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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.
[7] [8] Royler Gracie characterised this as the beginning of "the modern era of submission grappling". [9] Thousands of submission grappling tournaments around the world use elements of the ADCC format and rule structure. To date, the great majority of ADCC champions have been black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which has the most similar rules ...
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 .
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Fighting out of: San Diego, California, United States: Team: Atos Jiu-Jitsu Equipe Márcio Rodrigues [2] Rank: 3rd degree BJJ black belt (under André Fabiano) [3] Years active: 2011–2012, 2023–present (MMA) Mixed martial arts record; Total: 4: Wins: 2: By knockout: 1: By submission: 1: Losses: 2: By decision: 2: Mixed ...
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 .
He is a 4th degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt, [a] luta livre black belt, [3] and coach. Lister is considered a pioneer of grappling and mixed martial arts. [4] In MMA, Lister competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and PRIDE. He is a former King of the Cage Middleweight Champion.
Danielle Kelly (born December 4, 1995) is an American submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who was the inaugural and former ONE Champion at atomweight, after she was defeated by fellow BJJ practitioner Mayssa Bastos. [2]