A huge congrats goes out to RONIN ATHLETICS founder/head instructor, Christian Montes, for his competition victories at this past Saturday’s US Grappling GrappleMania NC!
All of us here in NYC have been hearing for a while now just how great US Grappling tournaments are run and we’re definitely glad Christian made the last-minute decision to hop on a plane and head down to Raleigh/Durham to jump into the competition.
At the end of the day, Christian had some very tough matches and came home with Four Medals overall!
Results:
- 1st Place – Advanced No-Gi (30+) – 160–179.9 lbs division
- 1st Place – Master’s Gi Purple Belt 160–179.9 lbs division
- 2nd Place – Men’s Advanced No-Gi 160–169 lbs division
- 2nd Place – Master’s Gi Purple Belt Absolute
Many thanks to Andrew Smith and US Grappling for running such a top-notch tournament. Our entire Team is definitely looking forward to attending future ones!
Congrats, Christian!!!









