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Tanto 3 ⚔️

Two huge submission wins on the South Wests biggest grappling show under the ruleset🔥

First up on the main prelims we had once again showing his varied arsenal and submitting a much bigger opponent in quick time… that’s back to back submissions for him on the Tanto stage, think it’s time we see him on the main card 💪

opened up the main pro card, pushing the pace with his wrestling having some good back and fourth exchanges before also showing he’s dangerous off his back when put there, securing the win via triangle choke🔺

Big thanks to all the team who showed up in support and for for having us on such a stacked event with so many talented athletes 👊

Highlights to follow 🎥

Huge congrats to Ant Simkins on earning his brown belt! As one of our club's original members and key committee members, Ant has demonstrated remarkable commitment and a passion for growth. He's played a significant role in shaping our team, particularly in guiding our white belts. His selflessness and sportsmanship have earned him immense respect. Well done, Ant - this is long overdue! brownbelt bjjjourney earnednotgiven hardworkpaysoff nextlevel

2026 Timetable 📅

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New home 🛸

First night on the mats was special, thanks to everyone for making it a memorable one 🙏

New timetable dropping soon and starting next week 🗓️

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Fresh start 🌊

Come join us for the grand opening of our new gym on Tuesday 17 March @ 1830… would be great to see some old and familiar faces, both from the club and other gyms 🔥

Address: Unit 7/The Space Place, Alphin Brook Rd, Marsh Barton, Exeter EX2 8RG

Massive shout out to and who have somehow pulled this off in a matter of days! ❤️

Look forward to seeing you all on the mat 🤝

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2 submissions from 2 competitors with and putting on clinical performances and both getting the win 🔪

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and will be back out flying the flag on Saturday, this time competing in a sub only ruleset…well suited to both their games 👌

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Throwback to a few weekends ago… we had a total of 13 competitors made up of white and blue belt quintet teams as well as some of our purple belts in single matches 🙌

The white belts came away with a hard fought 3rd place, with the blues missing out on the same spot due to a DQ in the decider, in true CF fashion. The purple belts were well matched too, each closely contested and coming away with a decision win, a submission loss and a loss on points 💪

A great day with some truly knockout performances… 😅

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Roll on Saturday where we have both a white and blue belt quintet team competing as well as , and all in some fun matches 🤙

Looking forward to a big day out with the squad 💪

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3 competitors coming away with 4 medals 🥈🥈🥉🥉

Straight final for in a closely fought match, missing out on the top spot by the narrowest of margins. Few tweaks and he’ll be back in the win column.

5 submissions from 6 matches for , even if one of those did get him disqualified in the semi-final, having to settle for double bronze in his weight class and the open weight absolute. Lessons learnt and on to the next one.

secured silver the adult brown belt division, winning his first match in textbook style but coming up short in the final. Great showing for his first brown belt tournament!

All in all a solid day for the club, competing on one of the biggest stages of the year 🔥

Double Gold at Devon Open

We had two of our white belts step up today — Kyle and Cam — both competing in Gi and No-Gi.

Kyle had two absolute wars, losing out by the narrowest of points in both divisions. Great composure, solid technique — proper effort from start to finish.

Then there’s Cam… who decided the best way to prepare for competition was to stay up all night with his new female companion, fuel himself on mince pies and Monster energy, and still come in like a raging bull to take two points wins and two Americana subs — double gold.

Somehow the chaos works for him.

Huge shoutout to Coach Doug for cornering the lads and keeping them in line (well… trying to).