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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.
The ADCC World Championship is a submission grappling tournament held every two years, widely considered to be the most prestigious submission grappling tournament in the world. [3] The 2022 edition of the ADCC world championships attracted some of the most high-profile sponsors that the tournament has ever seen, most notably The Joe Rogan ...
The ADCC World Championship is a submission grappling tournament held every two years, widely considered to be the most prestigious submission grappling tournament in the world. [1] Competitors have to qualify by finishing first at a continental qualifying events, known as ADCC Trials, or by being invited to compete by the organization.
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 .
Barbosa then competed in a no gi grand prix at BJJ Bet 2 on 1 August 2021, and defeated all three of his opponents to win the tournament. [22] He was then invited to compete in the main event of BJJ Stars 7 against UFC veteran Gilbert Burns on 6 November 2021, and he submitted Burns with a rear-naked choke. [ 23 ]
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[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 ...