Savarese Jiu Jitsu student is Grapplers Quest Champion

Savarese Jiu Jitsu student is Grapplers Quest Champion

Savarese Jiu Jitsu student Spanish Mike Gonzalez is Grapplers Quest Champion. Nicknamed “Furniture” by his teammates because he is always in the Academy, Gonzalez is training less than 6 months and has already won 2 tournaments. Professor Chris Savarese, the owner and head instructor at Savarese Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Mike’s instructor is very high on Gonzalez. “Mike is extremely talented. His future is limitless. The only person who can stop Mike is himself. He can go as far as he wants to go. We only had 1 competitor at Grapplers Quest yesterday but it was worth it! Congrats to Mike for bringing home the GOLD medal in his weight class by winning 5 matches, being un-scored upon in 4 of them!! In the 1 match he was in trouble of being submitted, he listened to Professor Savarese, who was coaching right in front of him and told him to stay calm and listen. Mike did exactly what his coach said, escaped the near submission and came back to win. Hard work pays off!

Grapplers Quest

Grapplers Quest is an organization that promotes Grappling (submission wrestling) and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. Brian Cimins founded the company in 1998. Grapplers Quest currently hosts competitions of various division, age, and weight classes. Grapplers Quest has been host to many high-level competitors in mixed martial arts, such as Roy Nelson, Matt Hughes, Frankie Edgar, Ben Henderson, Kenny Florian, Diego Sanchez, Joe Stevenson, BJ Penn, Brandon Vera, and many others.  Grapplers Quest was originally founded by Cimins for his Senior Marketing and Public Relations Thesis in college. The first Grapplers Quest was held in 1999 at Montclair High School in Montclair, New Jersey. The organization itself has also branched out to form partnerships with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the non-profit AutismRadio.org, among others.

Savarese Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

In 5 short years, the Savarese Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy has become one of the best Jiu-Jitsu schools in NJ and in the nation. People are traveling from all over to train with the school’s owner, Professor Chris Savarese, who has a great reputation as a top instructor withon the jiu-jitsu community. If anyone is interested interested in a free trial class, stop by the school located at 40 Park ave in Lyndhurst or call 201 933-5134.