Submission

Fighting in the German Sports high school in Cologne/Germany. And this year's UGC will be the finest and

toughest so far! 71 brave competitors from USA, Canada, England, Italy, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland,

Poland, Portugal and Germany will fight for the prestigious titles in all divisions! And those fights won't have

any time-limits!!! The only way to win will be a 7 point score during a fight or a submission! The fighters

represent Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Luta-Livre, Pankration, Submission Wrestling, Pancrace and Daido Juku,

showing veterans from ADCC, 2 Hot 2 Handle, Vikingfight, Ultimate Combat, SHOOTO and many other great

labels.

 

This is the final list of competitors for the strongest UGC ever:

 

Submission Wrestling
Women -54.9 kg (121 lb):
 1. Brigitta Schmitz, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 2. Joanna Ziobronnovic, Academia Sarmatia Gdansk, Poland

 

Women -65.9 kg (145 lb):

 1. Claire Haigh, Team Impact, Luxemburg

 2. Ludmilla Sundunkova, GS Ju Jitsu Perugia, Italy

 

Men -65.9 kg (145 lb):
 
1. Corrado Sabatini, GS Ju Jitsu Perugia, Italy

 2. Ali Selcuk Ayin, JC Asahi Bremen, Germany

 3. Paulo Pereira, Daido-Juku, Portugal

 4. Mike Cüppers, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 5. Richard Schmidt, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 6. Markus Schaffrath, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 7. Daniel Ackerman, Suum Cuique Mainz, Germany

 8. David Moismann, Fight Gym Aarau, Schweiz

 9. Alexandre Chadel, Pancrace, France

10. Dani Denic, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

11. Florent Fauchard, Pancrace, France

12. Nicolae Cioloca, Team Schadek Karsruhe, Germany

 

Men -76.9 kg (170 lb):

 1. Till Krug, Pankration GE, Germany

 2. Thorsten Werner, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 3. Christian van der Heyd, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 4. Martin Over, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 5. Robert Faryi, Suum Cuique Mainz, Germany

 6. Patrick Herring, Suum Cuique Mainz, Germany

 7. Franco De Leonardis, Team Björn Friedrich, Germany

 8. Jerome Habegger, Fight Gym Aarau, Switzerland

 9. Davide Bellotto, La Sbezia, Italy

10. Niklas Liesenfeld, Alliance BJJ, Germany

11. Christian Eder, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

12. Malte Janssen, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

13. Hamed Rafei, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

14. Daniel Birski, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

15. Jerome Glode, Team Impact, Luxembourg

16. Jakob Stademann, Alliance BJJ, Germany

 

Alternate Bracket -76.9 kg (170 lb):

 1. Andy Lawrence, Team Fightstuff Hannover, Germany

 2. Matthias Lany, Asia Kampfkunst Linden, Germany

 3. Jean-Noel Charrolais, Pancrace, France


Men -87.9 kg (194 lb):
 1. Lee Johnstone, Medway Submissions, England

 2. Andreas Schmidt, Luta Livre Kerpen, Germany

 3. Özhan Altintas, Pankration GE, Germany

 4. Tarek Sallum, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 5. Alexandre Lecardonnel, Pancrace, France

 6. Sallum Tarek, Cologne Free Fighters, Germany

 7. Toni Palic, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 8. Georgius Lacaridis, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 9. Sebastian Baron, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

10. Nathanael Leutenegger, Fight Gym Aarau, Switzerland

11. Henry Naporra, Alliance BJJ, Germany

12. Dimitri Trubizin, Alliance BJJ, Germany

13. Florian Helmke-Becker, Alliance BJJ, Germany

 

Men -98.9 kg (218 lb):

 1. Bartolome Aguilera, Team Impact, Luxemburg

 2. Stefan Diete, Pankration GE, Germany

 3. Marius Maissen, Fight Gym Aarau, Switzerland

 4. Sebastien Lamblin, Pancrace, France

 5. Tarek Abourous, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 6. Levent Aidin, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 7. Armir Tahlawani, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 8. Fatih Kocamis, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 9. Jason Gensous, Team Impact, Luxembourg

10. Tom Evans, Walt Bayless/Ultimate Combat, USA

11. Rüstem Öz, Alliance BJJ, Germany

12. John Doe, Alliance BJJ, Germany

13. Erik Tornaboni, La Sbezia, Italy

14. Pensa Masillo, La Sbezia, Italy

 

 

Men +99.0 kg (+218 lb):

 1. Denis Dunincovic, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 2. Morem Ötztürk, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 3. Jakup Ünlü, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 

Men Absolute Class:

 1. Lee Johnstone, Medway Submissions, England

 2. Corrado Sabatini, GS Ju Jitsu Perugia, Italy

 3. Andreas Schmidt, Luta Livre Kerpen, Germany

 4. David Moismann, Fight Gym Aarau, Switzerland

 5. Marius Maissen, Fight Gym Aarau, Switzerland

 6. Fatih Kocamis, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany

 7. Jason Gensous, Team Impact, Luxembourg

 8. Tom Evans, Walt Bayless/Ultimate Combat, USA

 9. Erik Tornaboni, La Sbezia, Italy

10. Pensa Masillo, La Sbezia, Italy

 

Submission Fighting (SHIDO MMA D-Class)

Men -83 kg (183 lb):

 1. Piskac Velimir, Team Fightstuff Hannover, Germany

 2. Jerome Habegger, Fight Gym Aarau, Switzerland (reg. -76 kg Division)

 3. Scott Clay, Canada (reg. -70 kg Division)

 

Men -89 kg (196 lb):

 1. Hazi Nazari-Adli, Team Fightstuff Hannover, Germany

 2. Deniz Haciabdurrahmanoglu, Pankration GE, Germany

 3. Ramo Durmic, Taifun Luta Livre Düsseldorf, Germany (reg. +89,1 kg Division)

 

All news, hotel info and an up-to-date list of competitors can be found at

www.ultimate-grappling-challenge.com

 

 

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

 

 

 

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(9/14/04)