2007 North American Freestyle Sambo Championships

**Ryno** · Posted On: 8/17/2007 4:47pm

Zothos, that would be John Litchfield who is running the Sombo curriculum at that Portland/Vancouver WA area club. He's a great guy who trained under Aaron Fields for a number of years, and is a beast on the mat. He brings some of his guys up to Seattle now and then, and they seem like a good bunch.

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 8/17/2007 8:18pm

I have heard nothing but good stuff about them. They reall embraced sambo there by brining in John and keeping up communication with me and Aaron. In fact aaron who runs that club (not aaron Fields) will be coming out to NY with Fields for our three day training camp in september.

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 9/25/2007 4:12pm

to the top!

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 9/26/2007 1:37pm

Here is where we stand so far with pre-registrations and advanced notice of attendance:

So far we have teams or individuals from ASA Clubs including:
New York Combat Sambo (NYC)
Team Renegade (Long Island, NY)
Remix Combat Sambo (NYC)
Club Kozak (Montreal, Canada)
South Mountain Martial Arts (Madison, NJ)
Ultimate Sambo (Florida, NY)
Cali Combat Sambo (San Francisco, California).

We also have non-ASA teams and individuals including
Team Irish (Maine)
Brookyln Wrestling Club (NYC)
Empire Academy (Rochester, NY)
Karate Sportif (Montreal, Canada).

Everyone jump on board...This is shaping up to be a great event!

**Psycho Dad** · Posted On: 9/26/2007 8:26pm

I hope it's better than the last time I was there. Look forward to seeing you there Steve.

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 9/27/2007 10:58am

I hope so as well. Last year's turn out was horrible. But, based on the pre-reg, it should be much better attended.

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 10/06/2007 12:39pm

Tomorrow is the big day!

**Psycho Dad** · Posted On: 10/06/2007 2:09pm

I'll be sure to say hi if I make it on time.

Anyone else here coming tomorrow?

**Holy Moment** · Posted On: 10/07/2007 2:11pm

I remember that this event was at the same time last, along with the East Coast Judo tourney. It sucked because I had already signed up for the Judo tourney before I heard about this event.

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 10/08/2007 1:43pm

Here are the results:

ASA Freestyle Sambo League Finals (10 minute matches):

66kg
Josh Alti (Team Renegade) defeats Elliot Benitez (Empire Academy) via Rear Kurtka Choke at 8:30

74kg
Scott Yockel (Empire Academy) defeats Brian Dipentima (Team Renegade) via Collar Choke at 7:55

84kg
Matt Alti (Team Renegade) defeats Joe Staffieri (Team Empire) via armbar at 2:51

96kg
Jeremy Piaser (Team Renegade) defeats Chris Lotta (Team Empire) via triangle choke at 3:30

+96kg
Sean O'Brian (Team Renegade) defeats Sarkis Matossian (Team Empire) at 3:23 via forfeit due to injury

Match Totals:
Team Renegade 4
Empire Academy 1

North American Tournament (6 minute matches):
Note: No division had less than 4 players (except the women). Divisions with 4 players were run as a round robin tournament. Divisions with 5 or more players were run as a double elimination tournament.

+96kg (Round Robin)
Gold - Sean O'Brian (Team Renegade, Long Island, New York)
Silver - Eric Noel (Karate Sportif, Montreal, Canada)
Bronze - Drew Graziadei (Empire Academy, Rochester, New York)

96kg (round Robin)
Gold - Brian Benjamin (Ultimate Sambo, Florida, New York)
Silver - Serge Gerlach (Cali Combat Sambo, San Francisco, California)
Bronze - Chris Lotta (Empire Academy, Rochester, New York)

84kg (Double Elimination)
Gold - Jeremy Piaser (Team Renegade, Long Island, New York)
Silver - Matt Alti (Team Renegade, Long Island, New York)
Bronze - Trever Baney (Miletich New York, New Hyde Park, New York)

74kg (Round Robin)
Gold - Al Iaquenta (Miletich New York, New Hyde Park, New York)
Silver - Scott Yockel (Empire Academy, Rochester, New York)
Bronze - Reilly Bodycomb (New York Combat Sambo, New York, NY)

66kg (Double Elimination)
Gold - Josh Alti (Team Renegade, Long Island, New York)
Silver - Vincent Beurrier (New York Combat Sambo, New York, NY)
Bronze - Gil Soto (Ultimate Sambo, Florida, New York)

Women's Open
Gold - Christine Sansonetti (Team Renegade, Long Island, New York)
Silver - Charity Robertson (South Mountain Martial Arts, Madison, NJ)

Event Stats:

Participating Teams:
Victory Sambo (Fairlawn, New Jersey)
Cali Combat Sambo (San Francisco, California)
New York Combat Sambo (New York, New York)
South Mountain Martial Arts (Madison, New Jersey)
Ultimate Sambo (Florida, New York)
Club Kozak (Montreal, Canada)
Karate Sportif (Montreal, Canada)
Miletich New York (New Hyde Park, New York)
Team Renegade (Levittown, New York)
Empire Academy (Rochester, New York)

Medal Stats (Tournament Only):
Team Renegade
4 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze - 5 Total

Empire Academy
0 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze - 3 total

Ultimate Sambo
1 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze - 2 total

Miletich New York
1 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze - 2 total

New York Combat Sambo
0 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze - 2 total

Karate Sportif
0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze - 1 total

Cali Combat Sambo
0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze - 1 total

South Mountain Martial Arts
0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 bronze - 1 total

Percentages (Leage and Tournamnet):
59% of matches ended via submission
36% of matches ended via point score at time end
5% of matches ended via forfeit

Top Three Fastest Submissions (tournamnet and league):

1- Serge Gerlach (Cali Combat Sambo) defeats Simon Cossette (Club Kozak) via collar choke at 40 seconds of play

2- Jeremy Piaser (Team Renegade) defeats Joe Staffieri (Empire Academy) via Kimura at 40 seconds of play

3- Serge Gerlach (Cali Combat Sambo) defeats Chris Lotta (Empire Academy) via kneebar at 45 seconds of Play