Two brothers from Newton Aycliffe have recently won a medal each in submission grappling. Brothers David and Stephen Cunliffe train at a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gym located in Darlington – “The Lab”.
They travelled to South Shields on 13th April to take part in the yearly Northeast Submission Serious Grappling tournament and came back with medals.
David brought home silver after entering the experienced division of the tournament and having some very tough matches.
Stephen entered the under 2 years experience after only training for 6 months and brought home a bronze medal following some very hard matches.
Both brothers have competed in mixed martial arts events and have their sights on becoming competent grapplers in this fast growing sport.
The tournament is based on wrestling and grappling skills and The idea is to either beat your opponents by points, dominating the fight on every level or to get them to submit.
Both brothers train in free style wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Thai Boxing in order to put it together for mixed martial arts events held in a cage.
Prior to this event the brothers fought on an MMA show in Newcastle both beating their opponents. David beat his last two opponents in the first round and is looking into entering forthcoming events. David and Stephen would like to thank their coach Martin Wilby for all his hard work over the months.
