Enigma Invitational 16 took place on June 9th, 2024 and the promotion made their first journey to Atlanta with a fun absolute grand prix and an excellent main event superfight. There was quite a few finishes throughout the card and some of them were pretty fast, but the quickest submission of the night came from purple belt Brady Hylton. He sat to guard and it took him less than 30 seconds to get the leg-entry he was looking for, eventually getting the tap with a heel hook at the 37-second mark. The absolute tournament finished later, with Daniel Smith beating 4 opponents in a row in order to take home the $1,000 grand prize.
There was plenty of exciting moments elsewhere too, but all of this was building up to a superb main event between veteran competitors Ryan Aitken and Andre Porfirio. Both men have achieved a good level of success in the past, but Aitken recently hit the highest point of his career so far when he became the latest absolute champion at EBI 21. After around 8 minutes of action, Aitken managed to take Porfirio’s back with him face-down and trap an arm in the process. From there it was just a few seconds before he was able to force the tap with the rear-naked choke, setting up an interesting storyline now that both men have been invited to compete in the under 88kg division at ADCC 2024.
Enigma Invitational 16 Full Results
Ryan Aitken defeats Andre Porfirio via Submission
Reese LaFever defeats Curtis Estes via Submission
Marcus Bouie defeats Bryce Lamb via Submission
Tyson Beatty defeats Mark Bouie via Decision – Points
Joslyn Molina defeats K.LB Beiirut-Kloth via Submission
Campbell Cobb defeats Shlomo Boyd via Decision – Points
Justin Nolen defeats Simon Davis via Decision – Points
Ronald Humphrey defeats Austin Saxon via Submission
Kwame Darko defeats Albert Bryant Jr via Decision – Points
Brian Parker defeats Victor Giron via Submission
Devan Matthews defeats Kane Shirley via Submission
Dominick Fabricatore defeats Alex Moore via Submission
Brady Hylton defeats Joseph Degon via Submission
Tyler Dixon defeats Josh Mackey via Submission
Beto Vargas defeats Mykyta Liutyi via Submission
Drew Fitschen defeats Cody Coleman via Decision – Points
Jose Perez defeats Phillip Temple via Submission
William Hughes defeats Paul Pavik via Submission
Kelly Skelton-Badlani defeats Evan Price via Submission
Absolute Tournament
Daniel Smith defeats Shlomo Boyd via Submission
Quarter-Finals
Olodon Vassel defeats Gavin Chapman via Submission
Daniel Smith defeats Ramiro Leon via Decision – Points
Markyle Bouie defeats Joe Dachtler via Submission
Jonathan De La Cruz defeats Bryce Lamb via Decision – Referee Decision
Semi-Finals
Daniel Smith defeats Olodon Vassel via Decision – Points
Jonathan De La Cruz defeats Markyle Bouie via Decision – Points
Final
Daniel Smith defeats Jonathan De La Cruz via Decision – Points