Alliance Elite Troops – No Gi Pans

Alliance NY was showing it’s amazing quality at the No Gi Pans this past weekend at City College.

Going in with only 14 competitors including Head Instructor Fabio Clemente and Professor Lucas Lepri, the Alliance Elite troops were featured in several action packed matches with the team eventually taking 3rd place overall.

Professor Fabio and Professor Lucas both won their black belt divisions easily!

Chris Visentin won the Lightweight purple belt division with 5 tough matches!

Adam Benayoun was the Silver medalist in the blue belt featherweight..He submitted 4 of his 6 opponents!

Blue-belt Zata Toscano single-handedly won the Juvenile team trophy for Alliance NY by winning his weight class and the open class!! Blue-belt John Burke was the Silver medalist in his division winning some tough matches!

Peter Kang also took the Silver in the rooster division. Peter had only 3 weeks of training for the tourney after coming back from a one year lay-off !! Purple belt Mike Schweiger was also coming off a 2 month lay-off but got the bronze after losing controversially in the semifinals! Blue-belt Ramsay got the Bronze medal. He was barreling through his division till he lost in a tight semifinal match.

Mateo Maldonado was also a bronze medalist at purple feather and made a good showing in the open class!

Marcos Duarte won the purple senior 1 lightweight and then conquered the open class submitting his two opponents!

Brown-belt Willie Rodriguez won the senior 3 division open class subbing his opponent with a kimura!

Honorable mentions-Brandon Behring and Matt Randon-Chanon!

These guys are really amazing competitors and training partners and they make everybody around them better!