DALY CITY, Calif. — Warrenton’s Jacoby Marshall was a winner in a recent U.S. Open Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in California.

The event — the U.S. Open XXIII — was put on by the BJJ Tour, and was held Nov. 3-4 at the Cow Palace in Daly City.

Competing for the local Adamson Bros. Jiu-Jitsu Academy, Marshall defeated D’Marcus Cooper 7-2 in the title bout in the Master 2 (Purple Belt) Super heavyweight division.

“I started off the match by scoring a takedown off an easy single leg,” Marshall said. “D’Marcus recovered with ‘half-guard’ and eventually got me into his ‘closed-guard,’ with his incredible flexibility.”

Cooper “seemed much lighter than me, because I am used to competing at Ultra-heavy and for this competition I lost over 40 pounds to compete at Super-heavy,” Marshall said.

Marshall eventually gained control of Cooper and passed his guard to make it 5-0.

Cooper “earned a sweep, as I had gotten out of position going for an ‘Americana’ arm lock,” Marshall said, which made it 5-2, “and then I re-swept him and rode out the match for a 7-2 final.”