My first jiu jitsu tournament ever 2023 White Belt

Tap Cancer Out Tournament competing at light heavyweight
Match ended 2-2 with my opponent winning by an advantage.
Not sure about the rules. I thought at 3:50 I would get 2 points for getting on top. Thoughts?

[tylermccoy]

Hey brother, I was your opponent in this match! Great battle. Hopefully we can compete again in the future!

[JohnnyJiuJitsu]

I’m out of breath after watching this. You guys are barely breathing. Great match. I competed at Pan ams as white and blue belt 10 years ago… damn I’m old now. Time flies boys. Enjoy the journey.

[fullarmourtracksuit]

Good effort. I started this year, 7 lessons in now. I hope I can match your effort when I compete down the track.

[slithery_snakeTwitch]

AWESOME matches, i love the way TCO aranges everything it was my first ever tournament, that being said I saw your discription about not knowing why you didn't get 2 points at the 3:50 the reason for that is because all you were doing at that point was sprawling. guard passes only count for sliding through to mount but other than that AWESOME work! Keep training and looking up! NAO PARA! (Nao para means dont stop in portugese)

[benbush]

Love it! Much more technique than my first ever comp. Well done lads

[shannonjackson]

Just entered my first tournament and i’m super nervous. Only been training A little over a month once or twice a week. Mostly doing it to see where i stand and get a better feel for it. Any tips or suggestions?

[secretmuse]

Excellent match! Thanks for posting 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤙🏽

[kylacolom]

watching this makes me wanna go back to competing but i'm scared now because i'm a blue belt lol
and throughout my white belt i always had to move up in weight classes. still managed to place! in total of my white belt competitions I gotten three golds two silvers and two bronze i believe!

[Greybeardfit]

Awesome match. Great effort from both opponents.

[pookelaq]

not bad for your first tournament! you had a few opportunities to easily get the guard open when standing by just putting you knee into his butt, putting pressure and pushing down on one of his legs. not sure how he won the match, but good battle.

[edkrest]

Good job guys. That was a very close fight.

[cloonancpa]

Awesome match. For a 5 minute match, I feel like you wasted too much time and energy in his closed guard trying to work lapel chokes. Sure, it is a quick submission that may catch someone at white belt so I see why you were going after it.

[Ironbound]

Nice Single Leg X attempt, good match!

[brianwhite]

Technically that was not a take down, if anything it looked like a reversal. I could see how you should've gotten an advantage point there though. It was a good match, especially since he wouldn't engage in the beginning. You stuffed his shot and came back with a nice takedown in the beginning there!

[kaylacopass]

Great match. Planning on competing in December. Looking for any tips.

[gene_leonard]

Great job for your first tournament. 3:50 wasn't a take down because he was on his knee. If he was standing when you took him down you would have been correct and been scored 2 points. OSS

[real_mrmime]

100% should have been 2 pts for the sweep

[BoHarry]

How was the overall experience? Thinking about taking a stab at the next grappling industries tournament coming up.

[jamesn]

Everyone doing tournies at fancy places, mine are always on an indoor soccer field

[troygrindley]

How long had you been training for before you went to this tournament? I wanna compete in October but haven’t really started yet (I’ve done a 6 wk course but haven’t been able to train for 2 wks)?