Grappler's Quest made it's first visit to California on March 21st and 22nd in Del Mar. The first day of competition was no-gi, which featured a 16-man open weight pro division worth $2,500. The semi-finals included Lucas Leite, Rodrigo Cavaca and Marcel Louzado with Lucas Leite winning the grand prize by defeating Bill "the grill" Cooper in the finals. Rodrigo "Mike" was among the participants in the pro tournament. Rodrigo Cavaca cinched a 1st place victory in the advanced Super Heavyweight division and shared a 1st place win with Joao Assis in the advance open weight category. Joao also took 1st place in the advanced Cruiserweight division. Meanwhile, Lucas Leite Marcello Mafra shared a 1st place victory in the advanced middle weight division and Marcel Louzado ran through the advanced Light Heavyweight category en route to his 1st place win. The main event for Day number 2 included a $3,000 16-man pro black belt championship. In a first round victory over a much heavier Rafael Lovato, Jr., Nivaldo De Olivera took 4th place overall. Rodrigo Cavaca took 3rd place in the 16-man tournament. Rodrigo "Mike" clinched a 1st place victory in the Light weight black belt division with a win over Phillipe del Monica. The brown belt division featured Joao Assis with his wins in the open class and his weight division. Purple belt James Guyton secured a 3rd place victory in his weight category. Mario Barbosa clinched 1st place victories in the no-gi open class and in his weight division. Checkmat wants to thank everyone who competed .