Written By: Hector Silva
Recap
Saturday April 9th, 2011 brought us the annual instalment of the Texas International Grappling Festival, a tournament stacked with a great 8 man superfight card and a turn out of over 450 people. The superfights consisted of 2 no-gi fights starring Hector “Winnerbyvomit” Silva v.s. Matthew Kim and Gracie Barra Texas’s world no-gi champion Brandon Mullins v.s. Spencer Gilliam a brown belt from the Solis Martial Arts Academy. There were also 2 Gi fights Featuring Gold Team, Paradigm, and Team Gacho’s Raul “Gacho” Jimenez v.s. Paul Thomas brown belt Jeremy Loflin. The main event of the day was a fight between 2 Brazilian National Champions, GF Team’s Igor Santos vs. Alejandro Siquiera the head instructor over at Gracie Barra Champions Forrest. After these action packed superfights competitors filled the mats in hundreds of awe inspiring matches.
[Editors Note: Hector was too modest to write about his own superfight with Matthew Kim. It was a very entertaining match. Kim won via armbar, although Silva never tapped. In the interest of safety, the referee stepped in and stopped the match.]
Up next was a hard fought points battle with Raul “Gacho” Jimenez versus a much bigger opponent in Jeremy Loflin. Jiminez stuck to his game and interestingly enough decided to play top game, although it is usually a bad idea to play bottom with a larger opponent “Gacho” showed that the BJJ philosophy is still alive and well shooting up triangles with B.J. Penn like dexterity. Although Jeremy was able to hunker down and weather the bottom attacks of Jiminez and stay safe from any submissions, “Gacho” was able to score with a take-down off a failed omoplata attempt, and after a sweep he took Jeremy’s back. Jeremy was able to sweep “Gacho” twice but was unable to capitalize and Jiminez would win on points.
Following next was the much anticipated Brandon “Wolverine” Mullins vs. Spencer Giliam mach. Spencer took this fight on short notice since Renan Chavez had to withdraw. Spencer shocked the crowd as he took the back of the heavily favored Mullins after a slow start to the match. Mullins showed his world class talent and maneuvered out of the bad spot and swept and passed Spencer’s guard and went on to dominate the fight and win by points.
The main event of the super fights was between Igor Santos and Alejandro Siquiera. It started off with an intense stare down as the two brazilian technicians stared into each others eyes. There was a brief pause in the action when Igor pulled guard and bounced his head on the mat. When the action re-started Alejandro fought to get out of Igors vice grip that he calls a guard. When Alejandro was finally able to find a chink in Igor’s guard and pass to half guard Igor was able to pull the fabled “cyborg” sweep. Altough the sweep would have done his job, Igor decided to end the fight there and transitioned into a beautiful knee-bar that forced Alejandro into a quick tap. This match lived up to its hype and showed 2 masters of technique do what they have dedicated their life to.
Overall the Texas Internation Grappling Festival was a HUGE success that showcased hundreds of competitors pur their hearts out on the mat! Whether it was was the super fighters or the tournament participants, every competitor showed how great the spirit of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is in our city.
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Hectors not modest at all. He stormed out after he lost and kicked a trash can. And if you see the video of the fight, he obviously tapped. Give matthew kim his credit.
Hector Silva vs. Matthew Kim – http://www.youtube.com/user/mikecalimbas?feature=mhum#p/c/D9C0F540537483F8/25/f4ujzWSfZis
I couldn’t really see a tap, but I would be pissed too after that! Hector was doing a great job with his agression and attempts, but got caught and may have been stopped a little soon.
But can’t blame the ref for stopping it too early in this setting, I would have done the same thing in the teens division, no need to watch somebody get injured and be out for 6 months at that level.
Yeah hector isn’t the least bit of modest lol. i saw him last year at legends getting trashed 8-0 by some wrestler and hect did the same thing. Give me a break dude, “modest”? hahaha
I think you guys might be misinterpreting the use (or definition) of the word modest in this case.
Aside from the numerous grammatical errors, this was a decent enough recap. One glaring issue in the article would be Hector Silva being refereed to as “Winnerbyvomit”. It was actually Matthew Kim who won the initial match with an arm bar, followed by Hector Silva vomiting on the mat. It is clear that Silva has forgotten one of the most important aspects of competition. “Never let a win go to your head, or a loss go to your heart.”
“winner by vomit” was a name given to him by Adam Villarreal on “In The Cage” as a joke. It kind of stuck as his nickname and was not intended to indicate the actual outcome of the match.
matthew kim/ham had that armbar secured, it was a matter of time hector was going to tap or get his arm broke. on his event page hector was saying matthews first win was a fluke and this time around matthew submitted him the same via armbar the first time they fought. and i saw hector go to the medic holding his arm at the tournament after the fight lol.
overall it was a very entertaining fight ive seen so far at elberts tournaments
matthew kim/ham had that armbar secured, his arm was bowing, it was a matter of time hector was going to tap or get his arm broke. on his event page hector was saying matthews first win was a fluke and this time around matthew submitted him the same via armbar the first time they fought. and i saw hector go to the medic holding his arm at the tournament after the fight lol.
overall it was a very entertaining fight ive seen so far at elberts tournaments
its funny how hectors name will be forever “vomit” now haha