Tony rolls with the punches

Tony Torrisi has recently returned from overseas for the World Professional Brazilian Jiu Jit-su Championships held in Abu Dhabi, where over a million dollars of prize money was awarded. Representing and honouring Australia for the 76kg division, he had a total of six extraordinary fights. Winning three fights by submission and two by points, it guaranteed him a ticket to the semi finals. It was a very close and tough semi final fight, but unfortunately Tony lost by a narrow two points to his opponent who in the end won the Gold medal for Brazil. A very successful ending with Tony winning the bronze medal – third in the world for his division. Tony said he achieved his goal of coming back to Australia with a medal, but says “I’ll get him next year”.
Overall, it has been an exhilarating event and a huge learning curve for his next adventure in Los Angeles, California, where he has been asked to compete in another highly ranked world known competition called the WORLD IBJJF Jiu Jit-su Championships.