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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.
Jones announced on an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience that he would be competing against Gabi Garcia in an intergender superfight at The Craig Jones Invitational on August 16–17, 2024. [37] Jones won the match by submission with a rear-naked choke. [38] Jones later announced in an interview with Ariel Helwani that he was going to return ...
Kerkvliet was invited to compete in the over 80kg division of the Craig Jones Invitational on August 17-18, 2024. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] He lost to Fellipe Andrew by decision in the opening round. [ 34 ]
Barbosa competed in the -80 kg division at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational on August 16–17, 2024 [39] [40] He beat Kenta Iwamoto by decision in the opening round and submitted Jozef Chen in the quarter-final before losing a decision to Levi Jones-Leary in the semi-final. [41]
Downey competed in the over 80 kg division of the Craig Jones Invitational on August 16–17, 2024. [82] He defeated Luke Rockhold by decision in the opening round and lost to Adam Bradly in the quarter-final by decision. [83] He was later awarded the first stripe on his Brazilian jiu-jitsu white belt after the performance. [84]
Rodriguez was invited to compete in the over 99 kg division of the 2024 ADCC World Championship on August 17–18, 2024. [60] However, he later withdrew from the event in order to compete in the over 80 kg division of the Craig Jones Invitational on August 16–17, 2024 instead. [61]
Livesey competed in the over 80 kg division at the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational on August 16–17, 2024. [29] He beat Mahamed Aly by decision in the opening round and was submitted by eventual winner Nick Rodriguez in the quarter-final.
It was announced in July 2024 that all competitors would be paid to show for the first time ever, and that they would receive a minimum of $2,500. [4] The timing of the tournament overlaps with the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational, which also led to notable withdrawals by fighters including Tommy Langaker, Roberto Jimenez, Kade and Tye Ruotolo.