I was at the Pan Ams on both Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
LOTS of great matches on both days. So many great black and brown belt matches going on, all at the same time. At sometimes, it was hard to watch since there were so many going on at the same time.
Two notable competitors on Sunday; Kron Gracie (son of Rickson) and Fabio Gurgel. Kron is simply awesome in his submissions. People are saying that he's being sandbagged and should be a black already. Maybe so since he's like a hot knife through butter in division.
Even through there were many black belt matches going on, practically everyone in the audience stopped to watch Kron's matches.
Fabio Gurgel is legendary and he's still got it.
DJ:
Congrats on competing and big congrats on medaling. Lots of people train and never compete which is cool but if you have that drive to compete, you're above most to put it all on the line and step on the mat.
Every year, I always use the Pan Ams as a goal, to go compete and it's usually either a sickness or an injury that's stopped me. Every tournament I go to, there's a part of me that's jealous of all those who do compete and it drives me to keep getting better and one day, being able to once again compete.
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