{"id":263051,"date":"2017-10-25T06:02:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T20:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=263051"},"modified":"2017-10-25T06:02:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T20:02:07","slug":"team-tinian-holds-first-grappling-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/team-tinian-holds-first-grappling-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Tinian holds first grappling event"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_263058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263058\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/mmapix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-263058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two competitors in Team Tinian\u2019s inaugural submission grappling tournament try to outsmart each other during last week\u2019s event held at the Tinian Gym. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Team Tinian held its first open tournament last Friday at the Tinian Gym in San Jose in its continuing efforts to further promote the mixed martial art of grappling.<\/p>\n<p>Team Tinian coach Allen Manglona led the eight entries to the weekend event and was joined by three MMA fighters who competed in last month\u2019s Rites of Passage 22: Rampage. The rest of the participants were newcomers.<\/p>\n<p>Manglona topped the one-day tournament and won the $20 cash prize by beating Kimo Adriano via scarf hold. Perry Mundo finished third.<\/p>\n<p>Manglona said the inaugural tournament was a great experience and confidence builder to all, especially to the regulars who train with them. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll competitors performed well and showcased their grappling skills. It was really a great experience and I believe competition like this can help increase the Tinian fighter\u2019s skill level and improve our island\u2019s overall MMA game. I hope that Tinian will have more grappling tournaments in the future,\u201d said Manglona.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the inaugural grappling tournament was planned by Nick Ayuyu, who also provided the cash prize.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is one of our efforts to have the community of Tinian develop more interest in the sport and practice the art of submission grappling in a fun, safe, and competitive manner,\u201d Manglona said.<\/p>\n<p> Nick Ayuyu, Peter Ayuyu, Juschery Castro, Vincent Manibusan, and Stefan San Nicolas were the others competitors in the inaugural grappling tournament.<\/p>\n<p>San Nicolas defeated Manibusan in the opening match via armbar, while Manglona bested Castro by way of scarf hold chest compression. Mundo used a triangle choke in beating Peter Ayuyu, while Adriano sneaked in the rear-naked choke to force Nick Ayuyu to submit.<\/p>\n<p>Manglona faced Manibusan in the first semifinals and the former outsmarted his opponent by way of the Americana shoulder lock, while Adriano earned a finals spot after beating Mundo via the North-South choke. Mundo won against Manibusan in the battle for third via triangle choke.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Team Tinian will be holding another grappling tournament on Nov. 4, Saturday, also at the Tinian Gym.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Tinian held its first open tournament last Friday at the Tinian Gym in San&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":263058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18788,18789,12769,18790],"class_list":["post-263051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-nick-ayuyu","tag-peter-ayuyu","tag-team-tinian","tag-tinian-gym"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}