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I had been chatting to W4F for many years, and we finally found a free day to meet. W4F has a good space with some very good quality mats. Not only that, he is a master of submission holds... and dirty moves! We both worked up a good sweat. Off the mats, W4F is friendly and good host. Thank you.

What a hidden Connecticut gem this guy is... should appear in the tour books :)
This was my final tri-state area-tour match; and it was a hot, sweaty, tough, cherry to top my experiences of this tour! We both had time limitations and personal issues, but we said we will meet, and he went out of his way to make it happen. CTG is a bulky muscle man, with a great attitude and a great body. I loved rolling around with him, and I hope I gave him a hard enough time in the name of us feather-weights! Our time was way too short, and I left with a raging need for a re-match. I sure hope we can someday do some more of this magic again.

This humble, big-daddy, kind, man has been my on-line friend for years, well before I was actually wrestling. That's why when I finally got the opportunity to visit his area, it went without saying that we would have a match! He went out of his way to make it happen, and proved to be a real life true friend, not only in the chat room. As for the match.. well, check out the weight difference on our profiles, and you can imagine I did not have it easy...;) Within seconds of stripping down to combat-suits, I was crushed on my back. I finally found the one advantage of a thick king-size motel mattress! We had a great sweaty tough grapple, and the a-symmetry in weight did not seem to bother at all. It was great fun and a dream come true. If you're in his area, don't hesitate to try him on: he's fun, he's friendly, trustworthy, and certainly knows how to adjust to smaller opponents!

pbalestra and I had an excellent give and take gut punching session. He gave me exactly the type of GP I asked for.

I really enjoyed our match yesterday. You fought very vell. I think it's true about you: "Pepper is small, but strong." You are a friendly, talkative person, and I am waiting for our next fight! :)

George

Thank you for making me laugh, sweat and have a good time all in one match. Let's try to meet again sooner than our present 5-year cycle, OK?

I finally met with him and it was worth the wait. The worm is the name I will call him. He was able to worm himself out of ever grapevine I applied. He is swift and so powerful for his size. Our match was long and still too short. My plan is to keep in touch and have many more matches. If you are lucky you will roll with him.

raslinjock it's real ultimate purepower, you have to be strong to stand 90 kg of pure muscle over you. It's a good challenge when he uses his power to submit you and you have to use all your skills, because it's really hard to counter him. His biceps are really amazing. Also a real gentelman, we had great lunch together, many thanks!

Chicogetxo is an awesome fighter. He really knows his stuff on the ground. At 72kg, he was giving up quite a bit of weight, but still found a way to submit me. He's very mellow and quiet off the mat, but on them, he becomes intense and determined. There were more than a few close calls where I thought I would have to submit again, but got lucky enough not to. The space we had was small and not the best, on a regulation sized mat, he would have gotten me even more. Brute strength did return the submission favor a few times. :) Chicogetxo and I met twice while I was in Barcelona. I consider myself twice lucky to have had those opportunities. This guy's nearly a purple belt, and improving. If you want a test, or to get schooled, by a tough, experienced, knowledgable grappler, he's your guy.

Friendly, strong and very skilled wrestler. Had an enjoyable time having a pretty aggressive match.

July 2015.

Met for a second time. Very hard solid, aggressive and sane match. Very friendly guy who doesn't seem to have any kind of pain threshold! Until next time.