Romulo Barrel Returns to the Competition Scene Victorious at F2W150
August 21, Dallas Tx – Fight to Win 150 charged on, pushing the sport jiu-jitsu community back in the spotlight. And if you missed the action on Flo, don’t fret. We have your back with a recap.
The main event pitted Tanner Rice vs Romulo Barral. Many waited anxiously for the return of Romulo. The ground action kicked off with Romulo pulling guard after a brief hand battle and what looked to be a slick and quick wristlock attempt at the front end of the match. Rice was able to fend off what looked to be Romulo’s leg attack from DLR and counter with his own pressure pass attack. Romulo was able to pull off a quick sweep in which Rice eventually made it back to his feet. That essentially concluded what was the relatively little ground action. After a very methodical back and forth of hand fighting between these two very technical grapplers, Romulo was able to secure a split decision from the refs.
The co-main featured Marcio André versus Ronaldo Junior. These two came out to put on a show as Ronaldo came out strong taking top position over Andre. Ronaldo seemed to have the ability to pass Andre’s guard at will with a relentless pass attack. Although Ronaldo was never able to establish a position after getting around Andre’s legs, Ronaldo shifted tactics by pulling guard and began threatening with sweeps and legs attacks before finding himself defending against a leg attack from André. It was the leg attack at the end of the match that may have shifted the judges’ decision as Marcio André came out with a split decision victory. Excellent jiu-jitsu demonstrated by both of these competitors.
The following are the results from matches earlier in the evening. You can catch replays of all the matches on Flo Grappling.
Black Belts
Romulo Barral def Tanner Rice via Split Decision
Marcio Andre def Ronaldo Junior via Split Decision
John Combs def Ruben Rivera via Kimura SOTN
David Garmo vs Kody Steele via Split Decision FOTN
Joe Baize def Joe Dierkhising via Decision *Becomes Masters Light heavyweight No-Gi Champ
Javier Gomez def Lucas Lima via Decision *Becomes Masters Featherweight Gi Champ
Andy Varlea def Alex Larmey via Decision
Afranio de Sousa Silva def Walker Madden via Decision
Cristobal Chavez def Geoff Real via Decision
Luis Pinto def Art Vega via choke
Chad Fields def Stephen Eakin via Decision
Vinicius Garcia def Matheus Oliveira via Decision
Marcus Dempsey def Eddie Gallagher via Split Decision
Rodrigo Lopes def Dylan Whyte via foot lock
Andrew Tackett def Orlando Castillo via Decision FOTN
Brown Belt
Nate Nasca def Sam Villalobos via Decision
Keven Carrasco def Ben Wileford via choke
Zach Cothren def Justyn Duran via Decision
Kaleb Germany def Jake Hartner via reverse triangle SOTN
Andreza Morais def Jennifer Rivera via Split Decision FOTN
Joao Costa def Lucas Norat Lopes via Decision
Purple Belt
Chase Dunlap def JD Ortega via Decision
Kemoy Anderson def Lewi Gault via Americana SOTN
Raymond Pina def Louie Navarro via Decision
Nicholas Magers def Alec Baudanza via Decision
Levi Kurtovich def Steven Galvez via Decision
Taylor Leonard def Giancarlo Pini via armbar
Cesar Nunez def Robert Robinson via Decision FOTN
Matheus Azancot def Jacob Scott via armbar
Francisco Papasidero def Cody Lehr via Decision
Dylan Martinez def Bryan Scambler via heel hook
Lucas Espinoza def Patrick Mcafee via choke
Colby Capps def Jon Taft via Decision
Erica Barnes def Rhodes Faraday via Decision
Kids / Teens
Helena Crevar def Carolina Viera via Decision * Becomes Teen No-Gi featherweight Champ
Katherine Lo def Savanna Aguirre via Decision
Xavier Rodella def Gui Balmante via Von Fluke choke SOTN
Reese LaFever def Colby Hernandez via Decision
Mitchell Francis def Jett Maughan via Split Decision FOTN
Blue
Louis Dowd def Michael Caicedo via heel hook
Tiffany Butler def Taylor Clarke via reverse triangle armbar SOTN
Marco Mendes def Brian Geiger via Decision FOTN
Anthony Kell def Patrick Dooley via Choke
Ian Batista def Shay Stetler via Armbar
Gabe Rednose def Randall Goodson via Decision