Quick Update: IBJJF 2017 Pans Black Belt Division Results

A quick sitrep from Irvine, California from the IBJJJF 2017 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship. The black belts started today, with preliminary rounds from divisions with more than 16 competitors taking place on the morning of March 18.

Mar 18, 2017 by Hywel Teague

Quick Update: IBJJF 2017 Pans Black Belt Division Results

A quick sitrep from Irvine, California from the IBJJJF 2017 Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship. The black belts started today, with preliminary rounds from divisions with more than 16 competitors taking place on the morning of March 18.

Notable results include:
• John Combs submitted European champion Marcos Tinoco in the opening round of the middleweight division with his signature guillotine. Combs will face Clark Gracie next round.
• Mansher Khera was DQ'd in his match with Marcio Andre in the second round of the lightweight division. Khera won his first match by armbar, while Andre had a bye. The Nova Uniao black belt advanced when the New York black belt's leg attack turned into an accidental reaping position.
• 2016 World lightweight champ Lucas Lepri submitted Philip Layne Miller with a choke from the back.
• Francisco 'Sinistro' Iturralde submitted Enrique Galarza in the first round of the lightweight division.
• Johnny Tama (pictured top) beat Victor Matos of Zenith in his first Pans as a black belt.
• AJ Agazarm bombed out in the first round 2-0 to João Paulo Alves of Alliance.
• Middleweights Josh Hinger and Jon Satava both won their first matches and will clash in the second round.
• Michael Liera Jr may have had the submission of the tournament so far, catching an omoplata on one side and an armlock on the far arm.

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