2008 United States Pankration Championships

Results

November 9, 2008

Santa Ana High School

520 W. Walnut St

Santa Ana, California 92701

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- Special Thanks go out to Jon Frank for the following results:

 

202 athletes

Men's division: age 18 and up (104 athletes)

Team Champions:

1. Camp Pendleton (USMC)

2. Fight Club 29 (USMC)

3. TNT BJJ (Arizona)

4. Cobra Kai (Nevada)

5. OCK & MMA (California)

 

135 lbs: 11

1. Matt Saller (Camp Pendleton)

2. Reggie Guerrero (OCK MMA)

3. Justin Harrington (TNT BJJ Arizona)

3. Kent Tran (West Coast Fight Academy)

 

145lbs: 14

1. Chris Holdsworth (Cobra Kai Las Vegas)

2. Kenny Quach (Madu Academy)

3. Jagadev Sharma (Ind)

3. Noah Newbegin (American Boxing)

 

155lbs: 16

1. David Dew (Fight Club 29 Palms)

2. Chris Saunders (HB Ultimate)

3. Steve Mulligan (Camp Pendleton)

3. Clay Denham (Harte Jujitsu)

 

165lbs: 16

1. Edward Gonzalez (Fight Club 29)

2. Omar Cor (TNT BJJ Arizona)

3. Ramon Contreras (Camp Pendleton)

3. Brent Armstrong (Jokers Wild MMA)

 

175lbs: 15

1. Sky Alles (Gracie Barra)

2. Juan Medrano (Centerline Gym)

3. Tyler Farwell (Peleliu Illinois)

3. Gregory Parker (OCK MMA)

 

185lbs: 9

1. Adrian Ramirez (Cobra Kai Las Vegas)

2. Dominic Waters (Fight Club 29 Palms)

3. Kevyan Meredith (Bellmans Kung Fu)

3. Robbie Valance (Elite MMA)

 

200lbs: 8

1. Tyler Gorlewski (Camp Pendleton)

2. Greg Overstreet (Progressive Martial Arts)

3. Samuel Bracamonte (Shooters Freestyle San Sose)

3. Conan Mastrangel (Krav Maga)

 

220lbs: 10

1. Preston Snook (Camp Pendleton)

2. Andrew Tesnow (Fight Club 29 Palms)

3. Jason Long (TNT BJJ Arizona)

3. Josh Allen (CMS)

 

Heavyweight: 5

1. Steven Dickey (Xtreme TKD)

2. Leobaldo Aguirre (Joe Stevenson's Cobra Kai)

3. P Snook (Camp Pendleton)

3. Marco Luna (American Jiujitsu)

 

Women's division (5 athletes)

Lower Weight: 3

1. Dusti Yates (Shark Tank)

2. Natalie Sen (Riverside Submission)

3. Sarah Ferrelli (Rojos Dog House)

 

Upper weight: 2

1. Jasmine Hallaek (Riverside Submission)

2. Brittnia Morphis (Millenia MMA)

 

Youth Divisions

Rookie division: ages 7 and under (6 athletes)

Team Champions:

1. Riverside Submission

2. Combined Martial Science

 

Lightweight: 6

1. Haiden Gonzalez (Riverside Submission)

2. Issca Samano (CMS)

3. Steven Kroesen (OCJJ)

4. Edward Flores (Riverside Submission)

 

Novice division: ages 8 (10 (31 athletes)

Team Champions:

1. Riverside Submission

2. Shark Tank

 

65lbs: 15

1. Cade Olives (No Limits)

2. Aidan Claproth (CMS)

3. Roman Gonzalez (The Compound MMA)

4. Peter Troy (Riverside Submission)

 

77lbs: 6

1. Tyler Rushworth (Warrior Training Center Las Vegas)

2. Alexander Dumas (SD Range Fighting)

3. David Van Patton (Riverside Submission)

4. Luke Samano (Millenia MMA)

 

90lb: 8

1. Luke Troy (Riverside Submission)

2. T Rushworth (Warrior Training Center Las Vegas)

3. Hamlet (Shark Tank)

4. Hamlet (Shark Tank)

 

105lbs: 2

1. Nicholas Nakatani (Shark Tank)

2. Natalie Ortiz (Candals Martial Arts)

 

Cadet division: ages 11-13 (23 athletes)

Team Champions

1. Elite MMA

2. Millennia MMA

 

80lbs: 2

1. Aaron Pico (Hitman Athletics)

2. Nick Johnson (LA Boxing Utah)

 

95lbs: 8

1. Daniel Opferman (Elite MMA)

2. Clayton Carpernter (SCS Arizona)

3. Jack Rosales (CSW)

4. Megan Hyland (Progressive Martial Arts)

 

110lbs: 5

1. Nick Blatin (MKA)

2. Alex Miller (Millennia MMA)

3. Billy Carmouche (Shark Tank)

4. Cheney Ciraulo (CMS)

 

125lbs: 3

1. Spencer Nogawa (OCJJ)

2. Brandon Cooney (Progressive Martial Arts)

3. Billy Carmouche

 

140lbs: 3

1. Colin Navickas (Cleber JiuJitsu)

2. Jaime Nakamura (West Coast Jiujitsu)

3. Joey Borao (Riverside Submission)

 

Heavyweight: 2

1. Johnny Beltran (MFS)

2. Brittni Morphis (Millenia MMA)

 

Junior division: ages 14- 17 (38 athletes)

Team Champions:

1. Ultimate Fitness

2. Combined Martial Science

 

115lbs: 4

1. Joseph Morales (Ultimate Fitness)

2. Andres Torres (Nor Cal Fight Alliance)

3. Devin Cooney (Progressive Martial Arts)

4. Gabriel De Santiago (CMS)

 

125lbs: 3

1. Spencer Nogawa (OCJJ)

2. Ryan Recendez (Riverside Submission)

3. Tim Parten (Progressive Martial Arts)

 

135lbs: 12

1. Bobby Morales (Subfighter MMA)

2. Kyler Clark (Marcellinis Martial Arts)

3. Michael Lee (CMS)

4. Michael Ledesma (West Coast Jiujitsu)

 

145lbs: 3

1. Angelo Trevino (Ultimate Fitness)

2. Chris Bolanos (IMS)

3. Nash Troeder (TNT BJJ Arizona)

 

157lbs: 10

1. Harout Karapetyan (Kenams Fight Club)

2. Bryan Bothwell (Extreme TKD)

3. Lake Boothe (CMS)

4. Niko Carrafield (Jokers Wild MMA)

 

170 lbs: 3

1. Harout Karapetyan (Kenams Fight Club)

2. Jeffrey Braun (TNT BJJ Arizona)

3. Omar Santisteban (Ind)

 

185lbs: 1

1. Edmond Kim (Shen Wu)

 

Heavyweight: 2

1. Edmond Kim (Shen Wu)

2. Anthony Barraza (Chino MMA)

 

See Photos Here:

   

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12394374@N04/sets/72157608888986467/

 

 

 

Highlight Videos

Men's division

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8vjulTFQi4

 

Kids division

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Q-Pa8_lQM

 

Upcoming events:

- 2009 California State Championships

  Orange County, California Feb/ March 2009

 

- Pankration Team Duals (Four 9 man Teams to compete)

  Del Mar San Diego, California March 21 - 22, 2009

 

- Armed Forces Championships

  Camp Pendleton May 16, 2009

 

- US World Team Trials July 2009

  (Adults Only: Participants must 1st qualify by placing top 3 in a sanctioned tournament Sept 2008 -

  July 2009)

 

- 2009 FILA World Pankration Championships

  Men and Women's divisions (must be 19 yrs)

  Sept 11- 14, 2009 Siauliai, Lithuania

 

- TBA

  Central Coast Championships TBA

  Nor Cal Championships TBA

  Inland Empire Championships TBA

  Wisconsin World Team Trials Qualifier TBA

 

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