I don't know Tererê personally but my teacher does.

I have never seen him fight except for the countless videos on You Tube.

What I do know is that this time a year ago Fernando Tererê was rolling with the grim reaper himself after hitting a well documented troubled period in his life that resulted in the World Champion losing pretty much everything he had. And he ultimately almost paid with his life.

When I competed at the World Pro Trials I was pretty confident of 2 parts of my game. My open guard and my cross choke. I like to think my guard is getting better and harder to pass and at the academy I have a high success rate with my cross choke with guys who are equal (or lower) rank than me. You could call me a 'guard player'.

During my first fight I went for a cross choke when the guy was passing my De La Riva guard. In theory he thinks he is passing but I am baiting him into the choke (if you see the video my teacher is even fooled because he is screaming to 'adjust your guard' - but it's like playing possum).  I couldn't get the choke and ended up finishing with a triangle but if you see the video I have my hand in his collar right to the end.

Full results are here

At February's Abu Dhabi Pro Trails in Montreal I met the CEO of Grapplers Quest, Brian Cimins, who was at the tournament to check out the BJJ action and to promote the upcoming UFC Fan Expo Grapplers Quest at the end of April. I got a few minutes with him to find out what will make this event the biggest grappling event ever and to learn about Grapplers Quest future in Canada...