Aaron Lapointe BJJ Brown Belt

Here is a match I had at a local tournament in Chicago in 2000 when I was a brown belt. My opponent was a BJJ blue belt and good wrestler. We later became good friends and teammates. Because this tournament only gave takedown points if you maintained control on the ground, my opponent was not awarded points near the end of regulation. The match then went to sudden death overtime where the first person to score was declared the winner.