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Entries in Art of War 11 pile up
Roman Alvarez, left, is seen here working on his BJJ techniques with Cuki Alvarez at the Trench Tech Gym late last month. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)
Expect a busy day in this weekend’s Art of War 11: Submission Grappling/BJJ Tournament at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium as entries to the competition has reached over 80.
The welterweight division (156lbs to 175lbs) has drawn the most fighters so far with 15. Trench Tech’s very own Shane and Roman Alvarez headline the welterweight cast, which also includes Dane Salazar, Joel Subang, Vince Torres, Vince Masga, Jeffery Garcia, Lucas Nutting, Jasper Van Der Maas, Allan Aguon, Joey Crisostomo Jr., Stanley Iakopo, Gordon Salas Jr., Dan Cruz, and Herman Duenas.
Another “star-studded” weight class is the heavyweight division (205lbs and up) as it will feature Kelvin “The Big Hit” Fitial and Frank “The Crank” Camacho. Completing the list are Joe Ocampo, Adam Harris, Roman Alvarez, Ningbo Cepeda, Joshua Q. Castro, Lil John Aguon, Anthony Rivera, Nate Untalan, and Kier Agda.
In the flyweight division (100lbs to 105lbs), the competitors are Keoni Castro, Piling Terlaje, Giovonni Taitingfong, Sea’Hara Cruz, and Jadrien Camacho, while the bantamweight category (126lbs to 136lbs) has also Taitingfong and Castrom Jay Muña, Bradlee Manalo, Kenji Okiyama, Kenny Velasquez, Drew Sablan, and Elden Dela Cruz.
Young gun Lorenzo Attao leads the featherweight class (136lbs to 145lbs) and he will be joined by Nick Cruz, Muna, Seay Camacho, Mark Nuique, Blessam Tarkong, Ricky Camp, Okiyama, Derrick Rangamar, Velasquez, and Drew Sablan.
The lightweight category (146lbs to 155lbs) has a mix of the favorites in other division as Shane and Roman are also entered in the field along with Danny Cruz, Pinchi Rangamar, Kenji Okiyama, Seay Camacho, Jordan Manglona, Nuique, Jesus Attao, Maitai Charlie, Vince Pua, Crisostomo, and Van Der Maas.
Van Der Maas will also compete in the middleweight class (176lbs to 204lbs) and will battle Masga, Roman and Shane Alvarez, Rey Kim, Garcia, Lucas Nutting, Phil David, Agda, Roy Lee, Syl Teregeyo, and Frank “The Crank” Camacho.
Meanwhile, Trench Tech head Cuki Alvarez said that “The Crank” will have a BJJ Gi super fight, too against a fellow brown belt fighter from Guam.
Cuki is reminding registered individuals to turn in their $20 entry fees on or before Nov. 4. Matches in AOW 11 this Saturday will run from 9am to 4pm.
