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The 2024 Craig Jones Invitational was an international submission grappling tournament held August 16–17, 2024 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The winner in each weight division received $1 million prize money.
Craig Benjamin Jones (born 17 July 1991) is an Australian grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt competitor and coach. An IBJJF World No-Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion as a white belt, Jones is a two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship silver medalist and a three-time Polaris Pro Grappling champion.
Barbosa competed in the main event of Fight 2 Win 174 against Aaron 'Tex' Johnson on 18 June 2021, and lost a decision. [18] On 26 June 2021, he defeat Matheus Diniz on points at BJJ Stars 6. [ 19 ] He was then invited to compete in the first Road to ADCC event on 17 July 2021, against William Tackett. [ 20 ]
Tommy Langaker (born February 8, 1994) [1] is a Norwegian submission grappler and brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He won the 2023 IBJJF no-gi world champion in the 79.5 kg division. [ 2 ] He took the bronze medal in middle weight at the 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship .
Nicholas Pete Rodriguez (born August 30, 1996) [2] is an American professional submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt, [a] commonly known as Nicky Rod.. A former amateur wrestler, Rodriguez won in 2018 the ADCC West Coast Trials to qualify for the 2019 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championships, where he won silver, while still a BJJ blue belt. [3]
Submission wrestling, also known as submission grappling, submission fighting, or simply grappling, is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on ground fighting and submission techniques. It is a hybrid discipline that incorporates elements of various martial arts such as various wrestling styles , judo , and Brazilian jiu-jitsu .
Jaron "Boots" Ennis and Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez each picked up wins on Matchroom Boxing's world title fight double header from Philadelphia.
Kelly defended her title against Mayssa Bastos at ONE Fight Night 24 on August 2nd, 2024. [22] She lost the fight via unanimous decision. [23] Kelly challenged Mayssa Bastos for her ONE Women's Atomweight Submission Grappling World Title in a rematch on December 6, 2024 at ONE Fight Night 26. [24] She lost the match by decision. [25]