Reilly Bodycomb: ADCC Trials 2009

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 6/13/2009 5:06pm

Reilly did great today at the ADCC East Coast trials pro division. He did not win, however, he fought a hard strategic 13 minutes. After the first 10 minute round, the score was 0-0 and Reilly had kept leg control the whole time. He had several near-miss subs, but could not finish unfortunately. Too bad no points for sub attempts and aggression.

His opponent was composed and very smart. He played a great game. Reilly was one of the smallest guys in the division and did very well against a skilled bigger opponent. At just under 3 minutes of overtime, Reilly lost to a shoulder lock. All and all a great debut for Reilly in the ADCC and in the pro world of grappling. Props to Reilly's opponent.

Many thanks to Reilly's sponsor: www.lockflow.com

Video coming soon...

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 6/13/2009 5:40pm

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

**Diesel_tke** · Posted On: 6/13/2009 5:58pm

Video not available?

Sux that he lost. Can't wait to see the video!

**Phrost** · Posted On: 6/13/2009 6:51pm

Man, he was threatening with leglock after leglock. Good match, maybe he should drop a weight class?

**sambosteve** · Posted On: 6/13/2009 9:18pm

Originally Posted by Phrost

Man, he was threatening with leglock after leglock. Good match, maybe he should drop a weight class?

Yeah, definitely. If he drops to 145 (he is 155), it would be good. We though about it, but it was late in the game and did not want to rush the weight loss and lose stregnth, etc. Reilly trains against lots of bigger guys, so we just thought f-it...let's do it. With this experience, we go back, plan better, work on some things, etc. It was good learning experience for both of us.

What I am really proud of is Reilly not caring about putting the loss on youtube (he asked me to put it up). He is happy with his first go out in pro division. He lost, but he learned...and showed that he can hang with the big boys (metaphorically and physically). He will do much better at a lower class though. Especially in an event with such a wide class (145 - 165)...and they were giving a 3 pound allowance.