The Emerald City Invitational 6 took place on April 29th, 2023 and there were two tournaments at the event that both delivered exciting results. Both tournaments were contested at 135lbs and the men’s division featured a whopping 25 competitors compared to 8 in the women’s division. Seven men received byes in the first round of the men’s tournament and these were all given to the top-seeded competitors in the tournament. That turned out to be one of the biggest predictors of success in the second round as 6 out of the 7 men who received byes made it through to the quarter-finals.
There were a number of exciting moments throughout the opening rounds of the men’s tournament though, like Austin Daffron hitting a crazy Kani Basami and immediately getting the heel hook finish in the dying seconds of his opening round match. Andrew DeGraff also managed to submit his first opponent just a matter of seconds before their match went to EBI overtime in another display of lightning-quick leglocking. Daffron also registered the biggest upset win of the night, as he managed to beat Estevan Martinez in his second match, winning in EBI overtime by just 3 seconds of ride-time.
In the end though it came down to Cameron Mellott and Sebastian Oyervidez in the final, and the two men engaged one of the most gruelling matches of the entire night. Mellott managed to win in EBI overtime but it really took everything he had to outwork Oyervidez and sit at the top of the results from Emerald City Invitational 6. In the women’s tournament, Lauren Sears came in on short notice to hit two armbars and book her place in the final. She had a good match with Trinity Pun in the final too, but Pun latched onto a kneebar during a scramble and manage to finish it. Pun not only won the title, but she managed to submit all three of her opponents in the tournament.
Emerald City Invitational 6 Full Results
Brodie Greco defeats Nikolay Todorov via Submission – Heel Hook
Michelle Estrada defeats Lauren Strasser via Decision – Fastest Escape in EBI Overtime
Men’s 135lbs Tournament
Opening Round
Isaiah Calderon defeats Kaleb Watts via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Alex Harrell defeats Jacob Norton via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Dylan Cameron defeats Mustafa Sadiq via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Alex Rykowski defeats Jake Anderson via Submission – Heel Hook
Zak Elfernani defeats Valor Boyer via Submission – Triangle Armbar
Max Greenberg defeats Harberth Godinez via Decision – Fastest Escape in EBI Overtime
Ricky Wetherell defeats Chase Sosa via Submission – Toehold
Tomas Garcia defeats Devin Nelson via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Austin Daffron defeats Adrian Cordova via Submission – Heel Hook
Cam Mellott, Damian Maver, Gustavo Estebam, David Terao, Sebastian Oyervidez, Andrew DeGraff, and Estevan Martinez all receive byes through to the second round
Second Round
Cameron Mellott defeats Isaiah Calderon via Submission – Triangle Armbar in EBI Overtime
Damian Maver defeats Alex Herrell via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Gustavo Estebam defeats Dylan Cameron via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
David Terao defeats Alex Rykowski via Decision – Fastest Escape in EBI Overtime
Sebastian Oyervidez defeats Zak Elfernani via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Ricky Wetherell defeats Max Greenberg via Submission – Heel Hook
Andrew DeGraff defeats Tomas Garcia via Submission – Heel Hook
Austin Daffron defeats Estevan Martinez via Decision – Fastest Escape in EBI Overtime
Quarter-Finals
Cameron Mellott defeats Damian Maver via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Gustavo Estebam defeats David Terao via Submission – Rear-naked Choke in EBI Overtime
Sebastian Oyervidez defeats Ricky Wetherell via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Andrew DeGraff defeats Austin Daffron via Submission – Heel Hook
Semi-Finals
Cameron Mellott defeats Gustavo Estebam via Decision – Mollywhopp Ruling
Sebastian Oyervidez defeats Andrew DeGraff via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Final
Cameron Mellott defeats Sebastian Oyervidez via Decision – Fastest Escape in EBI Overtime
Women’s 135lbs Tournament
Quarter-Finals
Peyton Letcher defeats Chrissy Briggs via Decision – Fastest Escape in EBI Overtime
Lauren Sears defeats Genevieve Button via Submission – Triangle Armbar
Trinity Pun defeats Melanie Iverson via Submission – Armbar in EBI Overtime
Karina Anguiano defeats Meg Gleason via Submission – Armbar
Semi-Finals
Lauren Sears defeats Peyton Letcher via Submission – Triangle Armbar in EBI Overtime
Trinity Pun defeats Karina Anguiano via Submission – Armbar
Final
Trinity Pun defeats Lauren Sears via Submission – Kneebar
The full Emerald City Invitational 6 event replay, including all of the above results, is available to watch on FloGrappling.
