17/05/2026
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Huge congratulations to Phil, on an amazing performance at the BJJ British Open.
With the possibility of only one other opponent in his age category, Phil was guaranteed a medal. Rather than take this option, Phil chose to challenge himself, and moved down three age categories to the purple belt Masters Absolute category, where there were 11 competitors!
In his first fight, Phil went into a 2-0 lead, before submitting his opponent with a foot lock at 1 minute 12, into the contest.
In the quarter-final, Phil submitted his opponent with a kimura, after just 31-seconds of the fight!
In the semi-final, Phil was under a lot of pressure, and found himself 0-6 down with time running out. With just 6-seconds remaining on the clock, Phil hit another foot-lock, to progress to the final.
In the final, Phil was defeated on points after the fight had gone the distance and so came away with an extremely hard earned silver medal.
Phil also moved down three age categories to compete in the masters -100kg category where he came away with a default bronze.
