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BROSCHE STEALS THE SHOW AT TOUKON CHALLENGE
By Tom Bell
London played host to the very first Toukon Challenge on Sunday, plenty of purple, brown and black belt talent on display. The competition mat, encircled by the historical balconies and stalls of the Clapham Grand theatre, attracted some of the best fighters Europe has to offer.
The card included a variety of matches, including submission only, country vs country, IBJJF rules and team challenge bouts. World champion, Luke Costello, headlined the event in a clash with Felipe Mota, which was fought to a draw.
Ireland’s Darragh O’Connail continued his fine submission-only form with a second baseball bat choke victory in two weeks against Poland’s Maciej Kozak. The Ribeiro black belt fought with patience, maintaining top position before sinking in the choke, forcing his opponent to tap around 19 minutes.
Though there was plenty of black belt talent on display, it was brown belt Sebastian Brosche who stole the limelight. Four fights, four wins and four impressive performances sent Brosche home with the brown belt grand prix title. The former world champion and yoga instructor, who famously beat Joao Miyao in 2013, claimed victories over Roger Dardis, Viking Wong, Daan Westra and Kywan Gracie Behring during the evening.
One of the main attractions of the evening saw a black belt challenge between Team Europe and Team Black Thursday. The winners were the latter, named after their famed black belt training sessions on Thursdays, with a 4-1 result overall.
The maiden Toukon Challenge attracted fans from all over the jiu jitsu world, making a successful pay-per-view debut and attracting globally famous names to the venue, including the likes of Roger Gracie, Braulio Estima, Jackson Souza, Lucio Lagarto Rodrigues and Clark Gracie, who all appeared throughout the evening.
Overall Results
Prelims
Igor Terreco vs Samuel Khan Purple (Purple Belt)
Result: Igor Terreco
Lloyd Cooper vs Omid Alimohammadi (Purple Belt)
Result: Lloyd Cooper via arm bar
Leo Queiroz vs Christian Rodrigues (Black Belt)
Result: Leo Quieros
Henrique Juniao vs Raimo Posti (Black Belt)
Result: Henrique Juniao
Brown Belt Grand Prix
Ross Nicholls vs Jimmy Svensson
Result: Jimmy Svensson
James Nardone vs Daan Westra
Result: Daan Westra via triangle
Viking Wong vs Nelson Teixeira
Result: Viking Wong
Roger Dardis vs Sebastian Brosche
Result: Sebastian Brosche via lapel choke
Jimmy Svennson vs Daan Westra
Result: Daan Westra
Viking Wong vs Sebastian Brosche
Result: Sebastian Brosche
Black Belt Team Challenge
Max Campos (Black Thursday) vs Adam Adshead (Europe)
Result: Max Campos via rear-naked choke
Rodolfo Nygaard (Black Thursday) vs Pablo Medina (Europe)
Result: Rodolfo Nygaard
Brown Belt Grand Prix final
Sebastian Brosche vs Daan Westra
Result : Sebastian Brosche via lapel choke
Black Belt Challenge
Luiz Felipe (Europe) vs Eduardo Concalves (Black Thursday)
Result: Eduardo Concalves
Ralf Carneborn (Europe) vs Marco Canha (Black Thursday)
Result: Ralf Carneborn via lapel choke
Country vs Country
Kywan Gracie Behring vs Sebastian Brosche
Result: Sebastian Brosche via kimura
Submission Only
Thomas Oyarzun vs Chris Bowe
Result: Draw
Black Belt Challenge
Luiz Tosta vs Ralf Carneborn (Stand-In)
Result: Luiz Tosta
Submission Only
Darragh O’Connail vs Maciej Kozak
Result: Darragh O’Connail via baseball bat choke
Alex Cabanas vs Luiz Felipe
Result: Alex Cabanas via bow and arrow choke
Eduardo Teta Rios vs Luca Anacoreta
Result: Draw
Luke Costello vs Felipe Mota
Result: Draw
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