LAS VEGAS – While 1,500 competitors hit the mat today at this year’s
Grapplers Quest tournament in conjunction with the UFC’s second-ever UFC
Fan Expo, four world-class competitors drew the most attention.
Friday’s two Grapplers Quest superfights featured Shayna Baszler vs.
Penny Thomas and Bill Cooper vs. Hermes Franca in six-minute
submission-grappling matches.
And while Baszler and Franca brought a combined 45 fights worth of MMA
experience to the mat, the grappling-circuit veterans were the ones who
proved victorious in both matches.