$11,500 Crowns World’s Best Grappler

LIVE at GoFightLive.tv

 

July 10 & 11, 2010

Tachi Palace Casino

Lemoore, California

 

 

LEMOORE, Calif. (July 1, 2010) – Grapplers Quest will crown the “2010

World’s Best Grappler” on Saturday and Sunday, July 10 and 11 with a 32-Man

Superfight Tournament at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore,CA.

 

The 32-Man Superfight Absolute Tournament will feature Alexandre Ribeiro, Jeff

Monson, Bill Cooper, Joao Assis, Lucas Leite, Chris Moriarty, Sean Spangler,

Antonio Braga Neto and many more of the world’s best Jiu Jitsu, MMA, Judo

and Sambo fighters battling for the largest cash prize and most prestigious

No-Gi Submission Grappling title in American history: $11,500 in cash

($10,000 for 1st place, $1,000 for 2nd Place, and $500 for 3rd Place).

 

GoFightLive.tv will stream the entire 32-Man Tournament (all 30 matches) live

starting at 4:00 PM PST and 7:00 PM EST and then on-demand worldwide for

just $19.99. Purchase online at: http://www.gofightlive.tv

 

For amateur competitors, the event will also feature 200 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu,

Submission Grappling, Judo and Wrestling Divisions for competitors of all skill

and belt levels and $3,000 in cash prizes. For event information, competitor

registration, tickets and more on the Grapplers Quest at Tachi Palace in

Lemoore, California on July 10-11, go to http://www.grapplersquest.com

 

“There was no other tournament in 2010 to truly crown The World’s Best

Grappler, so Grapplers Quest wanted to step-up and challenge the grappling

world with $11,500 in cash,” said Brian Cimins, Grapplers Quest President.

“This has been a dream of mine since I started this event in 1998, to ultimately

crown the World’s Best, and Tachi Palace Casino and GoFightLive.tv will make

this dream a reality and you can witness it live around the world.”

 

The 32-Man Tournament will feature

- Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro (multiple-time World Jiu Jitsu Champion & 3-time Grapplers Quest Pro Champ)

- Joao Assis (2010 UFC Fan Expo Absolute Champion)

- Jeff “Snowman” Monson (former World Champion, UFC Veteran)

- Bill "The Grill" Cooper (26-Time Grapplers Quest)

- Rustam Chsiev (K-Dojo, 5tTime Pro Grapplers Quest Absolute Champion)

- Lucas Leite (CBJJ World Champion)

- Kelly Anundson (American Top Team, 2010 USA Wrestling/World Grappling Champion)

- Sean Spangler (2009 World Series of Grappling Cruiserweight Champion, Robert Drysdale Black Belt)

- Brandon "The Animal" Olsen (Team Pain Cave, World Series Silver Medalist)

- Marcelo "Lapela" Mafra (2009 World Series of Grappling Champion)

- Cameron Diffley (AutismRadio.org Charity Superfight Champion)

- Chris Moriarty (ADCC Veteran)

- John Toth (Team Balance/2008 All-Star Pro Challenge Champion)

- Carlos Diego Ferreira Neves (Amazonas BJJ)

- Peter Iacavazzi (Sylvio Behring Black Belt, 7-time Grapplers Quest Advanced Champion)

- Brian McLaughlin (The Ultimate Fighter contestant, Precision MMA, Kardian MMA)

- Enrico Cocco (Zen Jiu Jitsu, 2009 ADCC North American Champion, 6-time Grapplers Quest Champion

- Walter "Cascao" Vital (Mica/Machado/Cascao)

- Bruno Bastos (Nova Uniao, World Champion)

- Leopoldo Serao (World Champion from Fairtex)

- Stephen Martinez (Millenia MMA, 3-time Grapplers Quest Advanced Champion)

- Chris Downum (Camarillo Jiu Jitsu)

- Nathan “The Great” Ducharme (David Terrell)

- Antonio Braga Neto (Evolve MMA, Brazil and Singapore)

- Jason Manly (Jake Shields' Gracie Fighter Berkeley)

- Paul Stark (2010 Canadian Absolute Champion)

- James Popoulo (Rafael Lovato Jr.)

- Alexandre Ceconi (2010 ADCC Pro World Black Belt Champion)

- Luke Rockhold (American Kickboxing Academy/Strikeforce Contender)

 

The card is subject to change. Alternate are spots available, submit resumes at:

http://www.grapplersquest.com/contact

 

For event information, competitor registration, tickets and more on the Grapplers Quest at Tachi Palace in

Lemoore, California on July 10-11, go to: http://www.grapplersquest.com/events/tachi-palace-challenge

 

 

 

- From Full Court Press with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

 

 

 

 

Subject to change

 

 

 

 

(7/1/10)