Tók þetta af Renzo Gracie vefnum:
In the brown belt absolute earlier in the day our favorite viking fighter and 2009 Pan AM and NY OPEN champion Gunnar Nelson fought a tough battle against last year's Leve World Champ Ryan Beauregard( his oppenent this year is fighting at Middle weight so even if it was absolute from a weight point they were even).
The clue point of this match was right at the beginning. Gunnar's opponent attempted a drop Seoi Nage. Gunnar stuffed the throw, and proceded to attack the back. After a battle to control the turtle Gunny ended up on bottom. Unfortunatelly the ref raised the hand to award Bouregard the two points that decided the match ( no more points were scored, his oppnenent was imo stalling for most part of the match).
This was probably a very controversial call ( but not the only one in a long day of BJJ fights). It's true that the opponent initiated the take down, but as Gunnar proceded to attack the back for a few seconds there was no real continuation of the action, and being the turtle a neutral position the opponent should have not been awarded those points. Gunnar will be fighting again tomorrow in his regular weight division.