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JT Torres know what its like to lose by an advantage, or even a 0-0 match.
Last year in his final match at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championships, JT Torres faced Bruno Amorin. At the belt rank of a brown belt, the match is 9 minutes long, the score was 0-0 and JT went for an armlock, and the referee gives no advantages and the match ends 0-0 ref’s decision. Of course the American doesn’t win the ref over, and JT loses taking second place because of the refs decision.
Shortly after, JT Torres promoted to BJJ Black Belt knew it was time to step up his game. Coming into the year of 2010, Master Lloyd, Mike Fowler, JT Torres, Jim Harbison and a few of the other guys from Team Lloyd Irvin traveled to Portugal for the European Open Championships. JT made to the semi-finals to face the Alliance member Michael Langhi, who won every tournament he entered in the year of 2009.
In the start of the match, JT pulled guard which Langhi got an advantage off of. Then JT swept Langhi, Laghi swept him back and the match was a tough one. In the end, JT loses by 1 advantage, and Michael Langhi split the win with fellow teammate Lucas Lepri. To have something so close, but a loss is a loss and that is why JT had been working so hard and those advantages can be critical. Of course always looking for the submission, but when you are losing a match on points, or advantage, you have to play smart, play to win!
JT Torres has come a long way and he isn’t stopping. With goals of winning the Pan American Games, and the World Championships. He is training harder than ever, physically and mentally. He is preparing his mind for these upcoming competitions. He is bringing the heat, and not going to settle for the refs decision, he’ll fight to the end.
Here is a few words from JT Torres:
“Watch out for Team Lloyd Irvin to make a mark in the year of 2010. It’s the strongest American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Team that will take some gold medals at Pan Ams, Brasileiros and Mundials.”
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