Team Events
this event was held on September 28th, 2008
fbt thailand bjj and grappling open 2008
Dominance! That is how you have to explain MMA Phukets performance at the FBT BJJ-Sub Grappling tournament held in Bangkok Thailand.
Capturing a second place team trophy for the Gi competition MMA Phuket followed that impressive performance with an easily won first place trophy for the Nogi portion of the event.
Immediately following the event 2 of MMA Phuket’s own participated in showcased MMA fights. Ngoo Ditty walked away with a Dec. win against a much bigger/stronger Canadian opponent, while Mike Hutchison suffered a tough loss after winning a gold medal for his division earlier in the day.
Highlights of the weekend included
- Mike Hutchison getting promoted to BJJ Blue Belt by Tony Eduardo
- Ngoo Ditty defeating Canadian Xavier Mahdavian in MMA
- Tony Eduardo and Dimitrios Tsitos sharing awards for Most Technical Fighter
- Sarah Bahous winning a silver medal in her first Grappling Comp
As usual after the award ceremony team MMA Phuket partied like Rock Stars and celebrated until the sun came up.
this event was held on July 26th, 2008
djarum super java submission championship 2008
MMA Phuket members Mike Hutchison and Mike Travist traveled to Jakarta Indonesia to participate in the professional grappling tournament “Java Submission Championships”.
Showcasing their technique both preformed well. Mike Hutchison captured gold in his division taking home $400 USD, and won a silver medal in the Absolute division losing to BJJ Purple belt Franscino Tirta. Mike Travsit won two matches before eventually losing on points.
Congratulations on the performance guys!
this event was held on May 10th, 2008
abu dhabi international bjj cup in the uae
Representing the USA, Ray Elbe earned a bronze at the 2008 Abu Dhabi International held at the world famous ADCC in the U.A.E. The two day event featured nearly 33,000 USD being awarded as fight purses.
Ray competed in the two day event, losing in the Semi finals to BJJ Brown Belt, and 2000 (Sydney) Judo Olympian Hassen Moussa. Moussa avoided a tight foot lock to eventually win the match 6-2, and capture the tournaments prize money by winning the gold medal.
Ray made several international contacts in the U.A.E. and Tiger Muay Thai will hopefully be seeing several high ranking Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters making trips to Phuket for MT training.
Watch Rays bronz medal match with commentary in our Camp Showcase’s section.
pictures from the event
Read Gracies Magaziens writeup about the tournament here.
this event was held on May 4th, 2008
pan asian international grappling games in manila
One of the bigger events in the region lately, Pan Asian International. Held in the Mall of Asia in Manila, Phillipines. The event attracted over 2,000 spectators.
And as usually when the team crashes a party they get all the hot bitches! Team MMA Thailand won 19(!) medals bringing only 9 fighters and earning nearly 30 MORE team points than any other team, and secured the overall Team Trophy for the nogi grappling challenge.
Highlights of the weekend included
- Jason Saggo submitting all 10 opponents he faced during his two days of competition.
- TMT won EVERY “Absolute” division (no weight class) taking the gold for the beginner, Intermediate, and Advance absolute divisions.
- Head Trainer Ray Elbe winning the Advanced No Gi over 79 Kilo division
- Cody Stevens impressive gold medal run, submitting all his opponents but one.
- Jonny getting his signature North South Choke.
pictures from the event
this event was held on March 30th, 2008
lordz of pain grappling tournament in singapore
Team MMA Thailand took 5 competitors to the Grappling Games in singapore and came back with four medals. With 4 different weight classes in the No-gi competition TMT took half of the tournaments gold medals, once again a statement!
Andreas Hesselback (under 78 Kilo) and Mike Hutchinson (Under 88 Kilo) both took Gold.
Jonny Kunstadter took a controversial Silver medal His fight went through regulation with the score zero to zero, no advantages given. Jonny was on top and working for a shoulder choke when time expired. Since no score was given the ref chose the fighter on bottom as the victor. The crowd didn’t seem to agree with the outcome either. Usually in this type of situation the fighter actively working from the top position would be declared the victor.
Michael St. Claire secured the bronze medal in the Open division, winning his initial fight by a double digit point score.
Jeremy Hassan faced a much more experience grappler in the first round of the open division, giving up nearly 6 years of training Jeremy impressed everyone by getting the early takedown and getting the 2-0 lead, during a scramble however Jeremy gave up his knee and tap’d to the knee bar submission.
Magical Ray Elbe was left without a match when Marcos Escobar, a BJJ BB and ADCC champion from Lebanon turned down a superfight grappling match, stating lack of money as a motivating factor in his decision!?
pictures from the event
For tournament results click here.
this event was held on October 21st, 2007
sea grappling games iii in bangkok
Team MMA Thailand attended the 3th SEA Grappling Games held in Bangkok and made an impression!
In the GI Wade Henderson received a gold medal in the purple belt under 82.99 kg weight class, before stepping up to compete in the heavy weight “open” purple belt division, earning a silver medal, and giving up nearly 20lbs in weight.
Having already captured 2 gold medals and a silver, TMT went into the second day NoGi competition with HIGH expectations.
And not to be disappointed. Magical Ray Elbe took double gold in the Elite division. Wade stood for two other medals in the Elite division, a silver and a bronze. Team MMA Thailand collecting a total of 11(!) gold and 7 silver medals and easily won the overall team standings and brought home a new 3 foot trophy for the Top NoGi Grappling team in Thailand! (proudly on display in the office)
pictures from the event
and many more to come...
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